New Mexico Celebrated
Computer Science Education Week
December 5-9, 2016

Santa Fe "HOUR OF CODE"TM Try-athon
Thursday, December 8, 2016 ~ 3:30 -6:30pm
@ Violet Crown Cinema

Everyone was invited to try an "Hour of Code"
with help from local students or our team of professional software developers.

The Event is free and open to the public. Anyone interested in trying an Hour of Code during the event needs to bring a personal SmartPhone, computer laptop, or tablet.  Local Computer Science students and professional software developers will be on site to assist. Learn more about Computer Science programs in our region and see what our students are up to. FREE popcorn will be served, plus lots of good fun...and learning...for all ages!

Photo taken by Community Learning Network "Love Where We Live" youth Ambassador - Tierra Encantada Charter School - May 2016

Photos of Try-athon 2016 at the Violet Crown Cinema.
Students, families, local Tech professionals, and community members
of all ages gathered together to try an "Hour of Code." TM

"Hour of Code"TM ~ In the Spotlight 2016

GEAR UP New Mexico

GEAR UP New Mexico and its 11 New Mexico school districts and their College Engagement Organization (CEO) student leadership groups participated in the "Hour of Code" TM during Computer Science Education Week, December 5-11, 2016. The staff at GEAR UP New Mexico's central office at the New Mexico Higher Education Department in Santa Fe also participated in the "Hour of Code" TM .

For more information, contact GEAR UP New Mexico Public Relations & Outreach Coordinator Stephanie Montoya
(505) 274-8135 or Stephanie.Montoya2@state.nm.us

Coding 101

On Monday, November 28th, 2016
New Mexico TechWorks launched regional efforts to accelerate our high-tech readiness
by joining the  international “Hour of Code”TM campaign,
​considered “the largest learning event in history.”

With help from students Ivan Ortega and Viviana Ornelas from Pinon Elementary
and Digital Coach Felicia Maestas from Santa Fe Public Schools,
plus code.org facilitator Paige Prescott,
who also serves as NM Computer Science Teachers Association President,
as well as Community Learning Network Director Jennifer Nevarez,
Mayor Gonzales became the first civic leader in Santa Fe
to try an “Hour of Code“TM... and
kicked off hundreds of coding events with thousands of students in our region
during National Computer Science Education Week, December 5- 11, 2016.

(PS - student tutors also got to SIT in the Mayor's desk!)

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Highlights from Northern New Mexico 2016

Monday, December 5th         

Sweeney Elementary School is hosting a BIG "Hour of Code”TM event on Monday, December 5th from 8:15am to 10:30am.  All 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th graders will participate, about 320 students total will be involved. 8:15-9:15am, 2nd and 3rd graders will be together in the cafeteria, pair programming on laptops 9:30-10:30, 4th and 5th graders will be together in the cafeteria, pair programming on laptops. The students have been doing Code.org's curriculum “Computer Science Fundamentals” with their computer teacher, Francisco Vargas, once a week and have been introduced to concepts like Algorithms.              
The school is looking for volunteers to help set up the space (7:30-8:15am) and to help students (8:15-9:15 am and 9:30-10:30 am). The program is also looking for a guest speaker to inspire students with a very short 5 minute inspirational talk about computer science at 8:15 am and again at 9:30 am.

Wednesday, December 7th  

The Academy for Technology and the Classics is hosting a school-wide "Hour of Code”TM event on Wednesday, Dec. 7. For information, contact, Jennifer Hooten, who teaches  Mathematics Geometry, AP Calculus, AP Computer Science, Principles at jenifer.hooten@atcschool.org.

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Try-athon Hour of Code Community Event 1
A community-based "Hour of Code" event at the Violet Crown Cinema in the Santa Fe Railyard from 3:30-6:30pm.

Saturday, December 10th         
Las Vegas is celebrating "Hour of Code”TM From 10 am - 12pm at ARMAS in Education at 916 11th Street Las Vegas, NM thanks to support from NM Highlands University, Parachute Factory, and Los Alamos National Security LLC.

Monday, December 12, 2016

Try-athon Hour of Code Community Event 2
A community-based "Hour of Code" event at the Violet Crown Cinema in the Santa Fe Railyard from 3:30-5:30pm.

Other "Hour of Code"TM Events:         

Pinon Elementary School is celebrating Hour of Code with Kinder through 6th grade students trying an "Hour of Code”TM thanks to Computer Science Teacher Delara Sharma at dsharma@sfps.k12.nm.us   

GEAR UP New Mexico and the New Mexico Higher Education Department are promoting "Hour of Code”TM events and competitions in more than 11 school districts in the state 

Teach for America New Mexico is promoting the event through     all of their educators and school sites in New Mexico.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is supporting learning activities and providing professional volunteer support for "Hour of Code”TM events, especially in Espanola, Los Alamos, and  Northern New Mexico.    

Jewish Federation of New Mexico and the Jewish Community Center of Albuquerque are promoting "Hour of Code”TM.  Business leaders including staff from the New Mexico Higher Education Department and LANL Foundation have also committed to trying an "Hour of Code.”TM

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Hour of Code events in New Mexico
( more than 230 in 2016)

Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico List
21st Century at Amy Biehl Community School (Santa Fe)
Academy for Technology and the Classics (Santa Fe)
Amy Biehl Community School (Santa Fe)
Arroyos Del Norte (Arroyo Seco)
Aspen Community Magnet School (Santa Fe)
Aspen Elementary School (Los Alamos)
Aztec High School (Aztec)
Barranca Mesa Elementary (Los Alamos)
Barranca Mesa Elementary School Robotics Club (Los Alamos)
Blocks & Spots - Colored Spots Creative (Raton)
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF SANTA FE (INC) (Santa Fe)
Capital High School (Santa Fe)
Capshaw Middle School (Santa Fe)
Chamisa Elementary School (White Rock)
Chaparral (Santa Fe)
Chief Manuelito Middle School (Gallup)
Chimayo Elementary (Chimayo)
Community Learning Network (Santa Fe)
De CAnCHA (La Cienega)
El Camino Real Academy (Santa Fe)
El Dorado Community School (Santa Fe)
Espanola Valley High School (Española)
Farmington Municipal Schools (Farmington)
Gallup Central High School (Gallup)
GEAR UP Bernalillo (Bernalillo)
Gear Up CCSD (Shiprock)
GEAR UP Grants (Grants)
GEAR UP Jemez Mountain (Gallina)
Gear Up Jemez Valley Public Schools (Jemez Pueblo)
GEAR UP Los Lunas (Los Lunas)
GEAR UP New Mexico/New Mexico Higher Education Department (Santa Fe) GEAR UP Pecos (Pecos)
GEAR UP Penasco Schools (Peñasco)
GEAR UP Santa Fe (Santa Fe)
Heights Middle School - FMS (Farmington)
James H. Rodriguez Elementary (Española)
Kirtland Elementary School (Kirtland)
Ladera Del Norte Elementary School (Farmington)
LAPS-Chamisa Elementary, Los Alamos, New Mexico (White Rock)
McCurdy Charter (Española)
Mesa Alta Junior High (Bloomfield)
Middle College High School (Gallup)
Milan Elementary School (Milan)
Mountain Elementary (Los Alamos)
Mora High School (Mora)
New Mexico School for the Deaf (Santa Fe)
New Mexico State University Grants (Grants)
Nina Otero Community School (Santa Fe)
Ortiz Middle School (Santa Fe)
Pablo Royal Elementary (Santa Fe)
Pinon Elementary (Santa Fe)
Pinon Elementary School (Los Alamos)
Poinsettia (Los Alamos)
Pojoaque Valley Intermediate (Santa Fe)
Pojoaque Valley High School (Santa Fe)
Rancho Verde elementary (Santa Fe)
Ridgecrest (Santa Fe) Rio Grande School (Santa Fe)
Safia school (Grenville)
SAGE (Santa Fe)
Salazar (Santa Fe)
Salazar Elementary (Santa Fe)
San Juan College High School (Farmington)
San Juan Elementary (Ohkay Owingeh)
Santa Fe High School (Santa Fe)
Santa Fe Indian School (Santa Fe)
Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences (Santa Fe)
Seton Home School (Laguna) SFPS (Santa Fe)
Shiprock Highscholl (Shiprock)
St. Michaels Junior/Senior High (Santa Fe)
Sweeney Elementary (Santa Fe)
Taos High School (Taos)
Taos Middle School (Taos)
Taos STEAM Academy (Taos)
Teach For America - New Mexico (Gallup)
Tibbetts Middle School (Farmington)
Tony E. Quintana Elementary (Española)
Tse'ii'ahi' Community School (Crownpoint)
Turquoise Trail Charter School (Santa Fe)
Unviersity of New Mexico-San Juan Center, Farmington (Farmington)
Velarde Elementary School (Velarde)
Wood Gormley Elementary (Santa Fe)
الثانيه والثلاثون المتوسطه  Tse'ii'ahi' Community School (Crownpoint)

Statewide List
23rd secondary (De Baca County)
Alamosa Elementary (Albuquerque)
Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque)
Albuquerque Christian School Albuquerque Public Schools (Albuquerque)
Alice King Community School (Albuquerque)
Alta vista (Anthony)
Alvarado Elementary School (Albuquerque Public Schools) (Albuquerque) Apache Elementary (Albuquerque)
aurora tavares belliard (Hanover)
Bataan Elementary (Deming)
Bataan Elementary School (Deming)
Bel-Air Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Bellehaven Elementary (Albuquerque)
Boys & Girls Club of Las Cruces (Las Cruces)
Calvary Christian Academy (Albuquerque)
Capitan Middle School (Capitan)
Carlos Rey Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Centennial High School (Las Cruces)
Chaparral Middle School (Alamogordo)
Cien Aguas International School (Albuquerque)
CNM Ingenuity, Inc. STEMulus Center (Albuquerque)
Columiba Elementary School (Las Cruces)
Corona High School (Corona)
Corrales International (Albuquerque)
Del Norte HIgh (Albuquerque)
Del Norte High school (Albuquerque)
Dennis Chavez Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Desert Ridge Middle School (Albuquerque)
Desert Willow Family School (Albuquerque)
Dona Ana Comunity College (Las Cruces)
Eagle Ridge Middle School (Rio Rancho)
East San Jose Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Eastern Hills Christian Academy (Albuquerque)
Edward Gonzales Elementary (Albuquerque)
EG ROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Albuquerque)
Explora (Albuquerque)
Gadsden Middle School (Anthony)
George I Sanchez (Albuquerque)
Hillrise Elementary School (Las Cruces)
Hodgin Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Hoover middle school (Albuquerque)
Hope Christian School (Albuquerque)
Hubert H Humphrey (Albuquerque)
Hubert H. Humphrey (Albuquerque)
Hubert H. Humprey (Albuquerque)
Hubert Humphrey (Albuquerque)
Hubert Humphrey Elementary (Albuquerque)
Hubert Humphrey ES (Albuquerque)
IAA (Santa Rosa) Inez Elementary (Albuquerque)
International School of Kenya (Rio Rancho)
Istituto Comprensivo "Gianni Rodari" - Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado - Soveria Mannelli (CZ) (Mimbres)
James Monroe Middle School (Albuquerque)
Janet Kahn School of Integrated Arts Library (Albuquerque)
Jefferson Montessori Academy (Carlsbad)
Jimmy Carter Middle School (Albuquerque)
John Baker ES (Albuquerque)
Kirtland Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Kit Carson Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Las Cruces High (Las Cruces)
Lavaland Elementary School (Albuquerque)
LICEO SCIENTIFICO "E. MAJORANA" GIRIFALCO (Berino)
Loma Colorado Main Library (Rio Rancho)
Longfellow Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Lovington Quest Center (Lovington)
Madison Elementary (Albuquerque)
Manzano Day School (Albuquerque)
Manzano Mesa Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Manzano Mesa Elementary school (Albuquerque)
Marie Hughes Elem. (Albuquerque)
Marie Hughes Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Mark Twain Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Mark Twain ES (Albuquerque) me (Estancia)
Mission Avenue Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Monte vista Elementary (Las Cruces)
Monterrey Elementary School (Roswell)
Montezuma E.S. (Albuquerque)
Moriarty Middle School (Edgewood)
Mountain Elementary (Los Alamos)
Mountain View Academy Homeschool (Socorro)
Mountain View Middle School (Rio Rancho)
Mr. (Las Cruces) Myers Homeschool (Las Cruces)
Native American Community Academy (Albuquerque)
New Mexico (Las Cruces)
New Mexico State University, College of Education (Las Cruces)
Ocotillo (Carlsbad)
Ocotillo Elementary (Carlsbad)
Old Rochester Regional Junior High School (Tucumcari)
Onate Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Onate High School (Las Cruces)
Placitas Elementary School (Placitas)
Pomeroy Jr/Sr High School (Albuquerque)
Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc/ Pine Hill Schools (Pinehill)
Reginald F. Chavez ES (Albuquerque)
Rt66 Elementary School (Edgewood)
Ruidoso Middle School (Ruidoso)
S.R. Marion Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Salam Academy (Albuquerque)
San Antonio Elementary (San Antonio)
San Antonito Elementary (Sandia Park)
San Antonito Elementary School (Sandia Park)
San Jose Del Carmen (Los Trujillos-Gabaldon)
Sandia Base Elementary (Albuquerque)
Sandoval Academy of Bilingual Education (Rio Rancho)
Santa Rosa Elementary School (Santa Rosa)
School of Dreams Academy (Los Lunas)
Sierra Vista Elementary (Albuquerque)
Socorro Cons Schools (San Antonio)
Sonoma Elementary (Las Cruces)
St Marys Catholic School (Albuquerque)
Sunland Park Elementary (Sunland Park)
Tierra Antigua Elementary (Albuquerque)
Tomastia Elementary (Albuquerque)
Tombaugh Elementary (Las Cruces)
Tony Hillerman Middle School (Albuquerque)
Ventana Ranch Elementary (Albuquerque)
Ventana Ranch Elementary School (Albuquerque)
Wherry Elementary School (Albuquerque)
White Station Middle School -- Coding Club (Eunice)
Zuni Elementary (Albuquerque Public Schools) (Albuquerque)
Zuni Elementary School (Albuquerque)
숭실대학교 소프트웨어학부 (Albuquerque)
주부 (Albuquerque) 청계초등학교 (Albuquerque)

There could be additional school sites who participated,
but only sites who registered online are listed.

Special Thanks to All
of the Individuals and Organizations Collaborating including:

Community Learning Network
Computer Science Teachers Association of New Mexico
Creative Santa Fe
Cultivating Coders
Descartes Labs
GEAR UP New Mexico - New Mexico Higher Education Department
LANL Foundation
Los Alamos National Laboratory
New Mexico Society of Women Engineers
New Mexico TechWorks
Teach for America New Mexico
TechHire Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico
Violet Crown Cinema

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Hour of Code Community Events
CONTINUE...

Summer 2017 ~ Santa Fe