Schools: Santa Fe Indian School,
New Mexico, USA

Participating Schools

Acoma Laguna High School (NM)

Akiak School (AK)

Alchesay High School (AZ)

Alak School/Community Library (AK)

Biblioteca Riecken Tatumbal (Honduras)

Crystal Boarding School (NM)

Harold Kaveolook School (AK)

Heritage Senior School (Zimbabwe)

Jemez Day School (NM)

Ka Waihona o ka Na'auao (HI)

Laguna Elementary School (NM)

Laguna Middle School (NM)

Native American Magnet School (NY)

Pilot Station School (AK)

Pitka's Point School (AK)

Pyramid Lake High School (NV)

Ojo Encino Day School (NM)

Rija'tzuul Na'ooj Community Library (Guatemala)

Rock Point Community School (AZ)

Santa Clara Day School (NM)

Santa Fe Indian School (NM)

Sky  City Community School (NM)

St. George School (AK)

St. Paul School (AK)

Tikigaq School (AK)

Santa Fe Indian School

The Santa Fe Indian School is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The school consists of middle school grades (7th and 8th) and high school (9th through 12th).

The Senior Honors Project (SHP) typifies the philosophy of Santa Fe Indian School, which requires its graduates to master skills in research and creative problem solving in the context of issues facing Native American communities today.  Seniors conduct research within their home communities, online, and at museums, libraries, and archives around the state. Their research results in symposium presentations (including PowerPoint, video, poetry, plays, and papers) to school and community members.

The project is the culmination of Santa Fe Indian School's Community-Based Education (CBE) cycle that begins upon a student's entrance into the school. Each course at Santa Fe Indian School includes a community-based education component. Santa Fe Indian School also has a Community-based Education Model (CBEM) program that focuses on science, math, tribal government, economic development, and computer technology in a practical, hands-on environment where students do real work in response to requests from Pueblo communities. The CBE units, the CBEM curriculum, and the required SHP course generate a strong collaboration between students, staff, and communities at Santa Fe Indian School, which is owned and operated by the 19 Pueblo tribes of New Mexico.

They also have a student exchange program, a gifted and talented program, the Native American Students REcycling Used Technology (in which students can earn a technical certificate for computer repair to use after graduation). For more information about Santa Fe Indian School, visit their Web site at http://www.sfis.k12.nm.us/.