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Taos Municipal School’s mission calls us all to
work together
From the oFFice oF
the Superintendent
to prepare our students academically, socially, physically and emotionally to succeed as responsible citizens. Together we can support our youth, not only to pursue, but to reach their dreams, inspire excellence and life-long success, and to live a fulfilled life. I remain grateful to a community that values education and demands excellence. We know our goals are ambitious and rigorous, but believe them to be achievable. I believe we can work together to become the premiere district in educating students and helping them achieve success. Achieving our goal requires sacrifice and commitment on the part of everyone in our community. One of the great strengths of Taos Municipal Schools is its diversity: the people, the programs, and most of all the opportunities for our students. The strengths and benefits which result from that diversity are reflected each and every day in the accomplishments of our students and staff. For example, our students earn state and national recognition in everything from academics to athletics to the arts. Our student opportunities and course electives are second to none with a wide selection of athletics and sports available not only at the high school level, but at the middle school as well. Dual credit classes are offered
ARROyOS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARy
on and off campus, the UNM Friday Program and high quality AP courses continue to expand. This success is possible thanks to the hard work and dedication of about 3,000 students and nearly 400 employees, along with the support of families and community partners who recognize that both the hope for our future and the strength of our community rests in our schools. Taos students deserve access to quality schools in their neighborhoods and to be taught and inspired by adults committed to their success. This is what we are working hard to provide every student in our district.
The opportunities for our students are greater today than ever before. It is my hope that whether you are a student, parent, employee or community member you will partner with us to meet the bold goal of the Taos Leads Strategic Plan. Together we will build students of character who are globally aware of the needs of others, and who can articulate their learning in meaningful ways.
WHAT A GREAT LEGACY FOR TAOS!
We, as a District, appreciate the commitment and dedication of staff, volunteers, community and business partners who are helping Taos Schools grow stronger as we move towards excellence in education. It is our primary responsibility to be of service to our students in order to ensure that all students are prepared for their college or career of choice. This preparation occurs day in and day out in classrooms from prekindergarten through high school, and every day is critical. Dr. LiLLian M. Torrez SuperinTenDenT
TAOS hIgh SchOOL / chRySALIS
RANchOS ELEMENTARy
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from the ASSIStANt
SUPerINteNDANt
Taos cyber MagneT
Welcome back students, staff and parents to another great year at Taos Municipal Schools. This school year, we begin with continued work on our established vision and mission per the TMS Strategic Plan. We will strive to actively engage professionally in: reparing students academically, socially, physically and emotionally to succeed as responsible citizens through teaching, learning, and collaboration; Holding high expectations/optimism/ confidence to inspire and motivate growth and achievement for each and every student, maximizing the potential and success of each individual student; Empowering educators, caregivers, students and community to take responsibility for making learning and wellness a priority, encouraging parental and staff involvement/advocacy for students; Promising dedication/hard work/perseverance/loyalty to cause, committing to the long term to staying true to our vision; Engaging students, parents, and community members as partner in the education process, enabling collaboration and open communication within schools and between schools, parents, students, and the community, Practicing compassion and fairness for all and social responsibility(Taos Strategic Plan – Taos LEADS).
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EVERY person and EVERY role is important in order for our students, schools and district to be successful. As assistant superintendent, I will work with all staff to insure facilities and food services support a structured, healthy and safe atmosphere for students to engage in a meaningful educational setting. I commit to supporting staff in providing high quality, engaging programs, instruction and intervention services. I will have open and continuous communication with all stakeholders in order for TMS to best meet the needs of our students. Use of local and standardized data shall drive instructional planning, lesson implementation, assessment and intervention for all students; I will also insure it directly impacts professional learning for our respective schools, departments, their staff and parental involvement activities that will be offered at our schools over the course of 16-17 school year.
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Continuous review of each program to insure student safety, wellness and academic success will be prioritized by me, my staff and leadership to insure we progress forward. By monitoring our practices, programs and data we hope to continue to show steady increases in student achievement over time. Taos Municipal Schools’ vision is to Inspire Excellence and Life Long Success through teaching learning and Collaboration. Parental and community involvement help guide our students’, schools’ and district’s successes and improvements; thus, I humbly invite you to partner with us to continue to make this vision a reality. Thank you all in advance for the hard work, extended hours, and commitment to TMS and student success. ReSPecTfully, MeliSSa a. Sandoval, aSSiSTanT SuPeRinTendenT
from the director of
federal programs
As Director of federal programs, i am excited to welcome you to the 2016-2017 school year! We are looking forward to a productive partnership with you to ensure our children achieve their highest potential. We recognize that in order to be successful in school, our children need support from both the home and school. We know a strong partnership with you will make a great difference in your child’s education. As partners, we share the responsibility for our children’s success and want you to know that we will do our very best to carry out our responsibilities.
We strongly believe that our focus on academic achievement will be the key to lifelong successes for our children in whatever endeavors they choose to pursue.
Through our federal programs, we will be providing supplemental support focusing on student academic achievement and educator excellence.
We thank you for your support and look forward to a successful school year.
Thank you for your continued trust in the top quality academic programs and staff that Taos Municipal Schools offers for your children. Together we can make a difference in each child’s life. I feel privileged to be a part of the Taos Municipal Schools’ family.
Respectfully youRs, NoRMA cAVAZos DiRectoR of feDeRAl pRogRAMs
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TMS BOARD MEMBER
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BOARD Of EDuCATIOn
July 19 August 2 August 23 September 13 September 27 October 11 October 25 November 15 December 13 January 24 February 14 February 28 March 28 April 11 April 25 May 9 May 23 June 6 June 20
1 WHiTNEy GOlER, SECRETARy
4 JASON SilVA, BOARD MEMBER
diStRict 2 | 2019 PO BOx 520 • TaOs, NM 87571 741-0335 Cell whitney.goleR@taoSSchoolS.oRg
diStRict 1 | 2019 PO BOx 1013, el PraDO, NM 87529 741-1717 Cell jaSon.Silva@taoSSchoolS.oRg
2 MARk FlORES ii, ViCE-PRESiDENT
5 JAMES SANBORN, PRESiDENT
DisTriCT 3 | 2018 Po Box 2992 raNChOs De TaOs, NM 87557 770-4823 Cell MaRk.floReS@taoSSchoolS.oRg
3 DAViD CHAVEz, BOARD MEMBER DisTriCT 4 | 2019 PO BOx 1721 raNChOs De TaOs, NM 87557 575 751-7425 hOMe david.chavez@taoSSchoolS.oRg
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Administration Bldg. Administration Bldg. Taos Charter School Administration Bldg. Vista Grande H.S. Administration Bldg. Taos Pueblo Ranchos Elementary Cyber Magnet School Enos Garcia Elementary Administration Bldg. Arroyos Elementary Anansi Charter School Taos High School Administration Office Taos Middle School Administration Bldg. Administration Bldg. Administration Bldg.
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CONTENTS FEATURES
9 BRIDGES PROJECT: HELPING TRAVERSE THE HIGHER EDUCATION MAZE
26 TISA: TEACHING IS AN ART 28 CAV: TEACHING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
30 SMU-IN-TAOS: CAMPUS UNIFIES COMMUNITY
34 VISTA GRANDE HIGH
SCHOOL: HOW VGHS GOT ITS GROOVE BACK
NOS GARCÍA TAOS MUNICIPAL 22 EELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHOOLS 24 RANCHOS ELEMENTARY
3 FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
4 FROM THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
5 FROM THE FEDERAL
PROGRAMS DIRECTOR
6 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND MEETINGS SCHEDULE
7 TAOS MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS 2016-2017 CALENDAR
42 ANTI-BULLYING CAMPAIGN 10 TAOS MUNICIPAL HEADED BY FIESTA DE TAOS LA REINA
58 TAOS ACADEMY:
DIRECTOR RECOGNIZED
59 MORENO VALLEY HIGH
SCHOOL: EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES
60 UNM-TAOS: THE COLLEGE CONUNDRUM
SCHOOL
38 SCHOOL STUPPLIES 39 EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMS 40 TAOS MIDDLE SCHOOL 44 TAOS HIGH SCHOOL 46 THS ATHLETICS 48 CYBER MAGNET SCHOOL 50 HEALTH 52 NUTRITION
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Robin Martin, owner Chris Baker, publisher Damon Scott, editor Chris Wood, advertising manager Scott Gerdes, special sections editor Michelle M. Gutierrez, lead editorial designer Karin Eberhardt, production manager Katharine Egli, photographer Contributing writer, Teresa Dovalpage
SCHOOLS DIRECTORY
12 FEDERAL PROGRAMS 13 YEARLY TESTING 14 BUS SCHEDULE 20 TMS CHOICES 21 ARROYOS DEL NORTE
STAFF
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Vista Grande High School Now Enrolling 9th - 12th Grades Creative Thinking • Achievement Respect for Diversity and our Natural World Empowering Change Supportive Environment
VISTA CARES! vghs.org • 575-758-5100 213 Paseo del Canon East in Taos 8
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BRIDGES PROJECT HELPING STUDENTS THROUGH THE MAZE OF HIGHER EDUCATION BY SUE GOLDBERG AND JOLEEN MONTOYA DYE
Courtesy photo Pictured is Arasely Rodriguez, a 2016 Taos High School graduate who is going to attend Regis University in Denver.
SHOULD I GO TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL, A TWO-YEAR SCHOOL OR FOUR-YEAR SCHOOL? WILL I BE HAPPIEST CLOSE TO HOME OR FARTHER AWAY? SHOULD I LEARN A TRADE? WHAT ABOUT ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING? HOW MANY SCHOOLS SHOULD I APPLY TO? DO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT I WANT TO STUDY? There are so many questions that come up when thinking about the future, so many different paths to take. Bridges Project was formed in 1997 to help people of all ages answer these questions for themselves because there is no right way or wrong way when it comes to higher education. Each person’s path is unique and that’s why individualized college admissions and financial aid counseling has been at the heart of our programming for 19 years. WHERE DO I BEGIN? HOW DO I FIGURE OUT WHICH SCHOOLS WILL BE A GOOD FIT FOR ME? WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I END UP AT A SCHOOL I DON’T LIKE? WILL I BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACADEMICS? For those who know what they want to major in and exactly where they want to go, applying to college can be pretty straightforward, even if there many steps and uncertainties. Those people, though, are few and far between. For the vast
majority of us, the process is a maze and takes lots of exploration. Bridges’ job is to help individuals find out which path might best suit their current lifestyle and future goals, and to help them get there in the most direct way. ANYWAY, DO I REALLY NEED A COLLEGE EDUCATION? WHAT IF MY FAMILY AND I CAN’T AFFORD IT? WILL I FIND A GOOD JOB ONCE I GRADUATE AND GET MY DEGREE? DO I HAVE TO GO INTO DEBT? IF I NEED TO WORK WHILE I’M IN COLLEGE, WILL I HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS MEANINGFUL TO ME? Bridges has worked with more than 2,500 individuals, from all walks of life, who have had an interest in pursuing post-secondary education, whether at a four-year school, community college or vocational school. They have been high school and GED students, parents, nontraditional-aged students and those wanting to make mid-life career changes. Most have qualified for federal aid, and most are from the first generation in their families to seek out higher education. Many have received scholarships. Their stories are all different, but they share a desire to continue developing themselves personally and/or professionally.
As a n o n p rof i t, independent organization in Taos, Bridges is not affiliated with any particular school. We strive to present useful information and guidance appropriate to each person’s needs, academic history and hopes. We also offer services to community agencies and local schools, including college overview presentations to high school juniors. Our organization was founded on the idea that anyone who wants to pursue higher education deserves information and support. We believe that college counseling is not merely about helping people pursue degrees or careers. It is a way to help level the playing field and offer equal access to anyone who would like to have a greater voice in all of the political, social, creative and entrepreneurial realms of our society. Feel free to call our office and set up an appointment, which generally lasts about an hour. Together we will collaborate, create a game plan and continue working until all goals have been reached. We are most effective when we meet with students through their entire application process. Our services are free and open to people of all ages. Bridges is located at 112A Alexander Street. You can reach us at (575) 758-5074 or email to info@bridgesproject.org. taosnews.com/bts | Back to School 2016/17
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TMS DIRECTORY Enos Garcia East administration BuildinG – 758-5200 Dr. Lillian Torrez, Superintendent Carla Duran, Administrative Assistant Melissa A. Sandoval, Assistant Superintendent Sandra Garcia, Administrative Assistant Maria Jeantete, Data Technician/STARS Norma Cavazos, Director of Federal Programs Christine Martinez, Administrative Assistant Florence Miera, Title I Social Worker RaeNita Lujan, Indian Ed Manager Bobby Spinelli, Director of Finance Jennifer Hallstrom, Financial Specialist Maya Romero, Financial Specialist Christine Valencia, Financial Specialist Michelle Martinez, Financial Specialist Monica Martinez, Financial Specialist Tanya Maestas, Financial Specialist Esther Winter, Director of Human Resources and Transportation Sandra Martinez, HR Administrative Assistant Samantha Martinez, Transportation Administrative Assistant Wilbur Trujillo, Maintenance Mechanic Jim Ivanovich, Director of Exceptional Programs Sandra Vigil, Administrative Assistant Michael Gutierrez, Medicaid/ Administrative Assistant Robert Valencia, Director of Facilities Kaitlin Koop, Director of Student Nutrition Michelle Roaque, Administrative Assistant Bonnie Martinez, Warehouse Manager arroyos dEl nortE ElEmEntary school – 737-6175 Jim Ivanovich, Principal Naomi Gallegos, Lead Teacher Dina Peralta, Secretary/Health Assistant Enos Garcia ElEmEntary – 737-6100 Dr. Gladys Herrera-Gurule, Principal Maya Chacon, Assistant. Principal Nanette Barela, Secretary Marlene Romero, Secretary Debra Wright, School Nurse ranchos ElEmEntary school – 737-6150 Lourdes Cordova, Principal Cathy Vigil, Secretary Monica Lucero, School Nurse taos middlE school – 737-6000 Alfred Cordova, Principal Rosita Rael, Secretary/Registrar Valerie Valerio, Assistant Principal Sheila Jiron, Attendance Secretary Danette Quintana, School Nurse taos hiGh school – 751-8000 Robert V. Trujillo, Principal Danielle Romero, Secretary Elma Chavez, Registrar Evelyn Anaya, Counselors’ Secretary Lisa Abeyta-Valerio, Assistant Principal Debbie Martinez, Attendance Secretary Maria Medina, School Nurse Nickie McCarty, Athletic Director Fatima Chavez, Secretary chrysalis altErnativE school – 751-7291 taos cyBEr maGnEt – 758-5990 Alexsis Blake, Head Teacher chartEr schools anansi chartEr school (K-5) Michelle Hunt, Principal taos chartEr school (K-8) Jeremy Jones, Principal vista GrandE hiGh school (9-12) Isabelle St. Onge, Principal
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lillian.torrez@taosschools.org carla.duran@taosschools.org melissa.sandoval@taosschools.org sandra.garcia@taosschools.org maria.jeantete@taosschools.org norma.cavazos@taosschools.org christine.martinez@taossschools.org florence.miera@taosschools.org rae.lujan@taosschools.org bobby.spinelli@taosschools.org jennifer.hallstrom@taosschools.org maya.romero@taosschools.org christine.valencia@taosschools.org michelle.martinez@taosschools.org monica.martinez@taosschools.org tanya.maestas@taosschools.org esther.winter@taosschools.org sandra.martinez@taosschools.org samantha.martinez@taosschools.org wilber.trujillo@taosschools.org jim.ivanovich@taosschools.org sandra.vigil@taosschools.org michael.gutierrez@taosschools.org robert.valencia@taosschools.org kaitlin.koop@taosschools.org michelle.roaque@taosschools.org bonnie.martinez@taosschools.org
737-6177 737-6175 737-6175
jim.ivanovich@taosschools.org naomi.gallegos@taosschools.org dina.peralta@taosschools.org
737-6172 737-6099 737-6095 737-6070 737-6075
gladys.herrera-gurule@taosschools.org maya.chacon@taosschools.org nanette.barela@taosschools.org marlene.chacon@taosschools.org debra.wright@taosschools.org
737-6152 737-6150 737-6153
loudes.cordova@taosschools.org cathy.vigil@taosschools.org monica.lucero@taosschools.org
737-6003 737-6006 737-6004 737-6002 737-6016
alfred.cordova@taosschools.org rosita.rael@taosschools.org valerie.valerio@taosschools.org sheila.jiron@taosschools.org danette.quintana@taosschools.org
751-8002 751-8000 751-8013 751-8018 751-8026 751-8016 751-8074 751-8030 751-8025
robert.v.trujillo@taosschools.org daniella.romero@taosschools.org elma.chavez@taosschools.org evelyn.anaya@taosschools.org lisa.abeyta-valerio@taosschools.org debbie.martinez@taosschools.org maria.medina@taosschools.org nickie.mccarty@taosschools.org fatima.chavez@taosschools.org
758-5990
alexsis.blake@taosschools.org
776-2256
mhunt@acstaos.org
751-7222
jjones@taoscharterschool.org
758-5100
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federal programs AFTERSCHOOL SUMMER ENRICHMENT Funds for the implementation of quality afterschool and summer enrichment programs which includes academic enrichment, physical activity, nutrition education, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), and/or English Language Arts initiatives and activities. FAEA (FINE ARTS EdUCATION ACT) “The purpose of the Fine Arts Education Act is to encourage school districts to offer opportunities for elementary school students to participate in fine arts activities, including visual arts, music, theater, and dance.” (22-15D-2, NMSA 1978) Students are introduced and experience cultural and historical art forms from local artists who go into classrooms to teach and demonstrate their craft. Art and music teachers also provide art education continually throughout the school year. KINdERgARTEN THROUgH THIRd gRAdE PLUS PROgRAM (K-3 PLUS) The summer K-3+ Program extends the school year for kindergarten through third grade for participating students and measures the effect of additional time on literacy, numeracy and social skills development. The purpose of K-3+ Program is to demonstrate that increased time in kindergarten and the early grades narrows the achievement gap between disadvantaged students and other students, and increases cognitive skills and leads to higher test scores for all participants. The K-3+ provides funding extended school days to students from Ranchos Elementary and Enos Garcia Elementary for twenty-five instructional days. NEw MExICO RESULTS dRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY (RdA) The Results Plan, with all its resources, was implemented to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. NM RDA will be looking at academic performance and student growth rates for students with disabilities as indicators of success. NM ARTS gRANT Funds a variety of art organizations across NM through competitive arts grants program. NMA funds organizations that perform specified art services via reimbursement for expenses in performed contracted arts services.
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STATE BILINgUAL PROgRAM The Taos Municipal Schools receives state funding under the Bilingual Multicultural Education Act of 2004 (NMSA 22-23-1 through 22-23-6) to provide for the education of our linguistically and culturally different students and for schools utilizing two languages as the medium of instruction for any part or all of the curriculum for the grade specified in the application for funding submitted to the NM PED. TITLE I – PART A: IMPROVINg THE ACAdEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE dISAdVANTAgEd Title I is the largest federal education program for elementary and secondary schools. These funds are targeted to high poverty schools and are used to provide supplementary educational services to students who are educationally disadvantaged or at risk of failing to meet the state standards. Schools have the option to follow a school wide or targeted model. TITLE I–PART d: NEgLECTEd & dELINqUENT This program provides funds to support partnerships between schools and correctional facilities for the purpose of educating students residing in or returning from correctional facilities. The Taos Municipal Schools works closely with the Taos Juvenile Detention center and employs one teacher to work with students who are incarcerated from a 5 county area and with students enrolled in the Dream Tree Project.
TITLE III - PART A: ENgLISH LANgUAgE ACqUISITION, LANgUAgE ENHANCEMENT, ANd ACHIEVEMENT Under Civil Right Law and the No Child Left Behind Act, school districts that receive Federal financial assistance have an obligation to identify and serve all ELL/ LEP students. The purpose of Title III is to develop educational programs that will help ensure that Limited English Proficient (LEP)/ English Language Learners (ELLs), statute uses (LEP), attain English proficiency, succeed at core academic subjects, and meet the same state academic content and student achievement standards expected of all children. TITLE VI - RURAL ANd LOw-INCOME SCHOOL PROgRAM This program targets rural school districts that serve high number of poor students. Funding from the Rural Low-Income Schools Grant may be used for a wide variety of activities authorized under various Title Programs of the No Child Left Behind Act. RLIS funding may only be used to supplement and not supplant other federal, state, and local funds. The funding at each school site aligns with activities appropriate for moving the school toward the district’s goals for increasing student achievement. TITLE VII - INdIAN, NATIVE HAwAIIAN ANd ALASKA NATIVE EdUCATION The purpose of this program is to support the efforts of school districts in serving Native American students, so that they can meet the same challenging state student academic achievement standards that all other students are expected to meet.
TITLE II – PART A: PREPARINg, TRAININg ANd RECRUITINg HIgH qUALITY TEACHERS ANd PRINCIPALS The main goal is to provide funds to increase student and academic achievement by improving teacher quality and getting more highly qualified teachers and principals into schools. In alignment with Section 1119(a) (3) the Taos Municipal School District strives to ensure that all teachers teaching in the core content areas within the school district are highly qualified.
TITLE VIII – IMPACT AId REgULAR & SP. Ed. The purpose of Impact Aid is to provide grants to school districts burdened by the presence of nontaxable federal lands, installations and housing authorities to make up for lost revenues and additional costs associated with federal presence. School districts are also responsible for educating children of federal personnel who live and/or work on these properties.
TITLE III - LANgUAgE INSTRUCTION FOR IMMIgRANT STUdENTS The purpose of this program is to develop educational programs that will help ensure that immigrant students attain English proficiency, succeed at core academic subjects, and meet the same state academic content and student achievement standards expected of all children.
NM PEd SdI gRANT Funds are provided to 23 school districts and district-chartered schools who enroll a significant number of American Indian students for the purpose of providing effective culturally-relevant programs, opportunities and practices which contribute to the academic and cultural success of the Native students.
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ANNUAL TESTING REQUIREMENTS
TEST
I Station
GIVEN TO
WHY
DATE ADMINISTERING
To immediately inform teachers about a student’s foundational literacy abilities. Results are immediate. Parents usually receive report at parent/teacher conferences.
Fall 2016 Winter 2016/2017 Spring 2017
Required by the State of New Mexico
Kindergarten through third grade
WIDA Assessment Placement Test (WAP-T) Title III Federal mandate
Kindergarten or students new to US schools who have a second language.
Screen to determine if student is an English Language Learner (ELL) Results are immediate; parents receive results within 30 days
First 20 days of enrollment
Kindergarten through eleventh grade
To inform teachers whether a student is grasping standards taught. Results are immediate. Parents get results at parent/ teacher conferences
Fall: Aug. 22-Sept. 30, 2016 Winter: Oct 31–Dec 16, 2016 HIgH ScHOOL Jan 30 – Mar10, 2017 Spring: Apr10 – May 19, 2017
Discovery Education Short Cycle Assessment
EoC (End-of-Course Assessments) Required by the State of New Mexico
Woodcock-Munoz Required by the State of New Mexico
Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for ELL’s) Required by the State of New Mexico
New Mexico Alternative Performance Assessment (NMAPA) Required by the State of New Mexico under federal “No child Left Behind Act.”
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
Fourth through twelfth grade
Kindergarten –twelfth grade Bilingual Students
Spanish language proficiency. given to insure students are getting necessary instruction to attain English language proficiency. Results are immediate. Parents get results at parent/teacher conferences.
October 2016
Identified English language learners must take the test annually until they are proficient.
Required by “No child Left Behind Act.” given to insure students are getting necessary instruction to attain English language proficiency. Results are available May 2017
Spring: January 9, 2017 – March 3, 2017
Fourth, seventh & eleventh grades. Science and Social Studies. Students with significant cognitive disabilities who cannot take the Standards Based Assessment.
To determine if schools and students are making “Adequate Yearly Progress” and graduation requirement for HS students.
Third through eleventh grades Reading/Writing, Math
To determine if schools and students are making “Adequate Yearly Progress” and graduation requirement for HS students.
Required by the State of New Mexico
New Mexico Standards Based Assessment (SBA) Required by the State of New Mexico under federal “No child Left Behind Act.”
Primary demonstration of competency for social studies and writing; ADc for math, reading, and science
2 consecutive weeks during last 3 weeks of Fall semester 2016 and 1 week during first 3 weeks of Spring semester 2017 SPRINg 2017: SENIOR Retest March 13 -24, 2017 2 consecutive weeks in the last three weeks of Spring Semester 2017 SUMMER 2017: Last week of summer school
Fourth, seventh & H3 grades – Science; Spanish language arts/literacy third through eleventh grades
To determine if schools and students are making “Adequate Yearly Progress” and graduation requirement for HS students.
Fall: September 26 October 14, 2016 Spring: March 14 April 7, 2017 Fall Re-takes: November 14 – December 16, 2016 April 3 - May 8, 2017 ATTENDANCE IS vERy IMPoRTANT
Fall Retakes: October 31 – November 18, 2016 Spring: Science Feb 27 – March 24, 2017 Spanish Language Arts April 3 – May 12, 2017 ATTENDANCE IS vERy IMPoRTANT
NAEP Required by the State of New Mexico under federal “No child Left Behind Act.”
Fourth and eighth grade
January 30 – March 17, 2017 Only selected pilot schools at grades 4 & 8
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Taos High School 2:50 Cervantes Rd. (Housing) Hwy 68 Family Practice 2:57 Drop Off Taos Charter School (a.m. only)
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Taos HigH/Taos Middle/ VisTa grande Contractor: Faust Transportation 758-3410 aM PM 6:30 Faust Base Please Consult with Driver for p.m. times 6:40 Sanstistevan Lane/US 64 6:42 Southwestern/US 64 6:44 El Rancho Trailer Park 6:46 Olguins/US 64 6:47 Bette Winslow Dance Studio 6:48 Ovejero Rd. 6:49 Santo Nino Rd. 6:50 Casa Del Sol 7:15 Taos High School 7:20 Taos Middle School 7:25 Vista Grande Drop Off (a.m. only)
Bus #3 enos garCia eleMenTary
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Lake Rd. County Rd. BA-001 Valencia Rd. Perry Supply 42 Upper Colonias 45 Upper Colonias Rd. El Rancho Trailer Park Santistevan Lane Blueberry Hill/Varos Lane Blueberry Hill/Wisdom Way Blueberry Hill/Rock Garden Gully Blueberry Hill/Nighthawk Rd. Blueberry Hill/Liebre Lane Colonias Trailer Park KTAOS Atilano Rd. Fresquez Rd./Lake Rd. Enos Garcia Drop Off Carson Trailer Park Silva’s Plaza Taos Bean El Torreon North Side Conoco
Bus #4
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Taos HigH/Taos Middle/ VisTa grande Contractor: d&r Transportation 758-9754 aM PM 6:25 Cuchilla Rd./Joe Montoya Res 3:27 6:25 Cuchilla Rd./Vista Del Taos Trailer Pk. 3:27 6:27 Cuchilla Rd./Calle Miguel 3:28 6:27 Cuchilla Rd./Calle Corazon #84 3:28 6:28 Cuchilla Rd./Sierra Dr. 3:29
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Cuchilla Rd./Amorak Rd. JCT of Cuchilla Rd./Tom Holder Rd. Cuchilla Rd./Bob Romero Res. #155 Cuchilla Rd./Ricky Chavez Res #183 Cuchilla Rd./Tucas Rd. Cuchilla Rd./Torres Turn Around Cuchilla/Los Vecinos Rd. Robert Cohn’s Trailer Park Cuchilla Rd./Los Caballos Cuchilla/Calle Los Vecinos Cuchilla Rd./Abeyta Res #309 JCT of Cuchilla/Los Cordovas Rd. Los Cordovas Rd./Leroy Martinez Res #148 Los Cordovas/Levi Mondragon Res. Los Cordovas Rd./Tusas Rd. #83 Los Cordovas/Billy Espinoza Res. Los Cordovas/Sarita Rd. Los Cordovas/Vigil Res JCT of Los Cordovas/HWY 240 HWY 240/#165 Hwy 240/Gutierrez & Flores Res. JCT of Hwy 240/Tom Holder Rd. HWY 240/Madrid Lane HWY 240/Frank Suazo Res. #90 HWY 240/Josie Martinez Lane HWY 240/Flores Res. #43 HWY 240/Calle Martinez & Abeyta Road JCT of Valerio Road & Old Santa Fe Road #12 Valerio Rd./Espinoza Rd. #14 Valerio Rd./Gonzales Rd. #47 JCT of Valerio Rd./ Camino Abajo de la Loma E. Camino Abajo de la Loma E./ Camino de Jesus Camino Abajo de la Loma E./ Vista Del Valle JCT of HWY 518/Archuleta Rd. Maestas Rd./Gabriel Casias Rd. #112 Maestas Rd./Alberto Romo Res. Maestas Rd./Nickel Rd. Maestas Rd./Chris Tafoya Res JCT of Maestas Rd./Este Es Rd. Maestas Rd./Abby Lane Maestas Rd./Weimer Rd. Weimer Rd./Holy Cross Hospital Weimer Rd./Cerro Azul Apts. 400 Weimer Rd./ La Luz Dr. #301 East Paseo Del Canon/ Taos Youth Center Vista Grande Drop Off (a.m. only) Taos Middle School
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ranCHos eleMenTary/ Taos CHarTer aM PM 7:25 1335 Gusdorf/Teen Court 4:20 7:25 Estes Rd./Taos Valley RV Park 4:20 7:26 Estes Rd./Maria Elena Rd. # 72 4:19 7:26 Estes Rd./Sangre de Cristo Rd. 4:18 7:27 Estes Rd./Estes PL (Chacon Res.) 4:18 7:28 Estes Rd./Calle Crystal 4:18 7:28 Estes Rd./Amador Lane #311 4:17 7:29 Estes Rd./Tros Rd. #1819 4:15 7:30 JCT of Espinoza/Tros Rd. 4:15 7:30 Espinoza Rd./Ernie Lopez Res. 4:14 7:31 Maestas Rd./Abby Lane 4:09 7:31 JCT of Maestas Rd./Wiemer Rd. 4:09 7:32 Weimer Rd./Taos Medical Group 4:10 7:32 Weimer Rd./Holy Cross Hospital 4:10 7:33 Weimer Rd./Cerro Azul Apts. 4:10 7:33 Weimer Rd./La Luz Dr. 4:12 7:35 Taos Youth Center 4:15 7:38 Loma Parda Apts. (across TMS) 4:17 7:44 JCT of Estes Rd./Maestas Rd. 4:19 7:44 Maestas Rd./Nickel Rd. 3:58 7:44 Maestas Rd./Romo Res. #150A 3:58 7:46 Maestas Rd./Casias Res. #114 3:57 7:46 JCT of Maestas Rd./Morada Rd. #107 3:57 7:48 Maestas Rd./Luna Res. #90 3:55 7:52 JCT of Camino Caballo/Morada Rd. 3:56 7:52 Caballo Rd. #34 3:54 7:55 Espinoza Rd./#320 3:52 7:55 Espinoza Rd./Sam Lucero Trailer Park 3:52 7:56 Espinoza Rd./Calle Vista 3:52 7:57 Espinoza Rd./Montoya Trailer Park 3:50 7:58 Espinoza Rd./La Canada Lane 3:52 7:59 Espinoza Rd./Franks Trailer Park 3:52 8:06 Ranchos Elementary School 3:47 8:15 Taos Charter School (a.m. only)
Bus #5
Taos HigH/Taos Middle/ VisTa grande/Taos CHarTer Contractor: Taos Municipal schools 758-3410 aM PM 6:30 HWY 68/Comcast (a.m. only) 6:30 HWY 68/Del Norte Store (a.m.only) 6:30 HWY 68/Chanclas Rd. (a.m. only) 6:32 HWY 68/Gutierrez Rd. (a.m. only) 6:36 HWY 68/Car Wash (a.m. only) 3:34 6:38 Llano Quemado Sur/Old Santa Fe Rd.3:32 6:39 Llano Quemado Sur/Picuris Trailer Park 3:31 6:39 Llano Quemado Sur/Tina Fernandez Trl. Prk 3:30 6:41 Llano Quemado Sur/Miranda Rd. 3:29 6:42 JCT of Leyba Rd./Vista del Valle 3:28 6:43 Torres Rd. Mondragon Res (Turn Around) 3:27 6:43 JCT of Vista del Valle/Torres Rd. 3:27 3:26 6:44 Llano Quemado/Trujillo Res. 6:45 Vista Del Valle/Romero Res. 3:25 6:46 Hot Springs Rd./Romero Res. 3:24
6:47 6:48 6:48 6:42 6:42 6:43 6:46 6:49 6:50 6:50 6:51 6:51 6:52 6:53 6:54 6:53 6:54 6:55 7:02 7:09 7:13 7:17
Hot Springs Rd./Valerio Res. 3:23 Hot Springs Rd./Valerio Res. 3:22 Hot Springs Rd./Mule Deer Rd. 3:21 Hot Springs Rd./Isabel Drive 3:21 Hot Springs Rd./Llano Quemado Church 3:21 JCT of Hot Springs Rd./Old Santa Fe Rd. 3:20 HWY 68/Vargas Tile 3:17 Camino Abajo De La Loma W./ Quinto Rd. 3:14 Camino Abajo De La Loma W./ Tafoya Res. 3:13 Camino Abajo De la Loma W./ Aguilar Res. 3:12 Camino Abajo De La Loma W./ Cortez Res. 3:12 Camino Abajo De La Loma W./ Jaramillo Res. 3:11 Camino Abajo De La Loma W./ Dolores Rd. 3:11 JCT of Camino Del Medio/Chamisal Rd. 3:10 Camino Del Medio/Martinez Res. 3:09 Camino Del Medio/Calle Palemon Rd. 3:08 Camino Merced/Flores Rd. 3:05 Camino Merced/Vigil’s Trailer Park 3:05 Taos High School 2:55 Taos Middle School 2:58 Taos Charter Drop Off (a.m. only) Vista Grande Drop Off (a.m. only)
Bus #5 Ranchos ElEmEntaRy
am 7:23 7:25 7:26 7:26 7:27 7:30 7:30 7:31 7:31 7:32 7:35 7:37 7:40 7:40 7:41 7:41 7:42 7:42 7:43
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Pm HWY 240/MG Mechanical 4:06 HWY 240/Collins Gallery 4:10 HWY 240/Apodaca Res. 4:12 HWY 240/Culebra Lane 4:12 HWY 240/Blueberry Hill (Turn Around) 4:15 HWY 240/Madrid Res. 4:05 HWY 240/Frank Suazo Res. #90 4:04 HWY 240/#73 4:03 HWY 240/Josie Martinez Lane 4:03 HWY 240/Mark Flores Res. 3:59 HWY 240/Calle Martinez 3:57 HWY 68/St. Francis Plaza (Old P.O.) 3:44 W Romero-Coyote Circle/Sofia Lane 3:53 W Romero-Dragon Lane/Calle Trujillo 3:53 W Romero-Coyote Circle/Cactus Flwr3:52 W Romero-Coyote Cirlce/Lucero Res 3:52 W Romero-Coyote Circle/Grant Ln 3:51 W Romero-Coyote Circle/Amber Ln 3:51 West Romero-Coyote Cirle/ Adelmo Medina 3:50 W Romero-Coyote Circle/Anaisley Rd.3:50 W Romero/Abeyta Lane 3:49 W Romero/Dennis Ortega Trailer Pk 3:49 W Romero/Buddy Graves Trailer Pk 3:49 W Romero/Aurora Martinez 3:48 W Romero/Jimmy Torres 3:47 Ranchos Elementary 3:40 Taos Charter Drop Off (a.m. only)
Bus #6
taos high/taos middlE/ Vista gRandE/taos chaRtER contractor: d&R transportation 758-3410 am Pm 6:25 SR 570/Coyotes Arroyo Rd. 3:27
6:26 6:31 6:38 6:39 6:41 6:41 6:43 6:44 6:46 6:47 6:48 6:49 6:52 6:57 6:59 6:59 7:03 7:04 7:06 7:07 7:09 7:10 7:12 7:15 7:15 7:18 7:21 7:22 7:24
SR 570/National Guard Armory Lower Los Cordovas Rd./Aguirre Res. W Romero Rd./Trujillo Rd. (Log Cabin) West Romero Rd./Cactus Flower Rd. West Romero Rd./Coyote Circle West Romero Rd./Grants Lane W Romero Rd./San Isidro-Amber Ln West Romero Rd./Adelmo Medina Ln West Romero Rd/Lalo Romero Res. West Romero Rd./David Romero Res. West Romero Rd./Buddy Graves Res West Romero/Gabriel Romero Res. HWY 68/Art Romero Res. HWY 68/Juan Valerio Plaza HWY 68/La Cosina HWY 68/Branchal Rd. (South SPA) Chamisa Rd./Apartments Chamisa Rd./AG Building Chamisa Rd./Khweis Rd. JCT of Chamisa Rd./Camino Del Medio JCT of Camino Del Medio/Herdner Hernder Rd./Hill Drive Camino Del Medio/Fred Baca Park Salazar Rd./Murray Lane Salazar Rd./La Posta Taos High School Taos Middle School Vista Grande Drop Off (a.m. only) Taos Charter School (a.m. only)
Bus #6
3:28 3:34 3:40 3:41 3:42 3:42 3:44 3:45 3:47 3:48 3:49 3:50 3:52 3:56 3:58 3:58 2:50 2:49 2:48 2:47 3:20 3:21 3:23 3:26 3:26 2:50 2:55
Enos gaRcia ElEmEntaRy/taos chaRtER am Pm 7:35 Cuchilla Rd./Robert Cohn Trailer Park 3:57 7:35 Cuchilla Rd./Lana De Vaitos Trailer Park 3:58 7:36 Cuchilla Rd./Jude Torres Turn Around 3:59 7:37 Cuchilla Rd./Torres Res./Horse Hosp. Rd. 3:57 7:38 Cuchilla Rd./Los Vecinos Rd. 3:57 7:39 Cuchilla Rd./Eddie Padilla Res. 3:56 7:39 JCT of Los Cordovas/Cuchilla Rd. 3:54 7:43 Los Cordovas Rd/#108A 3:52 7:43 Los Cordovas Rd/#106 3:52 7:44 Los Cordovas Rd/Taos Valley Auto Glass 3:52 7:45 Los Cordovas/Las Tucas Rd. 3:51 7:46 Los Cordovas Rd./Robert Chavez Res. 3:50 7:48 Los Cordovas Rd./Community Ctr 3:49 7:48 Los Cordovas Rd./Orlando Espinoza Res. 3:48 7:49 Los Cordovas Rd./Los Cordovas Plaza 3:48 7:53 JCT of Los Cordova/ HWY 240-Calle De Vigil 3:46 7:54 HWY 240/Loretta Rd. #335 3:46 7:56 HWY 240/Los Cordovas Catholic Ch 3:46 8:00 JCT of HWY 240/Camino Del Medio-Anaya Res. 3:45 8:04 Camino Del Medio/Dolores Rd. 3:44 8:06 Camino Del Medio/Chamisa Rd. #908 3:43 8:07 Camino Del Medio/Martinez Res. 3:43 8:07 Camino Del Medio/Lorens LaneTruth Ministries 3:43 8:08 Camino Del Medio/Don Rosalio Res 3:43 8:10 Camino Del Medio/Aguirre Lane 3:42 8:11 JCT of Camino Del Medio/Camino Del Merced 3:42 8:11 Camino De Merced/#411 Flores Res. 3:41 8:13 Camino De Merced/ Becky Cardenas Res 3:41
8:14 8:18 8:18 8:19 8:25 8:25
JCT of Camino De Merced/Salazar Toalne/Acoma St. Toalne/Sipapu St. Tewa/Acoma behind Centinel Bank Enos Garcia Elementary Taos Charter Drop Off (a.m. only)
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Bus #7
Ranchos ElEmEntaRy/ taos chaRtER contractor: taos municipal schools 770-6681 am Pm 7:00 4012 HWY 68 South of Llano 4:25 7:02 HWY 570 Irish Rd. 4:34 7:04 UNM Hwy 570 Turn Around 4:36 7:06 HWY 570/National Guard Armory 4:38 7:08 HWY 68 S&R Septic 4:30 7:09 HWY 68/Look Out Drive 4:32 7:10 Camino East Romero Rd. 4:24 7:11 Pagosa Springs Trailer Court/Llano Sur 4:22 7:12 Tina’s Trailer Court/Llabo Sur 4:21 7:13 Miranda Lane/Llano Sur 4:20 7:14 Silviano Rd./Llano Sur 4:19 7:15 Hot Springs Rd/Llano Quemado Y 4:19 7:16 Mail Boxes @ Vista Del Valle Llano 4:18 7:17 George Torres Rd. Turn Around 4:18 7:18 Mule Deer Rd. Llano Quemado 4:16 7:19 Vargas Tile/Hwy 68 4:10 7:20-7:24 Camino Abajo De La Loma W. 3:59-4:03 7:25 Chamisa Rd./Camino Del Medio 3:52 7:30 Paseo Del Canon W./Bendix 3:50 7:35 Taos Chicharoron Burrito Stand 3:53 7:36 Marisco’s Restaurant/HWY 68 3:55 7:38 Valerio Rd. 3:57 7:40 Chanclas Rd./HWY 68 3:58 7:42 HWY 518/Bernadines Trailer Court 3:46 7:43 Espinoza Rd./HWY 518 3:36 7:44 7196 HWY 518 Duran Res. 3:36 7:45 7187 HWY 518 Valerio Res. 3:37 7:46 7150 HWY 518 Morgas Res 3:38 7:50 Ranchos Elementary 3:30 7:55 Taos Charter School 3:00 Taos Youth Center (p.m. only) 3:05 Enos Garcia Municipal Parking Lot 3:15
Bus #9
taos high/taos middlE/ Vista gRandE contractor: Fausts transportation 758-3410 am Pm 6:30 Faust Trailer Park/Rio Lucero 3:28 6:33 Rio Lucero/La Jara 3:30 6:33 Rio Lucero/#220 3:30 6:38 Millicent Rogers Rd./Tranquilino Rd. 6:44 US 64/Fresquez Rd. (a.m. only) 6:45 Hail Creek Rd./Taos Pueblo 3:27 BUs #9 continUEd nEXt PagE »
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Bus #9
TaOs HIgH/TaOs MIDDlE/ VIsTa graNDE Contractor: Fausts Transportation 758-3410 aM PM 6:47 Veterans Hwy/Goat Springs Rd. 3:13 6:49 Pasture Rd. #160 3:20 6:51 Veterans Hwy/Rio Lucero 2:22 6:56 Veterans Hwy #885 3:23 7:15 Veterans Hwy #1075 3:24 7:00 Camino De La Placita/Valverde Rd. 7:00 Camino De La Placita/Town Hall 3:10 7:03 US 68/Ricky’s Restaurant (a.m. only) 7:03 US 68/Kyote Club (a.m. only) 7:06 Taos High School 2:55 7:11 Taos Middle School 2:45 US 68/Centinnel Bank (p.m. only) 3:03 US 68 #23 (p.m. only) 3:05 Camino De La Placita/ Bent St. 3:10
Bus #9 ENOs garCIa ElEMENTary
aM 7:33 7:35 7:35 7:36 7:37 7:38 7:39 7:40 7:42 7:45 7:47 7:49 7:51 7:52 7:53 7:54 7:55 7:56 7:58 7:59 8:02 8:04 8:05
PM Lower Los Colonias #52 4:40 Lower Los Colonias/Valerio North Rd. 4:37 Lower Los Colonias #131A 4:37 Lower Los Colonias/Luz Del Monte Rd. 4:36 Lower Los Colonias #186 4:34 Lwr Los Colonias/Camino Coyote Rd. 4:33 Lower Los Colonias/Sugar Lane 4:32 Straight Arrow/Rabbit Valley Rd. 4:09 Straight Arrow Rd. #39 4:10 Straight Arrow Rd. #77 4:15 Straight Arrow Rd. #107 4:16 Straight Arrow Rd. #129 4:20 Straight Arrow Rd. #162 4:22 Straight Arrow Rd. #156 4:23 Straight Arrow Rd. #130 4:20 Straight Arrow Rd. #122 4:18 Straight Arrow Rd. #110 4:17 Straight Arrow Rd. #102 4:16 Straight Arrow Rd. #94 4:18 Straight Arrow/Quill Road 4:19 Straight Arrow Rd #27 4:20 Lower Los Colonias #303 4:07 Enos Garcia Elementary 3:45 Millicent Rogers/Tranquillino Road 3:57 Millicent Rogers/Eototo Rd. (p.m. only) 3:58
Bus #14
arrOyOs DEl NOrTE ElEMENTary/aNaNsI CHarTEr Contractor: Faustin gonzales Jr. 770-8264 aM PM 7:10 Taos Library 4:45 7:15 SR 150/KTAO 2:55
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7:17 7:25 7:26 7:28 7:32 7:36 7:40 7:45 7:46 7:47 7:50 7:51 7:56 8:00 8:04 8:10
SR 150/28 Vista Del Mar Hondo Seco Rd./Las Animas #250 State Rd. 150 Abe’s Cocina Quintana Turnaround #583 Middle Rd. #357 Hondo-Seco Rd. Montoya Turnaround Martinez Res. Des Montes #154 Rim Rd. #334 Valdez #384 Valdez #70 Rim Rd. Des Montes #222 State Rd. 230 #98 State Rd. 230 Arroyos Del Norte Taos Charter School (p.m. only)
3:00 3:05 3:07 3:10 3:14 3:18 3:20 3:23 3:26 3:27 3:31 3:32 3:36 3:38 3:39 3:40 2:30
Bus #16 TaOs HIgH/TaOs MIDDlE/ TaOs CHarTEr Contractor: Taos Municipal schools 758-5291 aM PM 6:35 Exit Realty (a.m. only) 6:37 Sander Lane (RES/HWY 518) 3:16 6:38 Ortiz Lane/HWY 518 3:17 6:42 Rio Chiquito Turn Around 3:22 6:43 #7060 HWY 518 3:23 6:44 Torrez Rd./HWY 518 3:24 6:45 #24 Archuleta Rd. 3:25 6:46 #54 Archuleta Rd. 3:26 6:47 96 Maestas Rd. 3:28 6:49 90 Morada Rd. 3:28 6:51 Morada/Adame Lane 3:29 6:52 Morada/Balsamo Lane 3:31 6:53 #23 Morada Rd. 3:30 6:54 #5 Morada Rd. 3:30 6:58 Espinoza Rd. 3:14 6:59 Espinoza Tailer Park 3:14 7:01 Espinoza Rd./Tafoya Rd. 3:11 7:02 Estes Rd. 3:08 7:03 Estes/Amador Lane 3:09 7:04 Morgan Rd. 3:08 7:07 Taos Middle School 3:03 7:11 Taos High School 2:57 7:15 Vista Grande (p.m. shuttle) 3:35 7:17 Taos Charter (a.m. only) Gusdorf/Roy Rd. (p.m. only) 3:04 Gusdorf #1335 (p.m. only) 3:06
Bus #16 raNCHOs ElEMENTary aM 7:37 7:25 7:30 7:35 7:38 7:54 7:54 7:56 8:01 8:02 8:07 8:15
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Cuchilla/Calle Miguel Cuchilla Rd/Sierra Dr. (Trujillo Res) Cuchilla Rd./Amorak Rd. Cuchilla/Tusas Rd. Cuchilla Rd./Maes Turn Around Rio Chiquito Rd./NM 518 NM 518 #7065 Archuleta Rd. #16 La Morada Rd. #84A La Morada Rd./El Tros Rd. Ranchos Elementary School Taos Charter School (a.m. only)
PM 4:06 4:07 4:05 4:10 4:00 3:48 3:47 3:43 3:39 3:38 3:35
Bus #17 TaOs HIgH/TaOs MIDDlE/ VIsTa graNDE/TaOs CHarTEr/aNaNsI Contractor: Manuel romero 758-3831 aM PM 6:40 321 State Rd. 150 3:32 6:41 Gallina Canyon/State Rd. #150 3:33 6:42 Calle Cordova/State Rd. #150 3:34 6:43 Broad Bent Rd./State Rd. #150 3:35 6:47 Leo Valencia Ln./State Rd. #150 3:40 6:49 Rim Road/Orchard Rd. (a.m. only) 0:00 6:50 60 Rim Rd. (a.m. only) 0:00 6:51 100 Rim Rd. (a.m. only) 0:00 6:54 458 Hondo/Seco Rd. (East) (a.m. only) 0:00 6:56 489 Hondo/Seco Rd. 3:25 6:57 556 Hondo/Seco Rd. 3:26 6:59 Arroyo Seco Plaza (Abe’s Grocery) (a.m. only) 7:00 Martinez Lane/HWY 150 El Salto (a.m. only) 7:02 HWY 150 El Salto/Juan de Dios Rd. 3:48 7:03 HWY 150 El Salto/Precilla Rd. 3:49 7:05 HWY 150 El Salto/Luis Torres 3:49 7:08 HWY 150/450 Lymon 3:20 7:09 HWY 150/424 Lymon 3:20 7:11 Hondo/Seco-Las Animas 3:19 7:12 Hondo/Seco-Pinon 3:18 7:15 KTAO (Taos Charter Shuttle pick-up) 3:12 7:20 El Prado Post Office (a.m. only) 7:23 Furniture Store Across Northside Spa 7:28 Parking Lot behind SuperSave (Taos Charter) a.m. only 7:30 Taos High School 2:55 7:35 Taos Middle School 2:50 7:40 Vista Grande (a.m. only) 7:45 Taos Charter (a.m. only) Vista Grande Condos (p.m. only) 2:58 Kit Carson Park (p.m. only) 3:00 Red Arrow Emporium (p.m. only) 3:05 Overland (p.m. only) 3:10 Pueblo Rd. (p.m. only) 3:13 Quail Ridge (p.m. only) 3:14 Snowmansion (p.m. only) 3:22 Cemetary @ Cross Roads (p.m. only) 3:23 State Rd 150/Cross Road (p.m. only) 3:28 State Rd 150/ 224 (p.m. only) 3:29 Valdez/Sandra Rd. (p.m. only) 3:31 Valdez/ Trinnie Apodaca (p.m. only) 3:36 581 Hwy 150 (p.m. only) 3:43 El Salto #17 (p.m. only) 3:45 El Salto EJ Pacheco Lane (p.m. only) 3:46 El Salto Geronimo Lane (p.m. only) 3:47 El Salto Calle Caballero (p.m. only 3:48 Arroyos Del Norte Pickup (p.m. only) 4:00 Anansi Charter (p.m. only) 4:05 Conaco Station (p.m. only) 4:12 Taos Library (p.m. only) 4:25
Bus #18
TaOs HIgH sCHOOl/ TaOs MIDDlE sCHOOl/VIsTa graNDE Contractor: Taos Municipal schools 795-1015 aM PM 6:50 522 Conrad Lane Upper Ranchitos 3:16 6:51 Cortez Lane Upper Ranchitos 3:17 6:55 518 Calle De Isaac Upper Ranchitos 3:18 7:00 Lavadie Rd. Lwr Ranchitos Hwy 240 3:19 7:01 Camino De Liebre Lower Ranchitos Hwy 240 3:19
7:02 512 Francisco Vigil Ln. Lower Ranchitos Hwy #240 7:03 611 Duran Lane Lower Ranchitos 7:04 Callejon Lower Ranchitos Hwy 240 7:06 734 Rafael Rd. Ranchitos Hwy 240 7:06 Serna/Marmol Res. Ranchitos Hwy 240 7:08 Blueberry Hill/HWY 240 Turn Around 7:10 733 Pablo Trujillo Res. E. Lower Ranchitos 7:14 622 Francisco Cortez Res. Lower Ranchitos 7:15 Taos County Housing (Ranchitos) 7:16 525 Santistevan Ln/E. Lwr Ranchitos 7:17 La Loma (church) 7:18 Taos High School 7:23 Taos Middle School 7:34 Vista Grande Drop Off (a.m. only) Enos Garcia/Taos Schools Admin.
3:20 3:25 3:27 3:29 3:29 3:30 3:40 3:45 3:05 3:06 3:06 2:55 2:40 3:05
Bus #18 Enos Garcia ElEmEntary am Pm 7:35 Camino Merced/ Reed Street (Vigil Trailer Park) 4:15 7:35 Cervantes Rd. (Housing) 4:09 7:39 La Posta/Zuni 4:07 7:40 JCT of La Posta/Salazar 4:06 7:43 La Posta/La Posta Place 4:05 7:44 Betty’s Majic Mirror (Ranchitos) 3:45 7:45 Ranchitos/Trujillo Gravel 3:47 7:46 Ranchitos/Don Roberto 3:49 7:46 Ranchitos/Duran Lane 3:50 7:47 Ranchitos/Adrian Road (Martinez Hacienda) 3:52 7:48 Ranchitos/Callejon Road 3:53 7:50 Ranchitos/Josh Vigil Residence 3:57 7:53 JCT of Ranchitos & Blueberry Hill (turn around) 4:00 7:55 JCT of Camino Del Medio & Herdner 3:42 7:56 Herdner/Trujillo Residence 3:41 7:57 Herdner/Vigil Residence 3:40 8:00 Salazar Rd./Sipapu 3:37 8:01 Salazar Rd./Murray 3:36 8:01 Salazar Rd./Siler 3:35 8:05 Enos Garcia Elementary 3:30
Bus #20
taos HiGH/taos middlE/Vista GrandE contractor: Faustin Gonzales Jr. 770-8254 am Pm 6:20 243 Hondo/Seco Rd. 3:49 6:21 406 Hondo/Seco Rd. 3:48 6:22 392 Hondo/Seco Rd. 3:46 6:24 357 Hondo/Seco Rd. 3:44 6:26 472 Hondo/Seco Rd. 3:43 6:34 #4 Montoya Rd. 3:35 6:35 154 Rim Rd. 3:34 6:39 175 Highway 230 3:30 6:40 199 Highway 150 3:29 6:41 Comanche Rd./Peakview Rd. 3:28 6:49 426 Blueberry Hill Rd. 3:20 6:50 Rios Tiendita (Blueberry Hill) 3:18 6:54 306 Lower Colonias 3:16 6:54 303 Lower Colonias 3:16 6:57 Rabbit Valley/Straight Arrow Rd. 3:13 6:58 10 Straight Arrow Rd. 3:12
6:59 7:00 7:01 7:02 7:05 7:06 7:07 7:08 7:09 7:11 7:20 7:23
Quill Rd. 687 Straight Arrow Rd. Straight Arrow Rd. Turn Around 65 Straight Arrow Rd. Sugar Lane 141 Lower Colonias Luz del Monte Camino de Don Felix 32 Lower Colonias Violas Trailer Park Taos High School Taos Middle School
3:11 3:10 3:09 3:08 3:05 3:04 3:03 3:02 3:01 3:00 2:50 2:45
8:10 8:14 8:15 8:20 8:30
Siler/Linda Vista Rd. 3:35 Enos Garcia Elementary 3:30 Taos Library (a.m. only) KTAOS (a.m. only) Anansi Charter (a.m. only) Taos Youth & Family Ctr. (p.m. only) 4:10
#25 taos HiGH/taos middlE Bus #20 Enos Garcia ElEmEntary Bus contractor: Felipe cordova 776-8463 am 7:30 7:31 7:33 7:35 7:38 7:39 7:40 7:41 7:44 7:45 7:50 8:00 8:10
28 Rotten Tree Rd. (Taos Pueblo) 145 Rotten Tree Rd. (Taos Pueblo) 147 Rio Lucero Rd. (Taos Pueblo) 127 Rio Lucero Rd. (Taos Pueblo) Faust Lane Camino de La Jara Fernando Miera Trailer Park Quintana Lane Curavas Lane 139 Lower Ranchitos Dan Cortez Res. (Ranchitos) Ranchitos Housing Enos Garcia Elementary
Bus #24 taos HiGH/taos
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middlE/taos cHartEr/Enos Garcia ElEmEntary contractor: Fausts transportation 758-3410 am Pm 6:50 Valle Escondido 4:30 7:06 US 64/Loma Verde Camp Ground 4:25 7:14 US 64/Calle Vision 4:20 7:15 US 64/25950 4:18 7:17 Witt Rd. #621 3:07 7:21 Witt Rd. #1136 3:03 7:22 Witt Rd. #1118 3:03 7:24 Witt Rd./Octaviano Rd. 3:06 7:27 US 64/Mariposa Pl. 3:09 7:28 US 64/Jaramillo Rd. 3:10 7:30 Dolan/#533 3:11 7:30 Dolan/Los Pandos 3:12 7:33 US 64/Las Cruces Rd. 3:15 7:35 Montoya #313 3:17 7:40 Taos High School 2:55 7:44 Taos Middle School 2:40 7:48 Gusdorf/Adobe 3:50 7:49 Gusdorf Housing 3:49 7:50 Gusdorf/Kit Carson 3:47 7:52 Camino De La Serna 3:45 7:55 Taos Charter 2:35 7:56 Fernandez/Witt Rd. 3:43 7:58 1134 Witt Rd. 3:42 8:00 Witt Rd./Romolo Rd. 3:42 8:03 Octaviano Rd. 3:40 8:05 Mariposa 3:40 8:05 #535 Dolan 3:39 8:06 Jaramillo 3:39 8:07 Los Pandos 3:38 8:08 Los Pandos/Siler 3:37 8:09 Siler/Randall Rd. 3:36
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Pm San Cristobal Community Center 4:20 San Cristobal Post Office 4:19 San Cristobal (Arellano Res.) 4:18 San Cristobal Mobile Home Park 4:17 SR 522 Mitch Gonzales Res. 3:45 SR 522 Christina Trujillo Res. 3:44 SR 522 Joseph Gonzales Res. 3:42 SR 522 Vigil Rd. (Midtown Grocery) 3:43 Old Arroyo Hondo School Bridge 3:42 Lwr Arroyo Hondo/Bences Gonzales Br 3:41 Lower Arroyo Hondo/Regina Vigil 3:40 Lower Arroyo Hondo Bridge 3:38 Upper Arroyo Hondo/Mary Vigil 3:36 Upper Arroyo Hondo/Unser 3:29 Upper Arroyo Hondo/D. Herrera 3:26 Upper Arroyo Hondo/Felix Padilla 3:24 Arroyo Hondo/Our Lady of Sorrows Church 3:17 SR 522 Upper Mesa Sea 3:13 Mesa Sea B007 3:09 Valencia Trailer Park 3:00 Taos High School 2:40 Taos Middle School 2:35
Bus #25 arroyos dEl nortE ElEmEntary am 7:30 Forest Rd. 493 San Cristobal 7:31 San Cristobal Post Office 7:32 San Cristobal Head Start 7:33 San Cristobal Church 7:34 San Cristobal Valley Store 7:35 Lower San Cristobal 7:38 San Cristobal Trailer Park 7:43 Hwy 522 #809 (Gonzales Res.) 7:44 HWY 522 #785 7:45 Tres Lomas Rd. 7:46 Lower Arroyo Hondo 7:47 Midtown Lounge 7:48 Lower Arroyo Hondo/#52 7:49 Lower Arroyo Hondo/#64 7:50 Lower Arroyo Hondo/#77 7:51 Turn Around Lower Arroyo Hondo 7:55 Old State Rd. #3 8:02 Hondo-Mesa SEA 07 8:05 Hondo-Seco Rd. #18 8:06 Hondo-Seco Rd. #32 8:08 Hondo-Seco Rd. #74 8:10 Arroyo Hondo/Our Lady of Sorrows Church 8:20 Arroyos Del Norte Elementary
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Now enrolling students and mentors for the 2016-2017 school year School-Based Mentoring Program
Our school-based mentoring program allows for Bigs (adult mentors) to meet with their Littles at their school once per week. Together they can read, do homework, make art, eat lunch together, play on the playground or in the gym. It’s really all about starting a friendship, providing guidance, and inspiring children to reach their potential.
Teacher Approved!
Some of the biggest supporters of our School-Based program are teachers. They see students come back from their time with their Big filled with confidence, smiling big, ready to learn, and eager to succeed.
Community Based Mentoring Program
Bigs and Littles are also needed in our community based mentoring program. Just a few hours each month doing the things you already enjoy doing, can change your life and the life of a child for the better, forever! Find out more about more about making a BIG difference in a child’s life by becoming a mentor or enrolling your child.
Programa de Mentoría en la Escuela
Nuestro programa de mentoría en las escuelas es donde nuestro mentores visitan con un niño/a una vez a la semana por una hora. En su tiempo junto pueden leer, ayudar con tarea, hacer proyectos de arte, jugar juegos, o hacer actividades afuera como, jugar un juego de canasta o futbol. Este programa se trata de formar amistades, ofrecer inspiración que el niño/a alcancen a su máxima potencial.
¡Aprobado por los maestros!
Algunos de los partidarios de nuestro programa de mentoría en las escuelas son los maestros. Ellos ven a los estudiantes regresar después de pasar tiempo con sus “Bigs” llenos de confianza, con una gran sonrisa, listos para aprender y salir adelante.
Programa de Mentoría en la Comunidad
Necesitamos mentores y niños/niñas en nuestro programa en la comunidad. En este programa los mentores y el niño/a hacen actividades en la comunidad solamente 3-4 días al mes. ¡Este tiempo con el mentor/a puede cambiar la vida de su niño/a por lo bueno para siempre! Si le quiere ayudarle a su niño(a) alcanzar su potencial, o quiere hacer una gran diferencia en la vida de un niño.
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CHOICES Dual languagE
Arroyos Del Norte Elementary Enos Garcia Elementary • Ranchos Elementary
aCaDEmIC ClubS anD muSIC Enos Garcia ELementary Taos Middle School • Taos High School
ElEmEntary artS & VISItIng artISt PrOgram Arroyos Del Norte Elementary Enos Garcia Elementary • Ranchos Elementary
atHlEtICS
Chrysalis Alternative School • Cyber Magnet School Taos High School • Taos Middle School
HIgH-SCHOOlS-tHatWOrk InItIatIVE
IS HaPPEnIng at taOS HIgH
The HSTW initiative arrived at Taos High to ensure all students, with the guidance of their families, are involved in their educational goals to become college and career ready after graduation. Students will have opportunities to connect with an advisory mentor for the duration of their four years at Taos High. Three Schools with defined sequences of courses have been developed. They are the School of Health and Human Services, School of Business, Communication and Media Arts and the School of Science, Technology and Math. Students will have opportunities to take Dual Credit courses with UNM-Taos, earn career certifications and participate in community internships before they graduate. Taos High School faculty, staff and administrators are working with the Southern Regional Education Board (SERB) and following the NM Public Education Department (NMPED) guidelines to educate and serve all students at Taos High School.
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ARROYOS DEL NORTE
‘Building children for a lifetime!’ arroyos Del norte elementary school Home of the Coyotes
an ‘a’ rated school earned from nmpeD
Come join us!
AuguST 11Th open House
8:30–9:30 a.m.
parent meeting promptly in individual classrooms.
9:45–10 a.m.
announcements in our gymnasium
10-10:45 a.m.
Bilingual meeting in our gymnasium
11-11:30 a.m.
title i & exceptional programs meeting
ADNE is located between the two small communities of Arroyo Seco and Arroyo Hondo, with bus service to and from Taos Public Library and KTAO. Students have the opportunity to participate in the Ski Club, Mariachi, basketball, Wrestling Club and Visiting Artist Program. We celebrate multicultural celebrations such as “Diez y Seis de Septiembre Fiesta” and “Dia de los Niños.”
• Title I Services – Sounds in Syllables • Exceptional Program Services/Enhancement • GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) Strategies in English & Spanish • Free Breakfast/Lunch/Healthy Snacks • Experiential Learning • Instruction through iPads & Laptops • Art, Music, PE & Library Classes • Nature Trail/Gardening
We invite you to join us for an open House on august 11tH, starting at 8:30 a.m.
Feel free to contact us at 737-6175 with any questions, or to make an appointment at your convenience. Our beautiful campus is located in the Des Montes area at 405 Hondo Seco Road.
This is a great opportunity to meet our staff and discuss our programs and what we offer our students: • Dual Language 50/50 Model – 50 percent of daily Spanish Instruction • Spanish Heritage Program – 1 hour of daily Spanish Instruction
MR. jIM IvANovICH, PRINCIPAL MRS. NAoMI S. GALLEGoS, LEAD TEACHER MS. DINA PERALTA, SECRETARy
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ENOS GARCIA ELEMENTARY
Our school Enos Garcia Elementary is located in the
HEART Of TAOS!
We are surrounded with a multitude of Educational Resources including: The Harwood Museum, the University of New Mexico Taos Campus, Art Galleries, Taos Public Library, Taos Fire Department, Taos Plaza, Kit Carson Park, Twirl, Parr Field Garden, Taos Police Department, Taos Retirement Community, and much more. In our school we offer students a rich repertoire of academic, physical, social and emotional PROGRAMS, including: • Rigorous curriculum aligned to the State Common Core Standards • Literacy integration across all content areas • Annual Readers to Leaders Read-a-Thon • State of the art TECHNOLOGY with Mobile Labs with Laptop Computers and I-PADS in all grade levels • TITLE I & New Mexico Results Driven Accountability • EXCEPTIONAL/Special Education • STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) • MUSIC and Mariachi with multiple presentations • ART with visiting artists, exhibitions and lessons at the Harwood Museum • After School Academic Enrichment Programs • K-3 Plus Summer Academy • Literacy and Media Center • STUDENT COUNCIL • PHYSICAL EDUCATION and HEALTH • ENHANCEMENT • GARDENING AND HARVEST CELEBRATION • Foster Grandparent- “Abuelas” • Big Brothers/Big Sisters • MATCH (Mentoring and Tutoring Create Hope) • Las Cumbres Community Services • BUS TRANSPORTATION to and from school • BALANCED NUTRITION with FREE healthy BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND SNACKS Parent/teacher conferences: august 11, 2016
Nuestra Escuela Elemental de Enos García se encuentra localizada en el ¡CORAZON de TAOS! Estamos rodeados de una diversa multitud de Recursos Educativos, incluyendo: el Museo Harwood, la Universidad de Nuevo México Taos Campus, Galerías de Arte, Biblioteca Pública de Taos, Taos Departamento de Bomberos, La Plaza de Taos, El Parque de Kit Carson, Juguetería de Twirl, Jardín de Parr Field, Departamento de Policía de Taos, La Comunidad de Retiro de Taos y mucho más. En nuestra escuela ofrecemos a los estudiantes una diversidad de PROGRAMAS académicos. Educación física, de apoyo socio-emocional, y artísticos entre ellos: •
Currículo riguroso y alineado a los Estándares Básicos Comunes Estatales.
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Literatura integrada en todas las áreas de contenido
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Campaña Anual de Lectores a Lideres
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Ultima TECNOLOGÍA con laboratorios móviles de equipos portátiles e I-PAD en todos los grados
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TÍTULO I & Resultados Reales de Contabilidad de Nuevo México
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Programas excepcionales que abordan un amplio espectro de necesidades especiales de los estudiantes
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STEAM (Ciencias, Tecnología, Ingeniería, Arte y Matemáticas)
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Música y Mariachi con muchas presentaciones
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Actividad de Enriquecimiento Académico después de la escuela
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K-3 de verano
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EDUCACIÓN FÍSICA y SALUD
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JARDINERIA Y CELEBRACION DE LA COSECHA
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Apoyo de las Abuelas
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Apoyo de Hermanos/Hermanas Mayores
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MATCH (Mentores y Tutoría Crea Esperanza)
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Servicios Comunitarios de Las Cumbres
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TRANSPORTE ESCOLAR (BUS) a la escuela
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NUTRICION BALANCEADA con DESAYUNO, ALMUERZO Y MERIENDAS GRATIS
conferencia de Padres y Maestros: 11 de agosto de 2016
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When: August 24, 2016 • Where: Gymnasium • Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Presentations for Parents and Guardians, Activities for Students Door Prizes, Frito Pies, and Polo Shirt Drive Kick off!
Cuando: 24 de agosto, 2016 • Dónde: Gimnasio • Hora: 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Presentaciones para Padres y Tutores, Actividades para los Estudiantes ¡Campaña de donaciones de camisetas, premios y helados!
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NurturiNg the Joy for LearNiNg ¡NutrieNdo eL gozo por eL apreNdizaJe!
Home of tHe tiger Cubs! Our VisiOn:
Nurturing the joy of learning Our MissiOn:
to create a joyful environment in which each child is successful and an empowered member of the community
PrOgraMs at EnOs garcia ElEMEntary: • Dual language Program • Preschool “la Puerta” • reader to leaders read-a-thon • elementary arts and the visiting artist program • music Program including afterschool mariachi • Physical eDucation program including seasonal sports tournaments • explora science museum • title 1 reading rockets
aftEr schOOl PrOgraMs: • eges afterschool enrichment • high altitude athletics • taos children’s theatre
thE EgEs caMPus includEs: • a library with over 5000 books in english and spanish • a gymnasium and two state of the art Playgrounds • two garDens — Parr Field and the early childhood garden. • Family resource center with access to computers, books, and parent education
Join us for the harvest/“La CoseCha” CeLebration oCtober 12, 2016
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RANCHOS ELEMENTARY WELCOME!
Ranchos Elementary has great teachers who spend hours planning and creating lessons that engage our students in learning. Our teachers utilize research-based best practices and analyze data to determine individual skill levels to set students’ goals. The Ranchos Elementary educational team is dedicated to creating successful learners by expecting academic excellence and holding high expectations for all our students. In addition to academics, our focus will also be to create a safe and positive learning environment. The educational team and students will promote and model responsible and respectful behavior creating a positive and safe learning atmosphere where teachers are able to teach and students are able to learn. On Thursday, August 11th Ranchos Elementary will have orientation for students and parents. Students will meet their teachers, receive daily schedules, information about their classes, and learn about procedures.
This will be a great opportunity for students and families to become well informed about the school year. In addition, families can learn how they can support their students and their school. Orientation times have not been set yet; families will be contacted as soon as they are. We look forward to seeing you. The first day of school is Friday, August 12th. The school day begins at 8:30 and ends at 3:30. Early dismissal days have changed to every Friday beginning August 19th and students will be dismissed at 1:30. Parents will be provided with a detailed district calendar. New student registration will be open beginning July18 at Ranchos Elementary from 8:30 – 3:30. Please bring your student’s birth certificate and immunization records. We look forward to welcoming new students and their families to the Ranchos Elementary Team. In closing, we look forward to building positive relationships and partnering with our school community in efforts to educate our students. Please contact us at 737-6150 if you would like further information.
SINcEREly, MRS. lOuRdES cORdOvA, PRINcIPAl
STAFF AND BUSES ONLY
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PARALLEL PARK DROP-OFF
ONE WAY PARALLEL PARK DROP-OFF
ONE WAY VISITOR PARKING AREA
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It is my pleasure to welcome students and families to Ranchos Elementary School. I feel extremely fortunate to be working with such an exceptional group of students, families, and staff. This is an exciting time for us as we prepare for our students and the adventures ahead.
PARALLEL PARK DROP-OFF
ONE WAY PARALLEL PARK DROP-OFF
ONE WAY VISITOR PARKING AREA
ONE WAY VISITOR PARKING AREA
RANCHOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DROP-OFF & PICK-UP
LIVING DESIGNS GROUP
ARCHITECTS
PROCEduRES fOR dROPPiNg Off STudENTS, PiCkiNg uP STudENTS, ANd ViSiTiNg THE SCHOOL The following are drop off and pick up procedures. If we all work together and follow the school’s procedures we will have a safe school for our students.
• Allow only those designated on the registration form (18+) to pick up your children • Share these procedures with anyone who will be picking up your children
Parents droPPing off children, Please… • Use the front parking lot and not the back parking lot that is designated for busses and staff • Drive slowly, cautiously, and follow the one-way traffic route • Drop off between 7:50 and 8:30 • Park in the parallel parking spaces and walk your children to the sidewalk • Park in the regular parking spaces if you will be walking your children to the playground or entering the school for other school business • Sign in at the office if walking your children to the playground or entering for other school business • Share these procedures with anyone who will be dropping off your children
For the safety of our students, it is very important to know when we have visitors on school grounds, who the visitors are, and the purpose of the visit. People who are not Ranchos Elementary staff or students are considered visitors and have to report to the office to sign in and get a visitor’s pass. Staff members will ask visitors to see their pass if it is not visible. This is not intended to make anyone feel unwelcome or uncomfortable but for the purpose of the safety of our students.
Parents Picking uP children, Please… • Use the front parking lot and not the back parking lot that is designated for busses & staff • Drive slowly, cautiously, and follow the one-way traffic route • Pick up your children at 3:30 on regular dismissal days and 1:30 on early dismissal days • Park in the parallel parking spaces and walk to the front gated pick up area to wait for your children
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Visitors, Please… • Sign in at the office, get a pass, and wear the pass where it can be seen • Interact with only your children and staff • Use staff restrooms and not student restrooms • Sign out at the office when your visit is completed • Share these procedures with anyone who may be visiting the school Ranchos Elementary will be a safe place for our students if we all work together and follow the rules and procedures. Please talk with your children about the importance of following rules and procedures and encourage them to do so. The Ranchos Elementary Staff thanks you for helping to make our campus a safe place for our students.
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TISA
TEACHING IS AN ART BY RICHARD GREYWOLF
TAOS INTEGRATED SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (TISA), is a charter school partnering with parents and community, will provide K-8 students in the Taos Municipal School District with the opportunity to reach their maximum potential through a standards-based, multicultural, thematic and artsintegrated curriculum. TISA’s design is a response to the Taos community’s expressed desire for a school that brings together current national standards for education with a strong early childhood emphasis in the arts. This district mission necessitates a smaller size classroom to allow for careful fostering of communication and relating skills. Located inside the municipality, enrollment will be complete with 180 students.
tool training as well. New and old ways to access powers of observation and creativity are included in our design because the next generation’s challenging future depends upon all the intelligences: intellectual, emotional, physical. THE TAOS COMMUNITY IS RICH IN RESOURCES for art and craft mentoring, as well as traditional and/or sustainable land relationships. TISA plans to engage in direct dialogue with the attributes of this specific community, designing ways to nurture interaction for young children with service and nature. This linking approach suits the young learner and supports our commitment to the philosophy that teaching is an art.
EVERY CHILD CAN LEARN. Some THE GOAL OF AN INTEGRATED children thrive in a smaller school SCHOOL is to link diverse streams where multi-faceted creativity is of intelligence. Creative teaching emphasized. It is convenient if a methodologies will serve the child’s education is close enough commitment to meeting New to the norm that transferring to Mexico state standards and another location is reasonable. professional development while These are some of the most deliberate emphasis on love of basic, practical aspects of TISA’s learning is firmly maintained. program. Introduction to contemporary TISA is located at 123 tools like the computer will be Manzanares St., Taos. For more included as the child’s education information, call (575) 758-7755 progresses; there will be hand or go online to tisataos.org. Megan Bowers Avina From top: TISA fourth-grader Josie Leeson shows off her school hen, which she hatched in her second-grade classroom; TISA third-grader Nevaeh Valerio shows her school spirit; TISA students gather around a papier mache tree they made for Arbor Day.
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CAV PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS
TEACHING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS TO ALL AGES BY SUSAN EMBRY
COMMUNITY AGAINST VIOLENCE (CAV) IS TAOS’ SHELTER AND SERVICES AGENCY FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN AND MEN WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. When we hear CAV mentioned, we picture a place where you can go to be safe and get help in crisis situations.
domestic and sexual violence is important for all ages, but especially crucial for teenagers and pre-teens, who are starting to date and develop relationships for the first time.
PODER is a program for grades 6-12, which targets attitudes and behaviors associated with sexual assault, dating Many people are not aware of the abuse, understanding media messages, organization’s prevention programs body awareness and acceptance, and given in schools throughout the county tolerance. Students learn about respect, to teach students of all ages how to personal boundaries, conflict resolution, protect themselves and their peers from communication skills, consent, anger many forms of violence. and emotions, healthy relationships and resources for help. The program is an In August, Melvin Valdez, CAV prevention open discussion of these issues with youth director, and Leah Trujillo, CAV community and why we want to prevent them. educator, will speak during orientation to Taos Municipal School staff about Trujillo says, “Many teens have expressed these prevention programs. The message to me their interest in discussing healthy is clear. Prevention programs are an relationships, sexual assault and other important and vital opportunity for issues in our PODER program. They schools and teachers to impact the are curious about these topics, but social learning of their students in a haven’t had the space to ask questions. profound way. Students can learn about I believe this program creates a learning forms of violence known to many of environment where youth are getting them, but kept as secrets, and how to the answers they need to move forward manage these issues in their own lives. in their social lives with skills that help protect themselves and others. Some Programs are available for grades K-12. even ask if we can stay longer when we Each age-appropriate curriculum guides get to our last session, which is truly telling students through a pyramid of learning of their needs.” social skills, building confidence step-bystep as the information unfolds. Students VOZ, grades K-5, focuses on feelings interact with each other as well as their and emotions, personal boundaries, teachers. Then they take the information respect, asking for help, identifying safe home and continue the conversation adults, safe/unsafe and secret touches, with parents and caregivers. the concepts of surprises, privacy and passwords, and encourages learning Being able to identify signs and traits of correct names for all body parts to help 28 Back to School 2016/17 | taosnews.com/bts
Courtesy photos Top: Pictured are Melvin Valdez, CAV prevention director, and Leah Trujillo, CAV community educator. Bottom: Participating Taos Middle School Honor Students in the Pinwheels for Prevention, a prevention installation for Taos residents facilitated by CAV Community Educator Leah Trujillo.
prevent sexual abuse. VECINOS is an adult program for organizations and businesses that provides information on cultural influences and power dynamics, concerns of priority populations, advocacy on how to prioritize and effectively addresses sexual violence and its prevention, and where community resources can be found and how to report abuse. CAV is located at 945 Salazar Road, (575) 758-8082. The 24-hour crisis hotline is (575) 758-9888. For more information, go to taoscav.org. To discuss prevention programs for your class or business, contact Melvin Valdez or Leah Trujillo at CAV, (575) 758-8082.
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Katharine Egli The new Carolyn and David Miller Campus Center creates a cozy common area where students can collaborate, study or just hang out.
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CAMPUS UNIFIES ACADEMIC, LARGER COMMUNITY BY CODY HOOKS • THE TAOS NEWS
FORT BURGWIN WASN’T MUCH TO LOOK AT IN 1973 WHEN SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (SMU) TOOK OVER THE INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FACILITY THAT WAS SOLELY FOCUSED ON ARCHAEOLOGY. But four decades later, SMU-in-Taos is a full-fledged campus. With a slew of renovations in the past two years, the campus is starting to cultivate the community feel it has long desired.
But for years, the campus didn’t have the physical layout befitting a community of learners. The old cafeteria was built in the 1970s and always served as a de facto student center for SMU students who make the summer trek from Dallas to Taos. It had the open space. It had the TV.
a classroom and gym, the new center is also the campus living room, replete with couches and a wraparound porch that bring students that much closer to the outdoors that brought them to Taos in the first place.
“So much of being here is being outside,” said Max Gunther, a health psychology That all changed with the opening of a professor. It’s the little things — watching new student center — the Miller Campus the dramatic change of color and clouds Center — last summer. at sunset, the forest abuzz with life, while SMU-in-Taos is a multipurpose educational finishing a midterm essay — that make facility that sees a rush of energy during Though only a wall separates the new the SMU-in-Taos experience what it is,” he the summer as Dallas-bound SMU building from the old cafeteria, they’re said. “You can’t get that in Dallas.” students come to Taos for one of three worlds apart in terms of contemporary amenities and construction. In addition to See SMU, Page 32 summer terms.
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Steps lead down to what is essentially the new campus plaza — a hallmark of the Hispanic and Pueblo communities the students study — which also serves as an outdoor amphitheater. A newly constructed chapel anchors one side of the plaza, while a handful of casitas and classrooms round out the other. “This moves the center of gravity of the campus up here to the casitas, to where they live and study,” said SMU-inTaos Director Mike Adler, who has been a professor with the university for 25 years. Adler stressed the importance of informal spaces — those places where students can be absorbed in their surroundings or even just sit with the unsettled feeling of “quiet,” so foreign from Dallas noise. “It’s the osmosis between the indoors and outdoors that’s very important,” he said.
Katharine Egli The new Carolyn and David Miller Campus Center at SMU-in-Taos.
A recent round of field trips took SMU students to Taos Pueblo to hear from tour guides about the community and its story — both historical and with an eye to the future. When those same students went to the Kit Carson Museum a day “Out here, you can learn stuff you later, they could hold the indigenous Taos just can’t learn in the classroom,” said Pueblo perspective against the more Gunther. “They remember stuff in a prevalent myth of the heroic mountain man — able to take in the nuances of different way.” the area’s competing narratives of history A trip to Williams Lake — “or as close as and society. we can get,” he said — is supplemented the day before with a lesson about the “In Dallas, they are even more scheduled. cardiovascular system (“why they can’t The students are even more intense. But breathe”) and the day after with a lesson here, we can spend an hour to just talk on the body’s pain systems (“which they’re on the deck — about whatever. They aren’t looking at their phone. They’re just all feeling”). here,” said Kunovich. Beyond all the elements of learning and development that aren’t in the Madison Mckay, an SMU student, agrees. curriculum — like self-confidence from When she’s in school in the middle of climbing a mountain or the ability to sit Dallas, “it’s hard to balance” a high-stress still in the calm of nature — the campus business degree with her personal dance directly supports the academics of the practice and all the other demands of a school, said sociology professor Sheri college student in the downtown area of a large city. Kunovich. And that’s something professors are beginning to take advantage of, too, by “teaching naked,” abandoning the classroom altogether and taking the class – and learning – outside.
“The Taos campus is inherently interdisciplinary,” she said. It’s commonplace for an environmental history professor to take a walk with a botanist and students, striking up conversations that would have never happened without two steams of thought having the time and space to simply meander together, she said.
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“Out here, I can focus,” she said.
Kunovich said. But the burst of summer energy at SMUin-Taos is short lived. Once the term ends in August, the campus is mostly quiet for the rest of the year. It’s then, Adler says, the campus is the perfect venue for the larger Taos community — the folks who actually build and maintain the place. SMU-in-Taos has been trying to figure out how to integrate with the community. It’s hard, Adler said, because so few people realize there’s a campus — with a professional dancing-quality auditorium and lecture hall — just a few minutes outside of town on the way to Peñasco. That was true for Cyndy Ginble, campus coordinator for the Fort Burgwin school. She arranges the summer terms as well as performances and groups from Taos and the region. She wasn’t always so involved. “I lived here 20 years before I even knew about this place,” she said. But, Adler said, baby steps are starting to change that.
Music performances are on the rise, and “We want this place to have a lasting a lecture series will do its part to bring effect. Yes, fall in love with Taos first. But thinkers, academics and writers to the this is more than a beautiful place. It’s a campus throughout the year. place with deep complexity. If they can “You have to get out here to really appreciate the culture, then they can understand this place. This isn’t a closed understand the importance of debates campus,” said Adler. “We’re here for the around policy and social inequalities,” community.”