The January focus for the Student of the Month was JUSTICE. These students have both gone above and beyond to show this trait here at Gilpin County Secondary School. Great job, Eagles!

In February, our focus will be EMPATHY.

Canyon cares about students and how they are treated. Canyon is not afraid to speak up when he sees someone being bullied or treated poorly. He also works to make sure that students are treated fairly. Canyon is a "Circle Keeper." His training as a cCircle Keeper appears to have brought out a stronger commitment to Justice. 

In Mr. Schuessler's English class students have been reading a book that deals heavily with the concepts of justice, revenge, and power. Keira has been a consistent leader in class conversations about what "justice" actually means, and her written work during this unit has also been top notch. Even when Keira has to miss class for sports, she has responsibly communicated about it and has completed her missed assignments for those days in a timely fashion.

Student Athletes are an important part of our school community. They lead our school both on and off the field/court.

Remi is new to our program this year and has shown incredible dedication to the team and team culture. After sitting out of practice for weeks due to injury, Remi has worked extremely hard in practice to close any gaps between her and her teammates. Remi is a very versatile player, and is able to play any position for us in any given game. A big focus for our team this month has been tag up defense and finishing each defensive possession with a box out. All of this is brand new to Remi this year, but she is able to play great on ball defense by moving her feet and keeping her hands active. When her player goes to shoot, she goes straight up and keeps her wrists back. Remi is a student of the game. Although she doesn't make the box out every time, it is obvious that she is thinking about the process, and putting a lot of effort into implementing it into her game.

Our practice focuses for the month of January are Intensity, Execution, and Conditioning. Amelia came to every optional open gym over break and has not missed a single practice for the season. She shows up to practice with intensity and a lot of questions that make her and her teammates better. Amelia has stayed mentally tough, kept herself out of foul trouble, and stayed in a green light. Amelia has worked hard to get herself in shape to play almost every minute of every game in January with a full court press for the majority of the game. She has stepped up for us on numerous occasions. Since coming back from break in January, Amelia has been our most consistent scorer. She has averaged 13.2 points per game. In our home opener vs Union Colony, Amelia showed her ability to execute offensively and defensively. That game she had her first double double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. She also had 5 steals, 7 deflections, and 3 assists. Three games later she scored her career high of 17 points vs St. Mary's with 12 of those points coming in the first half.

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Secondary Office Phone Number: (303) 582-3444, ext. 5054

Catrina Amaya - AM Administrative Assistant, 8a-12p, camaya@gilpin.k12.co.us 

Katura Atherton - PM Administrative Assistant and Athletic Trainer, 12p-4p, katherton@gilpin.k12.co.us 

For attendance reporting (excusing an absence, late arrival or leaving school early) please reach out to Catrina and/or Katura in the Secondary Office.