Ortega Middle School

06/20/2026

The Rio Grande County Public Health Youth Outreach Specialists are putting on another positive youth event on Saturday, June 27! This free event is for youth ages 13+ and will focus on practical life skills to prepare for the future. Free lunch for the first 50 youth in attendance, door prizes and much more!

Adulting 101-Youth Life Skills!

06/01/2026

05/28/2026

05/27/2026

A HUGE Thanks to the JJ Watt Foundation for our new football uniforms!!! 🏈 🫎

05/20/2026

Our OMS Intermediate Band was awarded a Silver Medal at the Elitch Gardens Music Festival!!! 🥈 🎶 🎺 🎷

05/19/2026

OMS Art Students and 6th Grader Harlow Sand helped make the Art Gala fun with decorations and ballet! 🩰 📚 🎨

04/29/2026

BIG WIN FOR THE MEAN MOOSE! 🏈 Ortega Middle School Athletics is incredibly grateful to announce that our Football Program has been approved for a $5,838.00 grant from the Justin J. Watt Foundation! This funding will provide new uniforms for our student-athletes, ensuring they take the field with confidence and pride this fall. Thank you to Connie Watt and the entire Foundation Board for investing in our kids and the Alamosa community!

04/25/2026

The Alamosa School District and its Social Emotional Learning & Trauma Informed Care Committee has launched “Project 100”

04/13/2026

Congratulations to our very talented art students who placed at the recent Southern Peaks League Art Show 👩🏼‍🎨 🎨 🖼️ 👨🏻‍🎨

~Alexa Sisneros got second in Markers, and painted a crane for Swoop of the Cranes.
~Candelario Gurule got third in 3d Non Ceramics
~Kamron Valdez got first in Collage and Scratch Art
~Kiley Diaz got first in Markers
~Emilia Salazar got first in Oil Painting
~Riley Bruchez got third in Acrylic Painting
~Serenity Velasquez got third in Markers
~Lucia Simmering got first in Comic Books
~Eden Kindsfather got first and second in WaterColor, and Best of Show for all of middle school