Gallup Sun

Beloved program honors veterans

The Gallup community has a long-standing reputation for supporting and remembering their veterans and the American Legion Post #8 is no exception to this tradition.

The Hometown Heroes banner program was introduced in 2011 by Reverend Dennis Gardner who was inspired by a similar display of respect he witnessed when visiting his hometown in Pennsylvania.  Along with other members of Post #8, Gardner petitioned the city council to allow the display.

“It has been received real well and is growing,” he said.

This program functions as a way to recognize and celebrate the soldiers from McKinley County who have served or currently serving in the...

Renowned mentoring organization seeks sponsors, mentors and bowlers

“Luau at the Lanes!” is the theme of this year’s Bowl for Kids’ Sake bowl-a-thon put on by Big Brothers Big Sisters. Every penny raised is used here in McKinley County to help with the local mentoring program.

The bowl-a-thon is the biggest fundraiser sponsored by BBBS with its 2014 event raising more than $48,000.

Though the goal of the bowl-a-thon is to raise money, it is also designed to raise awareness. BBBS is the largest provider of one-to-one youth mentoring services in the United States. The offices of Northern New Mexico have been working with disadvantaged youth since the early 1980s. The...

Bills Expand K-3 Plus Program, Allow Excellent Teachers to Become Principals Much Quicker

ALBUQUERQUE — Gov. Susana Martinez signed two pieces of the legislation to help improve New Mexico’s schools. The first bill (HB 479) expands access to K-3 Plus, a program for struggling students that provides additional instruction over the summer. The second bill (SB 153) streamlines the administrator licensure process, allowing certain teachers to become principals much quicker.

“Helping struggling students and schools is at the very core of our reforms, and I’m proud of the progress we have made in just a few years,” Martinez said. ”But while we’ve seen important improvements...

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health in collaboration with the Public Education Department work year round to promote public health in New Mexico schools.

“School health is much more than ensuring students have access to a nurse at school. Strong school health programs help prevent chronic disease by ensuring students have access to nutritious food and opportunities for physical activity before and after school,” said Department of Health Secretary Retta Ward, MPH. “We know that healthy children miss fewer days of school, and generally perform better academically.”

The Department of Health through the Office of School and Adolescent Health, works closely with the...