... aren't filling out the paperwork to take advantage, despite an increase in prices.     "Students, really, at the high school don't want to do that," West Mesa High principal Blanca Lopez said. "I think it's a stigma."     The three middle schools that send students to West Mesa have a combined poverty ...
full story 08/28/08

Saturday, August 23, 2008 West Mesa Coach Has a Team All His Own By Jessica Dyer Journal Staff Writer        When James Palacios was hired as West Mesa High School's football coach in 2005, there was no question he faced an uphill battle. He'd been tapped to revive a program that had won just one game ...
full story 08/23/08

...       While starting one kind of foundation, Mikey Lovato is working to lay another.        Lovato, a three-time state champion from a legendary West Mesa High School wrestling clan, is scheduled to fight the main event of a mixed-martial-arts card Saturday night at the Downs at Albuquerque.        ...
full story 08/21/08

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 West Mesa High School Welcomes New Leadership in Six Sports By Jessica Dyer Journal Staff Writer       The West Mesa High School athletic department has undergone a makeover.        More than one-third of the Mustangs' athletic teams will be guided by new head coaches ...
full story 08/20/08

... proud of that movie and you'll recognize locations and some people," Ryder said.         The film used locations around Albuquerque, especially West Mesa High School.         "Hamlet 2" stars Steve Coogan as a high school drama teacher who's a failure at teaching, a failure at acting and, well ...
full story 08/16/08

... , 22, and Shon Lee Lewis, 18, have been charged with commercial burglary, conspiracy and possession of burglary tools. Tory Anthony Burdex, 17, a West Mesa High School student, was arrested with the other two men, but later released to the custody of his grandmother, according to a criminal complaint ...
full story 08/15/08

... said. “She wanted us to take it very serious. She could be tough, but she was never unfair.”        Kent began teaching drama in 1970 at West Mesa High School and moved to Cibola High in 1975 when it opened. She retired in 1993. A few years before that, the theater at Cibola was named after ...
full story 08/08/08

... said. “She wanted us to take it very serious. She could be tough, but she was never unfair.”        Kent began teaching drama in 1970 at West Mesa High School and moved to Cibola High in 1975 when it opened. She retired in 1993. A few years before that, the theater at Cibola was named after ...
full story 08/08/08

... the spring. By 4 p.m. Friday, 331 students had arrived to sign up.        Sanchez-Griego said the school, being built to help reduce overcrowding at West Mesa High, is only holding classes for ninth-grade students this year, but is to add 10th and 11th grades next year.        Atrisco is not a charter ...
full story 08/08/08

... 's brother, served as the best man. Alan and Pablo Edgar of Burbank, Calif., were the ring bearers.     Sylvia is a physical education teacher at West Mesa High School and a physical fitness instructor at Defined Fitness and at Central New Mexico Community College. She has a master's degree in education ...
full story 07/24/08