Monte del Sol Charter School

{{Short description|Public charter high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States}}

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{{Infobox school

| name = Monte del Sol Charter School

| image = Monte del Sol Charter School, Santa Fe NM.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Monte del Sol Charter School

| motto =

| streetaddress = 4157 Walking Rain Rd.

| location =

| city = Santa Fe

| state = New Mexico

| county = Santa Fe

| zipcode = 87507

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|35.6246|-106.0098|type:edu_region:US-NM|display=inline,title}}

| established =

| opened = 2000{{cite web|title=About Monte del Sol|url=http://www.montedelsol.org/about_monte_del_sol/|publisher=Monte del Sol Charter|accessdate=6 June 2014}}

| type = Charter high school

| district = Santa Fe Public Schools

| grades = 7 - 12

| us_nces_school_id = {{NCES School ID|350017000816|school_name=Monte Del Sol Charter|access_date=Jun 11, 2019}}

| ceeb = 320609

| superintendent =

| principal = Zoe Nelsen Press release: [http://www.montedelsol.org/files/MDSPressRelease.pdf Board Selects New School Head] 15 January 2014

| viceprincipal = Erika Penczer

| enrollment = 349 (2018–19){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=350017000816|title=MONTE DEL SOL CHARTER|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=February 6, 2021}}

| faculty = 31.30 (FTE)

| ratio = 11.15

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| campus_size =

| conference = NMAA

| mascot = Dragon

| team_name =

| newspaper =

| colors = Red, black, and white {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|black|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.montedelsol.org/}}

| feeders =

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Monte del Sol Charter is a public charter high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. As of 2017, the school had 353 students and 25 classroom teachers.

The school was founded by Tony Gerlicz, who originally planned to emphasize arts and music classes and a less rigid hierarchy.{{cite news|last1=Schirtzinger|first1=Alexa|title=Testing...1,2,3|url=http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-5564-testing123.html|accessdate=6 June 2014|work=The Santa Fe Reporter|date=4 August 2010}} The school received its charter in 1999 and began offering classes in 2000. During its first term the school operated out of the Santa Fe Boys & Girls Club. From 2001 to 2003 the school operated in a strip mall during construction of a new campus. Since the 2003–2004 school year, the school's campus has been on the southwestern edge of the city in the Nava Ade neighborhood.

In 2008 Gerlicz left the school to head the American School of Warsaw, and was eventually replaced as principal by Angela Ritchie. Ritchie used a more top-down management style, emphasized improving the school's test scores, and worked to resolve the school's budget shortfall by cutting some art and music programs. Ritchie left the school in 2011.

In 2014, the school was named one of the best schools in the state by U.S. News & World Report.{{cite news|last1=Nott|first1=Robert|title=2 Santa Fe schools ranked among best in state|url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/education/santa-fe-schools-ranked-among-best-in-state/article_bf2b2dea-c04e-538f-88ac-b7c66a96370e.html|accessdate=6 June 2014|work=Santa Fe New Mexican|date=23 April 2014}}

The school describes the Coalition of Essential Schools as a guide to its development.{{cite web|title=Our Philosophy|url=http://www.montedelsol.org/about_monte_del_sol/philosophy/|publisher=Monte del Sol Charter|accessdate=6 June 2014}}