Kha'p'o Community School, formerly known as the Santa Clara Day School, is a tribal elementary school in
Santa Clara Pueblo
Santa Clara Pueblo (in Tewa: Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh ɑ̀ʔp’òː ʔówîŋgè "Singing Water Village", also known as "Village of Wild Roses" is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States and a federally rec ...
,
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
,
[ with an Española postal address. It is affiliated with the ]Bureau of Indian Education
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior under the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs that directs and manages education functions. Formerly known as the Office of Indian Education Programs ...
(BIE).
Located in proximity to Espanola, it was formerly directly operated by the BIE.[ ]
See also at
''Santa Fe New Mexican
alt=front page of a broadsheet newspaper, front page of ''The Daily New Mexican'' for 24 November 1868
''The Santa Fe New Mexican'' or simply ''The New Mexican'' is a daily newspaper published in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dubbed "the West's olde ...
''. In 1990 it had the highest number of students of the three Native American schools in the northern "pueblos" of New Mexico.
History
In 1987 the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), also known as the North Central Association, was a membership organization, consisting of colleges, universities, and schools in 19 U.S. states engaged in educational accreditation. It ...
accredited the school.
In 1991 a bill was filed in the New Mexico Legislature
The New Mexico Legislature () is the legislative branch of the state government of New Mexico. It is a bicameral body made up of the New Mexico House of Representatives and the New Mexico Senate.
History
The New Mexico Legislature was establ ...
in honor of the school's achievements.
A NACA-Inspired Schools Network-spearheaded change, partly done to ensure students kept fluency in the Tewa language
Tewa ( ) is a Tanoan language spoken by several Pueblo people, Pueblo nations in the Rio Grande valley in New Mexico north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe, and in Arizona. It is also known as Tano, or Tée-wah (archaic). There is some disagre ...
, meant that in 2016 it became operated by a tribe, and it gained its current name.[
]
Operations
After completing education at Kha'p'o, students typically go to Pojoaque Valley School District
Pojoaque Valley Public Schools is a school district with its headquarters in an unincorporated area in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, with a Santa Fe, New Mexico post office address.
Pojoaque Valley Schools serves the Pojoaque Vall ...
facilities.[ - Refers to the school as "Santa Clara"]
References
Further reading
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External links
Kha'p'o Community School
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Public elementary schools in New Mexico
Schools in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Native American schools in New Mexico