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Dear Students, Parents, Guardians, and Community Members,

On behalf of the Equity and Federal Programs staff, I want to welcome you to the start of the 2022-23 school year. We are looking forward to a productive year as we work to address students’ learning and their social-emotional needs.

We begin this new school year with a continued commitment to providing all students equitable access to all resources and opportunities that TMS has to offer. This year TMS Federal programs will continue to focus on accelerated instruction to address the learning needs of our students and continue to build on our students’ strengths and talents as we prepare them for college and future careers.

The Equity and Federal Programs department oversees several supportive programs within the district. Our office staff maintains a continual and collaborative relationship with Taos Pueblo Tribal Government with ongoing consultation and Parent Committee member meetings once a month. The Federal Programs department works with our local community school, Enos Garcia Elementary, to braid funding that provides afterschool activities to students and families with additional support as needed. Our District Homeless Liaison provides students and families with many supports including food, housing, self-care, and mental and physical health supports. The district Bilingual program provides students in all school sites with highly qualified teachers who provide Spanish language instructions to students at all school sites within the district. Taos Municipal Schools was able to include the Tiwa Language Program into our Bilingual application during the 2021-22SY and have recently expanded the program from Elementary and Middle School to Taos High School. The Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant (CLSD) is providing all school sites, as well as our communities early childhood providers and charter schools with funding to ensure the development of literacy from ages birth to 12th grade. This grant opportunity has provided our school sites with a family engagement coordinator, additional interventionists to support learning growth after COVID-19, as well as classroom materials and supplies to support instruction at all levels.

These programs as well as many other grants from my department offer students and families the opportunities to become successful during their education journey.

I am looking forward to the upcoming school year and to continuing collaboration with our families and community partners as we move forward in implementing the initiatives, we have identified with our district staff, families, and community stakeholders.

NBCT Director of Equity & Federal Programs renetta.mondragon@taosschools.org