To: Public Education Dept./Public Ed. Commission and P.E.D./Commissioners

R.I.S.E...stands for Relevant, Inspire, Self, and Empower education.

Dear Public Ed., Dept/Public Ed., Commission

R.I.S.E is a culturally Relevant and Inspirational nontraditional educational model which builds Self and Empowers, by deliberately teaching dual purpose instruction through cognitive and non cognitive skills to help all children succeed in school and life.

The data is indisputable on how such an innovative program can only benefit our students. RISE New Mexico is needed.

Why is this important?

On the heels of a dismal 50 of 50 state ranking in the latest "Kids Count" report, RISE an innovative school idea is not approved by the Public Ed., Department.
The “Kids Count” report ranks children on 16 different indicators of well-being; from education to health, to poverty and family life.

However, RISE a proposed school to deliberately teach students skills on how to succeed like confidence, persistence, and resiliency (CPR) along with the essential cognitive abilities, the powers that be do not recommend such a school to be approved.

Please sign the petition to show the support and need for a deliberate dual purpose education model and that our outdated education model just isn’t working for a great majority of our students

Thank you,
Eppie Lopez
www.risenm.org