About New Emerson School:

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( 2019/2020 -- New Emerson Staff)
​New Emerson School was started in 1993 as a small K-2 school in Mesa County Valley School District #51 in Western Colorado. It has grown, and it is now a K-5 public magnet school with a STEAM/STEM magnet focus. The majority of the staff members have anywhere between 10 and 30 years of teaching experience each. They all love teaching and learning and bring something special to New Emerson daily. 

Terry Schmalz is the principal and teacher-leader of New Emerson. She has worked at the school since it began, first as a teacher, and soon after as the administrator. She has more than 30 years experience as an educator and loves what she does.

Our Fabulous, Extraordinary, New Emerson Learners!

Our K-5 students come from all over the Grand Junction community. They are chosen at random through a lottery process each February. To schedule a tour of our school and/or find out how to put your child in the lottery, please contact our school administrative assistant Tina Lane @ tina.lane@d51schools.org

New Emerson STEAM School Kindness Flash Mob Dance from Miranda Frazier Bailey on Vimeo.

About Ms. Miranda:
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Miranda Frazier Bailey is the Libratory teacher. She began her career with  double degrees in Journalism and Theatre from the University of New Mexico. After covering school board meetings as a reporter and managing editor for The Pampa News in the Texas panhandle area, she segued into teaching Texas high school journalism/ELA in 1999, and received her master's degree from West Texas A&M in Curriculum & Instruction in 2015. She moved to Grand Junction in 2016, began teaching at New Emerson the next year, and has loved every minute of it. She is a very happy wife/mama/teacher/writer and blogs at ​https://mirandafrazierbailey.edublogs.org/