Schedule an Appointment
Schedule an appointment with your child's School Counselor via phone or email.
| Joylynn Armijo-Paloheimo | (505) 857-9282 ex: 33808 | Counselor (6th grade & 7th grade A-L) |
| Vanessa Gatti | (505) 857-9282 ex: 33806 | Registrar |
| Margaret Matteucci | (505) 857-9282 ex: 33807 | Counselor (All 8th grade & 7th grade N-Z) |
Mission Statement
To create an environment that supports students through the challenges of Middle School with solution seeking, progress driven, community focused programs for each learner.
- Using Google Tools
- Go Guardian
- Parent Email:
- Student Acceptable Use of Technology Procedural Directive
Counselors' Corner
(For new students coming from charter schools, private schools, out-of-state schools, or who recently moved in the DRMS boundaries.)
Registration steps for students who have never been in APS before:
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Step 1: Create a new ParentVUE account at enroll.aps.edu
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Step 2: Complete “Online Registration: (OLR) for 2022-2023 school year
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Step 3: Upload OLR documents (more information below)
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Step 4: Print/complete Additional Documents (more information below)
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Step 5: Email documents to DRMS Registrar at VANESSA.GATTI@APS.EDU
Registration steps for APS students who recently moved to the DRMS boundary or who are returning to APS from a charter, private, and other non-APS schools:
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Step 1: Parents log into ParentVUE at mystudentlogin.aps.edu
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Step 2: Select the “Online Registration: (OLR) tab at the top
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Step 3: Select “2021-2022 School Year”
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Step 4: Upload OLR documents (more information below)
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Step 5: Print/complete Additional Documents (more information below)
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Step 6: Email documents to DRMS Registrar at VANESSA.GATTI@APS.EDU
Please Upload the following in Online Registration System
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**A current PNM of NM Gas Company bill. (Must be issued within the last month.)
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To make sure you live in our boundary area, go to www.aps.edu/find-my-school/
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Upload a PDF of your e-bill, or a scan of your original paper bill (front and back) in color. Please, no screenshots of online account homepages.
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**Updated shot records
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Birth certificates - only if a student has never been enrolled in an APS program.
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Individual Education Plan (I.E.P.) if applicable
**These documents must be uploaded otherwise residency and immunizations cannot be verified and your Online Registration cannot be processed.
Additional Documents
Please print out these documents, fill them out, and email them to our registrar, Vanessa Gatti, at VANESSA.GATTI@APS.EDU with your student’s name and grade level in the subject line.
Students who have never been in APS must complete
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Language Usage Survey
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Verification of Residency Form
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Course Request Form
APS students who recently moved to the DRMS boundary or who are returning to APS from charter, private, and other non-APS schools
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Verification of Residency
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Course Request Form
Joylynn Armijo-Paloheimo
(505) 857-9282 x33808
joylynn.armijo-paloheimo@aps.edu
ALL of 6th, 7th graders with last name A-M
Margaret Matteucci
(505) 857-9282 x33807
margaret.matteucci@aps.edu
ALL of 8th grade, 7th graders with last name N-Z
Vanessa Gatti
505-857-9282 x33806
vanessa.gatti@aps.edu
Registrar
Guidance and Counseling services are provided by a licensed mental health professional. Students, parents, teachers, and staff may consult with the counselor on a confidential basis. If a student is not feeling happy or successful at school, the counselor may be of help.
Services provided:
- Consulting with community members
- Individual counseling sessions with students upon referral
- Small group counseling
- Classroom guidance lessons at teacher request
- When a child is referred for counseling services, the counselor will contact the parents/guardians before counseling sessions begin.
- Meet the counselor to discuss any of the following:
- Friendships & Relationships
- Family changes
- Grief issues
- Mistreatment
- Mediation
- Safety concerns (for yourself or others)
