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
Two more Reimagining SFPS Focus Group meetings have been added!
April 26th: 6:30pm - 7:30pm (Teachers)
April 27th: 6:30pm - 7:30pm (Parents)
To join the meetings, please click on the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85830690912
Chaparral Elementary participated in the Great American Cleanup on April 15th, 2023 with over 150 participants clearing and cleaning trash, branches, and tumbleweeds from around campus! A special thank you goes to Ruby Estrada as well as Dr. Carmen Gonzalez and her husband who stopped by to help! Most of all, we thank the Chaparral families for their continued support on events like these!
SFPS and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival will be holding events for recitals and performance concerts featuring some of SFPS' Bands, Orchestras, Choirs, and other instruments this Spring! Please see the attached flyers for dates and locations and come support our local students musical pursuits!
Día celebrates children’s literacy with fun events and free books for local children on April 29th at all three of our Santa Fe Public Library branches. There will be therapy ponies, face painting, and mariachis as just some of examples.
Dr. Ricardo Paz, Artistic Director of our Guitar Ensemble and SFPS presents our 2nd Annual Guitar Ensemble on April 24, 2023 at Capital High School's Bryan Fant Theatre at 5:30 PM! Performances will feature students from Ortiz MS, Santa Fe HS, and Capital HS! Come and enjoy our wonderful guitarists!
Fernanda Ruiz received the 3rd Place Prize at Cuentistas New Mexico - a prestigious writing competition for Hispanic and Latino Youth throughout the Southwest including both Middle and High Schools! Her story focused on a fictional dream where she had a chance to be altruistic due to a winning lotto ticket! Congratulations Fernanda - SFPS and Ortiz MS are very proud of you!
It's the 151st Anniversary of Arbor Day, and SFPS students will be at Genoveva Chavez Community Center Park on Friday, April 28th, 2023 from 11AM - 1PM to help plant trees and honor this day that helps the environment, community, and beauty of Santa Fe! Please see the attached flyer for more information!
The Northern New Mexico Horsemen's Association is on a mission to educate and encourage the Northern New Mexico community with regard to equine wellness and equestrian activities! To support young people looking into this field they are offering a $2000 scholarship! Please see the attached flyers for information and an application!
SFPS would sincerely like to thank our Platinum and Gold Sponsors from this weekend's 2nd Annual SFPS Golf Tournament! This Tournament helps our students in many integral ways from events, support, special programs and so much more! Please see them below and use their services!
Del Norte Credit Union and the SFPS Parent Academy sponsored a Financial Literacy Event today at Chaparral Elementary School! The goal was to educate the young students on the value of saving money to and promote good financial habits! Every student received a storybook, coloring book and a $20 Gift Certificate to go with their parents to start a savings account with Del Norte Credit Union!
STEM Santa Fe is offering some amazing hands-on projects for this Summer! Please see the attached flyers and sign up soon!
The SFPS 2nd Annual Golf Tournament was a tremendous and fun success! We want to thank our sponsors, volunteers, organizers, golf pro, special guests and players for such a wonderful day! With a long ball/trick shot golf pro, food, raffles, prizes and amazing weather, it was the perfect day for golfing! We will be sending out more special messages on social media to our sponsors who made this Tournament possible! Please consider joining us next year as the SFPS Golf Tournament grows and gets even better!
Volunteers contribute to the social emotional well being and the academic achievement of our student populations on so many levels.
Words can't express how grateful SFPS is for our volunteers and look forward to the continued work of supporting students!
Here is April 14th, 2023's informative SFPS' Weekly Bulletin - https://conta.cc/3UEuZ5R
Keep up with our current events!
SFPS' Mandela International Baccalaureate School held their "MandelaPalooza" yesterday April 13, 2023 featuring food, arts and crafts, live music, and a silent auction! It was a resounding success! Don't miss next year's event!
