*First Day for Students is August 31, 2020. TIS is conducting remote learning with K-8 grades until at least October 14, 2020.  Updates will be posted here as future health orders, PED guidelines, and Governing Board decisions are made. 
*The Governor's Office and Public Education Department have not yet provided a date to begin middle and high school in-person learning.  Until a reentry date for our students is established, we will continue to provide remote instruction.  Updates will be communicated with all stakeholders and posted here. 
*During the monthly October 5, 2020 meeting, the Governing Council will make a decision whether to start offering hybrid in-person learning for grades k-5 with cohort A on Mondays and Tuesdays, cohort B on Thursdays and Fridays and cleaning/disinfecting on Wednesdays.  Families will also be offered the opportunity to do remote learning only.   
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MISSION
We, at Taos International School, through inquiry base learning, will acquire languages and the academic and social skills necessary to function in our local, national, and international community.

VISION

Students at Taos International School will learn to respect themselves, their community, and the larger diverse world in which they live while developing the skills necessary to achieve their goals. 
IB Mission
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect..  To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate  and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right

LOCATION 
Taos International School is located at Diamond Plaza, 118 Este Es Road, Taos, NM 87571
Phone:(575)751-7115
Fax: (575)751-3642

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Nadine M. Vigil, MA,
​ Head Administrator/Director

Mrs. Vigil has served in various administrative and teaching roles for over forty-two years including Educational Assistant, Teacher, Assistant Principal, Principal and Adjunct Professor.  Mrs. Vigil is Bilingual (English/Spanish) and holds a New Mexico Administrative Credential with Bilingual, TESOL and Modern and Classical Languages.  


WHY WE STRIVE TO BE IB

Taos International School is a candidate school for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP). Middle Years Programme (MYP) is authorized as an IB World School.
IB World Schools share a common philosophy—a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision.
The IB PYP & MYP prepares students to become active, caring, lifelong learners who demonstrate respect for themselves and others and have the capacity to participate in the world around them. PYP & MYP focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both within and beyond the classroom.   Our teachers are in the beginning stages of developing IB PYP & MYP units of study known as "Planners".  Each of these planners are developed around a Central Idea or Key Concept.  At the elementary level, the IB PYP also spends a lot of time and energy to help our students become Risk Takers.  We also encourage them to demonstrate empathy, integrity, confidence, curiosity, thoughtfulness, knowledge and tolerance.  We anticipate becoming a fully authorized International Baccalaureate PYP & MYP school by 2020.
 
For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit www.ibo.org