Monte del Sol Charter School

Monte del Sol Charter is a public charter high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. As of 2017, the school had 353 students and 25 classroom teachers.[2]

Monte del Sol Charter School
Monte del Sol Charter School
Address
4157 Walking Rain Rd.

Santa Fe
,
Santa Fe
,
New Mexico
87507

United States
Coordinates35.6246°N 106.0098°W / 35.6246; -106.0098
Information
TypeCharter high school
Opened2000[1]
School districtSanta Fe Public Schools
CEEB code320609
NCES School ID350017000816[2]
PrincipalRobert Jessen[3]
Faculty31.30 (FTE)[4]
Grades7 - 12[2]
Enrollment349 (2018–19)[4]
Student to teacher ratio11.15[4]
Color(s)Red, black, and white    
Athletics conferenceNMAA
MascotDragon
Websitewww.montedelsol.org

The school was founded by Tony Gerlicz, who originally planned to emphasize arts and music classes and a less rigid hierarchy.[5] The school received its charter in 1999 and began offering classes in 2000. During its first term the school operated out of the Santa Fe Boys & Girls Club. From 2001 to 2003 the school operated in a strip mall during construction of a new campus. Since the 2003–2004 school year, the school's campus has been on the southwestern edge of the city in the Nava Ade neighborhood.[1]

In 2008 Gerlicz left the school to head the American School of Warsaw, and was eventually replaced as principal by Angela Ritchie. Ritchie used a more top-down management style, emphasized improving the school's test scores, and worked to resolve the school's budget shortfall by cutting some art and music programs.[5] Ritchie left the school in 2011.

In 2014, the school was named one of the best schools in the state by U.S. News & World Report.[6]

The school describes the Coalition of Essential Schools as a guide to its development.[7]

References
  1. "About Monte del Sol". Monte del Sol Charter. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. "Search for Public Schools - Monte Del Sol Charter (350017000816)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved Jun 11, 2019.
  3. Press release: Board Selects New School Head 15 January 2014
  4. "MONTE DEL SOL CHARTER". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  5. Schirtzinger, Alexa (4 August 2010). "Testing...1,2,3". The Santa Fe Reporter. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  6. Nott, Robert (23 April 2014). "2 Santa Fe schools ranked among best in state". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  7. "Our Philosophy". Monte del Sol Charter. Retrieved 6 June 2014.


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