Alamogordo Public Schools & Holloman Air Force Base 2013 National Blue Ribbon School Award Winner! Holloman Elementary Students and Airmen enjoy HMS was the ONLY Middle School in Field Day activities the State of New Mexico to receive this honor. Holloman Big Give’s Project: “Stuff the Bus” donates backpacks, school supplies and Walmart Gift Cards

Holloman Middle School Holiday Food Drive

APS Open House at Holloman AFB

F-16s from Holloman AFB’s 314th Fighter Squadron honor military students from Holloman Elementary & Middle Schools with a flyby during the Month of the Military Child Operation Soldier Smiles

2016 Airmen Cookie Drive

2016 AFJROTC Pass-in-Review Change of Command Ceremony

101 year old WWII Veteran lights a candle and is honored for his service during Veterans’ Day Assembly

Alamogordo Public Schools was proud to bestow Korean War Veteran, Jose Benitez his High School Diploma 62 years after he returned home from the war. Enrollment

# of Active Duty Students Total # of Students Holloman Elementary 399 452 Holloman Middle School 169 185 TOTAL 568 637

# of Active Duty Students in all other Alamogordo Public Schools # of Active Duty Students Total # of Students Buena Vista Elementary 24 304 Desert Star Elementary 35 511 Heights Elementary 22 256 High Rolls Mt. Park Elementary 5 40 La Luz Elementary 7 249 North Elementary 11 308 Oregon Elementary 5 195 Sierra Elementary 50 355 Yucca Elementary 55 315 Chaparral Middle School 40 634 Mt. View Middle School 49 460 Academy del Sol High School 1 133 Alamogordo High School 172 1349 TOTAL 476 5749

Holloman Elementary & Middle School Employees who live on Base

Holloman Elementary School 15 of 51

Holloman Middle School 2 of 22 Student/Teacher Ratio

School Name # of Students # of Teachers Average Ratio Holloman Middle School 185 16 12:1 Chaparral Middle School 631 45 14:1 Alamogordo High School 1362 88 15:1 La Luz Elementary 254 16 16:1 Mountain View Middle School 461 29 16:1 Academy del Sol High School 133 8 17:3 Holloman Elementary 452 26 18:1 Desert Star Elementary 522 28 19:1 Heights Elementary 259 13 20:1 High Rolls Mt. Park Elementary 40 2 20:1 North Elementary 337 17 20:1 Oregon Elementary 198 10 20:1 Sierra Elementary 336 16 21:1 Buena Vista Elementary 310 14 22:1 Yucca Elementary 347 16 22:1 Pete Taylor Partnership of Excellence Award

Alamogordo Public Schools and Holloman Air Force Base are recipients of the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Pete Taylor Partnership of Excellence Award. This award recognizes the successful partnerships and projects that ultimately benefit military-connected children.

Power Up! Team Holloman has made several connections, including the work of the APS Military Community Liaison (MCL) and the Holloman AFB School Liaison Officer with various military connected student groups throughout the year. Various brochures have been developed and distributed to market the availability of collaborative programs, the DoDEA grants, and existing opportunities. The MCL also has a section on the APS website dedicated to welcoming military families to our community. These webpages contain valuable information necessary to families as they enter the Alamogordo Public School District.

Student Representatives from the S2S Program, have attended the awards ceremony each year in Washington D.C. to receive the awards.

Power Up! Team Holloman receives 2016 Recognition of Partnership Award S2S Program

Alamogordo High School~S2S was chosen to represent the S2S (Student-to- Student) program at the Military Child Education Coalition 16th National Training Seminar in Washington, DC in July 2014! Of more than 325 S2S sites worldwide, only seven S2S schools were chosen to participate at the conference.

AHS~S2S was chosen on a number of factors, including their outstanding implementation of the S2S program and the quality and quantity of progress reports pre- sented throughout the school year.

This is an opportunity to showcase the AHS~S2S program, but also an opportunity build on leadership skills. Additionally, they had the opportunity to meet and talk to many high achieving individuals who also attended the training seminar.

AHS S2S Students with Retired General Larry Spencer, Vice-Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force Frances Hesselbein Leadership Award

Daniel Ferenczhalmy, a junior at Alamogordo High School, is one of only 12 students nationwide selected by the Military Child Education Coalition to attend the Frances Hesselbein Student Leadership Program at the United States Air Force Academy this spring. This program was designed to create leaders in the MCEC sponsored Student to Student (S2S) Program, which was created to support transitioning military high school students based on 6 core values: Leadership, Relationships, Academics, Finding the Way, Service, and 100% Acceptance.

The FHSLP focuses on identifying students who demonstrate extraordinary leadership potential to participate in a weeklong training, led by senior military cadets at either the US Military Academy or the US Air Force Academy. During the training students will work together to develop and enhance their leadership, communication, and team building skills with the expectation that this experience will enrich and lead to continued growth of each participant's local Student to Student program.

Daniel is currently serving as the 1st Vice President of the AHS S2S program and is the fourth student selected by MCEC to represent Alamogordo High School at FHSLP. Walk a Mile in THEIR Shoes

April was the Month of the Military Child. To celebrate and honor them, APS Military Community Liaison, Natalie Wimberley, worked with LaurieAnn Goodier Holloman AFB’s School Liaison Officer to coordinate “Walk a Mile in Their Shoes.” The event kicked off at Alamogordo High School with a welcome rally and guest speakers. The mile long walk ended at the APS Administration Complex with refreshments before the monthly school board meeting. During the meeting, several local military connected students were recognized for their outstanding achievements.

It was a great show of support for our military children because…“Kids Serve, Too!”

Holloman Elementary School won the autographed “Celebration Banner” since they had the most participants at the event. JS2S Has it in the Bag!

The JS2S students from all three middle schools have been busy putting together welcome packets for students who come in mid-year. The treat bags are stuffed with mascot Chocolate Bars, welcome letters, pencils, a school bell schedule, school map, and “Top 10” lists of students’ favorite things to do and places to eat in Alamogordo.

All middle schools and AHS are developing ambassador programs that will pair new students with a current student in our S2S or JS2S clubs with similar interests. New students will get tours, be paired with lunch buddies, and will get one of these fun, school specific bags. Military Art & Essay Contest Winners 2016 Alamogordo Public Schools fully supports the efforts of Holloman Air Force Base, it’s mission and the importance to our community.

As we continue to strengthen our long-standing partnership, we look forward to future endeavors.

Administration

Superintendent Jerrett Perry Deputy Superintendent of Operations Colleen Tagle Deputy Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Cara Malone Chief of Safety & Security Doyle Syling

Director of Federal Programs & Special Projects Board of Education Kristie Eamello Coordinator of Innovation & President - Angela Cadwallader Instructional Technology Vice-President - Ryan Sherwood Dr. Whitney Anderson, Ed.D Secretary - Carol Teweleit Director of Special Education Steve Starkovich Member - Judy Rabon Business & Finance Liaison Member - Anthony Torres Marie Bouma Ex-Officio Member - Col. Bryan Callahan Coordinator of Technology Infrastructure & Operations Steve Van Duyn