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Taos Municipal Schools
Taos Municipal Schools (TMS) or Taos Municipal School District (TMSD) is a school district based in Taos, New Mexico, United States. Taos Municipal Schools has a total area of . The school district has a total of six schools. The district has one high school, one middle school, three elementary schools, and one magnet school. History Beginning in 1997 the number of students declined. Due to elderly people making up an increasing percentage of area residents and a post-1999 drop in births in Taos County, in 2022 the district anticipated an upcoming decline in the number of students. Service area The district serves serves the communities of Taos, Arroyo Hondo, Arroyo Seco, Ranchos de Taos, San Cristobal, Talpa, Taos Pueblo, and almost all of Taos Ski Valley. It also includes Cañon, Ranchitos, El Prado, Des Montes, Llano Quemado, and Cordillera. Schools ; Secondary schools * Taos High School (Taos) * Taos Middle School (Taos) ;Elementary schools * Arroyos del Norte Elementar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taos Muncipal Schools
Taos or TAOS may refer to: Places * Taos, Missouri, a city in Cole County, Missouri, United States * Taos County, New Mexico, United States ** Taos, New Mexico, a city, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico *** Taos art colony, an art colony founded in Taos, New Mexico ** Taos Pueblo, a Native American pueblo ** Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico ** Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico, a ski resort village in New Mexico People and language * Taos people, or the Tiwa Puebloans, Tiwa people ** Taos language, a Tanoan language spoken in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico ** The subset of Puebloan peoples who speak the Taos language Other * Taiwanese–American Occultation Survey (TAOS) * ''Taos'', a sleeping car built by the Budd Company in 1938 for use on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's passenger train, the ''Super Chief'' * Taos Hum, a phenomenon involving a persistent and invasive low-frequency noise of a humming character and unknown or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern New Mexico
Northern New Mexico in cultural terms usually refers to the area of heavy-Spanish settlement in the north-central part of New Mexico. However, New Mexico state government also uses the term to mean the northwest and north central, but to exclude both the northeastern high plains counties and Sandoval County. The five largest cities in Northern New Mexico are: Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Española, Los Alamos, and Raton. Cultural The traditional southern boundary of the area is an escarpment called La Bajada southwest of Santa Fe. The other boundaries are poorly defined. The map in is a guide: from La Bajada the boundary runs northwest about 50 miles (80 km) west of U.S. Routes 285 and 84, and northeast about 20 miles (30 km) east of Interstate 25, to the Colorado border. The area might also be described roughly as comprising Rio Arriba, Los Alamos, Taos, and Colfax Counties; northeastern Sandoval County, northern Santa Fe County; and western San Miguel and Mora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taos, New Mexico
Taos is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Initially founded in 1615, it was intermittently occupied until its formal establishment in 1795 by Nuevo México Governor Fernando Chacón to act as fortified plaza and trading outpost for the neighboring Native American Taos Pueblo (the town's namesake) and Hispano communities, including Ranchos de Taos, Cañon, Taos Canyon, Ranchitos, El Prado, and Arroyo Seco. The town was incorporated in 1934. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,716. Taos is the county seat of Taos County. The English name ''Taos'' derives from the native Taos language meaning "(place of) red willows". Taos is the principal town of the Taos, NM, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Taos County. History Taos Pueblo The Taos Pueblo, which borders the north boundary of the town of Taos, has been occupied for nearly a millennium. It is estimated that the pueblo was bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taos News
''Taos News'' is a weekly newspaper published in Taos, New Mexico. It is owned by El Crepusculo, Inc., named after the first newspaper published by Padre Martinez. The company is classified under newspaper publishing and printing manufacturers. It is estimated to have an annual revenue of $2.5 million and employs a staff of approximately 35. The Managing Editor of the paper is John Miller. History Padre Antonio José Martínez brought the first printing press west of the Mississippi River to Taos between 1834–1835 and published the first newspaper, ''El Crepusculo'', which was the predecessor of The ''Taos News''. ''The Taos New''s has been published as ''Taos News'' and ''El Crepusculo de la Libertad''. Archived newspapers are available from 1959 to the present day. The corporation was founded in 1978. Purpose The ''Taos News'' website states: "Our purpose is to report the news of Taos County and the Moreno Valley in a fair and objective manner consistent with the highest jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arroyo Hondo, Taos County, New Mexico
Arroyo Hondo is a census-designated place in Taos County near Taos, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 474. It is historically notable as the site of the killing of six to eight employees by a force of allied Native Americans at Simon Turley's mill and distillery trading post on January 20, 1847. This took place during the Taos Revolt, a populist insurrection of New Mexicans and Native Americans against the new United States territorial regime during the Mexican–American War. Demographics Education It is within Taos Municipal Schools, which operates Taos High School. See also * John Dunn Bridge * Juan Bautista Rael Juan Bautista Rael (August 14, 1900 – November 8, 1993) was an American ethnographer, linguist, and folklorist who was a pioneer in the study of the people, stories, and language of Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado in the South ... * Auguste Lacome References Census-designated places in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arroyo Seco, New Mexico
Arroyo Seco is a census-designated place in Taos County near Taos, New Mexico. Arroyo Seco's economy is based on tourism and services to residents of retirement and vacation homes. Arroyo Seco has a post office, with the ZIP code 87514. The 87514 ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 1,310 at the 2000 census, with 996 housing units, a land area of 53.63 sq. miles, a water area of 0.05 sq. mile, and a population density of 24.43 people per sq. mile at Census 2000. Arroyo Seco's elevation is 7,634 feet. Demographics History Arroyo Seco was settled in 1804, on a Spanish land grant made on October 7, 1745. The Church of the Most Holy Trinity was completed in 1834 and has recently been restored. Overlooking Arroyo Seco stands Lucero Peak, a rock formation. Housed in the Peak is a cave that is sacred to the local Native American population of Taos Pueblo. The cave inspired D.H. Lawrence's short story " The Woman who Rode Away" after he visited it in May 1924 with Mabel Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranchos De Taos, New Mexico
Ranchos de Taos is a census-designated place (CDP) in Taos County, New Mexico. The population was 2,390 at the time of the 2000 census. The historic district is the Ranchos de Taos Plaza, which includes the San Francisco de Asis Mission Church. History In 1725, the settlement that was originally called Las Trampas de Taos became the permanent Spanish settlement called Ranchos de Taos. In 1760 Ranchos de Taos, also called Taos "Old Town", was attacked by Comanche Native Americans who took 50 women from a fortified house, the home of the Vidalpando family, and killed the men of the settlement. Spanish settlers of the Taos Valley moved into the Taos Pueblo for safety from attacks from Plains Indians. In 1772 a mission church was begun. Between 1796 and 1797, land from the Don Fernando de Taos Land Grant was given to 63 Spanish families. In 1815 the San Francisco de Asis Mission Church was completed. The Taos region population grew as the result of land grants made by Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristobal, New Mexico
San Cristobal is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico. Its population was 273 as of the 2010 census. San Cristobal has a post office with ZIP code 87564, which opened on February 16, 1932. Geography San Cristobal is located at . According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of , all land. Demographics In San Cristobal, New Mexico, the top 5 ethnic groups by percentage are White (Hispanic), White (Non-Hispanic), Other (Hispanic), American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic), and Black or African American (Non-Hispanic). Education It is within Taos Municipal Schools, which operates Taos High School Taos High School, founded in 1917, is the public high school in Taos, New Mexico, United States. A part of the Taos Municipal Schools school district, is located outside of Taos Pueblo, at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The distric .... References Census-designated places in New Mexico Census-designated places in Taos County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talpa, New Mexico
Talpa is a settlement in Taos County, New Mexico, located south of the town of Taos along New Mexico Highway 518. History First named Rio Chiquito for the river running through the area, Talpa was settled during the early-18th century during the time that nearby Ranchos de Taos began to be settled. The settlement is on the old Spanish land grant of Don Cristobal de la Sena. The name of the town may have been derived from the town of Talpa in Jalisco, Mexico or it may have been named for Señora Talpa Romero, of a prominent Taos family. ''Circa'' 1820, a private chapel was built for the Duran family in Talpa along the Rio Chiquito. Juan Pedro Cruz (born about 1855) was a well-known weaver who supplied sarapes, embroidered bedspreads, and rugs to residents of the Taos Pueblo and local villages. Ponce de Leon Hot Springs, used by Native Americans and early Spanish settlers, are located near Talpa. Education It is within Taos Municipal Schools, which operates Taos High School. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
Taos Pueblo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Taos County, New Mexico, just north of Taos. The population was 1,264 at the 2000 census. Geography Taos Pueblo is located at (36.448735, -105.553979). Rio Pueblo de Taos passes through Taos Pueblo. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 15.6 square miles (40.5 km), all land. Culture and history Taos Pueblo is the only living Native American community designated both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a National Historic Landmark. The multi-storied Taos Pueblo adobe buildings have been continuously inhabited for over 1000 years. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,264 people, 441 households, and 316 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 80.9 people per square mile (31.2/km). There were 682 housing units at an average density of 43.6 per square mile (16.9/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 2.93% White, 95.02% Native American, 0.40% Paci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
Taos Ski Valley is a village and alpine ski resort in the southwestern United States, located in Taos County, New Mexico. The population was 69 at the 2010 census. Until March 19, 2008, it was one of four ski resorts in America to prohibit snowboarding. The Kachina lift, constructed in 2014, serves one of the highest elevations of any triple chair in North America, to a peak of above sea level. The village was originally settled by a group of miners in the 1800s, but in 1955, Ernie and Rhoda Blake founded the area as a ski mountain. The village was incorporated in 1996. In 2013, Taos Ski Valley, Inc., was sold by the founding family to billionaire conservationist Louis Bacon. It has 110 trails with 24% beginner, 25% intermediate, and 51% advanced/expert. The Ernie Blake Snowsports School is one of the highest rated ski schools in North America. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Taos Ski Valley is one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taos High School
Taos High School, founded in 1917, is the public high school in Taos, New Mexico, United States. A part of the Taos Municipal Schools school district, is located outside of Taos Pueblo, at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The district, and therefore the high school, serves serves the communities of Taos, Arroyo Hondo, Arroyo Seco, Ranchos de Taos, San Cristobal, Talpa, Taos Pueblo, and almost all of Taos Ski Valley. History The first high school in Taos County opened in the fall of 1917 with Jesse Howard as director. The site of the first THS was west of the present Enos Garcia Elementary School. At the time the building was the Presbyterian Church, which included a few rooms for the first classes under the new teacher. Principal Emma McKean soon took charge of the school and remained at its head until 1921. The first graduating class of Taos High was the 1921 class with seven members. During that year a new high school was constructed and served for 20 years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
