Navajo Elementary School

Please view the following flyer for information about our annual Food Box Distribution, which will take place during the week of December 15-19, 2025. Food boxes may be delivered to your household upon request. For more information, please contact us at (505) 721-3500.

The Annual Toys for Tots distribution is coming soon!

Please view our list of events for our upcoming Holiday Spirit Week from December 15-19, 2025.

GMCS will be closed from November 24–28 for Thanksgiving Break. 🦃🍂
We wish all our students, families, and staff a wonderful and restful break. Enjoy this time with family, friends, and loved ones. Stay safe, stay warm, and we’ll see you when school resumes!
#GMCS #ThanksgivingBreak #FamilyTime #RestAndRecharge

After several parent requests, Navajo Elementary School will be hosting a Trunk-or-Treat and is looking for any parents or community members who would like to decorate their vehicles and pass out some goodies to the students on the afternoon of October 31, 2025. If interested, please contact our school Liaison, Ms. Taralyne Begay, to sign up or to request more information at 505-721-3500.

🥧🍂 Thanksgiving Feasts Are Here! 🍁🦃

Our amazing food service partner, SFE, is helping us celebrate the season by providing Thanksgiving meals at all area schools! 🥰

Some of these delicious feasts have already begun, and more are on the way — running now through November 21!

We are so grateful to SFE for preparing these festive meals that bring our students, families, and community together to share good food and warm company. 💛

✨ Check out the full schedule below and join the celebration at your school! ✨

#Thankful #GMCS #Community #SFE #SchoolMeals #TogetherWeElevate

Check out the 2025 Navajo Elementary Volleyball schedule. Come out and support our Young Lady Warriors this season!

Parents and Guardians, don't forget to download the Gallup McKinley County School App on your phone so you know about everything happening at GMCS and your child's school.

You're Invited!

2025–2026 School Year Open House

We warmly welcome all parents, guardians, and students to join us for our annual Open House!

Come take a guided tour of your child’s school, walk through their daily schedule, and meet the dedicated teachers and support staff who will be working with them this year. It’s a great opportunity to connect, ask questions, and get excited for the year ahead!

We look forward to seeing you there!

It has been a busy summer for GMCS/SFE food service!
We distributed 30,000 meals in the form of 5-day meal kits to many children in the community.

We prepared hot meals onsite at 5 Gallup area parks using our hot dog carts! We served burgers, BBQ, and other kid-approved meals to our community kids!

Plus, we offered hot meals at all 33 GMCS school sites for all children during July. At SFE, feeding kids is our favorite summer activity!

A huge 👏 shoutout and congratulations 🎊 to 5th grader Akira Benally for winning 2nd place in the Master Student Art 🎨 Show at the Gallup Cultural Center. The title of her artwork is Goddess. She won a certificate, a Ribbon 🎀 and $75 💸 cash. Great job to all the participants!

Check out our new website and download the app to get information at your fingertips!

All Gallup McKinley County Schools are on a Weather Delay Tuesday, January 21, 2025 due to freezing temperatures. Schools will be delayed 2 hours. Buses will also be delayed. Please contact 505-721-2233 or visit https://gmcs.org/parents-students/gmcs-school-times/

All schools and offices will be closed on January 20, 2025, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Good luck to our Spellers headed to the District Spelling Bee on Tuesday, January 14th at Gallup High School Kenneth Halloway Auditorium.

Shout out to all of our Winter Sports Officials! January 12-18th is Winter Sports Official Appreciation Week!

Welcome back students and staff! We hope you enjoyed your break! We are back in session on Monday, January 6, 2025.

Please join us at our Winter Festival tomorrow evening, Wednesday, December 18, 2024, from 5:00-7:00 P.M. Each grade level will be fundraising, and we are kindly asking that you bring change (coins) or small bills because we will not be selling tickets. Each booth will be able to receive cash or coins. We will have a Cake Walk, games, food sales, and arts & crafts vendors. We look forward to seeing you there!

Big News from Gallup-McKinley County Schools! Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, GMCS will transition to a new K-6 school model at elementary schools. Middle School sites will instruct 7th and 8th grade students. This change will help support student success in many ways. As we focus on continued commitment to high academic achievement, we look to student-centered research which demonstrates: ✅ Continued Opportunities for social and emotional growth: Expanded opportunities to enable students time to continue developing those essential skills. ✅ Higher Academic Achievement: Students demonstrate higher understanding and performance on assessments when remaining in a familiar environment. ✅ Enhanced Safety & Wellbeing: Smaller, more connected environments boost emotional and social growth Athletic Opportunities: 6th graders will continue to have athletic opportunities to enhance growth and development. The goal is to give every student the best chance to succeed — academically, socially, and emotionally! We will be hosting informational sessions in the coming months to help families get ready for this exciting transition. Stay tuned for more details! For questions, email us at 📧 gmcsadmin@gmcs.org. #GMCS #StudentSuccess #EducationMatters #K6Model #GallupMcKinley #StudentWellbeing