Ghost Ranch Youth Service Corps - 2010
Ghost Ranch, located twenty minutes North of La Puerta School, hosts a Youth Program every summer; the Youth Service Corps. This summer we contacted Ghost Ranch and invited a couple groups to come to La Puerta to help us with some projects. Back in June, two youth groups came to La Puerta School to help us build our chicken coop and to clean out the corral. Our visitors came from upstate New York, Virginia and the D.C. area. We are very grateful for the help the youth and adults provided. We now have a chicken coop that we can start to use as soon as school begins. Thank you again for all your hard work. We hope you had fun!
Thank you M. Robarge for sharing some of your photos!
Team La Puerta Takes 1st Place at the Garlic Harvest Festival!
Sostenga! The 2nd Annual Garlic Harvest Festival, hosted by the Center for Sustainable Food, Agriculture and Environment at Northern New Mexico College was held on July 3rd, 2010. Team La Puerta picked 262.10 pounds of garlic—contributing to the 795.75 total pounds picked by all the teams.
The $500 first place prize was donated to the school! Thank you Team La Puerta!
Anita Benson, Erin Manzanares, Mario Manzanares, Nico Manzanares, Peggy Manzanares, Salomon Manzanares, Isaiah Tweed
Thank you also to Dinah Manzanares and Zachary Martinez for cheering us on!
Photographs taken by J.T. Denne
SpEGGtacular! - Oct. 2010
After 4 weeks with us, our hens have started to lay some eggs! This is very exciting for us all! They are “teenager” eggs and a bit small, but from what we have been told, they will get bigger.
We will be working on making our chickens a warm and cozy home for the winter months—which are quickly approaching. The children have learned a few things from our field experiences to KJ Farms and to Dexter’s coop that we can do to improve our coop. We will keep those things in mind when designing our new space.
Abiquiu Studio Tour – October 9th & 10th, 2010
Make us your FIRST stop on the tour!
We will be hosting several events during the tour. Please make sure to stop by, visit and see what we have to offer.
Silent Auction: Several Studio Tour artists have donated their artwork to our Silent Auction. Come place a bid for your favorite item while helping the school to raise much needed funds.
Student Artwork: Some of the children’s artwork will be on display during the Tour. The children have been working on projects that focus on chickens—which is reflected by much of their artwork.
Rummage Sale: There will be something for everyone!
Our Building Arrives!
After a 5 1/2 months...the waiting is over! Our building arrived from Albuquerque on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010. Thanks to Ms. Anita and Mrs. Erin—the building was safely put into place.
