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The latest on Southwest Learning Centers and our School Community.OK Class; Let’s Learn From Charter Schools
Some established New Mexico charter schools received good report cards recently according to a June 14, 2007 Albuquerque Journal article. Read the full story. Read More »
June 14, 2007
Students in Older Charters Outperform Counterparts
Students attending "older" charter schools— those that opened in 2001 or earlier like Southwest Secondary Learning Center— outperformed their regular school counterparts in reading, math and science, according to a study of charter school achievement in the state. Read the full story published in the Albuquerque Journal on June 9, 2007. Read More »
May 29, 2007
Students Try to Contact Sports Heroes
Southwest Learning Centers' physical education teacher Karen Jeffery leads her seventh-grade students' in a project to contact their favorite athletes. Read the full story as published in the Thursday, May 24, 2007 edition of the Albuquerque Journal. Read More »
May 17, 2007
Southwest Secondary Learning Center’s flight school story aired.
The Southwest Secondary Learning Center's flight school story aired on KRQE News 13 on May 16th. Read More »
May 14, 2007
Southwest Secondary Learning Center’s flight school story to be aired
KRQE News 13, as well as channel 10 in Roswell and channel 6 in Durango and Farmington will be airing the story on the Southwest Secondary Learning Center flight school during the 10:00 PM broadcast on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. The story will re-air on Fox channel 2 during the 9:00 PM broadcast on Wednesday, May 16, 2007. Read More »
May 10, 2007
Charters’ Access to Funds Limited
Scott Glasrud, the CFO of Southwest Learning Centers, writes the Albuquerque Journal in response to a previous article on charter school funding. Read More »
May 03, 2007
APS Won’t Take Building Funds
The Albuquerque Public School District will not participate this year in a program intended to distribute school construction funds equitably statewide. Read the full story as published in the Thursday, May 3, 2007 edition of the Albuquerque Journal. Read More »
May 03, 2007
Sandia National Labs hosts first-ever High School Homeland Security Conference
Southwest Learning Centers was one of four High Schools in the nation to participate in the first-ever High School Homeland Security Conference hosted by Sandia National Labs. The event was a huge success, and Southwest Learning Centers has been asked to be the only New Mexico school represented at next year’s conference. Read the full story as published in the Sandia Lab News. Read More »
April 30, 2007
If schools can buy iPods, we must improve basics
Editorial, By THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN April 21, 2007 Read the full Editorial as published by The Santa Fe New Mexican in the Saturday, April 21, 2007 OPED section. Read More »
April 18, 2007
$40,000 for Southwest Secondary Learning Center iPods
Southwest Secondary Learning Center receives $40,000 for iPods: Students can now podcast the Learning Center's on-line lectures. Read the full Albuquerque Journal story. Read More »