Exploring Desert Willow & Coyote Willow Family Schools :: NM Momcast | Episode 22

This podcast episode is sponsored by the Family Teacher Organization at Desert Willow Family School. We at ABQ Mom choose to work with businesses and organizations that will benefit our readers.

Desert Willow and Coyote Willow Family Schools

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In this episode, we chat with Adrianne Elkins, principal of Coyote Willow Family School. She shares the distinctive attributes of both Desert Willow and Coyote Willow Family Schools located on the east and westside of Albuquerque respectively. The Family Schools offer a unique K-8 hybrid homeschool experience that blends the flexibility of homeschooling with the structure and resources of a traditional school. Adrianne shares how this innovative magnet school format fosters personalized learning, encourages strong family involvement, and nurtures both academic and social growth in students. Whether you’re considering alternative education or exploring Albuquerque Public Schools’ School Choice options, this episode provides valuable insights into how Coyote Willow and Desert Willow Family Schools are redefining education in New Mexico.

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Becca Lusko Toups
Becca is a stay-at-home "Mom-ager" with four kids and a wonderfully blended family. She is retired from corporate cosmetics management, but pieces together countless side hustles as a makeup artist, doing interior design and styling, creating custom fiber wall art, and coaching high school volleyball. She has been in Albuquerque most of her life but has also lived in enough other states long enough to know how amazing the weather is here in New Mexico! Becca and her husband David have two teenagers, a preteen, and a kindergartener. This keeps parenting VERY interesting and busy from driver's ed and dating to storytime and dress up. She loves finding humor in the everyday, figuring out how to DIY almost anything around the house, cooking with her husband, keeping active with a myriad of sports and fitness, as well a celebrating all holidays. Follow Becca on Instagram or check out her website.