2019 Summer Learning Adventure

This free enrichment program themed as NM WILD! will be offered at three of our schools: Manzano Mesa, Sunset View and Tony Hillerman.

What is Summer Learning Adventure?

Summer Learning Adventure (SLA) is a free enrichment 15-day program themed as NM WILD! offered at three of our schools: Manzano Mesa, Sunset View and Tony Hillerman.  The NM WILD!  program will explore literacy, math, science, social studies and the arts while focusing on New Mexico plants animals, habitats, aquatics and geology.  The purpose of this program is to give students extra educational time while in a camp like setting using fun, project based, hands-on learning.

Who is eligible to participate?

• All students currently enrolled Kinder – 5^th at non-K5 sites (see chart below) will go to SLA at either Manzano Mesa or Sunset View as long as space is available.
• All currently enrolled 5^th graders at K5 sites (list of K5 sites) and all middle school students in grades 6th, 7th and 8th are eligible to attend the SLA at Tony Hillerman as long as space is available. 
• Registration is limited to 325 students at each site. Enrollment is on a first come, first serve basis.  You will receive a message/email to inform you of your child’s status of enrollment or wait list in May 2019.

How do I enroll my child?

Check with your schools front office staff, principal or teacher for registration/parent agreement form, OR download the registration/parent agreement form.  Once form is complete, you MUST send in one of the following ways:

• Fax to Charmaine Sanchez at 505-855-9877;
• Email to charmaine.sanchez@aps.edu; or
• Bring into APS City Center at 6400 Uptown Blvd NE, Suite 600 West Tower 87110

Is there a deadline to register for the SLA program?

Yes, the registration/parent agreement deadline is April 5, 2019 or until capacity is met.

Lunch

Lunch will be available for all students. 

Transportation

Student bus transportation is provided but optional.

• CURRENTLY enrolled Kinder–5 grade students at non-K5 sites (see chart below) will attending SLA at either Manzano Mesa or Sunset View and will be picked up and dropped off at their current elementary school.
• All CURRENTLY enrolled 5th graders at K5 PLUS sites and current 6th-8th graders attending SLA at Tony Hillerman will have bus transportation provided to/from your students home middle school daily. Find your students home middle school.

Schedules will be posted here closer to the start of the program.

Please read the Parent information and the Parent Student Expectations, it is for all 3 schools.  Also below you will find your child's bus schedule/routes and Golden Bus Ticket which you will fill out with student information and give to the bus driver on their first trip to their SLA site. 

Summer Learning Adventure School Sites

School Site	Sitting Principal	Summer Principal	School Phone	Start/End Time:
Manzano Mesa Elementary	Natalie Sather		292-6707	Times: 8:00am - 2:20pm
If your Kindergarten through Fifth grade child/children attends one of the following schools below they can participate in the Summer Learning Adventure program at Manzano Mesa Elementary for Summer 2019.
A. Montoya	Coronado	Manzano Mesa	Navajo	Tres Volcanes K-8
Bandelier	Hawthorne	Monte Vista	San Antonito	Whittier
Collet Park	Los Padillas	Montezuma	Sandia Base	Zia
Sunset View Elementary	Linda Townsend-Johnson		792-3254	Times: 8:00am 2:20pm
If your Kindergarten through Fifth grade child/children attends one of the following schools below they can participate in the Summer Learning Adventure program at Sunset View Elementary for Summer 2019.
Alvarado	Double Eagle	John Baker	Petroglyph	SY Jackson
Arroyo del Oso	Georgia O'Keeffe	North Star	Seven Bar	Tierra Antigua
Comanche	Griegos	Onate	Sierra Vista
Dennis Chavez	Hubert Humphrey	Osuna	Sunset View
Tony Hillerman Middle School	Michelle Armijo		792-0698	Times: 8:00am - 2:20pm
All CURRENT APS 6th - 8th grade middle schools students can participate in the Summer Learning Adventure program at Tony Hillerman Middle school for Summer 2019. OUTGOING 5th graders from K5 plus sites (click here for list of K5 sites ) can participate in the Summer Learning Adventure program at Tony Hillerman Middle school for Summer 2019.