Why+Join?


 * Through NMANS your school community members are part of a unified and active coalition organized to influence legislation that will impact all of our schools.**
 * //__NOTE NEW MAILING ADDRESS: P. O. BOX 7426, ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. 87194__//**

The mission of NMANS is to be the advocate for all children attending nonpublic schools in New Mexico. Its purpose is to assure that these students receive the benefits of diversity, free choice, and excellence in education through collaboration and communication.
 * NMANS Mission Statement**

Thanks to a grant from the Albuquerque Academy Educational Foundation, the New Mexico Media Literacy Project (NMMLP) is able to provide a free multimedia resource to faculty and staff of the New Mexico Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (NM ISAS). NMMLP's new DVD-ROM Media Literacy Toolbox will be delivered free of charge to the first 100 NM ISAS faculty and staff who request a copy. Read More Limit is one copy per person. Orders must be placed by May 15, 2008.
 * __Additional benefits of NMANS membership include:__**

Elect four members of the Board of Trustees by mail-in ballot each September.
 * About NMANS [[file:NMANSINFORMATION.doc]] (below)**
 * **Purchase of goods and services through Cooperative Educational Services ([|CES])**
 * **Be a support for a viable organization which has YOUR interests as paramount.**
 * **Automatic membership to the Council for American Private Education ([|CAPE]). NMANS is your CAPE representative.**
 * **Automatic membership to the New Mexico Coalition of School Administrators ([|NMSCA])**
 * Attend our Annual Conferencewhere:
 * 400-600 educators from nonpublic schools share experiences, concerns, programs, etc.,
 * 35+ workshops stimulate professional development (some 2-hour, most 1-hour),
 * 25-40 Textbook and Educational Materials companies promote their products,
 * the official NMANS representatives from each school share a luncheon meeting to hear a keynote speaker and the annual report from the presidentKeep up to date with nonpublic school concerns and interests by means of our Newsletter, e-mail, our membership packet, and our convention information mailing. Legislative issues, accreditation through the Nonpublic Schools Commission, news about other nonpublic schools around the state, and the action of the NMANS Board of Trustees are covered.

NMANS Fact Sheet

Membership Application (word or pdf) [|NMANSMembership.doc] [|NMANSMembership.pdf]


 * NEW MEXICO** **ASSOCIATION OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS**


 * NMANS is a non-profit organization founded in 1975 for the following purposes**:
 * To promote and defend the right of diversity in education to correspond with our nation’s heritage of pluralism, to the end that the welfare, spirit, and moral character of the whole society are enhanced in the process.
 * To assist all parents in their efforts to maintain the right to exercise a free choice among schools for their children.
 * To provide a framework for communication and cooperation among the different types and groups of nonpublic schools, between nonpublic schools and their public school counterparts, and between nonpublic schools and the State Department of Education as well as other state and federal agencies.
 * To encourage a broad public commitment to excellence in education.
 * To foster recognition of the fact that nonpublic and public schools share in carrying out the educational responsibility of the state.
 * To encourage the maintenance of standards appropriate to the purpose of each institution so that the public interest is well served by the nonpublic schools.
 * To promote sound management of the educational investment, whether from private or public resources, and to seek the optimal utilization of all the acceptable existing and potential educational resources of the state.


 * NMANS is educational leadership**….
 * Since 1975, NMANS has worked to promote nonpublic schools as critical segments in education in new Mexico. The establishment of a Nonpublic Schools Commission by the SDE represents years of hard work by NMANS.
 * NMANS lobbying efforts provide effective consultation in Santa Fe to protect the rights of nonpublic school students and their families.
 * The annual NMANS conference each fall brings nonpublic school professionals and other educational experts together for important professional development opportunities at a reasonable cost.
 * NMANS is the affiliated state organization of CAPE (Council for American Private Education), our connection with national educational and political leaders.
 * The Board of Trustees monitors the interests and concerns of all nonpublic schools when it meets quarterly and in emergency sessions.


 * Through NMANS you can:**
 * Be a support for a viable organization which has YOUR interests as paramount.
 * Attend our Annual Conference where 400-600 educators from nonpublic schools share experiences, concerns, programs, etc.
 * Keep up to date with nonpublic school concerns and interests by means of our newsletter, email, membership packet and convention information mailing. Legislative issues, accreditation through the Nonpublic School Commission, news about other nonpublic schools around the state and the action of the Board of Trustees are covered.
 * Elect four members of the Board of Trustees each fall.