Hunters Point Boarding School facts for kids

Hunters Point Boarding School, also known as HPBS, is a special elementary school for young students. Its name in the Navajo language is Navajo: Tse’Na’shchiiO’lta’. The Navajo tribe runs this school in Apache County, Arizona, near St. Michaels, Arizona.

HPBS works together with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). The BIE is a part of the U.S. government that helps run schools for Native American students. A group called a school board manages HPBS. The school gets its money from the federal government.

The school teaches students from kindergarten up to fifth grade. It has a dormitory where students live during the week. On weekends, students go home to their families. In 2021, the school's leaders said that money was tight. This meant they had to be very careful with their spending. A reporter named Alden Woods once wrote that Hunters Point Boarding School shows both the good things and the challenges for BIE schools across the country.

School History

In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona, the school changed how it taught. For a time, all classes were held online. Students learned from home using computers.

Learning and Performance

In 2021, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) looked at how schools were doing. HPBS was on a list of schools that needed to improve their performance. This means the school was working to get better results for its students.

School Campus

The buildings that HPBS uses today first opened in the 1960s. Felicia Fonseca, a reporter, described the school as "small" and "aging." This means the buildings are not new.

The school campus also has homes for its teachers. Genevieve Jackson, who leads the HPBS school board, said that the school buildings were not in good shape.

Student Life

Genevieve Jackson also mentioned that many students at HPBS come from families with lower incomes. Some students also come from homes with only one parent. The school works to support all its students.