About Us

New Mexico Vistas, is a project of the NM Public Education Department.  Vistas is a new school portal that celebrates our schools' successes and helps identify those in need of additional support. NM Vistas replaces the A-F school grading system and allows families to review school data, insights, and offerings to make informed school choice decisions. This new school portal will provide the elevation needed to see the whole picture of our schools and the context to understand where we’ve been and where we’re going. 

Our school’s Vistas report provides general demographic information about our school, academic performance data, and other relevant learning environment data and information.   

NM Vistas San Juan Elementary 2022/23 Report

Our school Vista report is available at:

https://www.nmvistas.org/Espanola_Public_Schools/San_Juan_Elementary 

• 21st Century Community Learning Center: 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) is an out of school time program offered free of charge through a federal grant administered by the New Mexico Public Education Department.  The program offers academic, leadership, and enrichment opportunities for students and families.  Click here for more information. 

• Fine Arts: Española Public Schools receives Fine Arts Education Act programing to all K-6 school sites, this program offers opportunities for elementary students to participate in fine arts activities, including visual arts, music, theater and dance. Our school utilizes its fine arts funding to provide art, music, and mixed media productions. 

• Bilingual & EL Services: Española Public Schools implements a Heritage Language (Spanish or Tewa). Española Public Schools also offers English Language Development (ELD) to English Learners (ELs) as needed at all school sites. EL services are enhanced and supported through Title III program funding. Click here for more information. 

• Indian Education Services: Española Public School's Indian Education Department strives to provide a culturally-appropriate and responsive educational experience, while providing a quality education for the capacity and sustainability of our Native American students and their tribes, while providing and strengthening community, cultural relations, and understandings within the Española Valley. Click here for more information. 

• HOPE Program: The Homeless Opportunities = Power in Education program supports students who are experiencing unstable housing, doubled-up situations, homelessness or inadequate living conditions. HOPE strives to improve training, identification, enrollment, stability and success in school from preschool to high school to post-secondary education.  Students Living in unstable housing or in doubled up situations may be eligible for support services at their school sites.  Click here for more information. 

• Title I Program: Title I provides financial assistance to districts and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards. Our school utilizes its Title I funding to provide support for students and communication with families. Click here for more information.   

• Inquiry Based Science Education: The Inquiry Science Education Consortium (ISEC) nurtures partnerships and cultivates excellence in public education in Northern New Mexico. ISEC is the LANL Foundation's flagship K-12 Program, dedicated to increasing equity and access to quality STEM education for students in grades K–6 throughout Northern New Mexico. The program initiated early alignment with the Next Generation Science Standards and supported the State in advocating for its NM STEM Ready! Science Standards. Click here for more information. 

• Student Council:  Our school offers a student council program in grades 4th thru 6th.   Student council members work together with an adult advisor within the framework of a constitution or bylaws to provide a means for student expression and assistance in school affairs and activities, gives opportunities for student experience in leadership and encourage student, faculty, and community relations. 

• Cooking with Kids: Our school provides Cooking with Kids classes for students in grades Kinder thru 6th. Cooking with Kids educates and empowers children and families to make healthy food choices through hands-on learning with fresh, affordable foods. Cooking with kids promotes communities where families cook together, teachers engage students, farms nurture crops, and chefs inspire creativity.   Click here for more information.