program Band Española Valley High's Band "Sound of Northern New Mexico", led by Robert Felix, was nationally renowned. Throughout the 1980s the band attended many competitions, including many college bowl games. In 1984, the Band attended the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, the band was sent an invitation from the committee, a first for the parade. EVHS is only 1 out of 4 schools in New Mexico to attend and march in the Rose Parade. Mariachi In the late 1990s the marching band at Española Valley dissolved. Music teacher Alfonso Trujillo started a small mariachi band as an elective class. The group "Mariachi Sol del Valle" performed for local events for several years. In 2008 when Presidential candidate Barack Obama stopped in Espanola for a campaign rally the band performed in the event. Months later the schools band received an invitation from out of 1,400 schools throughout the country to be a participant in the 2009 Presidential inaugural parade in Washington, D.C. Student organizations There are over 45 clubs, organizations and extracurricular activities at EVHS, Most notable are the Supercomputing Challenge, which has received many awards from state competitions, M.E.S.A, "The Sundevil Torch", the school's official student run newspaper,"The Diablo del Sol", the school's yearbook, Student School Improvement team, and the Student Council. Student Council The EVHS Student Council is a member of the New Mexico Association of Student Councils (NMASC), it attends their state conferences every year. During the 2013–14 and 2015–16 school years, EVHS students were elected as the State President. Additionally, an EVHS student served the NMASC as State Secretary from 2011–12. In the fall of 2011, the EVHS Student Council was selected to be the host school for the annual conference and hosted the 2014 NMASC State Conference, that year EVHS won the Gold Council award. Notable alumni Leo Jaramillo, member-elect of the New Mexico Senate Debbie Rodella, former member of the New Mexico House of Representatives Levi Romero, poet and academic (attended) References External links Educational institutions established in 1975 Public high schools in New Mexico Schools in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Española, New Mexico