The New Mexico Public Education Department has just announced that schools are able to open for all students who wish to attend school. Remote options will still be available for families who do not want to send their students. After spring break, we will meet to plan our full reentry, there is still a large amount of planning that is necessary for a full reentry. In the meantime, we will continue with our original hybrid opening until we solidify our full opening plans. If your student is in school under the hybrid model, continue to do so, if your student was attending remotely, continue to do so. We will announce the full opening as soon as we have a solid date.
Thank you and stay safe.
Marvin MacAuley
Superintendent
Boys' JV/V basketball practice will be held Monday (3/8), Tuesday (3/9), and Wednesday (3/10)of next week from 9-11 am.
Congratulations to the following Lazaro Garcia Middle School MESA students and their sponsor, Ms. Faith Rivera for winning the Rio Mora Steam Competition.
Kailey Vasquez
Ashlynn Abeyta
Alainah Abeyta
You have made the Mora school community proud.
Parents,
Mora/Holman Elementary will not be having hybrid or virtual instruction on Monday March 15, 2021. Hybrid instruction will begin on Tuesday March 16, 2021 at Mora Elementary. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused and thank you for your continued support.
Buses will depart the district at 9 am today, March 5th with a two week bulk meal delivery. Please be at your child's bus stop to assist your child. For your safety and ours please wear your face coverings. Students attending Hybrid Model have already received their meals for the two weeks and do not have to pick up meals today. Thank you!
Boys' V/JV basketball practice will begin at 4:00 pm today instead of 4:30. Please be ready to practice promptly at 4:00.
Juniors who are taking the SAT must bring their school-issued Chromebooks tomorrow. If you do not have a Chromebook, there will be some available for check-out.
Please note that MHS will still be conducting virtual classes on Monday, March 3, 2021.
Just a reminder that there will be no in-person learning for high school on March 3rd. MHS will be conducting the SAT test for the Juniors. All Juniors must report to the high school by 7:45 am.
Buses will depart the district at 9 am today, February 26th with meal deliveries. Please be at your child’s bus stop. For your safety and ours please wear your face covering. Students attending Hybrid Model have already received their meals for the week and do not have to pick up meals today. Thank you!
PRESS RELEASE
February 24, 2021
P-EBT food benefits for 246,000 New Mexico children to be extended for school year 2020-2021
SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Human Services Department and Public Education Department partner to issue another round of Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) to students who qualify for free or reduced meal program and who continue remote or hybrid learning model for the 2020-2021 school year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture allocated more than $27 million monthly in additional benefits for New Mexico – enough to feed more than 246,000 vulnerable children each month.
“These very important benefits will continue to provide nutritional assistance to New Mexico families”, said Human Services Department Deputy Secretary, Angela Medrano.
Eligibility for the P-EBT program is determined by the New Mexico Public Education Department, which shares student information with the Human Services Department to issue benefits through P-EBT cards. The P-EBT program applies to all eligible students regardless of their family’s SNAP eligibility. In addition, New Mexico households with children who receive free or reduced-price meals will see an increase in their P-EBT benefits from $5.86 to $6.82 per child per day.
Each issuance will include at least two (2) months of benefits. Previous P-EBT benefits were issued through the month of September 2020. The tentative P-EBT issuance schedule is as follows:
Benefit Month(s): October – November 2020 Issuance: February 28, 2021
Benefit Month(s):December 2020 – January 2021 Issuance: March 28, 2021
Benefit Month(s):February – March 2021 Issuance: TBD
Benefit Month(s):April – May 2021 Issuance: TBD
Benefit Month(s):June 2021 Issuance: TBD
P-EBT cards for newly eligible P-EBT students will be mailed on March 8th, please allow 7-10 days for mail delivery. Human Services Department will not issue new P-EBT cards to existing P-EBT households. If the household no longer has their P-EBT card, they can request a new card by:
• Contacting the department’s P-EBT card vendor directly at 1-800-843-8303; or
• Logging onto the P-EBT portal through YesNM at https://www.yes.state.nm.us/yesnm/home/index.
For additional information or eligibility questions please call the P-EBT hotline at 1-833-415-0569. For frequently asked questions and to view the amount of benefits issued based on each school schedule, please visit: Help Feed Your Children with Pandemic EBT | New Mexico Human Services Department (state.nm.us).
Seniors,
Please submit the name you would like on your diploma as soon as possible. If we do not receive that information, we will use the name provided in Powerschool. Also, if you have not submitted your senior photo for the banner, please submit it as soon as possible. The deadline for the names and photos will be March 1st.
Respectfully,
Lefonso Castillo
On March 3rd, there will be no in-person learning for high school students as we will be conducting the SAT for our Juniors. All MHS Juniors will need to report to the high school by 7:45 am.
All prospective Cross Country runners must attend practice Thursday, Feb 25 @ 3:15 pm for final try out before the season begins. Athletes MUST wear a mask throughout the entire run/practice. XC runners can be 8th-12th grade students who are academically eligible.
Brand new Ranger/Rangerette activity bus has arrived!
February 21, 2021
MISD School Community,
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, during the MISD Board Meeting, it was decided that all our school sites will re-open for in-person learning. We would like to thank all our staff and community members that attended the recent board meeting.
Mora High School will re-open in a hybrid model on February 23, 2021 for Juniors and Seniors and February 24, 2021 for Freshmen and Sophomores. Lazaro Garcia Middle School and Mora/Holman Elementary will reopen on March 15, 2021. There will be an orientation for high school staff on February 22; therefore, there will no “live” classes on that day (high school only). Please use that day to make up any missing or late assignments as the we are near the end of the 3rd nine-weeks. A survey was sent out earlier this month and parents had the option to allow their children to attend school via the hybrid model or to choose to keep their children in a remote setting for the remainder of the school year, if they felt it is a better option.
Due to NMPED requirements, in-person learning will look different this year. If you requested that your children attend school via the hybrid model you will be receiving correspondence on policy and procedures. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the office at 575-387-3123.
Thank you,
Lefonso Castillo, Principal
Buses will depart the district at 9 am today, February 19th with meal deliveries. Please be at your child’s bus stop. For your safety and ours please wear your face covering. Thank you!
Due to road conditions, open gym for tonight will be cancelled and will resume next week.
MISD is aware that there is an issue with the Google classroom platform. We are working with Google to resolve this issue.
Due to road conditions Mora/Holman Elementary will remain remote learning for all students on Thursday February 18th.