Desert Willow Family School and Coyote Willow Family School are tuition-free APS Schools of Choice serving kindergarten through 8th-grade students in multi-grade classrooms with small student to teacher ratios. The unique learning model of the Family Schools combines part-time classroom instruction with part-time homeschooling, with options for 50% or 80% in-school time. The schools’ unique curriculum, project-based learning models, and emphasis on critical thinking skills contribute to the high NM-MSSA standardized test scores achieved by students at both schools.
Now accepting applications for lottery admissions at both campuses, Desert Willow Family School on the east side, and Coyote Willow Family School on the west side. Interested families are welcome to attend upcoming open houses.
Desert Willow (east side) Open House: 1/25 and 2/23
Coyote Willow (west side) Open House: 1/19 and 1/26
Both Desert Willow Family School’s and Coyote Willow Family School’s multi-age, open-ended curriculum is designed to help students take responsibility for their learning process.
The program’s use of both the classroom and home environment encourages students to grow into self-initiating, life-long learners. The student curriculum is a rigorous, hands-on, integrated, self-directed approach to cooperative learning.
