SHUMLA is now accepting reservations for the October 2008 Pecos Experience: The Art and Archeology of the Lower Pecos. This week-long program gives participants the opportunity to visit spectacular rock art sites, accompanied by SHUMLA's Executive Director
Dr. Carolyn Boyd and a visiting rock art expert. Taking that role in 2008 is Dr. Jo McDonald of Australia, recognized as one of the leading rock-art researchers in Australia.

Be part of the discussions between Drs. Boyd and McDonald as they explore ideas for research and interpretation of these images. Learn about prehistoric lifeways: create paint from local ingredients, taste food plants cooked in an earth oven, use an atlatl to throw spears, discover fiber arts using local plant fiber, and other examples of the technologies used by Native Americans to survive in this arid environment.

For registration information click here, call the SHUMLA office at 432-292-4848, or E-mail programs@shumla.org.

SHUMLA's model for engaging kids in the excitement of learning has earned a well-deserved worldwide reputation for excellence in capacity building: developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes and resources that organizations and communities need to survive, adapt, and thrive in the fast-changing world. In 2007, SHUMLA's international repute led Mexican legislators and educators to approach the Education Division of SHUMLA with a request to envision, design and launch SHUMLA's model across the border in Cuidad Acuña, Mexico. The vision has become reality with an $89,570 grant from the Alcoa Foundation, another $15,000 from the Amistad Foundation, and contributions in dollars and in kind from numerous partner organizations. Sponsors of the Los Niños del Rio Bravo program are: The Shumla School, Inc., Asociación Vida de Acuña, A.C., Fundación ALCOA, Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Cd. Acuña, Secretaría de Educación y Cultura de Coahuila. More…