Mesa Alta Jr. High
7-8 • 505-634-4350 • 329 N. Bergin Lane • Bloomfield, NM 87413
http://mesa.bsin.k12.nm.us/
My Experience at Fort Lewis
By Donovan Haynie
My experience at Fort Lewis was good because we got to meet the writer of the music
and was the director of our band. The hotels
there were awesome and were very big. I met
about six or eight people and noticed that
most of us played the baritone. It was a great experience and I
would do it again.
FORT LEWIS
DISTRICT HONOR BAND
HONOR BAND
Madeline Kidd
Hannah Ellsworth
Hannah Ellsworth
Kamea Wheeler
Donovan Haynie
Emilee Lucero
Tyrel Durfey
Amber Troutman
Kamea Wheeler
Amber Troutman
Honor Band
By: Kamea Wheeler
At Fort Lewis I half met David Holsonger. He was supposed to come and
talk to us, but his flight got canceled. So
we talked to him via video chat. I met some
cool people. Our director was really good. He worked with
everyone and he made us a very good band. My favorite
song was the Rudimentary March; it is an upbeat song that
was really fun to play. Ft. Lewis was two days and the concert
was at 2:00 p.m. the second day. Over all it was really fun.
At district Honor Band our director (Mrs. Reed) was very
fun. She would tell us cheesy band jokes and she was really upbeat and encouraging. My Favorite song to play was
“River of Dreams”. It was a slow-ish song with complicated
movements of notes. I was 2nd chair and it was nice to learn
from the other people and get better. It was a really cool
experience.
Band
By: Madeline Kidd
District Honor Band
I really liked going to District Honor Band. It was fun to
go and play in a band with other people from other schools.
We had Katherine Reed as our director. She was a lot of
fun to work with. The music was really hard, but was fun
and easier to play once we had the whole band. It’s a good
experience going to work with other people and having a
bigger band to work with that our own. It was fun and a great
experience.
Fort Lewis Honor Band
Fort Lewis was fun. We left on Friday and spent the night
in Durango. When we got to rehearsals, it was fun to see
how many people we recognize from District Honor Band.
We had Walter Cummings as our band director. He wrote
the piece “Song for the Winter Moon” which we performed
for our concert. Our pieces were quite hard with fast tempos,
difficult rhythms and always changing tempos. I got to talk
with a lot of people from all over New Mexico and Colorado.
Every one made new friends. On Friday night, everyone
got to go Skype with Dr. David Hollinger, a world renowned
composer. We would have been able to meet him in person,
but one of his connecting flights to Colorado was cancelled.
But it was fun to talk to him and learn about him. On Saturday
we practiced for a while and had our concert in the afternoon.
The concert hall at FLC has 2-second reverberation, so it
was fun to play and listen to the echo. Fort Lewis has nice
acoustics.
It was a fun experience going and working with a bug
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band and Dr. Cummings. I loved it and it was a lot of fun.
Mesa Alta Jr. High
7-8 • 505-634-4350 • 329 N. Bergin Lane • Bloomfield, NM 87413
http://mesa.bsin.k12.nm.us/
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UNIQUE UPDATE
A great big THANK YOU to
Wal-Mart and Bowlero Lanes
for donating gifts cards/free bowling
certificates to
our Honor students and student with
perfect attendance.
MESA ALTA THANKS YOU!!
A special thank you to
Bloomfield Florist
for making Christmas
very special for a family in the
Bloomfield community with your
wonderful donation!!
Last semester the art classes made
paper mache animals. They had their
choice of an elephant, a bobcat or a
bunny. The Unique Learning students
were able to take theirs back to their
classroom to finish them.
Preston Roberson had LeiLei Delgado
and Miss Karen help him
with his Royal Elephant
complete with glitter
blanket and crown! Isiah
Tracy had help from Alan
Saldavar and Miss Tina.
His was embellished with
Transformr details. Awesome!
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Mesa Alta Jr. High
7-8 • 505-634-4350 • 329 N. Bergin Lane • Bloomfield, NM 87413
http://mesa.bsin.k12.nm.us/
Student Athletes of the Week -- Since December, 2014
Girls Basketball
Boys Basketball
Cierra Munoz
Rogelio Gonzales
Jose Leyva
Joshua Boehm
Halli Payne
Wrestling
Teegan Clawson
Chris Wethington
Seth Martinez
Cephrin Martinez
Jonas Medina
Noah Gurule
Josiah Brown
Trust Exercise
By: Skylar Mackey
Skylar Mackey, Ayslynn Aranda, Glycerine
Jones and Tianna Jewel attempted and succeeded a trust exercise in which you put four
chairs into a square and you lay down on the
chair to where you are
supporting each other.
Then someone not laying down removes all
four chairs and you are
all in midair supporting
each other.
They got the idea to do
that from a video they
saw on Facebook of girls
doing the exercise.
January
Student of the Month
Congratulations to our January student of
the month, Natiana Arviso. Natiana is a wonderful
student who is tied for top GPA. She played volleyball and was the point guard on the basketball
team. She currently is playing basketball with the
Lady Cat High School Team. She has an outgoing
personality as an office aid and is a great role model in the classroom.
Great job Natiana, keep up the awesome work!
FEBRUARY
STUDENT OF THE MONTH
Kenyon Mosley
Christian Robison
Congratulations to Blaze Chavez, Mesa
Alta’s February student of the month!
Blaze maintains a high GPA, participates in
football and track. Blaze always demonstrates
a positive attitude and is a leader in his classes.
Blaze is also Student Council Vice President and
is a great example of how if you work hard and demonstrate the best in
yourself it will truly pay off. Keep13
up the great work Blaze!
Mesa Alta Jr. High
7-8 • 505-634-4350 • 329 N. Bergin Lane • Bloomfield, NM 87413
http://mesa.bsin.k12.nm.us/
Family Night Success
Monday December 8
On Monday December 8 the Neon
Ninjas hosted a Family night event.
There was singing from the Mesa Alta
Junior High choir, yummy posole, and
cookies. There were also some great
activities including card writing, cookie
walk, wreath making, Christmas coloring
and string activities. Thanks to the Mesa
Alta families for coming out and enjoying
the free food and activities. Over 160
people were fed that night. There was
much laughter, fun, and talking. The
teachers Mrs. Gallegos, Mrs. Perry, Mr.
Duran, Mrs. Harvel, Mrs. Brown, Mrs.
Kimball, and Mrs. Augustine had a wonderful time sharing their activities with
the families and being able to spend time
with them in a laid back atmosphere.
Thank you to Mr. Benavidez, Mrs. Wilson, and everyone else who came out
to support us with our activity.
Monday, February 2
Team Bobcats hosted the February
Family Night from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
About 150 students and their parents
were in attendance. The theme was
“Let The Good Times Roll.” This theme
encompassed a combination of Mardi
Gras and Valentines Day activities. Ms.
Hohman, Mrs. Demorrow, Mr. Smith, Ms.
Tsosie, Ms. Iatorola, and Ms. Gabrel had
fun sharing their activities with everyone!
There was card making, mask making,
face painting, noise makers, party hats.
The Choir performed and Nachos were
served.
Special thanks go out to Rose
Montoya and Lulu Hampton from FNP
who have helped with food preparation
and serving since we started our Family
Nights. We couldn’t do it without you!!
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