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°37′29″N 106°00′35″W / 35.6246°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

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]

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. 1 2 "About Monte del Sol". Monte del Sol Charter. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 "MONTE DEL SOL CHARTER". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  5. 1 2 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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