Bighorn Bulletin

As graduation approaches this May, senior Adelyne Flick is preparing to close an important chapter of her life while looking ahead to an exciting future in higher education and beyond.

Flick plans to attend the University of Nevada, Reno, where she will pursue a degree in psychology. 

“After graduation, I plan to go to UNR for psychology and continue on to work in that field,” she said. 

Reflecting on her time at Oasis Academy, she described her experience as both challenging and rewarding. She transferred back to Oasis during her sophomore year and said the school quickly became a positive environment for her. 

“Going through high school here has been a very positive experience for me. All of my teachers have been kind and supportive, and I have met a lot of amazing people who made coming to class fun,” she said. “While it has been hard at times, it has also been very rewarding.”

Among her many memories at Oasis, one stands out the most. 

“One of my favorite memories at Oasis was the homecoming dance in my senior year. I spent the night dancing, laughing, and having fun with my friends,” she explained. “I have a lot of good memories here, but that was a good night.”

Academically, her interests were strongly influenced by her passion for psychology and true crime. Her favorite class was a Western Nevada College course titled Making of a Murderer. 

“Psychology piques my interest, as well as true crime, and I loved learning about the psychology and background of different killers,” she said. “The class was very unique and interesting.”

Outside the classroom, she has been involved in softball. She played during her sophomore year and later served as the team manager. 

“I love the girls on the team and watching the games,” she said.

When asked about mentors, she expressed gratitude to many teachers but singled out one in particular. 

“I could thank all of my teachers, but I would especially like to thank Counselor Andy Lenon,” she said. “He has supported me all throughout my years at Oasis and has walked me through progressing through the rest of my senior year. He’s friendly and easy to talk to and has made managing my last year of high school simpler.”

As she prepares to graduate, she offers practical advice for students who will follow in her footsteps. 

“My advice to future students is to avoid procrastinating,” she said. “Especially once you get into the JumpStart program, it’s very important to stay on top of your work. It takes a lot of the stress out of doing college courses.”

In addition to earning her high school diploma, she will also graduate with her Associate of Arts degree through Western Nevada College.

Oasis FFA Students Compete at Zone

By Sadie Whitaker

On Saturday, February 7th, Oasis FFA attended the Western Zone held at Fernley High School in Fernley, Nevada. The event was a great opportunity to grow closer and get to know the other members in our zone. 

The Oasis Academy Chapter of FFA competed in Poultry, Floriculture, Milk Evaluation, Vet Med, Horse Evaluation, and Livestock Evaluation CDEs, along with Prepared and Extemporaneous public speaking LDEs. 

In the animal competitions, the poultry team earned first place, with Bailey Peixoto placing first individually, Katie Varain second, and Kinsley Viera third. The Oasis horse evaluation team earned second, and the Oasis livestock evaluation team earned second. 

In the speaking competitions, Taylor Sowersby placed third in prepared public speaking, and Katie Varain placed first in extemporaneous public speaking. The Oasis horse evaluation team earned second, and finally, the Oasis livestock evaluation earned second. 

Finally, in the milk evaluation competition, Sadie Whitaker placed second individually, Taylor Sowersby placed third individually in Vet Med, and the Oasis floriculture team earned second place overall.  Photo:From left: Jenna Whitaker, Katie Varain, Sadie Whitaker, Kinsley Viera, Taylor Sowersby, Bailey Peixoto, and Brooke Manskie.

Middle and High School Honor Roll Students Recognized

Congratulations to the Fall 2025 Honor Roll students in third through tenth grade. To earn placement on the honor roll, students in grades 3-6 must have earned As or Bs in all classes for the semester. Students in grades 7-10 must have earned a semester grade point average of 3.0 or higher in their coursework.

Third Grade

Ronin Ansotegui, Gurteg Arora, Conner Arritt, Leonidas Aust, Paisley Barbato, Laleina Braden, Abigayle Brooks, Brynlee Bryant, Lochlan Byrne, Payten Cain, Leslie Camacho Munoz, Oliver Caseday, Nadia Castillo, Ezreal Church, Patrick Cline, Charlotte Coombs, Landon Couch, Darlene Delatorre, Alexandria Drake, Journey Enriquez, Josephine Foster, Grace Francisco, Isabella Gallegos, Daleyza Gutierrez Tellez, Landon Haffner, Tobyn Hammond, Spencer Hampton, Delanee Hanrahan, Wesley Herold, Stella Heyer, Thurman Hiskett, Daniel Kindness, Benjamin Knight, Natale Laca, Lily Laue, Whitney Lewis, Teagan Lienhardt, Emilaya McKneely, Jeremiah Morgan, Evangeline Mullins, Everett Nastro, Genoveve Palacios, Zoe Preston, Tripp Prinz, Ryan Renfroe, Sebastian Rizo Hernandez, Antonio Rodriguez-Ugalde, Aryana Tapia, Eveana Tapia Santos, Caden Thomas, Zachary Warren, Joshua Warren, Kennedy Wilbanks, Matthew Zimmerman, Anastacia Zumwalt

Fourth Grade

Odysseus Arcoraci, Emma Barajas-Rojas, Noah Beier, David Benham, Tobias Berry, Evelyn Brooks, Kaleb Burton, Markus Cain, Kyle Coday, Presley Coutinho, Brielle Davis, Penelope Derby, Hurkualez Dummer-Arreguin, Lincoln Dynek, Emma Ferguson, Meika Flick, Jaye Freeman, William Frey, Rodrigo Galeno Mendez, Isabella Garcia, Kevin Gomez Tellez, Owen Grady, Wyatt Griffin, Jose Guzman, Ziva Gygax, Bennett Hert, Silas Kirkland, Sinai Lamas Gonzalez, Mia Lewis, Olivia Manskie, Ember Manskie, Aubrey Manzo, Harlow McClanahan, Paislee Means, Brooklyn Mello, Deimmy Mendoza, Brysen Moody, Nathaniel Navarro, Carlee Owen, Claire Oyler, Ace Pierson, Caylee Presgraves, Lucy Renfroe, Elias Robb, Derrick Rule, Richard Sanford, Rayden Shingleton, Jack Skoda, Cassidy Sorensen, Jaleesa Soriano, Indie Sullivan, Adelynn Wood

Fifth Grade

Thomas Acomb, Turner Ansotegui, Aaron Ayers, Eve Beadle, Gabrielle Brown, Sophie Bryan, Emma Carlo, AlliAnne Cross, Sofia De Leon, Lily Derby, Rayden Dubois, Deegan Edgmon, Ranger Farley, Hannah Fenton, Nina Henry, Kenzi Herold, Izabeau Hicks, Niklaus Kirkland, Damaris Lamas Gonzalez, Landin Lamprich, Kate Linares, Jazmine Mayer, Nathan Moffitt, Ryan Moran Rodriguez, Piper Morrow, Oliver Ortega, Justin Persek, Cadence Pruit, Aubrey Reeves, Demitri Riske, Chloe Rodriguez-Ugalde, Ella Segura, Cody Sherer, Bradley Smith, Brayden Sowersby, Stetson Starr, Jameson Stevenson, Tinlee Tanberg, Emma Whitaker, Jackson Whitaker, Hunter Winder, Tucker Workman, Brooklyn Zimmerman

Sixth Grade

Daleyza Alaniz Cornejo, Hayes Allegre, Delilah Aust, Emalyn Burns, Ayden Butcher, Logan Butcher, Tiernan Byrne, Sophya Calhoun, Sierra Cavanaugh, Janice Cervantes Garcia, Bryson Chenoweth, Kayden Coday, Elijah Davis, Benjamin Dunlap, Casen Edgmon, Parker Espinosa, Benjamin Fecht, Theodore Foster, Benjamin Frey, Declan Garber, Avery Gardner, Wesley Griffin, Austin Gurr, Ian Gygax, Max Hankins, Brazen Hawkins, Hailey Herwick, Hailey Hiibel, Wyatt Houyoux-Craig, Anson Hyde, Wesley Johnson, Deacon Johnson, Kooper King, Beau Kniestedt, Audrey Kovnat, Gemma Lambson, Zachary Lemieux, Cash Lewis, Kyra Lewis, Bailey Lewis, Alexandra Manzo, Zavier Martin, Kypton Maynez, Maylee McKnight, Madison Mello, Grace Miller, Briseis Mora, Karter Owens, Tason Oyler, Makayla Pilarski, Kathryn Preston, Lauren Rule, Hudson Santos, Rachel Scott, Ryder Shingleton, Aadalee Smith, Juniper Sorensen, Sophia Sorensen, Mason Stanek, Tanner Tippett, Luz Ugalde Coronado, Cohen Whitaker, Cora Worth, Kaidan Ybarra

Seventh Grade
Samuel Acomb, Olivia Allen, Pearl Ansotegui, Adley Arritt, Brooke Bennett, Macady Bogdanowicz, Harmonie Brooks, Connor Butcher, Madelyn Byrd, Caoilainn Byrne, Camdyn Cecil, Kennedy Chandler, Braylee Cline, Owen Corbett, Roarie Curtis, Ellie Davis, Sophia Derby, Makayla Dynek, Helena Evans, Colton Fait, Reagan Farley, Rori Fellows, Lilianna Freeman, Antonio Garcia, Aaron Herrera-Velasquez, Ella Hert, Tensley Johnson, Sophia Kirkland, Lyndon Lenon, Reece Manskie, Zander Merritt, Victoria Molatore, Elijah Morgan, Trinity Mullins, Drake Nunes-King, Owen Olsen, Alaina Oyler, Ellie Peixoto, Allyson Perez, Clay Saunders, Khloe Shawcroft, Hailey Shawcroft, Parker Sweeney, Ava Sweetser, Hadley Tippett, Logan Tolman, Bailey Warren, Allison Whitaker

Eighth Grade

Addison Allegre, Audrey Blakemore, Tristan Bracken, Riley Davis, Greysen Dubois, Vivian Foster, Jackson Frey, Cadence Garber, Preston Gurr, Abel Hernandez, Kenton Horn, Payton Hyde, Janie Irving, Kennedi King, Savannah Lewis, Adam Linares, Zayden Maynez, Shandon Magee McNamer, Christopher Miller, Tyler Mitchell, Luke Moffitt, Dayana Moran Rodriguez, Kelsey Nall, Jake Nichols, Allie Nuttall, Sadie Nuttall, Audrey O'Bryant, Alyssa Oyler, Drew Palanivelu, Addielyn Peel, Jacob Pilarski, Daniella Ramirez-Vilchez, Odin Roose, Alana Santos, Sawyer Schank, Mackenzie Schoenmeier, Katelyn Smith, Nickolas Sorensen, Payton Sowersby, Weston Starr, Mayu Steinbaugh, Connor Tolman, Vincenzo Torres May, Maya Ugalde, Cole Wood

Freshmen

Ezra Acomb, Jesselle Joy Bayoneta, Neel Bhakta, Aliyah Burces, Emma Cline, Keagan Craig, John Dunkin, Brooklyn Dunlap, Reese Evans, Jack Fecht, Jeremy Heath, Orianna Hubbard, Elizabeth Johnson, Masen Kobberstad, Madalynn Kruckenberg, Avery Laca, Honey Mattson, Sonora McInturff, Donald McPhee, Evan Mitchell, Sophia Moya, Erin Mullins, Abigail Owings, Bailey Peixoto, Anthony Reynolds, Kamah Roose, Calder Rowe, Aliyah Schleyer-Ashmead, Natallie Snooks, Ianna Clairize Sorono, Faith Marie Torres May, Jonathan Velasquez, Kinsley Viera, Mandy Wadsworth, Ryder Warren, Jason Zutah

Sophomores

Meghan Allen, Valerie Antus, Bailey Beebe, Abby Belle Bird, Ingrid Canto Leon, Amberlyn Casey, Keagan Coday, Kaden Detomasi, Stevie Hiskett, Asher Irving, Keaton Jaques, Mason Jardine, Brooke Manskie, Vincent May, Jemma McCourtney, Benjamin McKnight, Shayana Marie McNamer, Preslee Merritt, Elijah Mitchell, Kylie Moya, Joshua Polish, Wyatt Ricks, Nery Rizo Hernandez, Crew Schank, Lora Siebecker, Lily Smith, Jackson Snow, Austin Steffens, Addison Sweeney, John Zulz, Autumn Zupancic