Our ship descends into the northside of Santa Fe to Gonzales Community named for one of New Mexico’s most remarkable residents and former School Board of Education Member. Albert Gonzales Sr. was struck blind by a diving accident at age 16. He never let his disability deter him from greatness. He became the first blind man to graduate from NMSU and Georgetown Law School, he passed the NM Bar, and practiced law well into his late 80s and was named one of the 5 most distinguished blind persons in the nation.. Mr. Gonzales’ legacy is the basis of the Community School that bears his name with the Lobos own commitment to never giving up and fighting to make each of their students stand apart and be original and fearless.
Gonzales Community School provides some great programs such as:
--21st Century After-School program
--An engaged PTA department
--An multi-award winning institution
--NDI
--Cooking with Kids
--STEAM and CSR
The school also offers extracurricular activities such as Violin, Hiking, Chess, D&D, Inter-Tribal Culture club, Volleyball, and Football.
Albert Gonzales reminds us that no matter what life throws at us, we can overcome and thrive. Gonzales Community School makes sure to honor him by setting the foundation for these young students with this in mind.
The Board of Education is looking for your input on the redistricting of school board member boundaries! This is NOT the rezoning of schools, the change is only to the boundaries of school board members.
Learn more: https://www.sfps.info/o/sfps/page/redistricting
Santa Fe Public Schools has so much to offer. Let us take you on a Journey Through SFPS. Over the next six weeks, we are going to travel across Santa Fe, making a stop every day at a destination (school) to show our voyagers (students) what makes each destination special. Come along for the journey, and Choose Your Adventure at Santa Fe Public Schools.
Behind the scenes this morning: 8th graders assist with morning announcements for a final time!
We are thrilled to announce that our own Robyn Romero Cardenas was chosen as the Educational Support Professional of the Year for SFPS in a surprise assembly this morning! Having Robyn at our school makes everyone's day better and easier - and we couldn't agree more with the district’s selection!
The new SFPS Weekly Bulletin is here!
https://bit.ly/bulletin5-20
Lobo Families - join us as we celebrate our 8th graders!
Wondering what the Air Quality Index is or where the smoke in the air is coming for? You can find out here: https://fire.airnow.gov/#
The Yearbooks are here! We have a very limited number of yearbooks for those that didn't order in advance - get your copy today, $25.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOMS!!!
SFPS celebrates your tireless support, sacrifices, and love! We thank you!
Please join us all this month as we celebrate the accomplishments of our GCS music students and staff. More information about our first annual Lobochella music and art festival coming soon!
We want to keep recognizing the students honored at our Character Counts assembly for demonstrating the our core values of Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. These 3rd - 5th grade students were selected by their teachers.
Students from Ms. Pino, Ms. Kahawai, and Mr. Wells classes have been working with NDI since September getting ready for the big show next month. We were happy to get a small preview of the show last week. Work Hard! Be Healthy! Do Your Best! Never Give Up!
Don't forget Lobos - Talent Show tryouts are this Wednesday, April 27 @ 3:15pm. Big thanks to our GCS Student Council for organizing this year's show.
Our GCS Student Council is sponsoring Spirit Week with theme days next week, April 25-29. Show your Lobo Spirit by dressing up for school!
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Let's hear some noise for our fearless principal, Chris Lopez, who was honored by the SFPS Board of Education with a New Mexico School Boards Association (NMSBA) Excellence in Student Achievement Award. Mr. Lopez was called out for his positive mindset and commitment to solutions-oriented leadership and for an 11% increase in student language proficiency. LET'S GO LOBOS!
What do these two have in common?
Both are Milken Award Recipients! Ms. Kovac was the Milken Award Recipient in 2016 while she was teaching at Amy Biehl!
Congratulations to Ms. K on being named a 2022 Milken Award Recipient!
