As 2024 is in sight, the Deming Headlight decided to take a look back at Deming’s most impactful stories of the past year. Come with us to take a trip through 2023: January Montes, who introduced middle schoolers to welding, retires Jerry Montes retired as a shop teacher after 27 years from Deming Public Schools. Montez worked on many industrial art pieces alongside his students from Red Mountain Middle School. …
If you look closely at local businesses and schools in Deming, you’ll probably come across the many pieces of industrial art designed and built by Jerry Montes and his Red Mountain Middle School students. “I tried to get my students involved in community projects that they could be proud of,” said Montes, 62, who retired as shop teacher after 27 years for the Deming Public Schools. “I would give them …