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Tumbleweeds, the quarterly magazine full of news, views and to-dos for families living in or visiting Santa Fe, NM.
Fall 2018
Falling into Fall!

ON THE COVER: Yarie Ayan Sylla, daughter of Molly Brooks and Djibril Sylla, will turn 5 on Halloween. She goes to school at the UNM children’s campus and loves to dance, sing, ride her bike, swim, garden and play with her friends til it’s dark outside. Photo © Ana June, 2018.
 
Here’s some of what you’ll find in this issue:

  • Yoga in Schools
  • Baby Blues
  • Pop-Up Playgrounds
  • STEM Education in SF Public Schools
  • Teen Art Curators
  • Poder Familiar – Abriendo Puertas
  • Claudette on Yazzie/Martinez v. State of New Mexico 
  • After-School Program Directory
  • Fall 2018 Calendar of Family Events 
  • & More!

ARTWORK IN THIS ISSUE

ARTWORK IN THIS ISSUEwas created by students in Partners in Education’s ArtWorks program during the 2017-18 school year.
 
Quilt squares from Mandela International Magnet School were inspired by the Chinese quilt exhibit at Museum of International Folk Art. Plaza drawings from Gonzales Community School were inspired by paintings of the Santa Fe Plaza in the New Mexico Museum of Art. Abstract works from Carlos Gilbert Elementary were inspired by the “Action/Abstraction Redefined” exhibit at IAIA/Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.
WINNER!

New Mexico Press Women
2018 Communications Contest
1st Place: Magazine Editing & Design.
1st Place: Speech - "From Duck Dynasty to Diploma," by Javier Baros, printed in our Fall 2017 issue.
4th Place, Columns: General
for "Notes from Claudette"

Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce 2017 Business Excellence Award
Family Friendly Business of the Year

National Federation of Press Woman 2017 Communications Contest
2nd Place, Columns: General
for "Notes from Claudette"
3rd Place, Headlines

New Mexico Press Women
2017 Communications Contest
1st Place: Magazine Editing & Design
1st Place: Headlines
1st Place: Columns: General for "Notes from Claudette"
2nd Place: Specialty Articles - Education

NMPW 2016 Communications Contest 
1st Place: Columns: General
1st Place: Feature Story (Magazine)

Farewell, Aleppo
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From Tumbleweeds Editor, 
Claudette E. Sutton