Our next stop is Cesar Chavez Elementary School named after the renowned labor leader and civil rights activist.
Cesar Chavez Elementary offers some amazing opportunities for students on the South side with:
-A professional STEAM program (the approach to learning that uses Science,Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics as access points for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking).
- Bilingual education to support the area’s diverse population.
- 5th Grade Band, 4th through 5th Grade Guitar, and an accomplished 21st Century Schools program to assist at-need students beyond the classroom.
The White Tigers also offer a standards-based literacy program focused on ensuring that students become biliterate/bilingual by 5th grade. Science and social studies are organized around themes to create student interest in learning while respecting and honoring each child’s voice, personal life experience, beliefs, language and culture. Groups like MathAmigos and Los Alamos National Labs help to inspire students to love math and support their active participation in scientific practices.
César Chávez implements PAX, a self-regulation program that teaches students to stay on task in the classroom, promotes peace, productivity, health and happiness and supports social-emotional learning. Support services include SFPS’ Volunteer Program, Foster Grandparents, Reading Quest, which provides joyful, quality reading tutoring for striving readers, PMS behavioral health, Gerard’s House, a center for grieving kids and families, Adelante, providing advocacy, direct support services and basic needs services for children, teens and their families experiencing homelessness, and Poder Familiar/Abriendo Puertos (Earth Care), providing support for families on the development and learning process of their children. Extracurricular activities include boys and girls basketball, wrestling and the Student Council.
Cesar Chavez’s White Tigers are an exemplary group of faculty that support their students on several levels and prepare them for the next steps in their academic career!
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
Congratulations to Santa Fe High School for its strong performance on Advanced Placement (AP) Exams in 2022-23. 77% of exam scores were 3 or higher on a 5-point scale, with a 3.4 mean score for all 410 exams. This highest-ever score for the school exceeds the 2021 AP Exams national mean score of 2.80 and score of 3 or higher on 60% of all exams taken. According to The College Board, taking an AP Exam demonstrates commitment to tackling and completing college-level work.
The third stop on our voyage is a SFPS powerhouse: Capital High School.
Named for the oldest and highest capital city in the United States it resides in. With this honor comes the additional bonus of Capital High School's special programs that make it unique amongst the rest:
These programs include:
- Being an AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) National Demonstration School of Distinction which supports the student's personal choices of how to prepare for their future through strong and committed leadership for all students’, college readiness through AVID best practices, a committed team of trained AVID educators and being a showplace for a strong AVID system.
- Advanced Placement, honors and dual credit courses, bilingual programming recognized by NMPED and Exceptional Student Services Education to support and foster the highest levels of excellence to compete in this challenging world.
- Medical, CT and Business Pathways bolstered by classes, clubs, and activities to prepare for these challenging and necessary fields. Expanding Art programs in the 3rd largest Art Market in the US, and Community Partnerships that provide opportunities for growth, learning, and leadership skills.
The mighty Jaguars also feature a formidable sports legacy and a variety of extracurricular activities to further enhance student's interests outside the classroom such as marching and concert band, choir, orchestra, drama, dance, National Honor Society, Model Legislature, DECA (for career interests in marketing, entrepreneurship, finance, hospitality and management), HOSA-Future Health Professionals, Interact Club, to promote international understanding, WAVE (Wellness Ambassadors to Voice and Empower), which promotes resiliency and protective factors, Mariachi Club, Spanish Reading Club, NM Dream Team, Supercomputing, Environmental Club, Naciones Unidas, which involves research and debate, and Culture Club.
All it takes is a deeper look into what Capital High has to offer that can change your life towards your dreams and future success.
The next stop on our journey is Nina Otero Community School named after the famous politician, suffragette, Santa Fe Superintendent of Schools, promoter of women’s and Hispanic rights, and featured on the “American Women’s Quarters” edition from the U.S. Mint.
“Nina Otero-Warren was a pioneer in education, and one who led with her voice as well as actions” said current Superintendent of SFPS, Hilario “Larry” Chavez, and the school that bears her name follows in her memory featuring these extra-curricular programs that compliment the education you can receive at the Community School. These programs include:
- STEAM-Oriented Grades 3rd-8th with a Focus on Foundation/Literacy PK-2
- Walk and Roll to School Weekly
- PED Grant Community School, which will work to ensure student success while addressing the needs, including cultural and linguistic needs, of the whole student from early childhood programs and voluntary public pre-kindergarten through high school graduation
- Outdoor Learning Classroom
- Cooking with Kids
- NDI
- Santa Fe Alliance Science
- Reading Quest
Nina Mustangs take academic risks, explore, create, collaborate and develop resilience and are equipped to be current and future stewards, leaders and entrepreneurs.
Nina Otero is not just a gem in the heart of the south side of Santa Fe and one of eight southside schools, but it preserves the legacy of who it is named after by following in Nina Otero-Warren’s pursuit of inclusion, self-sacrifice, and forward thinking.
The City of Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Police Department are partnering with
New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence and Fiesta Nissan of Santa Fe for a 2022 Gun Buyback Event.
The Buyback Event will be on Saturday July 23, 2022, from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm at Fiesta Nissan located at 2005 St. Michaels Dr. Fiesta Nissan is helping to sponsor the event. NMPGV is a 501(c)3 whose mission is to reduce firearm injury, death through education, public health, advocacy, and public awareness in order to protect the safety of our families and communities.
The event is a safe surrender event facilitated by NMPGV and no information is retained on the participant turning in the firearms. NMPGV will also be providing gunlocks to gun owners free of charge.
The first stop on our journey is Amy Biehl Community School, named after the young scholar who was dedicated to social justice and service. This Community School, located in the Rancho Viejo neighborhood of Santa Fe and is one of SFPS’ eight south Santa Fe elementary schools, offers some of the District’s original and beneficial special programs in addition to their wonderful curriculum such as:
- School Garden for PreK-6th Grade
- A PreK program as part of SFPS’ goal to offer high-quality, full-day preschool to all eligible students
- Inter-Tribal Cultural Circle, which seeks to share Indigenous knowledge and perspectives through exploration, demonstration and discussion
- Strong Instructional Staff who work to encourage a child’s sense of wonder and natural desire to learn in a culture that celebrates students’ voices and their ability to explore, design and collaborate
- Girls on the Run, which empowers young women by teaching life skills through lessons and running, Robotics, Gardening Club, Lego Club, Book Club and Yearbook
You can consider Amy Biehl Community School as an option if these programs excite you as a student or intrigue you as a parent. Amy Biehl Community School Trailblazers step into the world as creators of their own future and co-creators of their communities, so consider Amy Biehl Community School as a possible choice on your journey of education!
SFPS will be providing free dinner meals for all Santa fe children between the ages of 1-18, Monday through Friday between 4 - 5 PM from 7/5-7/29 at Pinon Elementary and Nina Otero Community School!
Children must be present to receive a meal.
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.
Find us someone who is having more fun than Mr. Cruz at Ramirez Thomas today!
21st Century summer programs wrapped up today, and at Ramirez Thomas Elementary the City of Santa Fe Fire Department made it rain on students who played on the field!
Hearing the sound of music and drums coming from Santa Fe High?
That's because the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps is practicing before they head on tour!
They will be rehearsing their performance tonight at Ivan Head Stadium from 5:30 - 7:30 before they head to Phoenix!
Math Adventure Camp is BACK!
Students who attended Math Adventure Camp passed Algebra 1 with an average score of 81% and grew 160% based on pre and post assessments!
Join the crew of pre-algebra explorers using MidSchool Math for a
half-day academy of math concepts with application on student
developed projects and earn .25 high school credit!
The Imagineer Summer STEAM Camp Will Be Open to 3rd through 6th Graders on July 11th through 15th! Please see the flyer below for information on how to register your child for this unforgettable experience. There is a limit of 30 students, so sign up soon.
SFPS Early Childhood Center is Hiring!
SFPS is having a JOB FAIR!
Please see the Board of Education Special Meeting on 6/23/22 in the Events section of the website to view the Agenda and link to watch the meeting.
On June 30th the Santa Fe High School Band is hosting the Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps from Denver, CO.
The Blue Knights are a member of Drum Corps International and are one of the top 10 marching ensembles in the world. They will be rehearsing in the SFHS stadium all day as they begin their summer tour working towards DCI World Championships.
We are extremely excited to house a World Class Drum Corps in Santa Fe for the first time in almost two decades. We would like to invite members of the community to visit SFHS that day, to watch the Blue Knights. There is no cost, and audiences of all ages and musical backgrounds will enjoy watching them rehearse.
For more information on the Blue Knights, you can visit their website www.ascendperformingarts.org
For more information on the Santa Fe High School Band Program, or how to help support our bands, you can visit our website at www.santafebands.com
SFPS is having a JOB FAIR! Come join us this Wednesday, June 22 from 1-6 PM!
SFPS Early Childhood Center is Hiring!
Competitive Salaries and Benefits!
Please see the flyer below for more information:
Per the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund under the American Rescue Plan, SFPS is required to update and seek community input for its LEA Plan for Safe Return to In-Person Instruction. We welcome your feedback and input! Please visit the following link to review the draft plan and complete the survey.
https://www.sfps.info/page/federal-programs