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Student, Ortiz Middle School
“From the bottom or our hearts, we’d like to thank you for all your time and help during this tough time. Because of your generosity, we are all still able to survive!  Please stay safe and God Bless.”

Parent, Ramirez-Thomas Elementary Sch...

Online Tutoring at Capital High!

Communities In Schools (CIS) is excited to share that online tutoring with our volunteer tutors is up and running at Capital High! It took some training, and some patience to organize the sessions, but now students have regular Google Me...

Communities In Schools (CIS) is thrilled to recognize more than 60 hard-working students  through our Distance Learning Reward Program! 

Adapting to Distance Learning has been challenging for many students in part due to barriers like lack of internet access, relia...

Happy Halloween!

Local Santa Fe students delighted in building Halloween candy bags to be included in this week's Communities In Schools food distribution. We are so grateful to be able to spread a bit of Halloween cheer during this unusual year when Halloween festiviti...

Engaging Students from a Distance

Capital High School CIS Site Coordinators, Heather Sellers, Adrian Sotelo and Sinte Torrez have been busy creating virtual interactive groups to stay in touch with students. Every day they find ways to bring interesting topics and suppo...

"Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity"

                                                                           Robert M. Pirsig...

It was the middle of January, and CIS Site Coordinator, Alex Mazares, was settling in to the new semester at Nina Otero Community School. She began to notice Sophia (not her real name), a sixth grade student that was frequently seen standing on her own in the hallway....

This week, approximately 13,000 Santa Fe public school students are logging into school from their homes and navigating classes, assignments and extracurricular programming. Read below to learn how things are going!

8th Grade
El Camino Real Academy

8th Grade

El Camino Rea...

Welcome back from our
CIS Site Coordinators!

Back to School! 

The beginning of a new school year is usually a special time of year. Freshly sharpened pencils and un-scarred notebooks accompany new school shoes and back-to-school clothes. With this new start there are often promises of more disciplined study habits...