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- Help Alvord (and Santa Fe) Go Sustainable!
Join the 2010 Turnaround, January 26, to help transform Alvord Elementary into Santa Fe's First Ecological Sciences and Sustainability Magnet School.
Alvord is about to become Santa Fe's first ever magnet school and first school focused on ecological studies and creating a sustainable future.
To design and build this as a community-based program Alvord needs help with:
- Curriculum development
- Fund raising
- Outreach and public relations
- Before/After school programs
- Re-envisioning the school facility
- Forging Community Partnerships
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
- Class Focuses on 8th-Graders
The Santa Fe Public Schools is offering kids a second chance with a new eighth-grade class at the city's alternative high school, the Career Academy.
"There are lots of issues concerning particular groups of students and we really do have to find avenues to work with all of them," said Mel Morgan, associate superintendent. "This set of students needs special attention."
The set of students includes those who either failed eighth grade last year and are at risk of failing again this year, or eighth-graders at risk of failing this year, according to Gloria Lopez, the academy's director of...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
by Polly Summar • Journal Santa Fe
Upcoming Events
May 17
- Sustainable Organic Gardening and GreenzBox Workshop
- 9:30am - 2:00pm • El Morro Area Arts Council
Growing a Sustainable Organic Garden. How to Build and Plant a GreenzGox Garden.
- Native American Elders Storytellers Event
- 10:00am - 3:00pm • Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
Native American Elders Storytellers and Youth Arts Activities
- IAIA Museum to Host Native American Storytelling Festival
- 10:00am - 3:00pm
IAIA Museum will be bustling with storytelling performances and art activities for children and families on Saturday, May 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
During the Stories from Our Elders: Native American Storytelling Festival, visitors will learn about indigenous culture and history through the vibrant culture-based model of storytelling.
Festival performers represent tribes located in diverse areas throughout North America. Museum Director, Joseph Sanchez emphasizes, "It is not often that local residents have the opportunity to hear a number of first-rate Native storytellers from such a...
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May 18
- Eldorado Studio Tour
- 10:00am - 5:00pm • Eldorado Arts and Crafts Assoc.
Eldorado Studio Tour 2008. 105 outstanding artists in 69 studios. Fine arts & crafts.
- Human Rights Torch Relay
- 10:00am - 7:00pm • CIPFG
Human Rights Torch Relay - Light the Torch for Human Rights in China
- GreenBuilt Tour
- 10:00am - 4:00pm • U.S. Green Building Council New Mexico Chapter
The GreenBuilt Tour provides inspiration, ideas and education on sustainable building
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