Stories tagged with Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy (SUIMA)

A small fencing crew from Farmington, N.M. works to bring in wrought iron section of the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy’s new security fence on Thursday, Dec. 5. The fence workers, Manuel and Martin, are subcontracted through American Fence Co. — the company responsible for the project, which is slated for completion in early December.

Fri Dec 6th, 2019

School zone safety

Students of the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy have the honor of dancing the first dance, a tradition at the Southern Ute Bear Dance and an integral part of the cultural component emphasized through the Montessori program. The young students spend weeks, if not months in preparation, often sewing their own moccasins and decorating their Bear Dance regalia together in the classroom.

Fri Jun 7th, 2019

‘Pino Nuche’ honor the bear through dance

Southern Ute Tribal Council members, Lorelei Cloud and Cedric Chavez were on hand to award Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy (SUIMA) teacher certificates and awards in Ute Challenge. The goal of the challenge, is to encourage and empower the SUIMA staff to use their Ute language in every classroom all the time.

Fri May 10th, 2019

Teachers meet Ute Challenge

Southern Ute Tribal Chairwoman, Christine Sage and Executive Officer, McKean Walton await their Frito pies, helping the SUIMA students raise money for a field trip to Arizona.

Fri May 10th, 2019

Earning money for Canyon de Chelly

Students from the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy help to dedicate the park on Monday, Dec. 17.

Thu Dec 20th, 2018

SUIMA christens SunUte playground

The KSUT radio station welcomed a cheerful visit by the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy (SUIMA) students, who serenaded them with Christmas songs sung in Ute.

Thu Dec 20th, 2018

Carolers deck the halls with music

Lisa Smith from Shining Mountain Health and Wellness, gave a “Health and Wellness of the Utes” presentation, Monday, Nov. 26, for the Southern Ute Montessori Academy in preparation for this year’s Leonard C. Burch Art and Literacy Contest, themed Health and Wellness of the Utes.

Thu Dec 6th, 2018

Leonard C. Burch “Health and Wellness” at SUIMA

Sporting a ribbon shirt of his own, Primary Guide, Gabe Tate holds up a youth ribbon shirt.

Fri Oct 26th, 2018

SUIMA’s Fancy Fridays

Little Miss Ute Mountain Ute, Riley Lang, who is nine-years-old, and a third grader at Ignacio Elementary School came to present to the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy students for Friday Culture Day, Sept. 21.

Little Miss Ute Mountain Ute, Riley Lang, performed a dance for the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy students.

Thu Sep 27th, 2018

Little Miss Ute Mountain Ute visits Academy

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