BOBCAT BULLETIN

Our track and field team was coached by Joe Duffy, Justin Alston, and Ted Avila; twenty-three students participated. The team was led by eighth graders Craig Hight Jr., John Oberly, Evelynn Hansen, Rebecca Avila, Mirra Bourriague, Amira Montoya, and Kieley White Thunder. The team competed in the CSJMLL League Meet during the week of May 1. Hansen took the league championship in Girls Discus and was the runner up in Girls Shot. Sixth grader Zoie Swindell placed fourth in Girls Discus.  

The IMS soccer team was coached by Breana Talamante-Benevidez and Abbas Al Amin. Twenty-four students participated. Led by eighth graders Avanna Cook, Selia Montoya, and Jayden Scott, the team had its most successful season in school history. They won their quarterfinal playoff game against Tri City on Saturday, May 4 by a score of 3-2 but lost in the semifinals to Pagosa 4-2 on Saturday, May 11.  

This year Ignacio Middle School will graduate fifty-four eighth graders. The Eighth graders are currently finishing up their eighth-grade exit presentations, then they will go on a class trip to Denver to celebrate their time in middle school. Sixth and seventh graders will finish up their classes on the last day of school, Thursday, May 23. From all of us here at the Ignacio Middle School, we’d like to wish everyone in the community a happy summer!