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Native American Preparatory School

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The Native American Preparatory School Inc. (NAPS) was a residential preparatory school located in unincorporated San Miguel County, New Mexico, in proximity to South San Ysidro.[1] The school had a Rowe PO Box.[2] The school's website also listed an office in Santa Fe.[3]

History

The school originated from a summer program at Cushing Academy established in 1988.[4]

Publisher Richard Ettinger, son of the founder of Prentice Hall, established the school in 1995 with the goal of increasing the number of Native American students attending Ivy League colleges.[5] The property had a cost of $6 million to develop.[6] The school was the only intertribal, privately funded preparatory school for Native Americans in the United States. All students attending received full scholarships.

Its first graduation was held in June 1999.[7]

The school closed in 2002 due to financial pressures.[8]

Campus

The school, on 1,600 acres (650 ha) of area,[6] was located in proximity to Rowe,[9] though a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) document identified it as not being in Rowe.[10] The school was 35 miles (56 km) away from Santa Fe.[9]

Demographics

The school was designed to house students nationwide, and was not intended to be a community school for the Rowe area.[10]

Headmaster Sven Husaby described the community as "almost like a Native American United Nations", referring to the various ethnic backgrounds.[7]

In 1999 American Indians made up about 50% of the faculty.[7]

Curriculum

The school used a point of view from the American Indian during United States history classes.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Directions". Native American Preparatory School. 2000-05-25. Retrieved 2022-07-15. The gate to the Native American Preparatory School is about 1/3 mile past the Village of South San Ysidro.
  2. ^ "Admissions". Native American Preparatory School. 2000-04-08. Retrieved 2022-07-15. Director of Admissions P.O. Box 260 Rowe, New Mexico 87562
  3. ^ "Home". Native American Preparatory School. 2000-05-25. Retrieved 2022-07-15. 2019 Galisteo Street Santa Fe, NM 87505
  4. ^ Johnson, Dirk (1990-11-04). "Indian Rootlessness". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  5. ^ Allison, Donald Jr. (2000-06-20). "Native-American students prospering at prep school". Elko Daily Free Press. Elko, Nevada. p. A6. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b Brooke, James (1995-11-27). "A Bid to Redefine Indian Education". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  7. ^ a b c Salodof, Jane (1998-11-29). "A New School Bridges Two Worlds". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  8. ^ Boyle, Christina (2002-05-26). "Native American Preparatory School Graduates its Last Class". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. B-1, B-4. - Clipping of first page and of second page at Newspapers.com. reprinted in Canku Ota, June 1, 2002.
  9. ^ a b c Bissley, Jackie (September 1999). "Native American Preparatory School". Cowboys & Indians. Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  10. ^ a b "DA 01-193". Federal Communications Commission. 2001-01-26. Retrieved 2022-07-15. NAPS is not located in Rowe and it is not designed to serve the educational needs of the residents of Rowe. Instead, according to the information provided by the petitioner and staff research, NAPS, which has a Rowe post office box for some of its correspondence, is an independent residential school whose mission is to provide a college preparatory education to Native Americans and whose student body is comprised of children not from Rowe but from all over the United States.

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