Navajo Mountain High School

High school in Navajo Mountain, Utah, United States

^[1]MascotJaguars^[1]Websitehttp://schools.sjsd.org/navajo-mountain-high

Navajo Mountain High School is a senior high school in Navajo Mountain, Utah, United States, a census-designated place within the Navajo Nation in southwestern San Juan County.

Description

The school, a part of the San Juan School District, uses an Arizona mailing address. It is located in a low income area 35 miles (56 km) away from the closest gas station; the Navajo Mountain Chapter stated that Navajo Mountain is the most isolated community in the entire Navajo Nation.^[3]

History

The number of staff declined after the Great Recession of 2008 even though the student body increased slightly; there were seven full-time staff members in 2009, while in 2014 there were three full-time staff members and a part-time counselor.^[3]

In 2017 the school formed a FIRST Robotics Competition team and qualified for the FIRST Championship in Houston, Texas.^[4]^[5]

The school was prominently featured in the 2021 Independent Lens documentary Scenes From The Glittering World.^[6]

Student body and staff

As of 2014^[update] the entire student body was Native American. Most of the 33 students were entirely of Navajo ancestry. A portion of the student body was made up of some who were entirely of Paiute ancestry. Some students had mixed ancestry of Navajo and Hopi and others had mixed ancestry of Navajo and Paiute. Around 33% of the students were classified as homeless, and 31 of the 33 students were enrolled in free or reduced lunch programs.^[3]

As of that year, one staff member was both an administrator and a teacher, and there were two other teachers who worked full-time as well as a part-time counselor. In 2009 all of the school staff were full-time: one principal, one counselor, and five teachers.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Navajo Mountain High School". Utah High School Activities Association. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
^ ^a ^b "Search for Public Schools - Navajo Mountain High (490090000491)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Executive Summary Navajo Mountain High School". AdvancED. March 18, 2014. p. 2. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017 – via Wayback Machine.
^ Gifford, Kelly (March 10, 2017). "Tiny Navajo Mountain school reaches Utah robotics contest". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City: The Salt Lake Tribune, Inc. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017 – via Wayback Machine.
^ Landry, Alysa (September 13, 2018). "Native American Students Win Rookie Robotics Award". indiancountrytoday.com. Indian Country Today. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
^ Robinson, Jennifer (May 12, 2022). "INDEPENDENT LENS: Scenes from the Glittering World". KPBS. Retrieved June 13, 2022.