SFPS was honored and supported at the Round House for this year's Legislature with numerous accolades and honors! These include the stellar 2022 Milken Educator Award for Gabby Kahawai with her father by her side, the 2023 New Mexico Teacher of the Year Tara Hughes, the 2022 Blue Ribbon School Award for Acequia Madre Elementary accepted by Principal Dr. Dietger de Maeseneer, Fifth Grade Teacher Carmella Cordova and Superintendent Larry "Hilario" Chavez! Plus, celebrating and promoting of the 50 year anniversary of passing the Bilingual Multicultural Education Act that is the national model for bilingual education with a speech from Dr. Suzanne Jacquez-Gorman! What an incredible year for SFPS!
The March 3rd, 2023 SFPS Bulletin is out now! Please follow the link and see what is going on and don't miss out! https://bit.ly/3EVdk2R
Are you bilingual? The SFPS Language & Culture Department invites you to volunteer!
Serve on a panel of judges to assess the Bilingualism & Biliteracy skills of our 8th Grader & High School Seniors! Please read more about this great opportunity on the attached flyer!
It's time to start thinking about summer programming for students! SFPS is proud to continue our community partnership model and offer exciting and enriching programs for the upcoming summer season! With the help of federal pandemic relief funding, SFPS and our inspiring partners are providing students with a chance to close learning gaps and have some fun!
Are you a staff member or partner looking to provide summer programming? Follow the link and apply before March 10th! Have questions? Contact Bill Rodriguez at wrodriguez@sfps.k12.nm.us.
https://forms.gle/vaXCHPxAYQpf4wM37
TRANSFER LOTTERY: Today (2/17/2023) is the LAST day to accept an offered lottery seat! Please check your SPAM/JUNK folders if you did not receive an email.
If you have questions, please email transfer@sfps.k12.nm.us or call 505-467-4111.
It's Friday February 17th, 2023 and time for our weekly bulletin! Please follow this link to catch up and learn what is happening at SFPS: https://bit.ly/3lOJoi8
Due to icy and snow covered road conditions across the District that would prohibit the safe transportation of students to school, all schools will be closed Wednesday February 15th, 2023. This is not a remote learning day. All after school and evening activities are canceled.
Due to current conditions throughout the district and in anticipation of the overnight forecast, all schools will be on a 2-hour delay tomorrow, February 15th, 2023, to provide additional time for buses to safely transport students to schools. This means that buses will run 2 hours later than during normal times. If you drop your child off at school, please remember that staff will also be on a two-hour delay. Full day Pre-K programs are also on a two hour delay. Morning Pre-K programs have been canceled. Afternoon Pre-K programs will operate on a regular schedule.
Due to icy road conditions and low temperatures across the District that would prohibit the safe transportation of students to school, all schools will be closed. This is not a remote learning day. All after school and evening activities are canceled.
Due to current conditions throughout the district and in anticipation of freezing overnight temperatures, all schools will be on a 2-hour delay tomorrow, February 14th, 2023.
We will have an update at 6:30 AM tomorrow.
SFPS is excited to support school and community-driven summer programs for a second year! We invite staff and partners to apply to provide creative summer programming at https://forms.gle/vaXCHPxAYQpf4wM37 . This call for proposals closes on March 10th! For questions, please contact William Rodriguez at wrodriguez@sfps.k12.nm.us.
"We flipped the script on extended learning last year by partnering with our community. The result is a new, exciting community partnership model for SFPS summer and after-school programming," said Superintendent Hilario "Larry" Chavez. "We invite you to apply to continue the fun and learning in 2023."
SFPS and a cadre of inspiring community partners provided 2,656 students, or 21 percent of the district’s population, with free summer programming last year. Thirty-three programs were offered at 13 different SFPS sites.
Summer programs to provide student enrichment and close learning gaps are supported by federal pandemic relief funding.
The 2023-24 Transfer Lottery has been ran!
All results are sent via email. Please check your SPAM folder. All emails were sent from noreplyregistration@powerschool.com. If you did not receive an email, please send an email to transfer@sfps.k12.nm.us with your student's name and confirmation number.
Once you have accepted the seat at the desired school please register your child March 1st-March 16th to secure the seat or it will be forfeited and offered to the next student on the waitlist.
Visit https://www.sfps.info/page/enrollment to learn more!
Out of an abundance of caution due to icy conditions in some parts of the district, all schools will be on a 2-hour delay today, February 8th, 2023, to provide additional time for buses to safely transport students to schools. This means that buses will run 2 hours later than during normal times. If you drop your child off at school, please remember that staff will also be on a two-hour delay. Full day Pre-K programs are also on a two hour delay. Morning Pre-K programs have been canceled. Afternoon Pre-K programs will operate on a regular schedule.
It's National School Counselor Week, and we want to thank ours for their incredible work and support!
The 2nd Annual SFPS Golf Tournament has been announced!
This year's tournament will be on April 15th, 2023 at Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe!
To learn more about sponsoring the event or to sign up a team, visit https://bit.ly/SFPSGolf
