Education

Local ROTC Earns Prestige

    Last semester, the Española Valley High School Army Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps was recognized as a Gold Star Honor Unit with Distinction.   ...

Health Fair Focuses on Addiction, Recovery

    The Rio Arriba Community Health Council, Northern New Mexico College and local opioid addiction and recovery providers are coming together to create a...

Dulce Schools Fail to Prove Compliance

This story was originally published in the Rio Grande SUN on Aug. 16, 2018. Dulce School District Superintendent Pamela Montoya received a notice Aug. 8...

Retired Teacher, Principal Kickstarts New Life

Ross Chavez Jr. spent 23 years as a teacher and a year and a half as a principal — all at Española Elementary School.   ...

Española Student Earns Recognition

    Española Valley High School Valedictorian JP (Joseph Paul) Sena, was awarded the 2018 New Mexico School Board Scholarship Award in recognition of outstanding...

Alcalde, Velarde Schools Merger Discussed

    A passionate Velarde community showed up in force at a town hall meeting on Aug. 1 to uniformly oppose a proposed merger of...

Children Lament Teachers Aide’s Retirement

      When it came time for Judy DeVargas to retire at the end of the school year from her position as kindergarten assistant at...

Law Change Forces School Board Member to Resign

    Española School District Board member Patrick Herrera announced at the July 25 school Board meeting he plans to officially resign his seat Aug....

4-H Experience Big Part of County Fair activities

    If you are showing lambs to judges at a fair, “you want to find (the lambs’s) spot, like what will help them –...

A Boy with a Camera

    Tomas Maestas is, by all accounts, a very quiet, shy and intellectual boy of 7 years old.     Yet, his ability to express what...

Española Improves English Scores

PARCC results in throughout Rio Arriba County     The Española School District experienced an increase in English scores but math scores District-wide refused to budge.   ...

Lawmakers Question State Authority Over Dulce Schools

This story was originally published in the Rio Grande SUN on July 19, 2018. As the Dulce Independent School District continues to go through its...

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