Education

P.E., Health Teacher Dispensed Wisdom, Friendship

Larry Rogal’s love for sports and coffee were just some of the things his students remembered about him as he set off for Michigan...

A Mighty Greenhouse Effect

    Española Municipal Judge Stephen Salazar, with help from various city officials, has expanded the Keep Española Beautiful Program by opening a city-funded greenhouse...

State Blocks Dulce Schools From Changing Improvement Plan

This story was originally published in the Rio Grande SUN on July 12, 2018. The New Mexico Public Education Department rejected requests from the Dulce...

Math Teaching Moves in ‘Circles’

    In an effort to make teachers, and in turn their students, more enthusiastic about math, college mathematicians organized three nights of non-traditional “math...

Having Something to Say

    Three months after being appointed as a non-voting member of the Española City Council, Española Valley High School graduate Maurissa Maestas is finding...

Teacher Turned Principal Did It for the Children

     Vera Trujillo has accomplished every feat in the educational field, but her time spent as an administrator for the latter part of her...

Redesigning Education

     The New Mexico Public Education Department partnered with Johns Hopkins University and schools across New Mexico for a kick-off conference June 11 and...

County Purchases Cariños’ Building

      The property on the west side of Española that once housed Cariños de Los Niños Charter School is now owned by Rio Arriba...

Woman Excelled at the Art of Being a Teacher

A rosebush blooms outside of Maize Elford-White’s home in a bright shade of purple-pink.     She has raised plants for most of her life, but...

Bullying Rampant in Dulce Schools

This story was originally published in the Rio Grande SUN on June 14, 2018. Students, teachers, parents, guardians and administrators in the Dulce Independent School...

Santa Cruz Woman Taught for the Love of Music

    The sound of music has followed Isabel Becker-Hudson throughout her life, but the way she has spread the love and lessons of music...

Monument, Northern Settle Dormitory Lawsuit

    After one day of a two-day trial, a defunct Indiana company settled a lawsuit with Northern New Mexico College over an alleged $603,195...

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