Deer Creek Middle School

Hawk Quest comes to Deer Creek Middle School
More fun pictures of this event with our 6th grade students last week

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Last week Deer Creek 6th grade students (and teachers!) enjoyed a visit from HawkQuest.

HawkQuest is a Colorado nonprofit organization that provides interactive educational programs featuring live birds of prey such as eagles, owls, falcons, and hawks. Its mission is to make learning engaging while promoting respect for nature, biodiversity, and environmental stewardship.
Founded in 1986 by master falconer and educator Kin Quitugua, HawkQuest focuses especially on educating youth about the vital role raptors play in ecosystems and the importance of protecting the natural world.

Thanks to Ms. Haggenjos who secured grant funding to bring this wonderful experience to Deer Creek MS for our 6th grade students

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Last week Deer Creek 6th grade students (and teachers!) enjoyed a visit from HawkQuest.

HawkQuest is a Colorado nonprofit organization that provides interactive educational programs featuring live birds of prey such as eagles, owls, falcons, and hawks. Its mission is to make learning engaging while promoting respect for nature, biodiversity, and environmental stewardship.
Founded in 1986 by master falconer and educator Kin Quitugua, HawkQuest focuses especially on educating youth about the vital role raptors play in ecosystems and the importance of protecting the natural world.

Thanks to Ms. Haggenjos who secured grant funding to bring this wonderful experience to Deer Creek MS for our 6th grade students

Deer Creek Middle School Mountaineers of the Month - January 2026
The Mountaineer of the Month award is our way of letting students know that we see them and that we appreciate them doing what is expected, and then doing more.
At Deer Creek Middle School we are guided by our PEAK Principles. Our Mountaineers of the Month have been nominated by teachers for exemplifying each of the PEAK behaviors. (Prepared, Engaged, Accountable, Kind and Respectful)
The nomination and voting process is taken very seriously and our staff work hard to ensure we nominate as many students as possible. The students that are selected as Mountaineer of the Month have made a strong impact on our community and have demonstrated exceptional PEAK behaviors.

Congratulations to the Mountaineers of the Month – January 2026!
6th Grade: Madison Macdonald and Ryan Ayala
7th Grade: Rhys Effertz and Declan Lobb
8th Grade: Victoria Hernandez and Ransom Salaz

Pictured L-R Molly Law, Assistant Principal, Madison Macdonald, Ransom Salaz, Declan Lobb, Rhys Effertz, Ryan Ayala, Victoria Hernandez, Brandon Hall, Principal

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Engineering - Flight and Space
Students are performing canister rockets to test different types of fuel for rockets and analyzing the data to make informed decisions about the correct types of fuel needed to get to space.

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Engineering - Flight and Space
Students are testing what it takes for a spacecraft to be in orbit and then exit orbit, based on the four forces of flight and Newton's Laws.

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PALS Chess provided lunchtime entertainment with their huge outdoor Chessboard

Chess Club meets on Mondays after school at Deer Creek starting Monday January 26th
More information and registration is available using this link:
https://palschess.com/deer-creek-middle-school-chess-club-registration/

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Our 8th grade students visited Chatfield High School for Future Charger Day.
Thanks to students and staff at Chatfield High School for providing a warm welcome and a great experience!

Deer Creek Middle School is proud to offer the Noetic Math Contest (NLMC) to our students.
NLMC is a leading national competition for elementary and middle school students (grades 2 - 8).
Held twice a year, NLMC challenges students to think deeply, discover the beauty of mathematics, and build a strong foundation for advanced STEM learning.
We celebrated our 56 students on January 12th who took part in the Fall test.

Deer Creek Middle School 2026 has started off rather eventful! Due to pipes bursting in the ceiling in the front office we had quite the flood over winter break. A huge thanks to Mr Sudano who just happened to pop in over break to discover the issue, Mr Sturbaum and our custodial crew, as well as an awesome ServPro crew, we are getting back in shape slowly but surely.

Each New Year brings a fresh start, but this is a bit more than we bargained for!

We are open and somewhat operational today and plan to be ready to go on Wednesday to welcome students back. Just pardon our mess for a bit, it will be a few weeks until new carpet is installed and then we will be back to normal!!

Happy New Year

Deer Creek Middle School Gingerbread building in 6th grade Science.
Students had limited supplies and time and had to work together to get a free standing structure.
Happy Holidays!