The Roy EPSS (Educational Plan for Student Success), a New Mexico Department of Education mandate, is an integral, yet changing part of the Roy educational system, technology in particular. New Mexico EPSS is an attempt to align local and state standards and benchmarks with national education goals including: CITE -- Consolidating Initiatives for Tomorrow's Education, New Mexico Standards of Excellence, President's Educational Technology Initiative, and Roadmap to School Improvement. Everyone is involved in the Roy community, students, businesses, faculty, administration, and families. Everyplan, action, activity, and evaluation is tied to our EPSS.

The turning point for our technology plan was the implementation of the EPSS in 1995 which proved to be the driving force in the integration of technology into the curriculum. Prior to 1995, there were several computers and printers in place. However, there was not a long range strategic plan providing for focus and direction. We lacked qualified personnel with the experience and knowledge necessary to lead our school into the technological millennium. The administration and faculty through community input realized that although we had the hardware, something was missing. Parents, teachers and students wanted to be able to use technology.

Technology, at this time, was limited to basic computer games and word processing with high schools students having primary access. The school's resources were not adequate to address the technological needs of the Roy students. The success in acquiring grant funding and a clear vision has enabled our school to provide state of the art technology including ACAD, Multimedia studios and labs, voice recognition capabilities, networking, 21 CD ROM tower, schoolwide computerized grading system, individualized education and career planning, website design, and Internet explorations.

To insure the success of technology across all subject areas and grade levels, an integrated technology curriculum was written by students and teachers. As a result, technology has become the norm by everyday use of hardware and software available. Integration of technology has consolidated the efforts of teachers and students to result in outstanding projects satisfying academic requirements of more than one teacher across curriculum.

Our system was inadequate to meet the demands of the students, faculty, and community needs. Additional grant moneys were awarded to implement programs to satisfy students' needs and to allow our graduate to be very competitive.

Our exceptional technology program located in a remote and rural area has grown to be an exemplary model for New Mexico schools.