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New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

January 01, 1970

The New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Braille: ⠝⠍⠎⠃⠧⠊) is a state special education school with a residential campus in Alamogordo, New Mexico and a preschool in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It operates outreach programs throughout the state.

New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Harry Ditzler Auditorium on the Alamogordo campus
Address
1900 N. White Sands Blvd.

Alamogordo
,
New Mexico
88310

United States
Coordinates32°54′48″N 105°57′32″W / 32.91321°N 105.95882°W / 32.91321; -105.95882
Information
Established1903
SuperintendentPatricia Beecher
Team nameGolden Bears
AccreditationNCA CASI
Websitehttp://www.nmsbvi.k12.nm.us

The school has operated under several names: New Mexico Institute for the Blind (1903–1925), New Mexico School for the Blind (1925–1954), New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped (1954–2004), and New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (2004–present).

History edit

Education for the blind started in New Mexico in the 1893–1894 school year at the state Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb (the present-day New Mexico School for the Deaf).[1]: 2  The school had difficulty attracting blind students, and William Ashton Hawkins, a member of the territorial legislature from Alamogordo, introduced and succeeding in 1903 in securing passage of a bill to create the New Mexico Institute for the Blind, to be located in Alamogordo.[1]: 3  The city of Alamogordo and the county of Otero donated 20 acres (81,000 m2) of land for the school, and the land was cleared and construction begun.[1]: 4  The Institute first opened its doors in September 1906 with a class of 21 students.[1]: 5 

In 1949 the New Mexico Legislature passed a bill for a $300,000 bond to build a residence for the superintendent and an administration building.[2]

A preschool program was started in 1975, initially in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, but the Santa Fe program was soon discontinued and the Albuquerque program continues today.[1]: 67 

The school was renamed the New Mexico School for the Blind in 1925,[1]: 18  the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped in 1954,[1]: 41  and the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in 2004.[3]

Elizabeth Garrett, composer of New Mexico's state song O Fair New Mexico and daughter of Sheriff Pat Garrett, was blind and was a teacher at the school from 1907 to 1915.[1]: 17 [4]: 31 [5] She composed the school song.[1]: 14 [6] She was vice-president of the school's Board of Regents in 1931 and 1932.[1]: 95  The girls' dormitory, built in 1963, is named after her.[1]: 53 

Organization edit

Organizationally the state's "special schools", including NMSBVI, are placed within the New Mexico Higher Education Department.[7]

The school is a land grant institution, with nearly 90% of its operating costs paid by income from lands held in trust for it by the New Mexico State Land Office.[8] The land was granted to New Mexico by the Federal Government through the New Mexico Organic Act of 1850, the Ferguson Act of 1898, and the 1912 Enabling Act.[1]: 95–96 [9] The State of New Mexico pays the tuition and most living and educational expenses of students who are New Mexico residents.[10]: 32 

Campuses edit

The school serves about 800 students throughout New Mexico, through the Alamogordo campus, the pre-school, and the outreach programs.[11]: 272 [12]

Alamogordo campus edit

The main campus is located at 1900 North White Sands Boulevard in Alamogordo, New Mexico.[13] Most of the old buildings on the main campus have been razed since World War II. The oldest surviving building is the original Teachers' Cottage, built in 1918,[1]: 102  and renamed the Paul and Lois Tapia Building in 2006.[14] [15] Four of the campus buildings are listed in the National Register of Historic Places: the Administration Building (now the Paul and Lois Tapia Building), the Auditorium and Recreation Building (Harry Ditzler Auditorium), the Central Receiving Building, and the Infirmary Building.[16]

Albuquerque campus edit

A satellite campus that houses the Early Childhood Program and the outreach programs is at 801 Stephen Moody Street SE in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[13] The campus had been located at 230 Truman NE for many years, and groundbreaking for this new campus occurred on December 17, 2007.[17] The ribbon-cutting for the new campus was held January 15, 2009.[18]

Curriculum edit

The Alamogordo campus serves grades K-12.[10]: 33  It is a residential campus, with students whose home is outside Otero County living on-campus.[10]: 43  Those who live in the county are day students, and the school provides transportation to and from their homes each school day.[10]: 46  Residential students go home each weekend in a bus or airplane provided by the school.[10]: 49 

NMSBVI is accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement.[11]: 272 

With the passage of the mainstreaming law (P.L. 94–142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975), the school sent some students to public school classes as well as their classes at NMSBVI, and started making equipment, materials, and staff available to all New Mexico schools.[1]: 67  Today students in the academic track attend most classes in the local school system (Alamogordo Public Schools).[19]

In addition to the academic curriculum, students take an "expanded core curriculum" that includes additional skills needed by the visually impaired, such as social interaction skills, career education, technology, independent living, and independent travel.[20]

NMSBVI has been a leader in using assistive technology. It was one of the first public schools of any type to make widespread use of the Internet, and by 1996 it had a campus network of more than 100 microcomputers.[1]: 69–72 

The school sport teams, the Golden Bears, compete in the South Central Association of Schools for the Blind,[21] and NMSBVI is a member school of the New Mexico Activities Association.[22]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o McDonald, Barbara (2002). Weavers of a Tapestry of Time: 1903–2003: One Hundred Years at the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped. Alamogordo, New Mexico: Bennett Printing. OCLC 52996400.
  2. ^ "$300,000 School for Blind Bond Issue Passes, Sent to Governor". Alamogordo News. Vol. 52, no. 10. 1949-03-10. p. 1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Minutes, New Mexico School For The Blind & Visually Impaired Board Of Regents Regular Meeting, 12 November 2004" (Microsoft Word). New Mexico School For The Blind and Visually Impaired. 2004-12-17. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  4. ^ Townsend, David; McDonald, Clif (1999). Centennial: Where the Old West Meets the New Frontier. Alamogordo, NM: Alamogordo/Otero County Centennial Celebration. ISBN 978-1-887045-05-6.
  5. ^ Anderson, Karl (2008-01-27). "Daughter of state icon was icon in her own right". Alamogordo Daily News. Alamogordo, New Mexico. OCLC 10674593.
  6. ^ . New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. 2009-05-19. Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  7. ^ "Updates from the Cabinet Secretary of Higher Education". State of New Mexico, Higher Education Department. 2006-10-03. Retrieved 2009-06-25.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ (PDF) (Press release). New Mexico State Land Office. 2006-10-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  9. ^ "New Mexico State Land Office: About Us". New Mexico State Land Office. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  10. ^ a b c d e (PDF). New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. 2006-06-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  11. ^ a b . New Mexico Blue Book 2007–2008. New Mexico Secretary of State. pp. 253–274. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  12. ^ Jennings, Diana (2005-12-16). "NMSBVI serves 800 students across New Mexico". Alamogordo Daily News. Alamogordo, New Mexico. p. 4A. OCLC 10674593.
  13. ^ a b . New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. 2009-05-18. Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  14. ^ "Minutes, New Mexico School For The Blind & Visually Impaired Board Of Regents Regular Meeting, 16 March 2006" (Microsoft Word). New Mexico School For The Blind and Visually Impaired. 2006-04-20. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  15. ^ Ford, Ruthie (2006-03-29). "Paul and Lois Tapia building dedicated". Alamogordo Daily News. Alamogordo, New Mexico. p. 2A. OCLC 10674593.
  16. ^ . United States National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2009-06-25. search by Geographic Location, State and City: New Mexico, Alamogordo
  17. ^ "Project Update - New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired". Albuquerque Journal. 2007-12-18. p. C2.
  18. ^ "Minutes, New Mexico School For The Blind & Visually Impaired Board Of Regents Regular Meeting, January 14, 15, 2009" (Microsoft Word). New Mexico School For The Blind and Visually Impaired. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  19. ^ Jennings, Diana (2006-01-20). "NMSBVI students attend classes on and off campus". Alamogordo Daily News. Alamogordo, New Mexico. p. 4A. OCLC 10674593. Our students who are on an academic track attend most of their required courses, such as science, English, math, history, etc., at the Alamogordo Public Schools.
  20. ^ . New Mexico School For The Blind and Visually Impaired. 2007-03-22. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  21. ^ . New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. 2007-03-22. Archived from the original on 2010-02-07. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  22. ^ . New Mexico Activities Association. Archived from the original on 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-06-24.

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The New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Braille is a state special education school with a residential campus in Alamogordo New Mexico and a preschool in Albuquerque New Mexico It operates outreach programs throughout the state New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually ImpairedHarry Ditzler Auditorium on the Alamogordo campusAddress1900 N White Sands Blvd Alamogordo New Mexico 88310United StatesCoordinates32 54 48 N 105 57 32 W 32 91321 N 105 95882 W 32 91321 105 95882InformationEstablished1903SuperintendentPatricia BeecherTeam nameGolden BearsAccreditationNCA CASIWebsitehttp www nmsbvi k12 nm us The school has operated under several names New Mexico Institute for the Blind 1903 1925 New Mexico School for the Blind 1925 1954 New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped 1954 2004 and New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 2004 present Contents 1 History 2 Organization 3 Campuses 3 1 Alamogordo campus 3 2 Albuquerque campus 4 Curriculum 5 Notes 6 External linksHistory editEducation for the blind started in New Mexico in the 1893 1894 school year at the state Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb the present day New Mexico School for the Deaf 1 2 The school had difficulty attracting blind students and William Ashton Hawkins a member of the territorial legislature from Alamogordo introduced and succeeding in 1903 in securing passage of a bill to create the New Mexico Institute for the Blind to be located in Alamogordo 1 3 The city of Alamogordo and the county of Otero donated 20 acres 81 000 m2 of land for the school and the land was cleared and construction begun 1 4 The Institute first opened its doors in September 1906 with a class of 21 students 1 5 In 1949 the New Mexico Legislature passed a bill for a 300 000 bond to build a residence for the superintendent and an administration building 2 A preschool program was started in 1975 initially in Santa Fe and Albuquerque but the Santa Fe program was soon discontinued and the Albuquerque program continues today 1 67 The school was renamed the New Mexico School for the Blind in 1925 1 18 the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped in 1954 1 41 and the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in 2004 3 Elizabeth Garrett composer of New Mexico s state song O Fair New Mexico and daughter of Sheriff Pat Garrett was blind and was a teacher at the school from 1907 to 1915 1 17 4 31 5 She composed the school song 1 14 6 She was vice president of the school s Board of Regents in 1931 and 1932 1 95 The girls dormitory built in 1963 is named after her 1 53 Organization editOrganizationally the state s special schools including NMSBVI are placed within the New Mexico Higher Education Department 7 The school is a land grant institution with nearly 90 of its operating costs paid by income from lands held in trust for it by the New Mexico State Land Office 8 The land was granted to New Mexico by the Federal Government through the New Mexico Organic Act of 1850 the Ferguson Act of 1898 and the 1912 Enabling Act 1 95 96 9 The State of New Mexico pays the tuition and most living and educational expenses of students who are New Mexico residents 10 32 Campuses editThe school serves about 800 students throughout New Mexico through the Alamogordo campus the pre school and the outreach programs 11 272 12 Alamogordo campus edit The main campus is located at 1900 North White Sands Boulevard in Alamogordo New Mexico 13 Most of the old buildings on the main campus have been razed since World War II The oldest surviving building is the original Teachers Cottage built in 1918 1 102 and renamed the Paul and Lois Tapia Building in 2006 14 15 Four of the campus buildings are listed in the National Register of Historic Places the Administration Building now the Paul and Lois Tapia Building the Auditorium and Recreation Building Harry Ditzler Auditorium the Central Receiving Building and the Infirmary Building 16 Albuquerque campus edit A satellite campus that houses the Early Childhood Program and the outreach programs is at 801 Stephen Moody Street SE in Albuquerque New Mexico 13 The campus had been located at 230 Truman NE for many years and groundbreaking for this new campus occurred on December 17 2007 17 The ribbon cutting for the new campus was held January 15 2009 18 Curriculum editThe Alamogordo campus serves grades K 12 10 33 It is a residential campus with students whose home is outside Otero County living on campus 10 43 Those who live in the county are day students and the school provides transportation to and from their homes each school day 10 46 Residential students go home each weekend in a bus or airplane provided by the school 10 49 NMSBVI is accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement 11 272 With the passage of the mainstreaming law P L 94 142 the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 the school sent some students to public school classes as well as their classes at NMSBVI and started making equipment materials and staff available to all New Mexico schools 1 67 Today students in the academic track attend most classes in the local school system Alamogordo Public Schools 19 In addition to the academic curriculum students take an expanded core curriculum that includes additional skills needed by the visually impaired such as social interaction skills career education technology independent living and independent travel 20 NMSBVI has been a leader in using assistive technology It was one of the first public schools of any type to make widespread use of the Internet and by 1996 it had a campus network of more than 100 microcomputers 1 69 72 The school sport teams the Golden Bears compete in the South Central Association of Schools for the Blind 21 and NMSBVI is a member school of the New Mexico Activities Association 22 Notes edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o McDonald Barbara 2002 Weavers of a Tapestry of Time 1903 2003 One Hundred Years at the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped Alamogordo New Mexico Bennett Printing OCLC 52996400 300 000 School for Blind Bond Issue Passes Sent to Governor Alamogordo News Vol 52 no 10 1949 03 10 p 1 Clipping from Newspapers com Minutes New Mexico School For The Blind amp Visually Impaired Board Of Regents Regular Meeting 12 November 2004 Microsoft Word New Mexico School For The Blind and Visually Impaired 2004 12 17 Retrieved 2009 06 20 Townsend David McDonald Clif 1999 Centennial Where the Old West Meets the New Frontier Alamogordo NM Alamogordo Otero County Centennial Celebration ISBN 978 1 887045 05 6 Anderson Karl 2008 01 27 Daughter of state icon was icon in her own right Alamogordo Daily News Alamogordo New Mexico OCLC 10674593 NMSBVI Programs NMSBVI School Song by Elizabeth Garrett New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 2009 05 19 Archived from the original on 2009 03 22 Retrieved 2009 06 21 Updates from the Cabinet Secretary of Higher Education State of New Mexico Higher Education Department 2006 10 03 Retrieved 2009 06 25 permanent dead link Land Commissioner Transfers State Trust Lands to the School For The Blind And Visually Impaired for New Pre school PDF Press release New Mexico State Land Office 2006 10 23 Archived from the original PDF on 2011 07 16 Retrieved 2009 06 21 New Mexico State Land Office About Us New Mexico State Land Office Retrieved 2009 06 21 a b c d e Student Family Handbook 2006 2007 PDF New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 2006 06 26 Archived from the original PDF on 2011 10 05 Retrieved 2009 06 22 a b Education Section New Mexico Blue Book 2007 2008 New Mexico Secretary of State pp 253 274 Archived from the original PDF on 2008 11 29 Retrieved 2009 06 21 Jennings Diana 2005 12 16 NMSBVI serves 800 students across New Mexico Alamogordo Daily News Alamogordo New Mexico p 4A OCLC 10674593 a b NMSBVI Contact Information New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 2009 05 18 Archived from 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