Native American Community Academy

NACA faculty are committed to guiding students to deeply explore specific subject areas, while also being mindful of making connections across these disciplines. To do this, teachers create quarterly backward plans that include Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions, formal and summative assessments, cultural connections and specific knowl... edge and skills that the students will master. Teachers publish and share these plans and receive specific feedback from the Director of Curriculum and Instruction, the Instructional Coordinator, and through Professional Learning Communities, to insure that the company has high academic standards and the company's entire academic program is aligned and integrated. At NACA, the company believes that to preserve one's language is to preserve one's culture. The company also recognize that many colleges require a language component. Therefore, the company offers classes in Navajo at both the middle school and high school levels, as well as Dine Government specifically for High School students. The company also offer Lakota language classes at the middle school and high school levels, as well as Keres. Students can also take Spanish I, II and III. Read more about NACA's approach in the report Indian Education in New Mexico: 2025, where the company were featured as a school using best practices for culturally responsive education. In addition to all that students learn in a formal classroom setting, NACA places strong importance on experiential learning through Academic Activities and Learning Trips, Out-of-School Time Learning, and other Special Programs.Read More