You Can Help Bring Children’s a Museum to Las Cruces
I first met Frank Lopez with Ngage New Mexico a couple of years ago over coffee. He was telling me about an ambitious project of his fairly new education advocacy group to map out how to bring early childhood education to Doña Ana County. How many kids needed it, what it would cost, how many…
Get Involved!
It is easy today to use our money to invest in ourselves—to pursue our immediate desires and the conveniences of modern life. It is easy to spend time on screens, to experience life virtually through the safety of a computer; to get caught up in our emails, in our calendars, in our own families. It…
Ngage New Mexico boosts education goals in Doña Ana County
(See this article in the Las Cruces Sun News) Mary Parr-Sanchez, vice president for the National Education Association New Mexico and a teacher for 25 years, said she became involved in Ngage New Mexico, a Las Cruces based nonprofit organization, and the SUCCESS! Partnership more than a year ago to help bring teachers, nurses and…
Las Cruces-Area Group Announces Effort To Support High School Students
(See this article in the Las Cruces Sun News) Las Cruces, NM- The SUCCESS! Partnership is proud to announce the launch of the SUCCESS! Partnership Alumni Network, a new initiative that will help local high school students apply to college and build successful careers by connecting them with alumni from Dona Aña County. The Network…
Leaders meet to improve county graduation rates
(See this article in the Las Cruces Sun News) LAS CRUCES — In 2008, statistics showed that if a student started high school in Las Cruces Public Schools, he or she was more likely not to graduate within the LCPS system than they were to walk across a stage in a cap and gown four…
Sen. Bill Soules and David Greenberg: SUCCESS in education means all working together
(See this article in the Las Cruces Sun News) Recent reports have characterized our state as failing when it comes to education and child wellbeing. And yet, if you were to ask any 10 Doña Ana County residents how they define success for children in our schools and our community, you would likely get 10…
Collaborating for educational success in Doña Ana County
(See this article in the Las Cruces Sun News) Every second, 700 neural connections are formed in a baby’s brain. Over 80 percent of brain development occurs within the first five years of a child’s life. And while our state continues to wrestle with how to fund early childhood education so we can take advantage…
The First Teacher Program
At a recent First Teacher session a parent wrote: I like when we talk about goals for our children because we are the First Teacher that is very true. This program teaches us to interact with our children so that they learn. It is not just a simple book, it is a tool to learn….