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Great neighborhood schools.

Long before the first home was built, the first two schools opened: a K-8 public charter school called The International School at Mesa del Sol (currently K-6 and adding a grade each year); and the University of New Mexico's Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media Program. Right out of the gates, these institutions set a high standard for education here. As Mesa del Sol grows, the community education plan will grow along with it. The plan includes public, private and charter schools, as well as opportunities for life-long learning. It's going to be one smart place.

  • PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  • PRIVATE SCHOOLS
  • THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

  • Teaming up with Albuquerque Public Schools.

    Mesa del Sol and Albuquerque Public Schools are like lab partners. We’re working together elbow-to-elbow to find solutions that will benefit families in Mesa del Sol and the Albuquerque school district as a whole. And we’re looking at a number of different possibilities for how new public schools will take shape in Mesa del Sol.

    In the meantime, kids in Mesa del Sol will attend excellent school within the APS system.

  • It’s smart to have choices.

    Just ask any mom, dad or math teacher: different kids learn in different ways. So it’s a good idea for a community to have different kinds of schools available. Along with public schools and charter schools, the education master plan for Mesa del Sol makes room for private schools. This is, after all, a pretty smart place.

  • Preparing kids for today’s world.

    The International School at Mesa del Sol was a smashing success from the day it opened in fall 2009. It’s not surprising really. This K-6 charter school — which is adding a grade every year until it becomes a K-8 in 2014 — was one of the first public schools in New Mexico to offer a fully accredited International Baccalaureate curriculum. As such it attracted a talented, truly international faculty, with teachers from as far away as Nairobi, Kenya, and La Ceiba, Honduras. And with its emphasis on global awareness and integrated learning, it also attracted families from around the Albuquerque area.

    One of the advantages of the International Baccalaureate curriculum is that it teaches to a world-wide standard. “It’s like an educational passport,” says Dr. Sean Joyce, head of The International School. So families who may be moving to Mesa del Sol from somewhere else in the wide world will have a seamless educational experience. It’s the perfect school for a community where international companies such as Schott Solar are taking up residence and where one of the closest neighbors is an Air Force base.

    And in our ever-shrinking world, what could be more valuable than an expansive, global education?