GMCS asks legislators for funding for technology
In order to continue their mission of leading their students to success, Gallup-McKinley County Schools is asking the state for funding during the 2024 legislative session. During the Dec. 18 GMCS school board meeting, Deputy Superintendent Jvanna Hanks III explained the three main projects she presented to the lawmakers at...
Red Rock Elementary teacher follows in her mom’s footsteps
Jessy Wommack grew up walking around downtown Gallup and going into shops where people from around town would greet her mother, an elementary school teacher, fondly. Everyone knew her name and was excited to see her. Wommack also spent her summers playing school with her dolls and her younger sisters and brother, using her mother’s old desks and curriculum.But she never thought she’d become a teacher.
“I think it was always a part of me, I just didn’t know that would eventually be my path,” Wommack said in an interview with the Sun.
Instead, after graduating from Gallup High School, Wommack joined a program at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque for undergraduate...
BREAKING GROUND
New Tohatchi High School comes with a pricetag of $68 millionGallup-McKinley County Schools invited Navajo Nation leaders and New Mexico education leaders out to the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Tohatchi High School on Jan. 19.
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, New Mexico Public Education Department officials, the Gallup-McKinley County School Board, Navajo Nation Council Delegates Nathan Notah, Vince James, and Dr. Andy Nez, along with Department of Diné Education leaders were present at the groundbreaking and expressed their well wishes for the construction of the new Tohatchi High School building.
“Our children are our future,” Nygren said. “Everything we do...
Navajo Nation Council approves nearly $6 million in emergency relief funding to mitigate impacts of winter weather
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The 25th Navajo Nation Council approved Legislation No. 0018-24, which seeks the appropriation of nearly $6 million from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance to help Navajo communities address and recover from the impacts of recent heavy snow and mud, on Jan. 24. If the resolution is signed into law by the Navajo Nation President, it will appropriate $3.85 million for the 110 chapters and approximately $2.1 million to the Navajo Nation Department of Emergency Management.
Council Delegate George Tolth (Baca/Prewitt, Casamero Lake, Counselor, Littlewater, Ojo Encino, Pueblo Pintado, Torreon, Whitehorse Lake) introduced the legislation as an emergency measure...
Navajo Nation Council overrides presidential veto to allow public to participate in chapter meetings virtually
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — During the second day of the Winter Council Session on Jan. 23, the 25th Navajo Nation Council voted 17-0 to override Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren’s veto of a resolution to allow for virtual attendance at chapter meetings.When the Naabik’iyati’ Committee considered the legislation on Dec. 28, legislation sponsor, Council Delegate Vince James (Jeddito, Cornfields, Ganado, Kin Dah Lichíí, Steamboat), stated that the legislation does not mandate chapters to allow virtual attendance, but gives chapters the option to develop procedures to allow virtual participation for community members.
“It gives each chapter the right to choose whether or not they...
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