Our Community Outreach team presenting to our International Welcome Center Student and Family Advisors about the importance of having engaging, collaborative meetings with our LCPS families! Together we thrive!
In the summer, the Las Cruces Public Schools Safe Routes to school program suffered a setback. On June 17, a storage area at Lynn middle school was broken into and nine bicycles were stolen.
Working quickly with Las Cruces police, our safe routes coordinator, Ashleigh Curry, gathered her team and started searching through social media for any tips or leads on recovering the bikes. After recognizing one of the bikes for sale on Facebook, Ashleigh notified the police, and through a series of quick investigative work, a theft ring was discovered, an arrest was made, and five of the bicycles were recovered, along with two stolen vehicles that were part of a separate investigation.
For their diligent work, Las Cruces Public Schools would like to thank Officer Austin Kane of LCPD and Lieutenant Joy Wiitala. The LCPD unit that investigated and recovered the bikes was the Community Street Crimes Unit, along with the following personnel:
Sgt. Lazarin
Sgt. Campa
Officer Smith
Officer Rodriguez
Officer. Palos
Officer Velasco
Officer Kelley
Officer Kane
Officer Mora
Officer Roybal
Officer Berling
It's time again for Ngage NM's Annual Fundraiser, Celebrity Karaoke. You may remember our partners from Ngage that launched the New Mexico mobile children’s museum and family resource center.
The Virtual Battle of the videos is going on now and will wrap up with our 12th annual Celebrity Karaoke Awards Ceremony this Friday, August 23rd, 2024.
This fundraiser benefits Ngage NM and local participating nonprofits alike. We will have a silent auction, food, drinks, live performances from local nonprofit teams, and, of course, the allocation of the 2024 Doña Ammy Award made by our very own Carrie Hamblen.
Visit CelebrityKaraoke.org to watch all of the videos and participate in voting.
Learn more: https://karaoke.weareit.net/12th-annual-celebrity-karaoke/about
Las Cruces Public Schools is pleased to announce that we are one of 23 school districts in the United States and Canada to receive the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award for 2024 and the only school district to earn it in New Mexico. This is the second year in a row that LCPS has achieved this award. Congratulations to the LCPS Finance team!
Introducing the 2024-2025 Student Advisory Council and Advisor Melanie Stuart at tonight’s LCPS school board meeting. Student Voice Matters! #thrive575 #lcpsactivities2024
Would you like to celebrate our 10th anniversary with us during the Las Cruces Space Festival? Follow the QR code on our flyer, purchase tickets, and join us for our GALACTIC GALA!
Purchase tickets: https://gofan.co/event/1628188?schoolid=nm123981
We are hiring an Assistant Swim Coach for Las Cruces Public Schools!
Visit our Las Cruces Public Schools district website for more information:
https://www.applitrack.com/lascruces/onlineapp
Position closes on August 20th!
The first football game of the year is a big one! Las Cruces HS will host Mayfield HS at the Field of Dreams on Friday, August 23, at 7:00pm. All tickets must be purchased online. Don't forget the Annual Pass option.
Tickets: https://www.lcps.net/page/athletics
Now that the school year has begun, the Cruces Creatives team would like to inform all teachers and community members about their Community Share program, which allows teachers to receive mini grants of up to $500.00 per class! This initiative aims to enhance students' education by facilitating connections with community members to collaborate on meaningful projects. Students have had the chance to work with various professionals from chefs and food truck owners to senators and artists.
Ready to get started? visit https://www.communityshare.org/educator/
Join us Tomorrow, August 14 from 6:30pm-8pm at The Game II - Extra Innings for LCPSF TRIVIA NIGHT! Support our educators, grab some good grub and have a blast while testing your trivia knowledge!
Register at https://lcpsf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/ticket or pay at the door.
We are proud to recognize Paul Ritter and LuRay Lerdal from Centennial High School for earning third place in the television video production at the Skills USA National Competition held in Atlanta, Georgia.
The television video production contest challenged students to showcase their creativity and technical skills in planning, producing, and editing video projects within the specified time limits and themes. Great job, Paul and LuRay!
We have a team from Centennial High School that went to the FCCLA National Competition in Seattle, Washington, June 29-July 3. The team competed in the Hospitality Tourism and Recreation Competition. This competition challenged students to develop and present projects related to the hospitality and tourism industry.
Adrian Chacon-Tirre, Mia Garcia and Mia Orta from CHS received a gold medal at Nationals by exceeding the specified rubric criteria including project originality, content accuracy, presentation skills and adherence to guidelines by scoring 90 out of 100.
Congratulations, Hawks!
The 2024 HOSA International Competition was held in Houston, Texas. During the annual event, students from around the world compete in various health-related events, demonstrating their knowledge, skills and leadership in health professions.
LCPS congratulates Samantha Ramirez from Arrowhead Park Early College High School for earning Top 10 at Nationals in the Healthy Living Competition.
Congratulations to Abdoulaye Dieng from Centennial High School earning Top 10 at Nationals in the Interviewing Skills Competition.
Hats off to Riya Ramesh from Centennial High School for ranking Top 10 at Nationals in Clinical Nursing.
We would like to celebrate Jadzia Murphy from CHS for her outstanding performance in the Educators Rising Lesson Planning and Delivery Humanities Competition.
Jadzia developed and presented an original humanities lesson plan and was evaluated on her ability to create engaging, effective, lesson plans and deliver them in a classroom setting.
Her efforts earned her third-place at the national competition that was held June 28-July 1 in Washington D.C.
CHS Pom supplemental tryouts
Las Cruces Public Schools would like to thank Citizens Bank for their unwavering support in the partnership with the High School Debt Card Program. This year marks the 10-year anniversary!
Citizens Bank proudly supports the High School Debt Card Program, Sign Program, and most recently, the Financial Education Program at LCPS. Since 2008, Citizens Bank has invested more than $550,000 to purchase over 23 school signs and marquees for LCPS.
Thank you for all you do to support education! #ItTakesAVillage
Thank you Major General Gaydon for the invite to the Unfurling Ceremony of the One Star Flag for Brigadier General Turner. Great partnership with LCPS and White Sands Missile Range in the education of our WSMR kiddos and learn more about the importance of our Armed Forces.
Cruces Creatives invites LCPS students ages 10 through 15 to join a FREE workshop where students have the opportunity to work with resin and acrylic paint to create three dimensional paintings! This class will take place at Cruces Creatives on August 24th.
Click the link to learn more and register: https://crucescreatives.org/admin/events/details/
Transportation Update: Good evening parents, all buses that were delayed have completed their final routes.
Dear parents,
Due to lightning within 10 miles of our schools during elementary dismissal, buses will be running late for middle and high school students.
Please check your school's website for updates.