Mesa Elementary School (5836)
703 WEST 7TH STREET
CORTEZ, CO 81321
279
Total Students Served
Half Day Kindergarten - Grade 5
School District:
Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 (2035)
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About Mesa Elementary School (5836)
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Mesa Elementary School
2025-2026
Mesa School is a part of RE-1 Montezuma Cortez School District situated in the southwest corner of Colorado. The Four Corners region is know for its beauty as "the place where the desert meets the mountains," its wealth of outdoor activities, and cultural hot spot including Mesa Verde National Park. Mesa School has about 279 students (for the 2025-2026 school year) in grades kindergarten to fifth grade. We serve a diverse population of students both culturally and economically. The Ute Mountain …
Ute Reservation is located eleven miles south of town. Students from this reservation as well as those from Navajo Tribe attend our school. 40% of our students are Native American, 27% are Caucasian, 22% are Hispanic and 10% are two or more nationalities. Our attendance rate was ~ 91% for the last year which was up from the prior year. 4.4% of our population for the 2024-25 school year are English Language Learners (ELL), 100% of our population qualify for Free Meals, and 3% are gifted and talented. Mobility is a huge concern; students move in and out of the area frequently. The make-up of our classrooms change daily! Student transition as they move in and out of the area or to a different educational institution, such as Charter, Religious Affiliated schools, Homeschooling, and Online Education that is not associated to the Montezuma-Cortez School District. The PURPOSE of Mesa School is "KIDS FIRST! Working with families to get the job done!" Our Mission is "Growing Life-long Learners, One Child at Time." ALL Mesa students will be reading and computing at or above grade level by the end of third grade and maintaining that level of proficiency throughout their school careers" is Mesa's VISION statement. Since we have re-branded ourselves as "A Community of Learners and Leaders," we have seen achievement and growth increase. This last year we were accredited as Performance Plan. While we haven't made academic achievement growth gains we know we need for our students, we are showing improvement. To help address our continued need for "growth" in student achievement for the 2025-2026 school year, we have partnered with STRIVE, "Get Better Faster," Benchmark trainers, and administrative consultant Arsenio Romero. Major improvement strategies aligned with our Semester Plans as well as the District's UIP have been targeted for the 2025-2026 school year. Our intent is focused on strategies for increasing student engagement and improving school climate through the use of data driven instruction. The UIP is developed by the building principal with input as needed from various members of the Mesa team. Data is analyzed, previous UIP's are studied, and input from District Administration is given. PAWS (Parent and Working Staff), parent and teacher group, and School Accountability Committee are updated monthly on the status of our plans and are given the opportunity to contribute to them. Input from staff not on the Leadership Team, students, parents, and community members is always welcomed and given consideration. Parents are given avenues to voice their opinions, concerns, and dreams for Mesa's future through surveys, questionnaires, phone calls, e-mails to administration and staff, Parent/Teacher conferences, etc. PTO / PAWS has their own web page and can be found on Facebook. A newsletter, Cat Tales, sent home monthly keeps families informed of important dates and events, celebrations, data results, and strategies to support learning at home. There is also a school website and a Facebook page that parents can access to learn more about the school, UIP, Semester Plans, etc. Professional development has been identified as an area of need especially around the topics of engaging students of poverty, increasing student accountability, differentiation, and vocabulary development. Monies from grants (if awarded) will allow Mesa to fund professional development opportunities in these and other areas. This year efforts have started to meet professional development identified by staff members for the proper implementation of the relatively new Language Arts curricula. Academic achievement in literacy and growth across reading and writing (ELA) and mathematics is not enough to close the gaps in desired performance. Mesa is committed to accelerating growth and achievement by deepening implementation of our improvement work to date including our core evidence based improvement strategies by Improving culture and climate, improving data driven instruction, improving instructional systems and infrastructure, and increasing student engagement. We implement these strategies through our Semester Plans and specific goal setting for our school.
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