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RED WILLOW EDUCATION CENTER

RED WILLOW EDUCATION CENTER (aka"Red Willow Center" or "RWC") is the location of the main office of Taos Pueblo Education & Training Division as well as the site of the Red Willow Community Growers Cooperative (RWCGC). RWC is also the site of:

  • Taos Pueblo Community Computer Lab:  A community lab for Taos Pueblo tribal members.

  • Taos High Magnet Cyber School:  A high school branch of Taos Municipal Schools.

  • Summer Sustainability Institute:  An annual six-week elective course of Taos High School, with co-enrollment credit available through the University of New Mexico -Taos, that focuses on various aspects of sustainability – sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, environmental issues, food security, appropriate technology, business skills ....  The SSI is a joint project of Taos Pueblo Education & Training Division and Tierra Lucero.

  • Taos Pueblo Summer Youth Program:  In concert with the annual SSI, the Summer Youth Program provides Native American high school youth with job skills development and work experience, including placement of four youth at RWC.

  • Red Willow After-School Greenhouse Program:  A joint project of Taos Pueblo Education & Training Division and Tierra Lucero that began in the Spring Semester of 2010 when eight Taos Pueblo high school students enrolled in greenhouse construction, weatherization, management, and practical mathematics, the latter relating to greenhouse performance.
 
 

 

Contact Us
(575) 758-5990


Ryan Rose
Program Coordinator
& Grants Administrator
333roses@centurytel.net


Shirley Trujillo

Farm & Market Manager
salbertru@yahoo.com


Shawn Duran

Education Director
sduran@taospueblo.com

 
 
 
 
             
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