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Fall 2021
Book Nook: Creating a Culture of Literacy in Santa Fe
Creating a Culture of Literacy in Santa Fe Thoughts from a retiring youth services librarian Barack Obama put it succinctly: “Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible.” It is a vital skill in our modern world, critical for educational and...
Collections of Wonder
Collections of Wonder Get reacquainted with your state’s museums this fall We create. We connect. We tell stories. We teach. We reveal. We are museums! Museums are true places of wonder, and Santa Fe is incredibly fortunate to have so many in our community. What is a...
Music Mattered Then, Music Matters Now
Music Mattered Then, Music Matters Now How music kept children’s spirits bright during the pandemic and bridges them to an ever-brighter future When the pandemic hit in spring 2020, schools closed right after spring break and our society went into critical...
Amor, pérdida y esperanza
Amor, pérdida y esperanza La directora del Sky Center reflexiona sobre los efectos de la pandemia en los adolescentes Por Ivy St. Clair, traducido por Flor de María Oliva En el año y medio pasado, la pandemia de COVID-19 ha puesto de cabeza nuestras vidas. Con tantas...
Love, Loss and Hope
Love, Loss and Hope Sky Center director reflects on the pandemic’s effects on teens Over the course of the last year and a half, the COVID-19 pandemic has flipped our lives upside down. With so many new battles to fight and conflicts to address, many of us have...
Recreating Normal
Recreating Normal A path back to school for students, families and teachers After more than a year of Google Meet fatigue, our adjustment to the “new normal”— whatever that is — will going on for a long time. The common thread in this learning tapestry is the need to...
Tribalism, Folly and Sporadic Bouts of Inspiration
Teens: Tribalism, Folly and Sporadic Bouts of Inspiration How the pandemic sparked a call for youth activism It’s coming up on a year and a half since I first typed a Google Meet code into my phone and joined an online class. Much sooner than I could have imagined, a...
The Omnipresent Feeling of Nothingness
The Omnipresent Feeling of Nothingness COVID’s isolation through a teen’s eyes For as long as I can remember, I have been an introvert. I like the quiet, the ability to think in peace, not having to be around people. Intrinsically motivated to an extent that had...
All Together Now!
All Together Now! Desert Montessori School shifts to team-leadership model We sat in the Zoom meeting, 12 teachers trying to make sense of Fall 2020, each in our own home but collectively swimming in the uncertainty of the decision ahead of us. COVID cases were...
Comfort on the Page
Comfort on the Page Books to ease your child’s back-to-school journey (and yours) The time of new school days is upon us. By now your little one may already be settled at school after a year of closures and concerns. Crinkly new backpacks and twinkly lunch boxes,...
Closing the Gap
Closing the Gap How New Mexico is supporting better, more affordable child care It’s a story all too familiar for many parents. When it’s time to go back to work, finding child care can prove an almost insurmountable challenge. Many child care centers don’t serve...
Giving an A to STEM!
Science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) are subjects that spark children’s curiosity and exploration from a young age. While we often see four of those subjects connected in the acronym STEM, an increasing number of educators are recognizing the...
Fall After-School Program
Featured Student Artists
Featured Early Elementary Student Artwork
Featured Early Elementary Student Artwork Tumbleweeds Magazine partnered with Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS)...
Featured Middle School Student Artwork
Tumbleweeds Magazine partnered with Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) to share children and teen artwork. SFPS...
Voces de la familia
Amor, pérdida y esperanza
Amor, pérdida y esperanza La directora del Sky Center reflexiona sobre los efectos de la pandemia en los...