Zuni High School
Dr. Richard Yzenbaard
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Zuni High School is a wonderful learning community. At Zuni High School we believe that all people are worthy of respect. The future of Zuni lies within our children. Operating on that understanding we are committed to helping our children to use their minds well. In nurturing a safe and supportive school culture we acknowledge that people learn in different ways. Success motivates and family and community involvement is critical for student success.

We believe in and embrace the Zuni core values of generosity, community, self-sufficiency, family acceptance, humor, diversity, respect of elders and children, humility, tradition, language, identity, integrity, equality, culture, and organization.

Our dedicated teachers and staff work closely with our students in bringing quality education to every student. Our students consistently show improvement in all areas of academics while becoming involved in a variety of extra curricular activities. Our students are involved in excellent arts programs as well as after school sports. We are proud of our commitment to student achievement and look forward to future success. Please browse our website, including the virtual video and slide tours, to get a better understanding of our excellent programs at Zuni High School and please stop by to visit us.

Dr. Richard Yzenbaard
ZHS Principal

 Biography

Dr. Richard Yzenbaard has been actively involved in education for over 25 years as a teacher, administrator, and professor. Most of those years were spent serving the Navajo and Zuni people of the southwest. Dr. Yzenbaard also worked as a missionary teacher/principal in Irian Jaya, Indonesia for two years. After his return to the United States, Dr. Yzenbaard was the Educational Leadership Department Chair and Professor for Western New Mexico University. Currently Dr. Yzenbaard is principal of Zuni High School. Since earning his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Dr. Yzenbaard has presented and published papers on the topic of alternative assessments. Rich and his family live rural New Mexico in a log home that Rich and his family built themselves.