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For the past few years school spirit has started to die down here at Ouray School. For the basketball season we needed a boost of energy, so a group of girls decided to bring back the cheerleading team. It has been almost three years since the school has had cheer. During Covid, it was hard to show fan support for our basketball team when everyone had to watch virtually. Now, it is back and better than ever.

The academic excellence, environment, and culture of Ouray School has perennially attracted students, but expensive housing deters new families. Superintendent Tod Lokey commented, “We’ve lost a number of families down valley or out of the region altogether due to housing prices.”

After the 2023 Super Bowl, many Ouray students groused that the referees gifted the Kansas City Chiefs another championship. “Holding?” they asked, incredulously. But this kind of complaint is not limited to professional sports.

Some students at Ouray School have found that rock climbing is the perfect way to combat the boredom of growing up in a tiny town. Sophomore Lis Ray, for instance, has been rock climbing since she was ten. She got into rock climbing because of her friends down at Montrose Recreation Center, and found it really fun.

Athletic director and Spanish teacher Bernie Pearce has worked at Ouray school for 44 years and is retiring in May. So how did Mr. Pearce end up in Ouray? He graduated from Aspen High School in 1975. He went to college for four years and “wanted to become a teacher”.

The Ouray High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) went to the regional competition in Grand Junction on Tuesday, January 31st. Senior Pallen McArdle and sophomore Lis Ray both qualified for state competition, and the team bonded throughout the day.