Santa Fe Public Schools
Striving for Excellence
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🎬🍿 Movie night is about a week away! 🍿🎬
Mark your calendars for a FREE indoor movie night featuring Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse! 🕷️
📅 Friday, September 25
📍 Chaparral Elementary School
🕠 Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Come early to grab your popcorn, get your face painted, and find your seat! 🍿
Additional snacks will be available for purchase.
👨👩👧👦 All students must be accompanied by an attending adult.
Bring the family and get ready for a fun night with SFPS! 🕷️🎬
Mark your calendars for a FREE indoor movie night featuring Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse! 🕷️
📅 Friday, September 25
📍 Chaparral Elementary School
🕠 Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Come early to grab your popcorn, get your face painted, and find your seat! 🍿
Additional snacks will be available for purchase.
👨👩👧👦 All students must be accompanied by an attending adult.
Bring the family and get ready for a fun night with SFPS! 🕷️🎬
💙 Community Schools Coordinator Appreciation Week | Sept. 13–19 💙
This week, we’re celebrating and thanking our incredible Community Schools Coordinators!
Community Schools Coordinators play an important role in connecting students, families, schools, and community partners. Through their dedication, collaboration, and commitment to their school communities, they help create opportunities, strengthen relationships, and ensure families have access to the resources and support they need.
Thank you for all you do to build stronger, more connected school communities. Your work matters, and we appreciate you!
Happy Community Schools Coordinator Appreciation Week! 🎉
This week, we’re celebrating and thanking our incredible Community Schools Coordinators!
Community Schools Coordinators play an important role in connecting students, families, schools, and community partners. Through their dedication, collaboration, and commitment to their school communities, they help create opportunities, strengthen relationships, and ensure families have access to the resources and support they need.
Thank you for all you do to build stronger, more connected school communities. Your work matters, and we appreciate you!
Happy Community Schools Coordinator Appreciation Week! 🎉
🇺🇸 Labor Day Reminder!
Santa Fe Public Schools will be closed Monday, September 7, in observance of Labor Day.
We’ll see everyone back at school on Tuesday, September 8!
Santa Fe Public Schools will be closed Monday, September 7, in observance of Labor Day.
We’ll see everyone back at school on Tuesday, September 8!
📱 The August SFPS Digital Wellness Family Newsletter is here!
Stay up to date with helpful resources, family tips, and digital wellness information to support your students and family this school year.
👉 Read the August edition
#SFPS #DigitalWellness #FamilyResources
Consider Becoming an EBHA!
Make a difference in a student’s day—and get recognized for the important work you do.
Eligible Educational Behavioral Health Assistants (EBHAs) can receive a $2,500 total stipend:
$1,250 paid each semester
Recognizes the essential work EBHAs do as Educational Assistants
Supports the daily work that helps students learn, participate, and succeed
Your support helps students access their education, stay engaged, and thrive at school.
Ready to join the team?
Visit sfps.info and click “Join Our Team” to view available job postings.
Make a difference in a student’s day—and get recognized for the important work you do.
Eligible Educational Behavioral Health Assistants (EBHAs) can receive a $2,500 total stipend:
$1,250 paid each semester
Recognizes the essential work EBHAs do as Educational Assistants
Supports the daily work that helps students learn, participate, and succeed
Your support helps students access their education, stay engaged, and thrive at school.
Ready to join the team?
Visit sfps.info and click “Join Our Team” to view available job postings.
Don't forget, TODAY is our 1st Annual Parent Conference — FREE!
- Free lunch
- Door prizes
- Family-focused sessions
- Free childcare
- Spanish interpretation
📅 TODAY, August 22nd
📍 Milagro Middle School (1720 Llano St.)
⏰ 9 am - 1:30 pm
Come learn, connect & discover SFPS resources!
¡Padres y tutores, los esperamos HOY!
- Free lunch
- Door prizes
- Family-focused sessions
- Free childcare
- Spanish interpretation
📅 TODAY, August 22nd
📍 Milagro Middle School (1720 Llano St.)
⏰ 9 am - 1:30 pm
Come learn, connect & discover SFPS resources!
¡Padres y tutores, los esperamos HOY!
Update: The shelter-in-place at Milagro Middle School, Nava Elementary, Santa Fe High School, ECO High School, and Chaparral Elementary has been lifted. Students and staff are safe, and schools are resuming normal operations. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Milagro Middle School, Nava Elementary, Santa Fe High, ECO High, and Chaparral Elementary are currently in a shelter-in-place due to a bear sighting in the surrounding neighborhood. Students and staff are safe, and we will provide an update soon. Thank you for your understanding.
Read the latest SFPS Connect for district news, updates & upcoming events: https://sfps.education/sfps-connect-82026
Santa Fe Public Schools continues to monitor air quality during wildfire smoke events and other air quality alerts to help protect the health and safety of students and staff.
SFPS uses AirNow.gov as its primary source for Air Quality Index (AQI) information while also considering conditions at individual school sites, as air quality can vary across the district.
Principals may move recess, physical education classes, and other outdoor activities indoors at any time based on conditions at their school. Schools do not need to wait for a districtwide directive to make adjustments when conditions warrant.
SFPS will continue to monitor air quality and make decisions with the health and safety of students and staff as our priority.
SFPS uses AirNow.gov as its primary source for Air Quality Index (AQI) information while also considering conditions at individual school sites, as air quality can vary across the district.
Principals may move recess, physical education classes, and other outdoor activities indoors at any time based on conditions at their school. Schools do not need to wait for a districtwide directive to make adjustments when conditions warrant.
SFPS will continue to monitor air quality and make decisions with the health and safety of students and staff as our priority.
Update on Our Water Donation Drive
Thank you so much to everyone who was ready to come together and support our first responders, workers, and families affected by the Frijoles Fire. Your kindness, generosity, and willingness to help our community means so much to us. ❤️
We have received word that additional water supplies are not needed at this time. Because of this, we will not be accepting water donations today, Thursday, August 20th.
We are incredibly grateful to everyone who shared our message, planned to donate, and helped spread the word. It is a beautiful reminder of how caring and generous our community is when our neighbors need us.
Thank you for understanding and, most of all, thank you for your kindness and support. ❤️🙏
📚 An important update for our youngest readers!
Beginning this school year, Santa Fe Public Schools will use DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) as our reading screener for students in kindergarten through second grade, replacing Amira for these assessments.
DIBELS helps educators measure key early literacy skills and identify where students may need additional support, giving teachers valuable information to guide instruction and help every student build a strong foundation in reading.
We appreciate the New Mexico Public Education Department for providing districts with this option and supporting our ability to choose the assessment that best meets the needs of our students and educators.
We look forward to using DIBELS to support strong literacy instruction and continued reading growth for our youngest learners! 📖
Beginning this school year, Santa Fe Public Schools will use DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) as our reading screener for students in kindergarten through second grade, replacing Amira for these assessments.
DIBELS helps educators measure key early literacy skills and identify where students may need additional support, giving teachers valuable information to guide instruction and help every student build a strong foundation in reading.
We appreciate the New Mexico Public Education Department for providing districts with this option and supporting our ability to choose the assessment that best meets the needs of our students and educators.
We look forward to using DIBELS to support strong literacy instruction and continued reading growth for our youngest learners! 📖
Update on Our Water Donation Drive
Thank you so much to everyone who was ready to come together and support our first responders, workers, and families affected by the Frijoles Fire. Your kindness, generosity, and willingness to help our community means so much to us. ❤️
We have received word that additional water supplies are not needed at this time. Because of this, we will not be accepting water donations today, Thursday, August 20th.
We are incredibly grateful to everyone who shared our message, planned to donate, and helped spread the word. It is a beautiful reminder of how caring and generous our community is when our neighbors need us.
Thank you for understanding and, most of all, thank you for your kindness and support. ❤️🙏
SFPS Parents & Guardians! 📢 Want to learn more about district resources and Community Schools? Join us for our 1st Annual Parent Conference—100% free!
What to expect:
* 30-minute sessions on safety, nutrition, technology, and many more topics
* Free lunch & door prizes 🎁
* Networking with other SFPS families
* Free childcare provided (ages 4–12; younger little ones welcome, too!)
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¡Padres y tutores legales en SFPS! 📢 ¿Quieren saber más sobre los recursos del distrito y las Escuelas Comunitarias? ¡Acompáñenos en nuestra 1.ª Conferencia Anual para Padres! Es 100% gratuita.
¿Qué pueden esperar?
* Sesiones de 30 minutos sobre seguridad, nutrición, tecnología y muchos temas más.
* Almuerzo gratis y premios de entrada 🎁
* Oportunidad de conectar con otras familias de SFPS.
* Interpretación al español
* Cuidado de niños gratuito (edades de 4 a 12 años; ¡los más pequeñitos también son bienvenidos!).
What to expect:
* 30-minute sessions on safety, nutrition, technology, and many more topics
* Free lunch & door prizes 🎁
* Networking with other SFPS families
* Free childcare provided (ages 4–12; younger little ones welcome, too!)
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¡Padres y tutores legales en SFPS! 📢 ¿Quieren saber más sobre los recursos del distrito y las Escuelas Comunitarias? ¡Acompáñenos en nuestra 1.ª Conferencia Anual para Padres! Es 100% gratuita.
¿Qué pueden esperar?
* Sesiones de 30 minutos sobre seguridad, nutrición, tecnología y muchos temas más.
* Almuerzo gratis y premios de entrada 🎁
* Oportunidad de conectar con otras familias de SFPS.
* Interpretación al español
* Cuidado de niños gratuito (edades de 4 a 12 años; ¡los más pequeñitos también son bienvenidos!).
Air Quality Update
Due to smoke conditions and the current air quality alert for Santa Fe, Santa Fe Public Schools is calling indoor recess this morning.
We will continue to monitor air quality conditions and provide an update this afternoon.
Thank you for your understanding as we work to protect the health and safety of our students and staff.
Due to smoke conditions and the current air quality alert for Santa Fe, Santa Fe Public Schools is calling indoor recess this morning.
We will continue to monitor air quality conditions and provide an update this afternoon.
Thank you for your understanding as we work to protect the health and safety of our students and staff.
Parents have the right to request information about school staff qualifications under ESSA and state law. Read more: https://aptg.co/fkjJ1l
Air Quality Update: Though smoke conditions have begun to improve on the west side of Santa Fe, air quality in most areas of the city remains in the orange, red, or purple range.
All students will remain indoors for afternoon recess today. In addition, outdoor athletic practices will not be permitted. SFPS will continue to monitor air quality conditions and make adjustments as needed. Thank you for your understanding and support as we prioritize the health and safety of our students and staff.
All students will remain indoors for afternoon recess today. In addition, outdoor athletic practices will not be permitted. SFPS will continue to monitor air quality conditions and make adjustments as needed. Thank you for your understanding and support as we prioritize the health and safety of our students and staff.
Air Quality Update: Due to smoke conditions and the current air quality alert in Santa Fe, Santa Fe Public Schools will hold indoor recess this morning. We will continue to monitor air quality conditions and provide an update regarding this afternoon’s recess as needed. Thank you for your understanding and support as we prioritize the health and safety of our students and staff.
🌟 A Big Day for Our Littlest Learners! 🎒💛
Tomorrow is a very special day for our PreK and kindergarten students taking their first steps into a new school year!
To our youngest learners: you are ready for this! 🌈✨ It’s okay to feel excited, nervous, curious, or even a little bit of everything. Your teachers are ready to welcome you, your school community is cheering you on, and there are so many new things waiting for you to discover.
Remember to be brave, ask questions, make new friends, and most importantly, have fun learning! 📚🖍️
We can’t wait to see your smiles and watch you grow this year.
Happy first day, PreK and kindergarten! You’ve got this! 💛
Tomorrow is a very special day for our PreK and kindergarten students taking their first steps into a new school year!
To our youngest learners: you are ready for this! 🌈✨ It’s okay to feel excited, nervous, curious, or even a little bit of everything. Your teachers are ready to welcome you, your school community is cheering you on, and there are so many new things waiting for you to discover.
Remember to be brave, ask questions, make new friends, and most importantly, have fun learning! 📚🖍️
We can’t wait to see your smiles and watch you grow this year.
Happy first day, PreK and kindergarten! You’ve got this! 💛
