Student-teachers learning from former RRPS educators
Every year, Rio Rancho Public Schools needs not just teachers, but quality teachers.
Three longtime educators amassing more than a century of teaching and administrative duties recently talked with the
Observer about what they’re doing through New Mexico Highlands University to help future teachers prepare for and stay in the profession and enjoy it at the same time.
Cathy Baehr
They are Janis Keene, the head of the student teaching program at NMHU, a former teacher and girls basketball coach at Rio Rancho Elementary, with 40 years in education; Cathy Gaarden, a former principal at Maggie Cordova and Sandia Vista elementaries, with 37 years in education; and Cathy Baehr, the former principal at Enchanted Hills Elementary, with 35 years in the profession.
Sandia Vista Elementary celebrates teachers, staff for their dedication
S’treat Cream Treat Truck provided free pints of ice cream to Sandia Vista Elementary staff, including physical-education teacher and coach Celeste Parrish, left, and fifth-grade teacher Jenna Graham. Students’ families made that treat possible. Courtesy photo.
On the one-year anniversary of the pandemic that changed everything, parents at Sandia Vista Elementary school focused on the positives by honoring the staff and teachers for dedication to students.
With 60 percent of the school’s students on campus for in-person learning and 86 staff members working hard for those children using COVID-safe practices and distance learning, the idea for “Share the Love” was born.
During that same period, no schools were placed on the Closure List.
The Watchlist, maintained by the New Mexico Environment Department, includes schools and businesses with two or more Rapid Responses within 14 days. Those with four or more Rapid Responses in 14 days are placed on the Closure List and required to close and, where appropriate, return instruction to remote-only learning.
A Rapid Response is a series of interventions designed to prevent COVID-19 spread, beginning when the New Mexico Department of Health notifies a school that an employee or student has a confirmed positive case and was on campus/in the facility during the infectious period. Read the complete COVID-19 Rapid Response Watchlist here.
PED: 24 New Mexico Schools On COVID-19 Watchlist
PED News:
SANTA FE The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) reports 24 New Mexico school buildings appeared on the COVID-19 Watchlist in the week ending Friday, Feb. 26, signifying they had at least two Rapid Responses within a 14-day period.
Those school buildings are:
ALBUQUERQUE
During that same period, no schools were placed on the Closure List.
The Watchlist, maintained by the New Mexico Environment Department, includes schools and businesses with two or more Rapid Responses within 14 days. Those with four or more Rapid Responses in 14 days are placed on the Closure List and required to close and, where appropriate, return instruction to remote-only learning.