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Isleta Elementary School

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Isleta Elementary School
Location
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1000 Moonlight Drive
Information
Established1890s
School districtBureau of Indian Education
PrincipalMikela Romero
Enrollment260 (2005)
MascotEagle
Websitewww.isletaelementary.com

Isleta Elementary School is a Bureau of Indian Education-operated elementary school in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico.[1]

It is located on a property that has 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land. The school's mascot is the eagle.[2]

History

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The school began operations in the 1890s.[3]

Circa 1932,[2] a main building opened. In later years there were 13 portable buildings added. In 2002 the student count was 262.[4] In 2005 the student count was 260. By that year, the previous facility had maintenance issues and suffered difficulties from vibrations generated by a nearby train line.[2] Maryann Apodaca y Silva, the then-principal, stated that the train interfered with students' abilities to do classwork.[5]

Groundbreaking for the current facility, which was scheduled to be about 70,000 square feet (6,500 m2) of space, began in 2005.[2] The current facility opened in 2006,[6] and had a cost of $10,500,000, with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) supplying most of the funds used to pay for it.[2]

In years prior to 2015, the administration and teachers had significant turnover, so some parents chose to send their children elsewhere.[7]

In 2015 the BIE had plans to give the school to tribal control on July 1 of that year.[3] The tribe took control of the school in 2015.[7]

Curriculum

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The curriculum includes content about the culture of the Tiwa people and the Tiwa language.[2] Post 2015, Tiwa instruction and culture were scheduled to be done every day.[7]

In 1994 the school had a "Creativity Abounds Program" for students who are gifted in mathematics, language arts, and/or fine arts.[8]

References

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