ALAMOSA — Saturday morning, beneath a brilliantly blue sky on a day that was not too hot and a breeze that was not too strong, a stage with the superintendent, assistant superintendent and Board of Education plus bleachers that seat 1,000 people full with family and friends, 112 graduating Alamosa High School (AHS) seniors walked across the stage where they were each awarded their diploma in person.   

Add in another eight students who did not attend the ceremony, and a total of 120 students comprised the graduating class. 

 The energy in the stadium was palpable, as it was a joyous day celebrating a class that invested significant energy in their high school experience with students being awarded more than $1.8 million in scholarships for their continued education. 

A total of 18 students will graduate holding an Associates in Arts degree or an Associates in Science. Out of a class of 120, 18 students – 15% of all graduates – will enter a four-year university – should they make that choice – already possessing an associate’s degree.  

AHS Principal Ortega also called attention to 15 students who graduated with a 4.0 grade point average. Others earned Career and Technical Education certificates and still others have chosen to enter the military. 

Ortega told the Valley Courier, “I’m so proud of our kids for all of their hard work. We had so many students with so many awards and recognition and just taking their own paths but, also, they all got along well. So, it was a tight knit class, and they were all good friends, but, at the same time, they all did what needed to be done and found their own pathways.” 

The class officers of AHS Class of 2025 included Eryc Heredia as president, Miya Spangler as Vice President, Morgan Ortega as Secretary and Rosaura Tomas as Class Representative.  

Also, appropriately for this group of students, the class slogan was “I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all,” originally from Olympian Simone Biles.