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ALCS Governing Council Members


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Alexandra Tager, Chairperson
atager@aldocs.org
Alexandra Tager has spent her working life in fields that require rallying folks around a cause, or assembling folks for a good time or an enriching experience. Fundraising, catering, political organizing, event management-- formerly as the Program Manger for The Mimbres Region Arts Council and currently as the Program Coordinator for WNMU Department of Cultural Affairs-- she has been deeply involved in civic life and has been enriched by every moment.  As the mother of an Aldo middle schooler, her aim is to take that experience and employ it in service of the students of Aldo.  She maintains that moving to Silver City from the East Coast and settling here 16 years ago was one of the best decisions she ever made, and she is so grateful to have a school that shares her values and gives kids the tools they need to thrive in an ever-evolving world. 
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Margaret Begay, Vice Chair
mbegay@cobre.k12.nm.us
Margaret Begay is a native of Silver City, New Mexico. Margaret and her husband James have raised four daughters. Margaret is an alumna of Western New Mexico University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, and a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies. She has over twenty-five years of experience in state government with the primary focus on Juvenile Justice Initiatives. Margaret has also taught at Western New Mexico University as an adjunct professor for 13 years.
Currently, Margaret works for Cobre Consolidated Schools as a Reading Interventionist. Margaret has been actively involved in creating advisory boards, and being an active board member on numerous Grant County and statewide boards serving multiple populations. Margaret most recently completed the Principal Leadership Program and received her administrative license through the Public Education Department.
Margaret loves spending time with her family camping, hiking and enjoys reading a great novel. Margaret’s investment in Education and the youth of this community continues through her vast experiences’ with the Grant County Youth Soccer Association, the Silver City Little League, The Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest, the Grant County DWI program, the Grant County Teen Court, the statewide Drug Court Association, as well as numerous other non-profit organizations.

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Alex MacKenzie, Secretary
amackenzie@aldocs.org
Proud Aldo parent of my 8​th Grade daughter. We moved here from the East Coast in March 2021. I’m not a stranger to the area, as I graduated from elementary school in Columbus, NM- just south of Deming. Silver City back then was the place we’d go to for family vacations: fishing, camping, chopping down our Christmas trees in the Gila, etc... After living on the East Coast for so long, coming back to Southern New Mexico feels great. I hope I can help with supporting the needs of the parents and good people of Silver City.​

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Jon Walker, member
jwalker@aldocs.org

Jon’s mom dedicated her professional life to education. From her example Jon and his sister learned that the right to education is fundamental and that the public school system is essential to the protection of that right.  Years later Jon and his wife have moved to Silver City in part to get involved in the community. He believes that serving ALCS is the best way to make a meaningful difference in the causes he cares about while honoring the duty to education instilled by his mom. For over 35 years Jon has owned and operated an Information Technology company and has worked with hundreds of business owners and professionals throughout North America. Leveraging perspective and experience his goal is to advance institutional sustainability in support of the ALCS mission and vision.




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Sebastiano Marino, Member
smarino@aldocs.org
​I am the parent of an Aldo Leopold 7th grade student. I am Western New Mexico University’s senior web developer and a self-taught professional.
I have worked as a Digital Art Director at  Grey Group agency, a top advertising and marketing organization and as the information architect at Giustino Fortunato, one of Italy’s very first 100 percent online universities. During this experience I had the privilege to guide academic leaders in developing web-friendly and digital-based curriculum and materials.
Being a self-thought marketing/tech professional, I highly value a learning process that looks more like life experience and less like a transaction delivered through books and lessons. That is why nothing today seems to be more important than the choice and the opportunity that A.L.C.S. offers to its students; to be educated as a person, as a whole child, learning from nature and doing… and this very same principle is what I want to serve, support and advance.










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Harry Browne, Member
hbrowne@aldocs.org




Aldo Leopold
Charter School

410 West 10th Street
Silver City, New Mexico, 88061

Phone:  575.538.2547
Fax:       575.388.4970

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-I have purposely presented the land ethic as a product of social evolution because nothing so important as an ethic is ever 'written' ...      
     
              
~- Aldo Leopold,
               The Land Ethic, A Sand County Almanac
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • ALCS Overview
    • Capital Outlay Request
    • FAQs
    • Faculty & Staff
    • Governance >
      • About the ALCS Governing Council
      • Governing Council Members
      • Agendas & Minutes
      • Charter School Contract 2020-2025 .
      • Quorum Notice
    • Student Work
    • Committees >
      • Committee Overview
      • School Advisory Council
      • School Health Advisory Council
      • Risk Management
      • Policy
      • Development
    • Strategic Plan
    • Employment Opportunities >
      • Director Search
    • Salary Information
    • Sunshine Portal
  • Enrollment
    • Lottery
    • Registration Forms
  • for STUDENTS & PARENTS
    • 2022-23 Supply Lists
    • Student Handbook
    • Registration/ Permission Forms
    • Snow Delay Schedule
    • ParentSquare
    • PowerSchool
    • Google Classroom
    • Internships and YCC
    • ALCS Middle School >
      • Aldo Middle School News
      • Middle School Fabulous Fridays
    • ALCS High School >
      • Class Schedule
      • High School Trips and Slips
      • Community Orientation
      • Scholarship Opportunities
      • College Prep >
        • 11th Grade
        • 12th Grade
    • Donate
    • College & Beyond >
      • College Guidance Resources
      • Dual Enrollment at WNMU
      • Gap Year / Alternatives to College
      • Transcript Requests
  • Calendar
    • Calendar by month
    • 2022/2023 Calendar
  • Lunch Menu
  • State Guidance
    • Budget Reports
    • Public Charter Schools of New Mexico
    • Title ix
    • McKinney-Vento Homelessness Assistance Act
    • ENGAGE NM
    • Covid reentry and protocols