Tamara Johnson awarded a Full Ride Scholarship
to Marquette University!
Go Golden Eagles!
Tamara was one of three recipients
nationwide to receive this scholarship. Boys & Girls Clubs of
America and Marquette University established the scholarship to honor
those students who have chosen to Be
The Difference in their community and, in turn, the world.
Congratulations to our
2010 Scholarship Recipients
Andrea Castellano PVHS
Senior $1500
Ashley
Browning PVHS Junior $1000
Tamara
Johnson PVHS Senior $2000
MaKayla
Sanchez PVHS Senior $1000
Congratulations to our 2010 New Mexico State Youth of the
Year & Junior Youth of the Year! Good Luck to Andrea as she prepares to
compete for the Southwest Regional Youth of the Year in Texas on May
5th!
Tamara rings the Closing Bell of the New York Stock
Exchange and is featured in an interview on Fox Business Live!
On Monday, April 26, 18-year-old Tamara Johnson of Santa Fe,
N.M., rang the NYSE Closing Bell in honor of being named the 2010
National Ambassador for the successful Money Matters: Make it Count financial literacy
program, sponsored by Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Charles
Schwab Foundation.
She
closes out her trip with another television interview on Tuesday
morning before getting on a plane to come back to us here in New Mexico!
Tamara Johnson
selected
as the 2010 Teen Ambassador to
represent Boys & Girls Clubs of America's and Charles Schwab
Foundation's financial education program!
Our very own Tamara Johnson, Youth Leader Assistant and Pojoaque
Valley High School Senior has been chosen for the prestigious honor
of serving as the National Ambassador for Boys & Girls Clubs of
America's Money Matters: Make it
Count program.
As the 2010 Money Matters Ambassador,
Tamara will attend various events on behalf of BGCA and the program to
speak about the importance of financial education for teens. Her first
trip will be to New York later this month to ring the bell at the New
York Stock Exchange and close the day's trading session.
Tamara
also received a $10,000 scholarship from Charles Schwab Foundation,
sponsor of the Money Matters program. Congratulations,
Tamara! We are so proud of you!
Come Join Us!
Kool & the Gang visit!
Blue
Star Moms are mothers of military personnel stationed overseas. Their
organization helps collect items for the troops in Afghanistan and
Iraq. They borrowed our club to collect items and fill boxes to send
out to the troops for Christmas.
Summer 2009 at the Pueblo of Pojoaque Boys & Girls Club...
Interviews with past and present members of the Pojoaque Boys & Girls Club reveal what the club means to them. Sprinkled amongst the interviews are some highlights of our 2009 summer program at the club. Thanks to everyone - staff and members - that helped make this summer GREAT!
Most especially, thanks to our Executive Director Mr. Don Christy who inspires us with his dedication and devotion to the club and its members everyday. This film is dedicated to him.
Congratulations to our 2009 Youth of
the Year & Junior Youth of the Year!
Congratulations Desiree for being chosen as the New Mexico State Junior
Youth of the Year!
Who's News Tamara Johnson was featured in the New Mexican on Sunday August 22nd! Be sure to read the article here.
End of the Summer... Well, our summer program finished with a bang! You can check out pictures from our family fun day here!
Look for a movie of all our summer fieldtrips coming soon too! Our
after school program will officially start on August 30th.
Youth
of Week 10 Congrats to our Week 10 Youth
of the Week: Nicholas Martinez and Megan Herrera. Excellent
work!
Who's News Matt's who! Check out the write up Matt got on the Pojoaque News website!
Summer Schedules Week
#10 schedule is now available! Signup
for 1 fieldtrip on Monday morning at
7:15!
New Junior Staff Congrats
to our newest Junior Staff: Giselle Sevilla! She's worked very hard
the past few months and has definitely earned her spot on the staff.
Welcome!
Youth
of Week 9 Congrats to our Week 9 Youth
of the Week: Derrick Grasmick and Freddie Martinez. Excellent
work!
Child Safety Day This Wednesday was our 11th annual Child Safety Day.
There were over 12 different police, sheriff and fire departments on
site giving demonstrations and valuable info...thanks to all those that
came by to share their knowledge!
Youth
of Week 8 Congrats to our Week 8 Youth
of the Week: Elias Gonzales and Giselle Sevilla. This is the second week for Giselle! Keep up the good
work!
Summer Schedules Week
#9 schedule is now available! Signup
for 1 fieldtrip and 1 alternate on Monday morning at
7:15!
Child Safety Day This
Wednesday was our 11th annual Child Safety Day. There were over 12
different police, sheriff and fire departments on site giving
demonstrations and valuable info...thanks to all those that came by to
share their knowledge!
Youth
of Week 7 Congrats to our Week 7 Youth
of the Week: Elena Gonzales and Josh Roybal. Keep up the good
work!
Summer Schedules Week
#8 schedule is now available! Signup
for 1 fieldtrip and 1 alternate on Monday morning at
7:15!
Crazy Hat Day at the club! Congrats to our top three crazy hats: Lucas T., Kassie G. and
Kristin K.!
Youth
of Week 6 Congrats to our Week 6 Youth
of the Week: Kareem Edwards and Josh Martinez. Keep up the good
work!
Youth
of Week 5 Congrats to our Week 5 Youth
of the Week: Gary Johnson and Kristiana Martinez. This is Kristiana's
second
week as youth of the week! Keep up the good
work!
Summer
Schedules Week
#7 schedule is now available! Signup
for 1 fieldtrip and 1 alternate on Monday morning at
7:15!
Thursday was Team Day! Members supported their favorite teams by sporting their
colors today...GO TEAM!
4th of July Fireworks Show Congrats to the winners of our door prizes this year - Isaiah
Martinez, Miguel Lujan, and Dominic Medina each got a $50 gift
certificates to Factory Fireworks!
After School Registration Begins
on Tuesday July 20th at 7:30am and runs thru Friday July 30th at
3:00pm. This is for current members only. Open registration will be
announced at a later date provided there is room available. Thank you!
Summer Schedules Week
#6 schedule is now available! Signup
for 1 fieldtrip and 1 alternate on Tuesday
morning at
7:15! We will be closed on Monday July 5th.
Help Spread the News! Please help us let everyone know about our Community
Assistance Day on July 27th! All items are free and donated by National
Relief Charities. You can click on the image above for a full size
image of the flier to print out and post!
Summer Schedules Week
#5 schedule is now available! Signup
for 1 fieldtrip and 1 alternate on Monday morning at
7:15!
Youth
of Week 3 Congrats to our Week 3 Youth
of the Week: Kristiana Martinez and Catherine Jiron. Keep up the good
work!
Summer
Schedules Week
#4 schedule is now available! Signup
for 1 fieldtrip and 1 alternate on Monday morning at
7:15!
Youth
of Week 2 Congrats to our Week 2 Youth
of the Week: Miranda Grasmick and Karlie Navarrete. Keep up the good
work!
Youth of the Week Congrats to our Youth of the Week for the first week of our
summer program: Giselle Sevilla and Jose Luis Maestas!
Thank You! Many
thanks to our parents for participating in Los Alamos National
Laboratory's volunteer program! Frances Castellano, Melissa Martinez,
and Angelique Neuman earned the club a check for $325 with their
volunteer hours! Thank you!
Summer Schedules Week
#3 schedule is now available! Signup
for 1 fieldtrip and 1 alternate on Monday morning at
7:15!
You can find all the
past and current fieldtrip schedules here.
2010 Teacher of the Year Mr. Albert Fernandez, a teacher of 32 years, was honored as
our 3rd Annual Teacher
of the Year at the Senior Awards night May 27th.
2010 Student Athlete of the
Year Ms. Dionna Montoya, a senior
at Pojoaque Valley High, was honored as
our 1st Annual Student
Athlete
of the Year at the Senior Awards night May 27th.
BE GREAT What do you want to be? Need some ideas?
Check these
out!
New!
Stay up to date on the latest
news while you're on the go! This is something new for us! Help us give
it a test run this summer and let us know how you like it.
Summer Schedules Week
#2 fieldtrip schedule is now availalble! Signup
for 1 fieldtrip and 1 alternate on Monday morning at
7:15!
Who's News Tamara Johnson was featured
in an article by the Albuquerque Journal North on Tuesday, April 27th as
she discusses her trip to New York as the 2010 Money Matters
Ambassador.
Sign-Up! NOW CLOSED...Please sign
up your MIRACLES Academy student if they will be going to the RoboRAVE
competition by Thursday April 22nd.
New!
Stay up to date
on the latest news while you're on the go! This is something new for
us! Help us give it a test run this summer and let us know how you like
it.
Scholarship Deadline Don't miss out on money for college! Our Buffalo Thunder Scholarship deadline is Thurs, Apr 29th. Applications can be
found online.
Summer Registration For current club members, summer registration starts Wed, Apr 21st
and ends on Fri,
May 7th. You'll need to have your registration form completed
and the first week's payment. Don't miss out...this summer is going to
be a blast!
Open Registration For those that are not currently club members, open
registration for our summer program will be on Tuesday May 18th at
10 am provided there is space available. You will need to be
here at the club to sign your child up or place them on the waiting
list. Sorry, but we cannot take any registrations by phone.
Easter Egg Hunt Our 11th Annual Easter Egg Hunt was a huge
success! Over 12,000 eggs were filled and 300 prizes were given away!
Don't miss the movie!
March Drawing Congrats to Isaiah M. who won the drawing this month and gets
to take home all the goodies at the end of the rainbow!
2010 National Keystone Conference Eight teens traveled to Pittsburgh this March along with 3
staff for the National Keystone Conference. Be sure to check out the
slideshow! (Link is embedded in the above picture)
New Films Uploaded See
the films our MIRACLES Academy members made on their field trip to the
ABQ Mac Store last year!
Easter Egg Hunt Please join us for our 11th Annual Easter Egg Hunt on April
3rd at 11am here at the Pojoaque Boys & Girls Club. Don't
be late though - because these kids are quick!
Polls Closed... But you can still check out the teens' video extolling the
virtues of their teen center. We didn't win...but we're still really
proud of our club! See the video
now!
Vote Now! The teens put together a short video extolling the virtues of
their teen center. Help them win $500 by taking the time to vote
now!
Kool & the Gang Visit! The band took time out from their busy concert schedule to
stop by the club and visit with members and their families on Saturday
Feb 27th. They even invited 30 of our club members to come to their
concert that evening. Now that's the
definition of "Kool!"
New Stardancers Coach Please help us in welcoming our new Stardancers Coach Ashlei
Griego!
Parent Appreciation Dinner Our
3rd Annual Parent Appreciation Dinner will be held on Friday Feb 12th
at 6pm. Please RSVP by 12 noon on Wednesday Feb 10th!
Youth of the Year Best
of
luck to our 2010 Youth of the Year and Junior Youth of the Year
nominees! Judging is on Friday Feb 5th and the Banquet will be on
Sat Feb 6th...wish them luck!
Andrea Castellano & Tamara Johnson Youth of the Year
Marissa Martinez & MaKayla Sanchez Youth of the Year
Desiree Garcia & Catherine Jiron Junior Youth of the Year
Savannah Martinez & Toby Padilla Junior Youth of the Year
Renee Payne
Junior Youth of the Year
Youth of the Year Packets
for our Youth of the Year and Junior Youth of the Year are due by
Wednesday Jan 27th. You can download your application packet here.
Welcome! Two new staff members joined us today. Please welcome Tamarra Vigil & Joe Roybal as our newest Youth Leader Assistants!
Teen Staff! Welcome
to
our new Teen Staff! Leroy Velarde is our new Teen Director &
Roberta Pacheco joins us again as our Assistant Teen Director. Please
stop by and say hi and
help us in welcoming them to the club!
2009 Employee of the Year Congratulations to Jen Roper, our 2009 Employee of the Year! Great Job Jen!
Student Athlete Awards We're starting something new this year and giving special recognition to our student athletes!
Each week an outstanding student athlete from the middle & high
schools is nominated by their coach for their work in the classroom and
on the field. Congrats!
