Los Alamos Public Schools Honors Longterm Employees
Eileen Trujillo, left, and Carrie Johnson were recognized for their 25 years of service to Los Alamos Public Schools during the LAPS All Hands Meeting held prior to the start of school. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools presented awards to over 80 employees in recognition of their years of service to the district.
Employees who received five-year service awards include Matthew Allen, Galina Austin, Lucy Belian, Jeremy Bleich, Anthony Casados, Min Sung Chae, Emily Christiansen, Erin Cook, Victoria Daley, Jessica Dixon, Donica Fortin, John Fox, Nickolas Gallegos, Travis Read More
Life After 50: Lifelong Education
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Champions of Youth Ambitions
On Sept. 8, many community groups and organizations will participate in an annual event called College & Military Day. Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA), a small, local non-profit, hopes you will participate, too.
This fun, free event is a chance to show your colors to where education led you in your journey. If you didn’t go to college and weren’t in the military, that’s okay, too, but share your pride in whatever path has made you the person you are today.
If you want to show your Topper pride, or your pride for the LAMS Hawks or a local Read More
Reminder: Los Alamos Hilltopper 5K Race This Saturday!
LAPS News:
There’s still time to register for the Hilltopper 5K! The race starts at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 19 at Canyon Rim Trail beginning at the west end of the Canyon Rim Trail in the Smith’s Marketplace parking lot.
The race will be an out and back course along the paved trail. The attached course map shows the route. A one mile run for kids is included and starts at 8 a.m. Packet pick-up will be between 3-7 p.m., Friday at the Aquatic Center, or beginning at 7 a.m. at the race location on Saturday.
Register for the race at: https://register.chronotrack.com/r/73131
The west portion of Canyon Rim Read More
LAFRW Announces 2023 Constitution Day Essay Contest
LAFRW News:
Constitution Day, Sept. 17, celebrates the U.S. Constitution and the freedoms it protects. The annual Constitution Day Essay Contest, sponsored by the Los Alamos Federated Republican Women (LAFRW), is designed to challenge students to learn more about the Constitution and to express original, thoughtful ideas in essay writing.
Essays are judged on how completely and clearly the ideas are stated and supported. Grammar, spelling and punctuation are also considered. Judging is blind. The contest is for students in grades 4-12 who live or attend school in Los Alamos County.
This Read More
Caution: Last School Year LAPS Recorded 230+ Incidents Of Cars Passing School Buses With Red Lights Flashing…
LAPS News:
Last school year Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) recorded more than 230 incidents of cars passing school buses when the red lights were flashing and the stop arm extended, according to LAPS Transportation Director Keith Rosenbaum.
The first day of school for Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) for the new school year was Aug. 9. School buses are sharing the road with drivers commuting to work, as well as parents dropping off students at school and high school students driving themselves to school.
The LAPS Transportation Department would like to remind drivers in Los Alamos and White Read More
Scenes From Los Alamos High School Class Of ’83 Reunion
Members of the Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Class of ’83 gathered recently for a 40-year reunion photo at the Los Alamos Golf Course. Courtesy/Alan Brown
Scene from the LAHS Class of ’83 reunion. Courtesy/Alan Brown
By ALAN BROWN
The Hook Up Santa Fe/Phoenix
The class labeled as “outrageous” began their 40-year reunion Friday, July 28 with the traditional meet and greet at Ashley Pond.
Saturday the 29th they had their choice of four-day activities, a golf tournament, a hike to Canada Bonita, a screening of Oppenheimer and a class trip to Spanish Market at the Santa Fe Plaza. Saturday night the Read More
Highlands University To Host 10th Annual Painters Exhibition
Clouds, View from the Studio, painting by Joel Greene. Courtesy/NMHU
NMHU News:
The 10th Annual Painters Exhibition will open Sept. 10, 2023, at Kennedy Hall on the New Mexico Hghlands University (NMHU) campus, and will run through Oct. 31. This year’s invitational show will feature 41 artists and 123 paintings. An opening reception will be held 4-7 pm., Sept. 10.
Artist Joel Greene, who has shown work in previous Painters Exhibitions at NMHU, is the 2023 exhibition’s featured artist.
“I am really impressed by his use of color and the way he uses value and texture to depict the New Mexico landscape,” Read More
AFRL Recognizes 2023 New Mexico Excellence In STEM
The 2023 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Award winners pictured with Tech Engagement Office leadership June 22, 2023, following an award ceremony held at Q Station, AFRL’s Tech Engagement Office’s collaborative facility in Albuquerque. The AFRL-sponsored event recognizes significant science, technology, engineering and math education endeavors throughout the state. Courtesy/Enrique Knell
AFRL News:
Teachers, students, businesses and volunteers were recognized as winners at the 2023 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards, or STEMYS, an event hosted by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s, Read More
Elks Lodge Announces 2023 Student Scholarship Winners
Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarship winners, front row from left, Brian Han, Yunseo Kim and Ming-Luan Lo were recognized by the Los Alamos Elks Lodge #2083 during a recent Pay Day Cafe. Lodge representatives include, back row from left, Past Exalted Ruler Troy Calloway holding granddaughter siena Cope, Exalted Ruler Ben Bouman and Scholarship Chairperson Jurgen Schmidt. Courtesy/Elks
ELKS News:
The Los Alamos Elks Lodge #2083 has announce that 2023 Los Alamos High School graduates Brian Han, Yunseo Kim and Ming-Luan Lo are the recipients of the Elks National Foundation Read More
Chamisa Elementary Staff Sends Well Wishes To Student
Chamisa Elementary School staff with the help of Art Teacher Andrea Lynch, sent well wishes to the student recently injured from a fall off a cliff in White Rock. Chamisa strives to build relationships with community and this shows that no matter what your age, Chamisa Cares! Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen Read More
Los Alamos Mainstreet & Creative District Announces 2023 Los Alamos County Fair And Rodeo Parade Winners
Los Alamos High School Marching Band wins first place in the 2023 County Fair & Rodeo Parade today on Central Avenue. ‘Their containment of the many instruments, flags and musicians was a feat to behold and they pulled out all the stops during their many songs along the route.’ Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Stable Owner’s Association garners one of three Honerable Mentions awarded today in the 2023 County Fair & Rodeo Parade. Courtesy/Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District
The Hill Stompers garners one of three Honerable Mentions awarded today in the 2023 Read More
Efforts By New Mexico Corrections Department, NMHED Help Incarcerated Adult Graduation Rates Surpass State Benchmarks
Inmates at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe celebrate earning their High School Equivalency credential following a ceremony Thursday, Aug, 10, 2023. Courtesy/NMHED
Inmates at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe celebrate earning their High School Equivalency credential following a ceremony Thursday, Aug, 10, 2023. Courtesy/NMHED
NMHED News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico has exceeded its goal for the number of incarcerated adults earning a high school equivalency credential thanks to a concerted effort by the New Mexico Corrections Department and New Mexico Higher Education Read More
‘Facing Your Fears’ For Youth W/ Autism Spectrum Disorders
2023 LAHS Graduate Elise Ovaska Awarded Ross And Lola Ramsey Memorial Scholarship
Ross and Lola Ramsey Memorial Scholarship recipient 2023 LAHS Graduate Elise Ovaska. Courtesy/Jessica Booton Photography
LAPS Foundation News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation announces Elise Ovaska as the first winner of the Ross and Lola Ramsey Memorial Scholarship.
The Ramsey Scholarship is awarded in memory of Ross and Lola Ramsey who worked as a team to manage the Civic Auditorium, now the Duane Smith Auditorium, for over a quarter of a century. From the year the auditorium opened in 1951 to 1974 when they both retired, the Ramseys created and directed the renowned Olions theater Read More
Scenes From First Day Of School Wednesday At LAPS
Barranca Bobcats are ready to be their best as they start the new school year Wednesday. Courtesy/LAPS
Staff were outside to greet students as they returned to Los Alamos Middle School. Courtesy/LAPS
Students returning to Mountain Elementary are greeted by the school mascot. Courtesy/LAPS
The first day of school means that school buses are back on the roads in the community. Drivers are reminded to obey school bus safety rules and stop for the school bus when the stop arm is out and the red lights are flashing. Courtesy/LAPS
High school students posed for a photo on the first day of school. Courtesy/LAPS Read More
LAPS Quorum Notice: LAPS Board Candidate Forum Aug. 14
LAPS News:
Members of the Los Alamos School (LAPS) Board may attend the LAPS Board Candidate Forum at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14 in the LAPS Board Room, Suite V at 2101 Trinity Drive.
A quorum may be present; however, no action will be taken. Read More
Los Alamos Rotary Club Hears From Student Speakers
Lance Metcalf, a junior at Los Alamos High School, spent one week in July at a retreat in the Manzano Mountains attending Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA). With a PowerPoint as backdrop, Metcalf described the challenges of the climbing wall and the low and high ropes courses and told Rotarians about the motivational speakers who were part of the leadership week. Not only was the co-founder of RYLA one of the dynamic speakers, but a judge and a retired firefighter were also guests. Dodge ball and swimming were other activities included in the busy week. Photo by Linda Hull
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LAPS Foundation Awards Memorial Scholarships
Feldman Scholarship recipients Yunseo Kim, Logan Perez and Pippa Fung. Photo by Jessica Booton Photography
Sims Scholarship recipient Rebeca Rocha with Becky Sims and recipient Carter Watkins. Photo by Jessica Booton Photography
LAPS Foundation News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation administers several memorial scholarships to graduating seniors each year. The following are the winners from the Class of 2023.
Nyla Lee is the winner of the Larry Baca Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to a student who has participated in track or cross country at Los Alamos High Read More
Northern New Mexico College To Honor Jemez House
NNMC President Hector Balderas
NNMC News:
ESPAÑOLA — Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) invites the community to a Celebration and Plaque Unveiling to honor Jemez House, Inc., for their generous donation to the Northern New Mexico College Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund.
The $299,257 donation is the largest in the Scholarship Fund’s history. The unveiling is 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, in the Joseph Montoya Administration Building Rotunda.
Jemez House Thrift Store operated in White Rock, N.M., for more than 20 years. An out-growth of the Jemez House Youth Ranch, it was founded to support Read More
Scenes Of LAPS Welcoming Students Back To School
LAPS staff greet students on their first day back for the 20230-2024 school year. Courtesy/LAPS
The Pinion Panther Elementary School mascot and teacher greet students on their first day back at school Wednesday. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
More than 3,700 students enrolled in Los Alamos Public Schools headed back to class Wednesday for the 2023-2024 school year.
“It was great to see students back at school today, ” Superintendent Jennifer Guy said. “There was a lot of energy and enthusiasm. It is going to be a positive, productive year.”
Students were greeted by staff at all school sites. This Read More
