📚 La Veta Schools Update - Week of Nov 3 - 7 📚
This Week:
📌 Tuesday - After-School Program for K-5! Contact tracy.mccay@lvk12.org or 719-742-6426
📌 Thursday - 11/6 - Knowledge Bowl team competes at ASU
📌 Friday - 11/7 - JH Boys Basketball @ Manzanola, 1 pm
Mark Your Calendars:
🎖️ Veterans Day Assembly - Mon 11/10, 3 pm - ALL families welcome!
🚭 Anti-Vaping Assembly - Wed 11/12, 1 pm (grades 6-12)
Community News:
🍎 Food resources list coming this week! Need help now? Call 211
🎉 HUGE thanks to La Veta School Foundation - $50K raised this fall!
🚶Coming soon: Safe walking/biking path to school - $850K funded through Safe Routes to Schools!
Stay Connected: 📱 Download: LV Schools app 💻 Visit: www.lvk12.org 👍 Follow: @lavetaschools
#LaVetaSchools #CommunityStrong #GoRedhawks
Get ready for a spooktacular day of fun! Here's what we have planned for Thursday, October 30:
Schedule of Events:
📍 2:00 p.m. - Parents welcome to help with costumes (non-participating families can pick up students at this time)
📍 2:30 p.m. - School-wide Halloween Parade (All visitors must sign in through the main office)
📍 3:15-4:00 p.m. - Elementary classroom parties / JH 7th hour practices / HS release
📍 4:15-6:00 p.m. - Trunk or Treat at Redhawks Field (hosted by our amazing Booster Club!)
Costume Reminders:
👻 Faces must be visible (save full masks for the parade only)
👻 No replica weapons
👻 Keep it school-appropriate
A huge thank you to our Booster Club for sponsoring the costume contest and Trunk or Treat!
SAVE THE DATE: Veterans Day Assembly - Monday, November 10 at 3:00 p.m. All families welcome!
See you tomorrow for all the Halloween fun! 🦇🕸️
#LaVetaSchools #HalloweenFun #SchoolEvents #CommunityStrong
My name is Cardell Hills, and I currently serve as a Life Skills Teacher and Head Varsity Basketball Coach for the Redhawks at La Veta High School. Although I’ve only been with the district for two months, I already feel a strong sense of pride and belonging within this community.
My favorite part of being a Redhawk is having the chance to make an impact while building meaningful relationships. I’m excited to embrace this new chapter with such an amazing school and incredible people who are all dedicated to helping students succeed.
In addition to teaching, I coach the varsity basketball team, where I focus on developing players’ skills, confidence, and teamwork. For me, basketball is more than just a sport—it’s a platform to teach discipline, perseverance, and leadership, both on and off the court.
Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family, working out outdoors, playing basketball, and listening to music.
Beyond the classroom and court, I’m also passionate about giving back to the community. I run an AAU basketball program where I train both boys and girls and host camps designed to strengthen their fundamentals while building confidence and character. It’s my way of investing in the next generation and helping set the foundation for a bright future.
Being part of the Redhawks team has been an exciting and rewarding experience, and I look forward to continuing to grow, lead, and make a lasting impact in this community.
🦅 LA VETA REDHAWKS UPDATE 🦅
🎃 Halloween Fun THIS Thursday, October 30!
Join us for our school-wide Halloween celebration: • 2:30 p.m. - Halloween Parade (public welcome!)
• 4:15-6:00 p.m. - Trunk or Treat hosted by our amazing Booster Club Come see our students in their creative costumes! 👻🎃
📅 THIS WEEK AT LA VETA SCHOOLS
Monday - Winter Sports Parent Meeting @ 6pm & School Board Meeting @ 7pm
Tuesday - Football makeup game @ Manzy, 4pm (Redhawks lead 20-0!)
Wednesday - FAFSA Night for Seniors @ 6pm (free pizza!)
Thursday - Halloween Celebration Day
🎖️ SAVE THE DATE
Monday, November 11 @ 3:00 p.m. - Veterans Day Assembly Community members welcome as we honor our local heroes!
💙 Community Support
Reminder: Free breakfast and lunch available to all students. Breakfast starts at 7:15 a.m. If your family needs additional food resources, call 211 or visit feedingcolorado.org
Don't forget - Daylight Saving ends this Sunday! Fall back! ⏰
📱 Stay connected with the LV Schools app - search "LV Schools" in your app store!
#LaVetaSchools #RedhawkPride #SmallSchoolBigHeart #RuralEducation #ColoradoSchools #CommunityStrong
Go Redhawks! ❤️🦅
Meet Joel Anderson!
Joel joined our district in August and has already been making a big impact! He’s an instructional paraprofessional working with our elementary and junior high students, and he also brings creativity to our youngest learners as the art teacher for kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade.
With experience teaching K–5 art since 2016, Joel brings tons of talent, enthusiasm, and color to our classrooms. We’re so glad he’s part of the team! His favorite part of being on the Redhawks team is getting to know students, staff and parents.
Joel and his wife own The La Veta Flower Company, a small cut flower farm located on Main street in La Veta. When not farming flowers, he enjoys golfing, printmaking, reading, and walking his two dogs, Artemis and Apollo.
The incomparable Jonathan Kellams:
This will be my 10th year with the district. I work in facilities and I also coach Junior High athletics football, wrestling, and track. My favorite part of being a part of the Redhawks team is working with great people and being able to watch our students grow from young kids into young adults.
My hobbies include playing disc golf and going on adventures with my amazing wife. Without her I wouldn’t be able to do the things I do.
Here's what's happening at school this week and beyond:
📸 **THIS THURSDAY, Oct 23** - Picture Re-Takes
🏐 **THIS SATURDAY, Oct 25** - JH Volleyball hosts Fisher's Peak League Tournament at 10:00 a.m. Come cheer on our team!
🎃 **HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION - Thursday, October 30**
- 2:00 PM: Parents welcome to help with costumes
- 2:30 PM: School-wide Halloween Parade 🎭
- 3:15-4:00 PM: Elementary parties, JH practices, HS released
- 4:15-6:00 PM: Trunk or Treat hosted by the Booster Club!
**Costume Reminders:**
✓ Faces must be visible (no full masks except during parade)
✓ No replica weapons
✓ Keep costumes school-appropriate
**SAVE THE DATE:** Veterans Day Assembly - November 10 at 3:00 PM (open to the public)
📱 **Stay Connected!** Download the LV Schools App from your app store for the latest updates!
Have a wonderful week! 🌟
#LVSchools #SchoolCommunity #HalloweenFun #VeteransDay
KD Northrup is an incredible ESS/ Special Education Para, and 6th-grade class sponsor who has been with the district since 2022.
Her favorite part about working on the Redhawks team is feeling that she is making a positive difference! She loves supporting students and contributing to the overall success of our school community, as well as witnessing their growth and the wonder they show when discovering new things.
KD's hobbies & interests outside of work include professional-level cat napping, hanging out with her pets and family (usually while they judge her cat naps), and enthusiastically starting home projects that may or may not ever see the finish line.
We're seeking enthusiastic assistant coaches for our Junior High and High School boys' basketball programs under the leadership of Coach Cardell Hills.
Positions Available:
• Assistant JH Boys' Basketball Coach – $2,050
• Assistant HS Boys' Basketball Coach – $2,850
Practice Schedule:
• JH: 2:30–4:30 PM (starts October 21)
• HS Varsity: 4:30–6:00/6:30 PM (starts November 3)
Help us build something special! Coach Hills is committed to developing skilled, confident players, and we need dedicated assistants to support this vision.
Interested? Contact Athletic Director Lon.Goemmer@lvk12.org to learn more and apply.
NOVEMBER 4, 2025
ERICA VIGIL
HUERFANO COUNTY CLERK & RECORDER
ELECTION DATE: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
ELECTION DAY HOURS: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
DROP OFF LOCATION: Clerk & Recorder’s Drop Box
401 Main Street
Walsenburg, CO 81089
DROP BOX LOCATION: Next to the Mining Museum
• Ballots will be mailed October 10, 2025
• The County Clerk & Recorder’s Office will be the designated polling place for the 2025 Coordinated Mail ballot Election. Courthouse hours are from 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday through Friday beginning October 27, 2025. Saturday, November 1, 2025 the courthouse will be open from 8:00am to 12:00pm. On Election Day, the courthouse will be open from 7:00am to 7:00pm.
• The Clerk & Recorder’s Office will be open for elections only on Election Day. No Motor Vehicle transactions or recording will be conducted on that day.
HAPPY NATIONAL CUSTODIAN APPRECIATION DAY!
La Veta School District is celebrating our incredible Maintenance Team: Tim Gripka, Mark Lofgren, Jonathan Kellams, and Ben Ouellette. We are very grateful to each of them for all they do individually and as a team. We'd be a mess without these guys!
Redhawks Staff Feature:
Welcome to the Redhawks team, Roland Raybourn! Roland is a Student Nutritional Services Cook, who has been with us since August 8th, 2025 after moving from his home-state of Texas back in April 2025. His favorite part of working here: "There's such a strong sense of community amongst the staff and students that is so lovely and infectious."
His hobbies/interests outside of work are clowning (dressing up like a clown and doing clown stuff like making animal balloons), playing video games, and learning new things.
Roland is also a cat dad and has included pictures of them: Mango (orange and white boy), Dottie (black and white girl), and Taco (calico girl).
Parent Teacher Conferences October 14 - 17.
Parent Teacher Conferences October 14 - 17
See flyer for information.
Kelly Anderson, Business Manager.
Fluent in spreadsheets, sarcasm, and soon an MBA.
I believe life rewards the brave - and I plan to collect.
HOMECOMING 2025!!!!!!!!
