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Questions or Comments about the Newsletter, contact Eddy Wauneka (505) 771-6797

In This Issue:

Education News 2

Education Contacts 9

Wellness contacts 11

Say FiT Calendar 15

S.A.D.E. Calendar 16 01/15

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Carroll Elementary Giselle Montoya

Home School Liaison Phone:(505) 404-5573 Cell: (505) 250-9447

Santa Ana Department of Education S.A.D.E.

Douglas Tenorio &

Ishah Montoya

“Always pass on what you have learned.” -Yoda

The Night Before New Years by Natasha Wing

Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin

Happy New Year, Spot! By Eric Hill

Snow by P.D. Eastman

The Big Snow by Bertha Hader

Welcome to the New Year of 2018! Just a reminder for the students

returning to class, there are changes in the daily class schedule. They

have also added a new course for the students, which is Music Time.

If your child is unsure of the schedule, please do not

hesitate to contact me, I will be happy to provide the

new schedule for you.

2018 New Years Resolutions from some of our students: “I want to get better at basketball.” –Kayla, 2nd grade

“I want to help my daddy, clean the dishes for him.” –Nikki, 1st grade

“I want to spend more time with my family baking cookies.” –Ayzia, 2nd grade

“I want to learn more about science, dinosaurs.” Douglas, 2nd grade

Dates to remember: 01/08- Students Return from Winter Break 01/15- MLK Jr. Day No School 01/24- Half Day

Favorite January Books:

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Santa Ana Department of Education S.A.D.E.

Bernalillo Elementary

Carleen M. Mody Home School Liaison Cell: (505) 259-9031

School: (505)404-5400

JANUARYJANUARYJANUARY BIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYS

Maliya TenorioMaliya TenorioMaliya Tenorio Daniel NietoDaniel NietoDaniel Nieto

Important Dates: 01/08-Students return to school

01/15-NO SCHOOL

01/19-Report Cards go home

Wishing each and everyone of you a prosperous year. As you are aware BES has a new Principal Mr. Felix Garcia. Please, if your child is sick keep them home and be sure to call the school to have them excused. Also make sure the school has current working numbers. You can also text me and I can update the office and nurse. If you need homework picked up for your student, please call me

GOOD ATTENDANCE

2ND

9 WEEKS

Raeana Lujan

Rylen Masawiestewa

Devery Suina

Maliya Tenorio

PERFECT

ATTENDANCE

1ST & 2

ND QUARTER

Cameron Garcia-

Sandoval

Gabriel Montoya

Congratulations!

to the following

students who

participated in

the BES

Spelling Bee:

Daniel Nieto

Gabriel Montoya

Haley Armijo

Jordyn Renville

Jeremy Armijo

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S.A.D.E. Santa Ana Department of Education

Bernalillo High School Scott Pino

Home School Liaison Cell: (505) 503-0043

Bernalillo Middle School Marcella Garcia Home School Liaison Cell: (505) 350-5197

Students are required to write in their agenda daily, this will show you what homework they have.

For students that are tardy to school in the morning, it is required that the parent bringing the student, needs to come in and sign the student in at the office.

If your child will be absent from school, please make sure you have called the school to excuse them for the day.

If you need homework for them, leave the request with the front office, or you can call me to get that to you.

Important dates:

01/08-Students return to school

01/15-Martin Luther King Day – No school

01/24-Early Dismissal– 1/2 Day

Happy New Year!!! It’s hard to believe that the first semester is already in the books. The second semester is surely to go just as fast.

Students are to report back to school on Monday January 8th. I highly encourage students to attend tutoring in Math and English this semester. Students who attended tutoring in these two subjects last semester greatly increased their grade.

As always please be on your best behavior while you are at school. If you should find yourself in the front office immediately ask for your liaison so I can ensure you are properly treated.

Lastly, I encourage the community to go out and support the Bernalillo Spartans. We have a few students on the teams which are doing very well. GO SPARTANS!!!

01/08- School Resumes

01/13- Mr.& Ms. Native American BHS Pageant-

BHS Black Box

01/15- MLK Day-No School

01/24- Professional Development-1/2 Day

01/30- Progress Reports Sent Home

SAPD came out to BMS to recognize Juanica Sandoval

and Derek Garcia for their Perfect Attendance in the

1st 9 week period.

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Tamaya Learning Center

When many think of the New Year and what it brings, many may think of resolutions they wish to conquer. Most of you have probably set your personal resolution for this New Year, but consider taking on one more. Our children are so important and sometimes as a parent we find it easier to just do things for them, but by doing this we are not allowing them to learn and grow.

Let’s empower our children by giving them a choice and a chance by letting them learn to make their own decisions, when appropriate, and learning to trust their feelings.

Let them become more independent by walking into their classrooms and saying good bye at the door. Allow them the space they need to grow and learn to socialize without you.

Try to allow them to carry on conversations with other peers and adults without you jumping to correct them or help them. You may be surprised at what they can actually do. It is so easy for us parents to want to be at everything and do everything for our children, but truth is… we are not making them independent. We are not helping them to grow like we want them to.

You are probably thinking to yourself, my child is only 2 or 3 or maybe even 4 or 5 years old, but either way if we want them to be successful when they are grown, we need to allow them those opportunities now.

Taking a risk is the number one condition for building positive self-esteem. This comes easier for some parents than for others. I know I find myself having a hard time letting my daughter do some things on her own and in her own time, after all, our children will always be our “babies.”

When given the opportunity, you will see your child do things you never imagined they could do on their own. But let’s give it a try.

I hope you had a great

time relaxing with

family and friends.

As always, thank you for choosing us to love and care for your children. The Tamaya Learning Center would like to wish a prosperous, healthy, and Happy New Year to all our families!

Just a reminder to parents that any

child who is suffering from sickness and diarrhea must be kept home until

they have been clear of symptoms for 24 hours. This is to ensure we do not

place our other children and staff at risk of infection.

Do You Want to Build A Snowman?

This baking soda and shaving cream snow reci-

pe is super easy.

Pour one cup of baking soda in a bowl and add in shaving cream slowly un-til you get the snow con-

sistency that you like.

This snow recipe stays cool to the touch and has a powder like feel when

you touch it.

Interim Program Manager

Jeanice Pasqual

(505) 867-3715

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Tamaya Learning Center Infant Room

Infant Room Young Infants – Mobile Infants

0-18 months old

In the Infant Room, we are meeting new

milestones and new accomplishments every day.

Infants are beginning to learn about themselves,

learning how to control their little feet and

fingers, and are beginning to communicate with

their friends.

Activities

January Cultural Component: Newly Elected Tribal Officials

A new year brings a new beginning. January announces Tamaya’s newly

elected tribal officials. In an effort to introduce this new meaning to infants, we

will be introducing the Keres words for Governor and Lt. Governor:

“Ta-pu-pa” and “Ta-pu-pa Ti-nien-te”.

We celebrate the New Year and welcome all that it brings.

Transitions

This first month of 2018, we will begin the first week transitioning one of our

infants from the Infant Room to the Toddler Room. This transitional stage is a

smooth, gradual switch from infant care to toddler care which usually last a

couple of weeks.

We celebrate his/her new accomplishment this New Year and we await our

other infant’s accomplishments to come. As infants move onto greater

milestones, we will continue the process when other infants meet their

recommended growth standards.

What Will I Need?

Please make sure that your child has

an adequate amount of diapers, wipes,

formula, and a change of clothes that

reflects the weather. Teachers will do their

best to keep you up to date.

Thank You,

Teacher Melinda Trancosa & Staci Aguilar

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Tamaya Learning Center Toddler Room

Happy New Year, Everyone!!

We hope you all had a great and relaxing winter break.

We are energized and ready to get the new year started!

On to the next phase of our

learning journey, for the month of

January we will be learning about

our newly elected tribal

officials, the colors blue

and white, and winter

animals.

Happy New Year from

The Toddler Classroom

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Tamaya Learning Center Pre-K

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year to Everyone. First of all, We hope everyone had a

wonderful Holiday with Family and

Friends, and enjoyed their time at

Tamaya. Its amazing how the year

has flown by and that we are ready

to start the New Year.

For this month we will be working on

four different themes beginning with “Tribal Leadership”. We

plan to take a walking fieldtrip to the Administration Building to

visit the Governor's office and hopefully to meet the new Tribal

Officials. The children will be developing a picture banner of the

New Tribal Officials, so any of you New Tribal Officials PLEASE

feel free to stop by the childcare and have your picture taken.

Our next theme will be “Mad Science Week”. This week they will

have the opportunity to Explore, Discover and demonstrate

their logical reasoning and problem solving skills along with

increasing their confidence in balancing/motor control. We

plan to take a fieldtrip to the Children's Museum in Santa Fe.

The next theme is “Hero Week”. We will be learning about

community helpers, who and what makes them a hero. The children will learn that Heros

come in all different types, shapes, forms and have many different types of qualities

that make them a hero.

And our final theme is “Pet Week”. Here the children will demonstrate their

understanding of the cause and effect of relationships with pets such as caring,

providing nourishment, friendship and of course learning about “Stranger Danger Pets”.

We plan to take a fieldtrip to Clark's Pet Emporium.

The children will continue to work on recognizing and writing their names, cutting, sorting

and counting, They will also be reviewing the letters S, T & U and the sounds they make.

For our Keres component we will use words for the positions of the New Tribal Officials

and their names. The children will be learning the colors red, yellow, green, blue, and

brown. Along with learning the colors they will learn a song using these colors.

In the month of December the children went ice skating. They had an awesome time.

A couple of the children started out being scared maybe of the ice or just because of the

shoes, but the children had fun and enjoyed themselves. They also enjoyed making

Christmas decorations and singing Christmas songs.

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Director (505)771-6724 Millie Demmert [email protected]

Assistant Director (505) 771– 6456 Joey Sanchez [email protected]

Santa Ana Librarian (505)771-6736 Melverna Lujan [email protected]

Recreation/Education Coordinator (505)771-6791

Danielyn J. Hardy [email protected]

Computer Education Specialist (505)771-6797 Eddy Wauneka [email protected]

Home School Liaisons Office: 771-6727

Bernalillo High School Cell: (505) 503-0043 Scott Pino [email protected]

Bernalillo Middle School Cell: (505) 350-5197 Marcella Garcia [email protected]

Bernalillo Elementary School Cell: (505) 259-9031 Carleen Mody [email protected]

Carroll Elementary School Cell: (505) 250-9447 Giselle Montoya [email protected]

Out of District Cell: (505) 208-1244 Kevin Naranjo [email protected]

TAMAYA Learning Center (Childcare)

(505) 867-3715

Interim Program Manager

Jeanice Pasqual [email protected]

Pre-K Teachers

Marcella Armijo Lasondra Menchego Tamara Gallegos

Toddler Room Teachers

Deana Sanchez Natalie Blackstar

Infant Room Teachers

Melinda Trancosa Jeanice Pasqual

Part-Time Teacher

Staci Aguilar

Child Care /Summer Lunch Cook

Vanessa Trancosa

Maintenance/Custodian

Dwight Mody

Language & Culture Program Office:(505) 771-6743

Program Manager (505)771-6721 Margaret Garcia [email protected]

Administrative Assistant (505)771-6743 Denelle Garcia [email protected]

Language & Culture Coordinator Cell:(505)377-0226 Juan Montoya [email protected]

Keres Language Teachers Cell:(505)270-3371 Fred Armijo [email protected] [email protected]

Mike Garcia Cell:(505)221-4857 [email protected] Lillian Masawiestewa [email protected] C. Bertha Murillo

Keres Materials Developer Rhoda Lahi [email protected]

Keres Language Teacher Assistants E. Raton Jr. Charlene Pino Donna Armijo Thelma Lahi

Santa Ana Department of Education

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Tribal Higher Education

Scholarship Supporting Documents

Due: July 1.

You can pick up a

scholarship

application packet at

the PSA/Department of

Education. Or call

771-6724 and a

scholarship

application packet can

be mailed to you.

Applications are due:

March 15

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Tamaya Youth Wellness & Recreation

Front Desk: (505) 771-6370

Facility Operations Director (505)771-6371 Arnold Sena [email protected]

Operations Manager (505)771-6373 Michael Fahey-Rosas [email protected]

Youth Wellness & Recreation Manager (505)771-6778 Alina Potrzebowski [email protected]

Youth Wellness Specialist (505)771-6742 Tanya Chino [email protected]

Recreation Specialist (505)331-5039 Prince Robertson [email protected]

Youth Fitness Assistants Lila Leon [email protected] Erin Pino [email protected] Demetria Magdalena [email protected] Carla Herrera [email protected]

I would like to wish everyone here in Santa Ana Pueblo a Happy New Year! I want to officially introduce myself, my name is Arnold Sena and I was recently hired as the new Facility Operations Director of The Tamaya Wellness Center. I am from New Mexico, I was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico and this coming March 2018 my beautiful wife Julie and I will be celebrating our 29th wedding anniversary. We also have two sons, a wonderful daughter in law and a delightfully amazing and beautiful Granddaughter. Our son Kendel is 20 years old and is currently at CNM studying to be a Master Mechanic. Our son Kendrick 27 years old is an Electrical Engineer working for PNM and his wife Mary Rose our daughter in law is currently working for Sandia National Laboratories as a Statistician, their daughter our beautiful granddaughter Anastasia will be 14 months old this month (January), she is such a joy and we, my wife and I are just so excited to be grandparents. You can probably tell that this is our first grandchild. I attended school in Albuquerque from kindergarten to 12th grade and graduated from Albuquerque High School in 1981. Upon graduating from high school I attended New Mexico Highlands University from 1981 through 1985 on Presidential and Athletic Scholarships. While in college I pursued a Degree in Business Administration/Management and played college basketball for the University for 4 years. I obtained my Bachelor of Business Administration/Management from New Mexico Highlands University in 2000. I currently have 35 plus years of working experience in recreation, management and administration. For 33 of those years I worked in City Government for the City of Albuquerque and in May of 2015 I retired from my position as Division Manager of the Community Recreation & Educational Initiatives Division. I thoroughly enjoyed my 33 years with the City of Albuquerque and the opportunity it gave me to work with and help people of all ages. In August of 2015 I took a job working for Youth Development Incorporation (YDI) as a Juvenile Youth Offender Case Manager, I was only there for approximately 4 months, but during my time there I found it very gratifying to be able to help young people straighten out their lives. It was definitely a hit and miss type of job, but when we were able to make a difference in a young person’s life it was a wonderful feeling. In September of 2015 Isleta Pueblo contacted me to see if I was still interested in the Parks & Recreation Department Director position that I had previously interviewed for in May of 2015, I told them that I was, so they interviewed a second time for that position and I was hired in November of 2015. From November of 2015 to December of 2017 I was employed with The Pueblo of Isleta as the Parks & Recreation Department Director for the pueblo. While working for the Pueblo of Isleta I have had the opportunity to learn more about the Native American Culture and many of their traditions. I made many friends and hopefully helped many people and the Isleta Pueblo Community while I was there and now I’m looking forward to working for and with all of you here in the Santa Ana Pueblo. I would like to take this opportunity to let all of you know that it’s a pleasure to be part of the Santa Ana Pueblo community, I truly consider myself fortunate to be part of such an amazing proud community and I am really looking forward to meeting and working with the residents of Santa Ana Pueblo and the Santa Ana Pueblo Government. I would love the opportunity to meet all of the residents of the Pueblo at some point or another. Please feel free to stop by the Tamaya Wellness Center and say Hi, I would love to meet you and hear about any ideas you may have to help make the Wellness Center better, if you are unable to stop by, please feel free to contact me .

HOURS OF OPERATION: MON.-FRI. 6:00a.m.-8:00p.m. AQUATICS AREA 9:00a.m.-7:30p.m.

SAT.-SUN. 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m. AQUATICS AREA 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m.

mailto:[email protected]








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Christmas in Hawaii

On the 14th of December children with painted faces

decked the halls of the wellness center, the sweet aroma

of grilled pineapple flooded the facility and the laughter of

families & friends filled the air as we celebrated Christmas

in Hawaiian fashion!! Over 200 people came to our luau

and enjoyed a night of Bingo, Sumo Wrestling, Prizes,

Face Painting, Good Food & Great Company! Thank you

to all who came to the event! A Special Shout

Out and Sincere Thank You to the Santa

Ana Police Department & the Dept. of

Social Services for making our

tropical celebration possible!

This Christmas was one for the books!

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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

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3-4 Teen Talk

4-5 Wiffle Ball

5-6 Homework Tutoring Self Selection

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3-4 Capture the Flag

4-5 Capture the Flag


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NO Program BPS No School Cultural Day

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3-4 Teen Choice

4-5 Kids Choice


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SWIM

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3-4 Teen Tutoring

4-5 MLK Activity


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3-4 Teen Choice

4-5 Outside Day


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3-4 Teen Tutoring

4-5 Social Services Presentation 5-6 Homework Tutoring Self Selection

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3-4 Teen Fitness

4-5 Dodgeball


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SWIM

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MLK Day No School

No Program

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3-4 Teen Choice

4-5 Outside Day


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3-4 Teen Tutoring

4-5 Hockey


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3-4 Teen Fitness

4-5 Board Game Tournament & Make your own snack


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SWIM

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3-4 Teen Tutoring

4-5 DNR Presentation


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3-4 Teen Choice

4-5 Outside Day


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BPS 1/2 Day Field Trip

Gravity Park & IMAX Theatre

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3-4 Teen Fitness

4-5 Cooking Activity & Make your own snack


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SWIM

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3-4 Teen Tutoring

4-5 Pearler Beads


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3-4 Teen Walk

4-5 Outside Day


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3-4 Teen Tutoring

4-5 Soccer


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4-5 Pow Wow Day


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SWIM

Winter Camp 8:00a.m.- 5:00p.m.

Tutoring Available

5:00pm-6:00pm

Hope Montoya Encinas &

Samantha Lujan

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At The Department of Education

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Science Mondays Homework Help Tutoring

Fruit Roll Ups

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3

No Program

Cultural Day

4 Computer Activities Homework Help Tutoring

Fun Snack

5 No Program

8 Science Mondays Homework Help Tutoring

Graham Crackers, Milk & Apple

9 Computer Activity Homework Help Tutoring

PB&J

10 Teambuilding Homework Help Tutoring

Goldfish & Cheese

11 Social Services Presentation Homework Help Tutoring

Apple & Nutella

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No School

16 Math Activity Homework Help Tutoring

Popcorn & Apple

17 Math Games Homework Help Tutoring

Tortillas w/ Cheese


Trail mix

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No Program

22 Science Mondays Homework Help Tutoring

Veggies w/ Ranch

23 Computer Activity Homework Help Tutoring

Grilled Ham & Cheese

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BPS 1/2 Day

TBD

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January

Birthday

Celebration

Surprise Snack

26 No Program


Grilled Cheese & Banana

30 Literacy Activity Homework Help Tutoring

Atole

31 Scavenger Hunt Homework Help Tutoring

Pretzels & String Cheese

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No ProgramNo ProgramNo Program BPS Winter BreakBPS Winter BreakBPS Winter Break

Any questions or concerns

about our after-school activi-

ties or snack menu, please call

DJ Hardy @ 505-771-6791

or stop by the

Department of Education