July 31, 2008

Greetings:
As we begin a new academic year, our thirteenth year of operation and our third year in our ‘All My Relations’ building (named by us) we invite you to share in our vision of improving the quality of life in this area through educational opportunities. Yes, we could use your assistance, always keep us in your prayers, and please consider a periodic or even monthly financial contribution if possible. (Printable Brochure)

We will continue our Community Learning Centers:

• Sage CLC at the ‘All My Relations’ building in Yah-Ta-Hey
• CHANCE CLC at the McKinley County Adult Detention Center, Gallup
  Caring How Adults Need Continuing Education
• Cliffside CLC at the Cliffside Apartment Complex, Apt. B 11, Gallup
• SWIM CLC west of Gallup off of I 40 near the Arizona state line
  Southwest Indian Ministries – a faith based partner

We are making plans to implement:

• a ‘Family Literacy’ project within the next few months, we have always done this to some extent but now we have developed a strategy to extend past the federal and state definition for such a project and are currently looking to hire someone to coordinate this project (support grant pending).
• A network of small community learning centers to reach out to more people in even more remote/rural areas then we currently serve

We invite you to visit our website periodically for updates on our projects as well as viewing our photo journey, www.tepeyaclifeway.org. Feel free to email us with comments or questions at: sage@tepeyaclifeway.org.

Here are statistics on the academic year just completed, July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 Student population:

38 New Mexico High School Diplomas issued by Tepeyac / Sage Lifelong Learning
82% of students’ pre and post tested completing one or more academic level gains.