Students benefit when community partners share their gifts, talents and skills to provide hands-on learning in an impactful way.
Are you an educator in Las Cruces? Join the Cruces Creatives Community Share network and learn more! If you are interested in sharing your career, skills & talents with K-12 students, join Cruces Creatives as a local individual, business or organization they need your expertise!
Instructor Analinda joined several sessions with Ms Shoberg’s students at Rio Grande Prep Institute creating these beautiful resin cells! Science + Art = engagement!
Reach out to Cheryl Carreon, Education Coordinator @c.carreon@crucescreatives.org or Abby Nayra, Community Outreach Coordinator @a.nayra@crucescreatives.org
The Las Cruces Public Schools Foundation is proud to support outstanding educators in the quest for excellence in our classrooms.
Through Teacher/Classroom Grants, the Foundation is encouraging educators to devise innovative and exciting educational programs for their students that enhance the learning environment and inspire students to greater achievement and success. Teachers, principals, school administrators, social workers, counselors, ancillary staff can apply for grants (through an on-line portal) that benefit individual classrooms, or their entire school community. Grants range from $200 – $4,999. Grants fall under many categories such as Agriculture/Horticulture, the Arts, Literacy, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), Student-centered technology and Educational Field Trips.
In the fall of 2023 Ten Innovative Grants were awarded totaling $35,424.32.
The LCPS Foundation proudly recognizes the recipients for the 2024 Innovative Classroom Teaching Grants:
•Hillrise Elementary was awarded $480.93 to fund their Zen Zone, adding comfortable seating to a recently created self-regulation area for students. This grant helps 450 students at Hillrise Elementary.
•Zia Middle School was awarded $4,750 to start up a culinary program, benefitting over 160 students.
•Tombaugh Elementary was awarded $3,000 for a STEM field trip to EL Paso to visit the La Nube Discovery Center in El Paso. This award helps open up opportunities for 87 students interested in STEM.
•Monte Vista Elementary was awarded $3,053 for mindfulness items to promote self-regulation to help impact more than 700 students.
•Hillrise Elementary was awarded $1,500 in grant funding to support the morning running club at the school.
•Conlee Elementary was granted $1,420 in grant funding for an initiative to help encourage students to to strive for perfect attendance at their school. The funding will help sponsor simple awards for students with good attendance.
•Lynn Community Middle School will receive $4,900 in grant funding to purchase 14 violins to help support their violin acquisition for their mariachi program.
•Mayfield High School will be awarded $3,819 to help purchase flight simulator hardware and software upgrades for their pilot training program.
•The LCPS Tell The Story Film Showcase was awarded $4,800 to fund materials to enhance the red carpet experience for young student filmmakers. This grant will benefit more than 400 students who compete in the LCPS Tell The Story Film Showcase.
Hello Conlee Families! Happy Fall. We are excited to share some highlights from our students and let you all know about the fun and exciting things we have in store during the month of October! https://secure.smore.com/n/wy8q0
¡Hola, familias de Conlee! ¡Feliz otoño! Estamos emocionados de compartir algunos momentos destacados de nuestros estudiantes y de informarles sobre las actividades divertidas y emocionantes que tenemos preparadas para el mes de octubre.
https://secure.smore.com/n/wy8q0
Conlee was a recipient of the LCPS community foundation grant of $1420, to help address attendance awareness. Great job on your continous advocacy for students!
Students who miss fewer days become better readers. Good attendance habits pay off! More school days attended increases a child's academic success, improves their chances to earn a high school diploma and a college degree, so they can earn higher pay in their careers. 80% of success is showing up!
Good luck to all of our Las Cruces Public Schools marching bands as they travel to Rio Rancho this Saturday, October 26th, to compete at the 1st annual State Marching Band Contest! #thrive575
Many thanks to New Mexico Activities Association - NMAA and New Mexico Music Educators Association for making this event possible!
12:15pm Mayfield High School Band
1:30pm Las Cruces High School Band
2:15pm Centennial High School Band
4:15pm Royal Knight Regiment - Organ Mountain High School
Skip the lines and get tickets here:
https://gofan.co/event/1653324?schoolId=NMAA
And your merchandise here:
https://nwd.ink/s/nmaa-store/marching-band-state-contest/
Friday was a monumental day for our LCPS community as we celebrated the ribbon cutting for Phase I of our new Family Support Center! The educational support services will have a great impact on LCPS students & families. Thank you to our school board for their unwavering support!
Time to get creative and win a prize! Join our pumpkin decorating contest during the fall festival!
Veteran's Day is coming up and we would like to honor all the brave men and women who have served in our military. Whether you are a Veteran or are currently in Active Service, please sign up so we may honor you during our ceremony here at Conlee. Thank you for your service!
Scan the QR code or use the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_Zhf7SR52VvmdfqTMd2oqZKCFbCB648qiD-Np_l6tnK7Prg/viewform
Breast cancer awareness week is a time when we show our support as a community for loved ones who have battled or are currently battling breast cancer. We see you, we love you, we are with you!
Show your support on Friday @ Field of Dreams for the pink out game, Hawks vs Knights
Thank you to everyone who has been participating this week! We always want to support our survivors, our warriors going through it, and our dearly departed! We look forward to the rest of the week!
Red Ribbon Spirit Week - October 28th - November 1st
Las Cruces Public Schools Foundation, Inc. continually supports outstanding education professions in the tireless pursuit of excellence in our Las Cruces Public Schools classrooms. Cheers to our next 2024 Innovative Grant Recipients!
Congratulations go out to Zia Middle School students on behalf of their advocates; Erin Jenkins & Jana Nelson!
Let's talk CATERING WITH YOUNG CHEFS being awarded and will be impacting over 160 students!
Las Cruces Public Schools Foundation, Inc. proudly supports outstanding educators in the pursuit of excellence in our Las Cruces Public Schools classrooms.
Through Innovative Teaching Grants, the LCPS Foundation supports educators to invent innovative and exciting educational programs that inspire learning and success. Teachers, principals, school administrators, social workers, counselors, ancillary staff can apply for grants (through an on-line portal) that benefit individual classrooms, or their entire school community.
Cheers to our 2024 Innovative Grant Recipients!
Thanks to the efforts and submission by Jamie Foy and Jennifer Martin, @Hillrise Elementary School will be having some Fun in the Zen Zone with their Innovative Grant Award!
Join us for Las Cruces Movie Night on Saturday, October 19, at New Mexico State University! Bring your friends, family, and neighbors for a fun night of nostalgia hosted by the NMSU Foundation.
NMSU will be screening the 2017 hit film Coco, the enchanting story of young musician Miguel and his extraordinary journey to the Land of the Dead, where he discovers the true meaning of family.
The movie starts at 7:30 p.m. at Pat and Lou Sisbarro Community Park, with local food trucks serving snacks and drinks starting at 6:00 p.m.
Learn more: https://www.nmsualumni.org/movie-night
Calvary's Annual Fall Festival is almost here! Bring the family and join in on the fun!
Today we are kicking off our schoolwide fundraiser !
We will be selling Butter Braids. Students will have the option to sell using their order forms that they should receive today or online. If every student sells at least 3 items we should be able to reach our goal of $7,500.
This is the link that students can use to sell using the online platform.
https://store.myfundraisingplace.com/RegisterSeller/1242f6db-26b0-450d-9d15-20012bb95c90
Orders are due November 1st, 2024! Items will be delivered the week before Thanksgiving break!
Thank you all for your help!
Help Conlee raise money for Disabled American Veterans (DAV)! All money donated goes directly to this great organization that does so much for those that deserve it. Our goal is to raise $250 by October 30th in order to have a field of flags for our upcoming Veterans Day ceremony. Thank you for all of your help and patriotism!
https://donordrivecontent.com/dav/files/$event550$/DAV%5FFOF%5FPromo%5FVideo.mp4
Get ready for our 2nd grade Concert! Details on the flyer!
October is National Principals Month! To highlight a few of our building leaders, LCPS-TV put together a welcome back message for students. We hope you had a great fall break and are ready to finish the fall semester strong!
Principals' message: https://youtu.be/F2YmrKoPZI8
A big round of applause to our winners of the 2024 Veterans Parade Poster Contest! The five top artists were recognized by Mayor Eric Enriquez and city leaders during a city council meeting this afternoon.
Congratulations to Jaslene Horvath, 1st place winner of the 2024 Veterans Parade Poster Contest from Mesa Middle School.
Please see list of top finalists in alphabetical order:
Samantha Carrillo, Lynn Community Middle School
Jaslene Horvath, Mesa Middle School
Eli Ochoa, Zia Middle School
Emma Ramos, Mesa Middle School
Enqi Zheng, Mesa Middle School
