Join LCPS tonight at 5:00pm as we celebrate the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of our new School Base Health Center!! The event will take place at Picacho Middle School 1040 N, Motel Blvd., Las Cruces
Students benefit when community partners share their gifts, talents and skills to provide hands-on learning in an impactful way.
Are you an educator in Las Cruces? Join the Cruces Creatives Community Share network and learn more! If you are interested in sharing your career, skills & talents with K-12 students, join Cruces Creatives as a local individual, business or organization they need your expertise!
Instructor Analinda joined several sessions with Ms Shoberg’s students at Rio Grande Prep Institute creating these beautiful resin cells! Science + Art = engagement!
Reach out to Cheryl Carreon, Education Coordinator @c.carreon@crucescreatives.org or Abby Nayra, Community Outreach Coordinator @a.nayra@crucescreatives.org
Come joins us at Zia Middle School for our Dia De Los Muertos Festival! See attached flyer for more information. ¡Únase a nosotros en Zia Middle School para nuestro Festival del Día de los Muertos! Consulte el folleto adjunto para obtener más información.
The Las Cruces Public Schools Foundation is proud to support outstanding educators in the quest for excellence in our classrooms.
Through Teacher/Classroom Grants, the Foundation is encouraging educators to devise innovative and exciting educational programs for their students that enhance the learning environment and inspire students to greater achievement and success. Teachers, principals, school administrators, social workers, counselors, ancillary staff can apply for grants (through an on-line portal) that benefit individual classrooms, or their entire school community. Grants range from $200 – $4,999. Grants fall under many categories such as Agriculture/Horticulture, the Arts, Literacy, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), Student-centered technology and Educational Field Trips.
In the fall of 2023 Ten Innovative Grants were awarded totaling $35,424.32.
The LCPS Foundation proudly recognizes the recipients for the 2024 Innovative Classroom Teaching Grants:
•Hillrise Elementary was awarded $480.93 to fund their Zen Zone, adding comfortable seating to a recently created self-regulation area for students. This grant helps 450 students at Hillrise Elementary.
•Zia Middle School was awarded $4,750 to start up a culinary program, benefitting over 160 students.
•Tombaugh Elementary was awarded $3,000 for a STEM field trip to EL Paso to visit the La Nube Discovery Center in El Paso. This award helps open up opportunities for 87 students interested in STEM.
•Monte Vista Elementary was awarded $3,053 for mindfulness items to promote self-regulation to help impact more than 700 students.
•Hillrise Elementary was awarded $1,500 in grant funding to support the morning running club at the school.
•Conlee Elementary was granted $1,420 in grant funding for an initiative to help encourage students to to strive for perfect attendance at their school. The funding will help sponsor simple awards for students with good attendance.
•Lynn Community Middle School will receive $4,900 in grant funding to purchase 14 violins to help support their violin acquisition for their mariachi program.
•Mayfield High School will be awarded $3,819 to help purchase flight simulator hardware and software upgrades for their pilot training program.
•The LCPS Tell The Story Film Showcase was awarded $4,800 to fund materials to enhance the red carpet experience for young student filmmakers. This grant will benefit more than 400 students who compete in the LCPS Tell The Story Film Showcase.
Good luck to all of our Las Cruces Public Schools marching bands as they travel to Rio Rancho this Saturday, October 26th, to compete at the 1st annual State Marching Band Contest! #thrive575
Many thanks to New Mexico Activities Association - NMAA and New Mexico Music Educators Association for making this event possible!
12:15pm Mayfield High School Band
1:30pm Las Cruces High School Band
2:15pm Centennial High School Band
4:15pm Royal Knight Regiment - Organ Mountain High School
Skip the lines and get tickets here:
https://gofan.co/event/1653324?schoolId=NMAA
And your merchandise here:
https://nwd.ink/s/nmaa-store/marching-band-state-contest/
Don’t Miss Out! If you have a student in Art class, now is the time to place your order for custom keepsake products featuring your child’s artwork. These items make great gifts for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and any other important person in your child’s life.
The deadline to order is this Wednesday, October 23rd.
Go to ArtToRemember.com to place your order. Reminder fliers were sent home today with students. Thank you for supporting our Visual Arts Program!
Ms. Alejandrez
Friday was a monumental day for our LCPS community as we celebrated the ribbon cutting for Phase I of our new Family Support Center! The educational support services will have a great impact on LCPS students & families. Thank you to our school board for their unwavering support!
Breast cancer awareness week is a time when we show our support as a community for loved ones who have battled or are currently battling breast cancer. We see you, we love you, we are with you!
Show your support on Friday @ Field of Dreams for the pink out game, Hawks vs Knights
Thunderbird Fans! Are you planning on supporting Thunderbird Football in the championship game Tuesday at the Field of Dreams???? If so, remember the clear bag policy for the stadium!
Las Cruces Public Schools Foundation, Inc. continually supports outstanding education professions in the tireless pursuit of excellence in our Las Cruces Public Schools classrooms. Cheers to our next 2024 Innovative Grant Recipients!
Congratulations go out to Zia Middle School students on behalf of their advocates; Erin Jenkins & Jana Nelson!
Let's talk CATERING WITH YOUNG CHEFS being awarded and will be impacting over 160 students!
Las Cruces Public Schools Foundation, Inc. proudly supports outstanding educators in the pursuit of excellence in our Las Cruces Public Schools classrooms.
Through Innovative Teaching Grants, the LCPS Foundation supports educators to invent innovative and exciting educational programs that inspire learning and success. Teachers, principals, school administrators, social workers, counselors, ancillary staff can apply for grants (through an on-line portal) that benefit individual classrooms, or their entire school community.
Cheers to our 2024 Innovative Grant Recipients!
Thanks to the efforts and submission by Jamie Foy and Jennifer Martin, @Hillrise Elementary School will be having some Fun in the Zen Zone with their Innovative Grant Award!
Join us for Las Cruces Movie Night on Saturday, October 19, at New Mexico State University! Bring your friends, family, and neighbors for a fun night of nostalgia hosted by the NMSU Foundation.
NMSU will be screening the 2017 hit film Coco, the enchanting story of young musician Miguel and his extraordinary journey to the Land of the Dead, where he discovers the true meaning of family.
The movie starts at 7:30 p.m. at Pat and Lou Sisbarro Community Park, with local food trucks serving snacks and drinks starting at 6:00 p.m.
Learn more: https://www.nmsualumni.org/movie-night
Today the Las Cruces Home Builders Association hosted the fifth annual Build My Future Skilled Trades Expo event at the Field of Dreams.
Hundreds of LCPS students in middle and high school attended the event to learn more about the skilled trades industry.
Local contractors and skilled trades industry partners joined forces to help answer questions and provide hand-on learning for many jobs in the construction industry.
October is National Principals Month! To highlight a few of our building leaders, LCPS-TV put together a welcome back message for students. We hope you had a great fall break and are ready to finish the fall semester strong!
Principals' message: https://youtu.be/F2YmrKoPZI8
A big round of applause to our winners of the 2024 Veterans Parade Poster Contest! The five top artists were recognized by Mayor Eric Enriquez and city leaders during a city council meeting this afternoon.
Congratulations to Jaslene Horvath, 1st place winner of the 2024 Veterans Parade Poster Contest from Mesa Middle School.
Please see list of top finalists in alphabetical order:
Samantha Carrillo, Lynn Community Middle School
Jaslene Horvath, Mesa Middle School
Eli Ochoa, Zia Middle School
Emma Ramos, Mesa Middle School
Enqi Zheng, Mesa Middle School
There's no place like the Field of Dreams on Friday night. Gather your family and friends to see the LCHS Bulldawgs take on the Clovis Wildcats @7pm tonight.
Tickets: https://gofan.co/event/1548074?schoolId=NM8116
Livestream on LCPSTV: https://www.youtube.com/live/4JKkSgPG58c
Parents and family, join us for Thanksgiving lunch at your student's school on Nov. 15! Ticket sales will run Monday, Oct. 7 through Friday, Nov. 1 and are $5 each (cash or check). No tickets will be sold the day of the event. To purchase, check in at your school office.
Don't miss the matchup between the Knights vs Bulldawgs under the Friday night lights at the Field of Dreams. Kickoff is at 7:00pm tonight.
Livestream only on LCPSTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paMuf2EKYlU
Tickets: https://gofan.co/app/school/NM8126
Thank you to our community partners from the Kiwanis Club of Las Cruces. Today club members presented a check for $1,000 to the LCPS Foundation for their hygiene drive and to purchase school supplies for LCPS students.
The Mayfield Trojans host the Deming Wildcats on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 10:00 AM. Gates will open at 8:30 AM. It's a great way to spend a Fall Break Saturday morning!
Tickets can be purchased at: https://lcps.net/page/athletics
