Recent News

Kudos to our SLMS Mathletes for bringing the honor to participate at state level after winning two spots in the Yuma County MathCounts Competition on February 9! They earned this honor by defeating around 80 students from schools all across Yuma and Dateland. The following students participated:

Carlos Melendrez
Jayret Matias
Sergio Rico
Nicolle Desnoyers
Kassandra Sicairos
Paola Ruvalcaba
Yezenia Diaz
Tamara Castro
Alejandra Pasillas
Alejandro Ramirez

Paola Ruvalcaba won the second position and Yezenia Diaz earned 4th spot in the county. Their coach, Mr. Cesar Castro, prepared them very well for this competition. His hard work and constant support paid off!

Catch our Scorpions on KYMA Channel 11 at 5:00 PM and 10:00 PM and KSWT Channel 13 at 4:00 PM, 6:00 PM and 10:00 o’clock.

Congratulations again to all!

A big round of applause to our SLMS Mathletes who will be participating in the Yuma County MathCounts Competition on Friday, February 9th, 2018.

We wish them the very best of luck!

You are cordially invited to our SLMS PARENT ATOMIC NIGHT by Science Department on Tuesday, January 9 at 5:30 pm in the gym. PTO will also take place that time.

Our annual SLMS Spelling Bee was conducted on Thursday, December 14th, 2017. We are pleased to announce this year's proud winners:

1st Place-Alejandra Pasillas (8th Grader)
2nd Place- Marcos Pacheco (7th Grader)
3rd Place-Dominic Arce (8th Grader)

Congratulations, Scorpions! We feel extremely proud of you, and we know you'll try your level best to compete at the District Spelling Bee!

Keep shining!

2nd quarter grading period ends on December 15th, 2017; these are official grades. Report cards will be handed out to parents/guardians during Parent-Teacher Conferences. Conferences will take place the same week we come back from Winter Break: January 3rd, 4th & 5th, 2018.

We are extremely proud to announce that Mrs. Alvarez, our 7th grade ACT/Math teacher, was selected as one of the recipients for the '19th Annual Esperanza Latino Teacher Award.' The Esperanza Latino Teacher Awards recognizes four outstanding Latino educators for their impact on our future generations within the state of Arizona.

Mrs. Alvarez, our exemplary math teacher, will be honored at a special awards dinner on October 17th, 2017 at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix. She will receive a $5,000 cash award and a stipend of $2,500 to help our school.

Hard work pays off. Congratulations, Mrs. Alvarez!

SLMS is very proud of our young Scorpion Scientists who created a device for a handicapped girl that did not have her left arm in the workshop 'Girls in STEM.' The device was created by them on the spot; it was designed to help the girl benefit from it.

The workshop took place in Phoenix, AZ on September 23rd, 2017.

Special thanks to Mrs. Orozco and Mrs. Espinoza for constantly motivating and preparing these students.

Our very own SLMS Sinaloense Band will be preforming at the following events:

9/25/17 9th Annual Safety Event at 4:00-4:30 pm in San Luis, AZ.
There will be free hot dogs, 'churros', snow cones, pop corn, water, and bike raffles!!!

9/27/17 Border Patrol Hispanic Celebration 9:30-1:00 pm in Yuma, AZ.

Come out and enjoy great music. Our talented students deserve our full support!

Go Scorpions!