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Native American Community Academy (NACA) is a
Native American Community Academy
Charter K-12 schools in the United States Charter schools in New Mexico Schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico Public elementary schools in New Mexico Public middle schools in New Mexico Public high schools in New Mexico 2006 establishments in New Mexico Educational institutions established in 2006 Native American history of New Mexico {{NewMexico-school-stub
Native American Community Academy (NACA) is a charter
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the rec ...
K-12 school in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
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It opened in 2006. Originally it was a grade 6-12 school, with grades 6-10 taking classes at temporary buildings on the grounds of Wilson Middle School, and with grades 11-12 attending classes at University of New Mexico School of Law
The University of New Mexico School of Law (UNM Law or New Mexico Law) is the law school of the University of New Mexico, a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1947, it is the first and only law school in the state.
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. All school buses to went Wilson, with grade 11-12 students transported to/from Wilson to the UNM Law building.
In 2013 all grades moved to Building 232 of the former Albuquerque Indian School
Albuquerque Indian School (AIS) was a American Indian boarding schools, Native American boarding school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which operated from 1881 to 1981. It was one of the oldest and largest off-reservation boarding schools in the Uni ...
, also known as the Employees' New Dormitory and Club, which was the only remaining building of the AIS campus. The prospective enrollment was 380. The school had plans to get elementary grades later. The school preserved the exterior of its current campus.
On July 21, 2014, NACA started a Native American-oriented charter school network, with its first campus being Dream Diné Charter School in Shiprock, New Mexico
Shiprock ( nv, ) is a unincorporated community on the Navajo Nation, Navajo reservation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 7,718 people in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. For statistical purposes, the Un ...
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Student body
the Native American students came from over 60 different tribes. The school also takes non-Native American students.References
Further reading
* - Article was written by an employee of NACAExternal links
Native American Community Academy
Charter K-12 schools in the United States Charter schools in New Mexico Schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico Public elementary schools in New Mexico Public middle schools in New Mexico Public high schools in New Mexico 2006 establishments in New Mexico Educational institutions established in 2006 Native American history of New Mexico {{NewMexico-school-stub