• The dunes in soft light

    White Sands

    National Monument New Mexico

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Visiting Schools Calendar

Bringing your class to the monument is a great way to educate while having fun at the same time.

For safety, we do have to limit the number of buses in the monument to 12 per day. Please check the calendar below for available dates.

If you requested a ranger to speak to your class, please check the calendar on your visit date. "Ranger" means that a ranger is available to speak with your class. When you arrive at the monument, please check-in at the visitor center. "No Ranger" means that a ranger was not available to speak to your class. "Ranger?" means that a request for a ranger to speak to your class is pending; please check seven days prior to your visit.

Schools who do not show for their scheduled ranger program will not be allowed to request an on-sight ranger program for one year. This will apply only to the offending teacher(s) and not to the entire school. There is a 15-minute window for schools that are running late. If your school group will be more than 15-minutes late, the ranger scheduled program will be canceled.

Please call the monument if your school group is running late. Please contact the monument as soon as possible if your school group needs to cancel the scheduled ranger program so that we can schedule other school groups in that time slot.

 
December 2012
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January 2013
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February 2013
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20 21 RichardKing 3pov

22 SierraMiddle 2bus NoRanger

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March 2013
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9 TomeElem 1bus

10 WestsideAcademy 2van

SanteFeMountain 1pov

11 ColoradoSprings 2van 12 GermanSchoolELP 3bus 13 CHEOCHomesch 20pov Ranger 14 UnivNM 2pov Ranger 15 AlamoGerman 5van Ranger

16 GermanAmPartner 3van

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18 19 IowaState 3van Ranger

20 SouthwestOhio 2pov

MountainViewCol 2van Ranger

ProjectVIDA 1bus Ranger

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22 MescaleroHeadstart 3bus

DexterElem 2bus NoRanger

AliciaChacon 3van NoRanger

23 GymnasiumBerch 2van Stroll
24 25 UnivWashington 4van

26 UnivWashington 4van

DonaAnaCounty 1van NoRanger

27MemorialElem 2bus Ranger 28

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April 2013
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29 AlamedaElem 2bus

30 RioGallinas 1bus

AcademydelSol 2van Ranger

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2 BoltonCentral 1bus Ranger

UniverWisconsin 4pov Ranger

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4 AlamogordoElem 1bus Ranger

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6 PhoenixCollegiate 2bus

7 NMSUChemEng 2bus

8 UnivOklahoma 2pov

9 10 SantaFeMtn 1pov

11 VistaMiddle 4bus

12 MesillaElem 2bus

KinoSchool 1van

13 ImperialCollege 2bus
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16 MESA RedMtnDeming CCSnell 2bus NoRanger

HarrisonSchmitt 2bus

17 MESA GadsdenChapparl 1bus Ranger

AnthonyElem 1bus

18 PublicAcademy 1bus

MesillaElem 1bus

WestTexasAM 2bus

WestTexasA&M 2bus

TexasTech 2van

19 Tombaugh 3bus

EastPicachoElem 2bus Ranger

MacArthurElem 5bus

20 SantaFeMtnCenter 2van

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23 MESA VistaLynnMS 1bus Ranger

24 CommunityFaith 9POV

25 OregonElem 5bus

LomaHeights 2bus

26 BuenaVista 2bus Ranger

ChaparralMiddle 2bus Ranger

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May 2013
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26 27 SoulsvilleCharter 2POV Ranger 28 ValleyUnionHS 1bus 29 OurLadyAssumption 2bus

30 DeannaDavenport 2bus Ranger@11AM

JohnDrugan 6bus NoRanger

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1 HelenBallElem 4bus NoRanger

ConleeElem 2bus NoRanger

NMBlindSchool 1bus

DexterElem 2bus Ranger

2 AlertusMagnusSch 1bus Ranger

LomaHeightsElem 2bus NoRanger

BuenaVista 4bus

HeightsElem 2bus Ranger

3 WHSMRMiddle 3bus 2Ranger

MesillaElem 3bus

CentralElem 1bus

4 UniversityChihuahua 1van

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6 ColumbiaElem 1bus

YsletaElem 2bus Ranger

7 CapistranoElem 3bus

Cornerstone 1bus

EscontriasElem 2bus

8 RioGrandeElem 2bus Ranger

ChaparralElem 2bus

9 RioGrandeElem 2bus Ranger

Capitan 1bus

10 DesertHillsElem 2bus

JoronadaElem 3bus Ranger

HillriseElem 3bus Ranger

Cloudcroft 2bus

SierraVista 1bus

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12 BatesCollege 1van

13 ZimmerlyElem 2bus Ranger

14 WalterEClarke 10bus

BerinoElem 2bus Ranger

DesertView 2bus

MesaVistaElem 2bus Ranger

ValdostaUniv 3van

15 HillriseElem 2bus

MesaMiddle 2bus

16 CentralElem 1bus

DoraElem 1bus Ranger

ArreyElem 1bus

UnivUtah 4van Ranger

MesaMiddle 3bus NoRanger

SecundariaMonterrey 2bus NoRanger

17 HermosaHeights 1bus Ranger

YuccaElem 3bus

SierraElem 2bus

SecundariaMonterrey 2bus NoRanger

FloydMiddle 1bus

18 RoanokeCollege 2van SunsetStoll

Henderson 1bus

19 UnivMichigan 6van

20 RubenSTorres 2bus

UnivMichigan 6van

21 RioBravoMiddle 4bus NoRanger

HAFBMiddle 4bus

NMSchoolBlind 1bus

UnivTXAustin 1van7cars

BayardElem 1bus

22 JuniataCollege 5vans

RioBravoMiddle 4bus NoRanger

RoselawnElem 1bus

23 AnthonyHS 1bus

24 StephanAustinState 7van

AZWesternState 2van

ZiaTherapy 2van

ImagoAcademy 10POV

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June 2013
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SpaceAcademy 1van Ranger

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9 10 11 SpaceAcademy 1van Ranger 12 13 14 FullHouse 1van Ranger 15

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17 18 ArmServiceYMCA 2bus Ranger?

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23 GoTeachers 2bus Ranger 24 25

26 DeutscheSch 3van Ranger

YouthInitiative 2van Ranger

27GeoFORCE 1bus Ranger?

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July 2013
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Chaparral 1van Ranger?

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August 2013
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September 2013
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October 2013
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Did You Know?

Photo of ripples on a dune

The wind moves small sand grains by bouncing them along the surface in a process called "saltation." Saltating sand grains create a beautiful pattern of ripples on the dune surface. Larger sand grains are struck by saltating grains and slowly roll forward, a process known as "surface creep."