Parent Organization

Native American Community Academy (NACA)

NACA's mission is to engage students, educators, families, and community in creating a school that will prepare students to grow from adolescence to adulthood and begin strengthening communities by developing strong leaders who are academically prepared, secure in their identity, and healthy. Core elements include:

• Academic Excellence & Cultural Relevance: Curriculum, pedagogy, and assessments satisfy Common Core standards and practices, with data-backed evaluation of outcomes. Education incorporates Indigenous languages, subjects, and teaching practices.
• Focus on Holistic Wellness: The NACA Wellness Wheel is used as a framework for students and staff to assess growth and set goals around Intellectual, Physical, and Social/Emotional Health and Wellbeing.
• Community Transformation: NACA is a key facilitator of connections within the community; it also leads community events such as the NACA Feast day, Pow-wow and host schools interested in Indigenous Education and leadership development.

NACA educates students in K-2 and 6-12 (the elementary school is new as of August 2016, and it will continue to add a grade each year until NACA serves grades 6-12).

NACA is the flagship school of the NACA Inspired Schools Network (NISN), a school network dedicated to Indigenous education with schools in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.

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