As a non-profit educational organization, HSR's extensive interaction with the public is central to its corporate purpose and highlights a unique and continuing record of public service in the spirit set forth by the U.S. Congress in the National Historic Preservation Act. HSR's educational programs serve to increase the appreciation and protection of cultural resources. In 1994, the New Mexico Office of Cultural Affairs recognized HSR for its distinguished contributions to Southwestern Anthropology with a Heritage Preservation Award. HSR has developed an educational program involving week-long, team-taught institutes for public school teachers. Teachers are instructed on how to present archaeology in the classroom as a method to teach a wide variety of mathematical principles and scientific methods in a cultural context. A formal curriculum designed for this program was recently published through Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU).

In addition to participating in formal programs, HSR staff members fulfill the corporation's commitment to public archaeology through education by volunteering their expertise and by sharing the results of their archaeological work with archaeological and historical societies, public schools, and service clubs.The corporation also encourages its staff to pursue additional education and independent research beyond the minimum requirements of contract archaeology. Learn More...