GAME DAY🐾
Softball at Lamar Tourney
vs Alamosa 12:30 PM
vs Moffat County 2:30 PM
Volleyball vs Granada JV/V 11 AM
#NeverSlack

SCORES🐾 🥎Softball beat Boise City 19-18 Fell to Weld Central 12-2 ⛳️ Boys Golf Varsity- Burlington Truit Homm 85 7th Place Trevor Yahn 86 10th Place Oliver Goodnow 89 15th Place Colton Schlosser 101 42nd Place Hayden Woller 106 47th Place Brandon McDaniel 113 60th Place JV in Stratton Our team scramble score was a 43 for nine holes. This put Jude Grinnan, Marcus Hernandez, and AJ Miller in 7th place 🏈Football beat Yuma 49-22 #CougarPride

GAME DAY🐾
Cross Country at Goodland 4 PM
Volleyball vs Bethune 5 PM
MS Volleyball at Holyoke C/B/A 4 PM
MS Football at Holyoke A- Team 4:30 PM
#NeverSlack

SCORES🐾 🏐MS Volleyball at Holyoke: C and B won, A lost 🏈MS Football beat Holyoke 34-6 🏐 HS Volleyball beat Bethune 3-0 #CougarPride

IT’S GAME WEEK, COUGAR NATION! 🐾

Our athletes hit BES & BMS this morning to get everyone HYPED for a big week of Cougar sports! 🔥

Show up. Get loud. Cheer on your Cougars!

XC Results from Goodland🏃
Team tied for 5th Place
Casper Rodriguez 16th
Dante Eli 17th
Brenner Rouse 19th
Cole Boyle 39th
John Barron 52nd
#CougarPride

Burlington High School- FBLA

Burlington High School HOSA is proud to announce that Gracie Pimentel is now a nationally certified CPCT/A Patient Care Technician!

Gracie successfully completed this year-long CTE course offered at Burlington High School and passed her certification exam today at BHS, which is a nationally recognized National Health Career Association testing center.

In picture: Valeria Vela Health Science CTE Proctor, Gracie Pimentel CPCT/A, Christy Lindenschmidt, PCT Instructor

McArthur Gym Floor- Phase 2- Base pad has been installed.

RESULTS ⛳️ Cougar JV Golf played at the Kirk golf course and experienced AstroTurf greens.  Our team score was 333 landing us in 8th place out of 15 teams.  Low score for Burlington was Jude Grinnan with a 101 finishing in 11th place.  Marcus Hernandez followed up with a 109 and finished in 27th place.  AJ Miller rounded out the team score with a 123 and finished in 51st place out of 63 golfers. 🏐Volleyball fell to Hi Plains 0-3 #CougarPride

GAME DAY🐾
🏐Volleyball at Hi Plains JV/V 4:30 PM
⛳️JV Golf at Liberty 9 AM
#NeverSlack

I extend our deepest gratitude to the Board of Education, Superintendent Walkinshaw, our dedicated administrators, teachers, staff, and parents for their unwavering commitment to our students and community.

According to the 2026 Preliminary District Performance Framework, Burlington RE-6J achieved an overall category rating of Accredited. Burlington has made tremendous gains in the last few years, reflecting the collective hard work and collaboration of our entire school community.

Highlights from this year's report include:
* Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness: Earned a high rating of Meets (75.0% of points).
* Outstanding Graduation & Dropout Metrics: Achieved an Exceeds rating with a remarkable 96.4% 5-year graduation rate (and 100% for free/reduced-price lunch eligible students) alongside an exceptionally low 0.3% dropout rate.
* Strong Participation & Safety: Fully met all state assurances for finance, safety, and assessment participation, achieving a 98.9% accountability participation rate in ELA and Math.
* Academic Growth & Achievement Progress: High school performance reached an overall Improvement status level (53.8% of points), with middle school academic growth reaching 51.3%.

Thank you to everyone involved for driving Burlington forward and creating positive opportunities for all our students.

As always... It's a great day to be a Cougar!

Burlington High School- Homecoming 2026

📸 BMS school picture day is Wednesday, September 9th!

If you would like to place an order in advance, you can do so online at my.lifetouch.com using the Event Code: EVTWPVPHR.

Picture order forms will also be sent home with students tomorrow.

Cougar Weekly

Burlington High School presents: Grease- The Musical