Ramirez Thomas Elementary School had a proper Summer celebration yesterday! This was to commemorate the 21st Century Program (an afterschool program that feeds, teaches, and engages our students while they wait for their pick ups) as well as a chance for the local firefighters from SFFD Dept Station 8 (the Ocho) to offer a little fun and cooling relief! SFPS sends it's sincere thanks to SFFD Department#8 and the firefighters that took time to connect with the local community!
Happy School Lunch Hero Day to all the hardworking student nutrition workers out there! Today we celebrate and thank you for your tireless dedication to ensuring that our children receive healthy and nutritious meals every day.
Your commitment to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment in the school cafeteria is truly appreciated. We recognize the long hours and hard work you put in to make sure that every student is fed and cared for. Thank you for all that you do!
See this week's SFPS Bulletin celebrating our 2023 retirees and Asian American/Pacific Islander Month - https://bit.ly/3nyVEEY
Congratulations to the Capital High School athletes that signed their Letters of Intent yesterday!
Eric Sanchez, Anthony Anaya, Victor Aguiler, Santos Salazar and Lazarth Griego committed to play football at Highlands University!
Ernesto “Tito” Valencia will be headed to UNM for cheerleading!
Luna Community College will be adding Anika Rodriguez to their softball roster!
Athena Grimley will be heading north to the University of Minnesota Morris for softball!
The New Mexico Indian Affairs Department's (IAD) Indigenous Youth Council (IYC) is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 IYC cohort. We invite submissions from Indigenous youth in New Mexico aged 16 to 25 who would like to serve on the council during the next phase of work. We seek Indigenous youth who want to be heard and represented in crucial decision-making processes and ensure that their concerns are addressed in tribal and state issues. By advancing the IYC's objective and purpose of increasing support for Indigenous youth's holistic health and well-being across New Mexico, Indigenous youth will have the infrastructure to produce recommendations for and by Native youth through the IYC and tribal youth councils throughout New Mexico.
https://www.iad.state.nm.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Final-IYC-Application-2023.pdf
It's SFPS' Kickoff to Summer with Literacy All Around Us! On May 13th, 2023 from Noon - 4PM, it will be a festive and engaging time at Nina Otero Community School! Please see the attached flyers for more information on all the fun activities!
El Dorado Community School had another eventful and exciting Friday! Students threw creme pies at Principal John Sais and Vice-Principal Roxanne Starr-Trujillo in honor of a successful fund raising project for a "Fun Run", plus, they planted trees on campus in honor of Arbor Day! Even Superintendent Larry "Hilario" Chavez got in on the festivities! El Dorado's Staff, Faculty, and Students continue to amaze us with their creativity and innovative ways to celebrate!
On Wednesday, Salazar Elementary held a Career and School Readiness event for students!
Students were provided with clipboards and interview questions appropriate for their grade level. They learned about various fields and seeing positive role models in our own community was inspirational to all students!
Representatives from Meow Wolf, Homewise, Los Alamos National Laboratories, SFPD, SFFD, Eye Associates of New Mexico, St. Vincent’s, Hutton Broadcasting and many more! Even some of our schools were there to show off the amazing things happening in our SFPS middle and high schools!
Congratulations to all of the Capital High School students who participated in the 33rd Annual Supercomputing Challenge!
Team 9 (Zachariah Burch, Isel Aragon, Britny Marquez, Daniel Leon, sponsored by Barbara Teterycz and Mentor David Ritter) was named one of nine finalists! Team 9 also took home the Community Impact Award for their robotic fire and fire weathering measuring system named Smokey (seen below)!
Team 8 (Julia Almeida, Leslie Gutierrez, Guadalupe Rojo, LaTrisha Padilla, sponsored by Irina Cislaru and Mentor Jon Brown) won the New Mexico Technology in Education (NMTIE) Teamwork Award for their project, Analyzing the Impact of COVID and its Correlation with Vaccines!
Barbara Teterycz also took home a Teacher Appreciation Award, and 3 CHS students (Isel Arragon, Zachariah Burch and Daniel Leon) also received scholarships!
Congratulations to all!
Youth Leaders from North East New Mexico are having a "By Youth, For Youth" Summit at West Las Vegas High School! This will be a student run discussion about what matters to the Youth of New Mexico and will feature special guest Senator Ben Ray Lujan! Please see the flyer for sign up information and how to participate!
Sweeney Elementary School will be having it's Spring Student Art Show & Book Fair on Thursday May 11th from 5-7PM! THERE'S MORE - This year Sweeney has added a new event - the 1st Ever Cake Decorating Event! Please see the attached flyers for more information!
We have TWO more focus group sessions left!
The Reimagining Committee has added two more dates for parents and teachers to share their big ideas to reimagine public education in Santa Fe!
April 26th: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm (Teachers)
April 27th: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm (Parents)
To join the meetings, please click on the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85830690912
Last Saturday, April 22, 2023, SFHS student Davis Loy and his team (Leo and Alberto) coordinated the Santa Fe Startup Youth Challenge!
8 wonderful ideas were presented!
Zadok Miller won 1st with Kalakuta Clothing!
Quinn Morris won 2nd with BeginnerBoost!
Max Anderson and Josh Davis won 3rd with Fit Findr!
We want to send a huge thank you to the sponsors of this event and to congratulate our up and coming entrepreneurs!
SFPS is hiring Special Education Teachers and Special Education Assistants! We are a progressive and supportive School District with lots of current success and more in our future! Come be a part of SFPS!
TONIGHT - the SFPS Diabetes Club will be having it's last meeting of the year from 5-7PM at the Mountain Center Ropes Course in Tesuque (plus dinner)! Please see the attached flyers below for RSVP and more information:
Alisha Wald, a sixth-grader at Wood-Gormley Elementary in Santa Fe, explains how she added dishwashing soap to water to study surface tension changes. Wald competed in the junior division of the New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair, held April 14-15, 2023, at New Mexico Tech in Socorro.
She placed 2nd in the Junior Division of Physics & Astronomy! Great job, Alisha!
SFPS Invites You to Provide Input on our Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title Programs. We will be submitting applications for Title I, and IV programs this spring. We welcome community input on our application! Please participate in our brief survey or join us for a virtual meeting on April 27 @ 12 PM. More information can be found at https://www.sfps.info/page/federal-programs
Thank you to U.S. Department of Education Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten for spending yesterday touring Ramirez Thomas Elementary and Capital High School on her "Raise the Bar: Lead the World" Tour!
To learn more about "Raise the Bar: Lead the World" visit https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-cardona-announces-us-department-educations-%E2%80%9Craise-bar-lead-world%E2%80%9D-initiative
