Deming High School competed at the Film Prize Junior NM 2023 Film Festival in Albuquerque on April 1st. The students short film "Holy Cross" won 1st place in the categories Best Thriller and Audience's Choice. The Media Production CTE program is ran by Ms. Liz Gomez and Mrs. Liz Kreigel. Congratulations to this amazing program! Below are highlights from Film Prize Junior NM.

Culinary students competed on April 22 at the Walt Disney Resort in Orlando, Florida. There were 3 flights of 22 teams each. A total of 834 students competed. 1st-3rd were awarded for Main and Side dishes. Our students sadly, did not bring home any awards. They were teamed up with a group of 9 students from Indiana. We met them the morning of the competition and we all made fast friends. Our students drew Africa as their continent so they had to cook food with African flavors. Students had 90 minutes to complete 12 dishes of each item. They finished before time and their dishes were beautiful and delicious. Our students had a great time and learned so much. Students also toured the top hospitality school in the nation right in Orlando and the students were very impressed by the training they received from the Disney team. 

Deming Public Schools will be adopting new Social Studies Curriculum for the 2023-2024 School Year for grades K-12. The school district is seeking community comment and input on adoption selections. Sample materials are on display at our central office location and available digital using the links and information below.

The possible materials all have the following:

• High quality instructional materials designation by the New Mexico Department of Education
• Alignment with the New Mexico Social Studies Standards
• Further NMPED information can be found by clicking this LINK.
• Spanish materials offered and instructional support for English Learners
• Instructional support for Special Education
• Digital platform access

McGraw Hill 

Grades K-5

https://mheducation.padlet.org/mhecalifornia/impact-k-5-new-mexico-co5nxzam3w8rhz7x  

Password: IMPACTNM

Grades 6-12

https://mheducation.padlet.org/steven_tutunick/mcgraw-hill-social-studies-grades-6-12-suite-ex7tbcd8roztqfpl

Password: ss2023

Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt 

https://sites.google.com/hmhclassroom.com/newmexico/hss

SAVVAS

https://learning.savvas.com/nm-deming

Please send your input, comments, and questions to Jessica Etcheverry at jessica.etcheverry@demingps.org by Wednesday, May 26, 2023.

Happy Secretary's day to Amber Sandoval Mendenhall and Maryssa Hernandez! They keep My Little School running smoothly day in and day out no matter what obstacle they encounter. You both are appreciated for all you do.  No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you! 

Students at Bataan Elementary participate in a program called Book Blast.

Book Blast is a program that promotes reading. Each student invited friends and family members to donate on their behalf. All donations where used to purchase books for our students. Every student took home at least one book. Higher participation means more books for the student. Some students took home over 10 books. Thank you to Librarian Abril Perea for putting this together.

Mrs. Valdespino and Mrs. Holguin BEST secretaries in the district. Celebrating Secretaries' day at Bataan Elementary School.

Bataan Elementary School student council proudly collected school wide items for the animal shelter-Deming Animal Guardians. Over 300 items were donated. Thank you for the support!

The Easter Bunny arrived at Bataan Elementary School to hide some easter eggs and take pictures right before spring break.

Lemonade kick off day. Counselors from Bataan and Chaparral Elementary came out to support our students.

Cinco de Mayo Celebrations

Memorial Elementary 3rd graders went on a field trip to the Catwalk.

Students enjoyed a field trip to watch Super Mario Brothers and play at Trees Lake Park.

Memorial's Lemonade Day team and guest speaker Mrs. Pamm Reynolds. Mrs. Reynolds spoke to the students about how she started her own business and brought lemon cookies to enjoy.



Memorial Elementary will have a Lemonade Stand, “Legacy Lemonade,” set up on Lemonade Day May 13 from 9am-3pm in the drop off zone at Memorial Elementary.

School dance "To the Moon & Back”

A group of students from Mrs. Kartchner’s class took a dance break to pose for a picture.

RST staff playing kickball with our students!

Ms. Maag w/ student celebrating Pay Day Friday prize for perfect attendance for the week.

Congratulations to the Science Fair winners for grades 3-5 at RST

Super Mario Bros. Day Level up Assembly in preparation for Testing 

Congratulations to Mr. Urbina and his MESA Students. DIS placed 7^th overall out of 44 schools. They also earned 1^st place in Prepared Design.

DIS invited incoming 6th graders and their parents to meet our staff and learn more about what to expect for the 23-24 school year.  

Steve Stucker visited Deming on his retirement tour. Our State Champions RMMS Archery team showed off their skills and coached Mr. Stucker on shooting an arrow.

It’s official! Ashlynn McGinnis took 3rd place at Nationals and is an All American Academic Archer! (pic of one of her perfect scoring rounds)

We are so grateful for everyone who lifted the Archery Team up and supported them along the way.

Congratulations Archery Team Champions!

Our Girls and Boys Track and Field Teams placed 6^th and 3^rd respectively, with numerous Gold, Silver and Bronze medalists.

Our present list of NMAA State T&F Championship Qualifiers includes:

Victoria Baca       Shot Put

Angel Ortega       110m Hurdles

Ezra Hensley       Shot Put

Fabian Reyna       100m

Ian Ortiz           Shot Put and Discus

With two meets, Alamogordo and Mayfield, remaining we're looking forward to

District Championships at Chaparral HS, May 6, 2023.

We would like to congratulate the Deming High School Skills USA team for winning silver as a Chapter of Excellence in the State of New Mexico and bringing home multiple medals from the conference in Albuquerque. 

Gold medalists have qualified to compete at the National Skills and Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia June 15-23 . 

Medalists are as follows, 

• Alyssa Chavez-Kim Dominguez and Blanca Miller… gold in career pathways showcase for food and agriculture 
• Camila Gardea- Gold in First Aid/CPR 
• Tiffany Parra- Silver in First Aid/CPR 

• Ayshleen Lopez- Gold in Basic Healthcare Skills 
• Sofia Perez- Silver in Basic Healthcare Skills 
• Tania Espinoza- Bronze in Basic Healthcare Skills 

• Brianna Sandoval-Carolina Lobato and Jazmine Ledezma… Gold in American Spirit 
• Karina Gonzales- Gold in Nurse Assisting 
• Rey Reyes- Silver in Nurse Assisting 
• Sheila Vazquez- Bronze in Nurse Assisting 

• Valarie Herrera-Adam Jaquez and Marisol Valerio… Silver in Engineering Career Pathways Showcase 

• Olivia Pinto- Silver in Restaurant Services 
• Lily Stoddard- Bronze in Restaurant Services 

• Aidan Villescas- Bronze in Culinary Arts 

• Ayshleen Lopez was elected to the 2023-2024 State Officer Team and Kassie Nieto was re-elected to the 2023-2024 State Officer Team for her second term 

• Yulisa Mendez and Galilea Alvarado were elected as Post-Secondary/College State Officers as they graduate from Mimbres Valley High School and begin Dona Ana Community College in the Fall. 

The Skills USA State Leadership and Skills Conference was held April 12-15 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Central NM Community College in Albuquerque, NM. Special speakers were Chelle Travas, Executive Director for SkillsUSA  and Howie C. Morales, NM Lieutenant Governor. Deming High School had 36 members competing and 3 advisors attended the conference.



Advisors are: Mary Anderson, Genevieve Wertz and Chris Ortiz

Congratulations to the 2023 National Honor Society New Inductees

Early College High School students studied the phenomenon of clumping red blood cells or agglutination to identify blood types. The students also had the opportunity to engage in a maternity testing exercise to better understand genotypes and phenotypes. Moving forward, the students will study bacterial evolution to understand the phenomenon of antibiotic resistance. 

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, is National School Nurse Day! We honor all school nurse leaders bridging healthcare and education, providing care coordination, advocating for quality student-centered care, and collaborating to design systems that allow individuals and communities to develop their full potential!

For more information contact Deming Luna County Economic Development at cward@cityofdeming.org or (575) 546-8848 ext. 118.

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