Communities In Schools of New Mexico

Hello Everyone. I work for Communities in Schools at Ortiz Middle School here in Santa Fe. This past year of remote learning has been the most difficult year for me and my students. About halfway through the school year many of my students had at least 4 or more F's. In order to help motivate my students to improve their grades and want to move on to the next grade I offered to help purchase certain items such as a laptop, a pc, music instruments, and/or sports equipment. Many of my students took this incentive and ran with it and finished the year with No F's this final quarter and many with their lowest grade being a C! 
I am now asking for the help from our community to see if I can make sure that these students receive their prizes over the summer and all their hard work and accomplishments are recognized! Any amount helps and is greatly appreciated!

Hi!  We just had our first snow in Santa Fe yesterday, and it motivated me to get going on an important project - getting winter coats for the students who need them at Ortiz Middle School!

I’ve worked with Communities in Schools of NM for a while and am amazed by the great work they do to support kids with the resources they need to do well in school.  The CIS site coordinator at Ortiz recently put together a list of students there that will need warm coats this winter (i.e. their parents can’t afford to buy them and they are unlikely to receive them from other programs) - there are 60 KIDS THAT NEED COATS!

While CIS staff is working to find coats for the kids who need them at the other Santa Fe schools they serve, I am trying to raise funds to buy the coats for the students at Ortiz.  Fortunately, there are warm coats available at places like Costco and Target for $30.  

If you are interested in helping, please consider donating towards a coat or two - the money collected through this gofundme will go directly to CIS so they can buy the needed coats.

Any questions, feel free to email me.  Many thanks!

—- Rachel 

More information about Communities In Schools of New Mexico: We surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. By placing full-time, social worker trained professionals inside of schools, Communities In Schools of New Mexico brings a holistic approach to address the academic and non-academic needs of students, keeping them in school and on a path to graduation.