Pagosa Springs High School (PSHS) students, staff, family and friends gathered at Golden Peaks Stadium on Saturday, May 30, to celebrate 81 graduating seniors as part of the 116th annual commencement.
The class of 2026 had 12 students earn the distinction of gaining a 4.0 GPA: Reev Wiren Belarmino, Xyra Jade Villanos Belarmino, Leah Nicole Blackman, Alexis Rose Campbell, Kylie Jade Chavez, Milo Anderson Deitemeyer, Dylan Ruskin-Holtz Dempster, Jenna Patricia Jenkins, Kaila Nolynn Limebrook, Kathryn Hastings Martin, Hayden Aleta Peterson and Truman Valin Vasek.
The class had six students earn the distinction of a 3.9 GPA: Faith Marie Aloha Domingo, Anja Marie Elizabeth Nasralla, Madison Ray Pacheco, Zachary Howard Pouyer, Travers Vincent Vasek and Hannah Ellen Woodhall-Harvey.
The seven graduates who earned the distinction of a 3.8 GPA are Olivia Anjelica Cardenas, Benjamin Creede Dozier, Katelyn George Fricke, Samuel Heng Ke Kelly, Chance Chavez Ramirez, Jayton Steele Ross and Marisol Renae Lusungu Talamante.
Those designated as being in the National Honors Society with a GPA of 3.4 or higher are Deaglan Richard Denen, Hope Felicitas Noelani Domingo, Xavior John-Thomas Haynie, Kaylee Jayde Hensle, Camden Alexander Hernandez, Syra Catelina Hernandez, Alia Renae Hibbert, Emerson Sofia Kladzyk Hubbard, Kennady Daisy Inez, Deisi Yanira Morin-Baxin, Elijah Lee Nehring, Stephen Rylee Pair, Carson Gregory Pilgrim, Caden Heinrich Plake, Heidy Zoe Renteria, Nicolas Michael Santille, Rebecca Morgan Stewart and Bianca Jade Zisa.
The following is a list of the scholarships awarded to graduates provided by PSHS Counselor Molly Gibson, totaling more than $1 million, including more than $160,000 from local organizations and businesses.
Blackman: Build Pagosa CTE Scholarship, $1,000; Vets for Vets Benny Lohman, $1,500; Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs, $12,000; Chama Peak Land Alliance Scholarship, $500; Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund Grant Award, $1,000; Colorado State University-Fort Collins, $20,000.
Campbell: Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs, $5,000.
Carter: Town of Pagosa Springs AIM HIGHER, $5,000.
Chavez: Build Pagosa CTE Scholarship, $1,000; San Juan Rangers Scholarship, $1,500; Hagan Scholarship, $60,000.
Dempster: Resport, $1,000; San Juan Rangers Scholarship, $1,500; Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs, $8,000; Rochester Institute of Technology, $52,000.
Faith Domingo: Whit Newton Good Citizenship Award, $500; University of Colorado Denver, $13,940.
Jessie Richard Elledge: Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund Grant Award, $1,000; Treat Scholarship, $1,500.
Matthew Fillmore Happ: Treat Scholarship, $1,000; Full Sail University, $40,000.
Haynie: Colorado Mesa University, $84,000.
Hensle: Build Pagosa CTE Scholarship, $1,000; Northern Arizona University, $14,000.
Jenkins: San Juan Rangers Scholarship, $1,500.
Limebrook: Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund Grant Award, $1,000; Archuleta County Republican Women Scholarship, $1,000; Chama Peak Land Alliance Scholarship, $1,000; Vic and Ethel Poma Memorial Scholarship, $ 2,000.
Katelynn Rose Mills: Resport, $1,000; San Juan Rangers Scholarship, $ 1,500; Town of Pagosa Springs AIM HIGHER, $5,000; Moniker Scholarship, $4,000; Chama Peak Land Alliance Scholarship, $500.
Natalia Maria Monterroso: Jonah’s Light Memorial Scholarship, $1,950; WHIPs (Women Helping in Pagosa), $1,200.
Nasralla: Andrea McGinn Memorial Scholarship, $2,000; LIM College, $56,000.
Nehring: Build Pagosa CTE Scholarship, $1,000; Vets for Vets Benny Lohman, $1,500; San Juan Rangers Scholarship, $1,500.
Peterson: Home Run Berglund Scholarship, $1,500.
Pouyer: Vets for Vets Benny Lohman, $1,500; Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund Grant Award, $1,000.
Renteria: APT Foundation Scholarship, $80,000; Daughters of the American Revolution, $750; Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund Grant Award, $ 1,000; University of Colorado Boulder, $12,400.
Santille: Colorado Mesa University, $14,000.
AmberLynn Fay Snarr: Vets for Vets Benny Lohman, $1,500; Mullins Nickerson Post 108 American Legion Scholarship $5,000; Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund Grant Award, $1,000.
Stewart: University of Northern Colorado, $14,000.
Travers Vasek: Pagosa Springs Instrumental Society, $1,000; Curtains Up Pagosa Scholarship, $1,000; Colorado State University-Fort Collins, $92,000.
Aidan Gabriel-Alano Vega: Vets for Vets Benny Lohman, $1,500.
Woodhall-Harvey: Build Pagosa-Trista Naumann Scholarship, $2,500; San Juan Rangers Scholarship, $1,500; Uncle Leroy Lucero Memorial Scholarship, $500.
San Juan Mountain School
The afternoon of May 30, students, staff, family and friends gathered to celebrate the graduation of 18 students from San Juan Mountain School (SJMS).
A quartet of SJMS graduates garnered scholarships, according to the school:
Judith Berry: Hamline University Full Honors, writing and art.
Tucker Jacobson: Clarendon College, Colorado High School Rodeo Association.
Josiah Shumaker: LPEA Lineworker Scholarship, Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund Grant.
Matthew Iturralde: Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund Grant.
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