Lhadze Bosiljevac | AmeriCorps VISTA | 3/20/2020 As we all learn to cope and begin to adjust to the new normal of these unsettling times, it is important that we rely on trustworthy sources for up-to-date health information. Opportunity Santa Fe recommends two evidence-based sources: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html ; and State-based information, such as the
Remember elementary school math? How you slogged through the times table, struggled with story problems and generally dreaded the whole thing? Since the beginning of MathAmigos, its members who focused their professional lives in math, remembered that experience and asked themselves: “Why shouldn’t kids love math?” Members of MathAmigos know that math can be fun, interesting and exciting. But, how
Ralph Holcomb | AmeriCorps VISTA | 1/24/2020 During this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Opportunity Santa Fe VISTAs chose to make it a “day on” rather than taking a day off. Instead of working at desks, we joined Habitat for Humanity and their AmeriCorps National volunteers to make some much-needed construction improvements to Santa Fe’s Sojourners Café. Sojourners is
Last year was a productive one for Opportunity Santa Fe (OSF) and our Collaborative Working Groups (CWGs) — filled with many accomplishments and new insights. In 2019, we supported 14 CWGs and their work in ways that will to help turn the curve for the children and youth of the City of Santa Fe. Below are a few of the
By Perli Cunanan, Amy Miller, Rayna Dineen | The Reading Group Victor, a second grade student, could not read at all and felt badly about himself. He had become convinced that he was just stupid. Embarrassed, he didn’t want his classmates to know that he couldn’t read. He was beginning to give up on school. Victor’s teacher realized he needed
By Dana Greenblatt | Out of School Engagement for In Class Success, Santa Fe Community Educators Network As the afternoon sun hangs over late season sunflowers and ripe tomatoes at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, local elementary school students are deeply engaged in harvesting the summer’s abundant crop. Under the guidance of Cooking with Kids! and Santa Fe Botanical Garden
By Catherine Dry | Director, Santa Fe Baby Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation | March 28, 2019 We live in an infant care desert in Santa Fe. As a community, we only have enough high quality, center-based child care for seven percent of the babies born in our city. The Baby Fund, in close collaboration with the Infant Care Workgroup
By Jennifer Duran-Sallee | Director, Early Childhood Center of Excellence, Santa Fe Community College | March 28, 2019 The year’s legislative session was full of promise and excitement thanks to the great surplus of state funding available. One of the most exciting bills for early childhood passed on March 14, when Governor Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 22 (SB22) into law
Sarah R. Cheney | VISTA Lead | March 7, 2019 The week of March 11th – 15th marks the annual celebration of AmeriCorps week – a time to celebrate all things AmeriCorps. Over the last three years, Opportunity Santa Fe has received backbone support from 16 AmeriCorps VISTAs and 21 Summer Associates. Joining in the celebration, a few of our
