Dear Thompson Community,
It is hard to believe that we will soon wrap up the 2024-25 school year. The time after Spring Break is always a fast-moving period in TSD. While students start gearing up for their end-of-year school work in the classrooms, our staff also prepares for and conducts the annual Colorado Measures of Academic Success exams (CMAS). These exams are a statewide assessment tool to measure student progress in math, English, science, and social studies. The program is designed to provide a standard measure of student achievement and to help schools and districts understand student progress toward mastering academic standards. The data is exceptionally valuable at both the school and district levels. Teachers can use it in classrooms to better understand how their instructional methods benefit students. And at the district level, administrators use the information to make informed decisions about curriculum practice and to help guide the placement of resources and support.
Next month, our schools will be fully engaged in finishing up all of their final activities as we prepare for our graduation ceremonies and other celebrations after a job well done. It will be an extraordinarily busy time, and before we get too far down that path, I want to take a few moments to celebrate some of the terrific activity successes that our students have achieved over the past several weeks. While the following list is not an exhaustive look into the totality of student success across the district, I think you’ll agree that we have much to be proud of here in the Thompson School District.
Berthoud High School
- Knowledge Bowl: Won its regional competition and competed at the state tournament in Greeley
- Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA): BHS had five state qualifiers in several events.
Loveland High School
- Wind Symphony: Performed at the Colorado Music Educators Association Conference in Colorado Springs
- Music Program: Had several students who participated in a wide variety of honor choirs, honor bands, and honor orchestras this winter
- Speech and Debate: Qualified 22 members for the state tournament. Abby Reiss earned Academic All-American status.
- DECA: The team had two state champions—Abby Reiss for the Sports and Entertainment Series and Chelsea Kennedy for the Marketing Communication Series—and six State finalists in its competitions.
- Unified Basketball Teams: State champions and 3rd Place at the State tournament on March 7th
- Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA): LHS had 14 students qualify for the state competition later this month.
Mountain View High School
- DECA: Lauren Dietz qualified for the national competition
- Unified Basketball: Took three teams to the State competition
- Speech and Debate: Lauren Dietz was a state Octofinalist
- Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA): Four students participated in the District competition, with two students qualifying for state
Thompson Valley High School
- DECA: Ty Bakker placed 6th and qualified for national competition. Alexsis Bailey and Samantha Michieli placed in the top 12.
- Science Olympiad: The team finished 7th overall at regionals, missing a team trophy by just two points. Matthew Woodcox and Ryan Woodcox captured first place in the Bungee Drop, and the team had top-10 finishes in 14 out of 23 events.
- All-State Honor Orchestra: Jacob Crisman and Herbie Crisman were selected for the 2024 Colorado All-State Honor Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA): Sixteen out of 31 TVHS members qualified for the State competition, with many students competing in multiple events.
- Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA): Celia Davis was elected the FCCLA Northern District Director of Events.
As you can see, we have much to be proud of here in the Thompson School District. Our students are not only thriving in the classroom but also competing and representing our district well in the community, across the state, and beyond. Thank you, as always, for your unwavering support of each student and family here in TSD. We greatly appreciate all that you do.
Sincerely,
Dr. Marc Schaffer
Superintendent
Thompson School District