San Felipe Pueblo Elementary School

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San Felipe Pueblo Elementary School (SFPES), also known as San Felipe Pueblo Day School, is a Bureau of Indian Education-operated school in San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. It is a K-7 school, [1] and was previously a K-8 school. [2]

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It has a laboratory for education in aeronautics fields that was established by NASA; as of 2003 it is the only such laboratory in any American elementary school. [3]

Facilities

In the 1990s an educator who assisted various New Mexican schools with mathematics and science programs suggested to NASA that they establish an educational laboratory at San Felipe Pueblo. In 1999 the agency offered to build one on the condition that the community do fundraising to where it could generate $200,000. [4] The laboratory was dedicated in 2002. [5]

Curriculum

The Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP), in 1979, became a part of the curriculum at the school. [6]

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References

  1. "San Felipe Pueblo Elementary School". Bureau of Indian Education . Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  2. "San Felipe Pueblo Elementary School". National Center for Education Statistics . Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  3. "Gov., Prince Swap Presents". Albuquerque Journal . Albuquerque, New Mexico. 2003-10-21. pp. 1, 3. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.
  4. Kaplan, Dana (1999-07-28). "School Plan No Flight of Fancy". Albuquerque Journal . Albuquerque, New Mexico. pp. West Side Journal pp. 1–2. - Clipping of first and of second page from Newspapers.com.
  5. "Pueblo School Gets Aerospace Education Lab". Albuquerque Journal . Albuquerque, New Mexico. 2002-08-15. p. West Side Journal p. 1. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
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