LANL Foundation Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund
LANL Foundation News:
SANTA FE – LANL Foundation celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF) with a celebration at the Governor’s Mansion in Santa Fe on Tuesday evening.
More than 125 guests gathered to celebrate the Fund, which has awarded more than $11 million to more than 2,300 students. Distinguished guests and speakers included State Rep. Susan Herrera, who was also the Founding Executive Director of LANL Foundation, State Sen. Leo Jaramillo, co-founder of LAESF Bob Romero, current and former members of the LAESF Advisory Committee, donors, Read More
LAHS eSports Teams Compete At State Finals
Rocket League. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Congratulations to the Los Alamos High School eSports teams who had a great showing at State Finals May 4-5 2023. This is the 4th year that teams from LAHS have competed at the state level.
The Splatoon Team came in first place. Team members are Kaden Coleson, Ben Stringfellow, Miles Iverson, Zane Kretz, Luke Patterson, and Ralston Hoffer.
The Smash Bros team came in third place. Team members are Magenta Bronson, Gabe Cook, Kaden Coleson, Marshall Brunette, and Jacob Waterbury.
The Rocket League team of Ryan Peterson, Henry Stidham, Jacob McRoberts, Read More
Los Alamos School Board May 25, 2023 Meeting Recap
School Board President Antonio Jaurigue recognizes Damian Espino Scammell, a 7th grader at LAMS who received a college scholarship through ‘Saving for Success’ from the New Mexico Community Trust. Courtesy/LAPS
School Board member recognize members of the LAHS eSports teams for great showings at the state finals. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
The LAPS School Board met Thursday, May 25, in the School Boardroom and via Zoom. School Board President Antonio Jaurigue opened the meeting with a moment of silence to remember former LAPS student Andrew McCumber and Los Alamos High School junior Miles Read More
DVS To Hold ‘Listening Post’ For Veterans Thursday June 15
Rock Out And Beat The Heat With Two New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science Special Summer Programs
NMDCA News:
ALBUQUERQUE – For this summer season, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) has announced that a pair of much-loved programs – Mineral Mondays and Relaxed Nights – are returning for June and July, with a focus on geology and space science.
“One of our priorities as a museum is ensuring that our high-quality space science and geology information is accessible to as many audiences as possible,” NMMNHS Executive Director Dr. Anthony Fiorillo said. “And these programs help us bring our educational material to a wide variety of visitors during the summer months.” Read More
Los Alamos Historical Society Exclusive Event ‘Oppenheimer Conversations’ Featuring Kai Bird June 20
Tim Rieser, right, with U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy. Courtesy/Rieser by The World and Viet Nam Report
Author Kai Bird
LAHS News:
Los Alamos Historical Society will sponsor an exclusive event, “Oppenheimer Conversations” featuring Kai Bird, author of American Prometheus, the book on which the upcoming “Oppenheimer” movie is based.
Special guest at the talk, to be moderated by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) National Security Research Center Director Brye Steeves, is Tim Rieser, U.S. Senate staffer who was instrumental in the recent vacating of the revocation of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Read More
Kiwanis Club Members Help Out Senior Appreciation Night
Kiwanis members were busy providing food in the kitchen at Fuller Lodge and overseeing roller skating and games for the LAHS graduating seniors during Senior Appreciation Night (SAN), from left, Dennis Gill, Don Seibe, Karin Church and Doug Hemphill prepping to serve at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/Kiwanis
Kiwanis President Don Seibe setting up the beverages. Courtesy/Kiwanis
Tasty treats available to graduating seniors in the early morning during SAN. Courtesy/Kiwanis
Kiwanian Morrie Pongratz. left, and LAHS Living Skills teacher Jim Steritz getting things started with hot dogs and hamburgers Read More
PED Literacy Conference Features Mascot & Children’s Book
Courtesy/PED
PED News:
SANTA ANA PUEBLO – Literacy is taking flight in New Mexico, featuring a book written by a Public Education Department leader and the unveiling of a mascot.
Ricky the Roadrunner will make an inaugural appearance at the 2023 Literacy and Humanities Summer Convening titled “SoaRing to New Heights With the Science of Reading” on Tuesday and Wednesday. National and state speakers will spotlight the Science of Reading across content areas from cradle to high school, providing educators tools and resources to engage students in literacy.
The bilingual picture book that Read More
PAC 8 Students Create ‘Duckumentary’ On Ed The Goose
PAC 8 summer video camp students are creating a documentary this week on Ed the goose. Courtesy/PAC 8
PAC 8 News:
Summer video camp started at PAC 8 this week and students chose to do a documentary on Ed the goose. Students learned videography, audio and editing in the first class of the season at PAC 8.
Openings remain in classes for students aged 9-14. Class size is limited to six students per teacher. Sessions cost $125. Scholarships are available for families with two students in the same class.
Visit the PAC 8 website at https:////pac8cmc.com/classes.html for a complete schedule of classes. Read More
Registration Open For Hilltoppers Summer Cheer Camp
Los Alamos Chamber: 2023 Business Of The Year Recipients
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
Eight local businesses have been voted the favorite in their category by the community through the annual Chamber Business Awards program:
- 2023 Best New Business of the Year Award: SALA Los Alamos Event Center;
- 2023 Family-Friendly Business of the Year: Little Studio on the Mesa;
- 2023 Financial Institution Business of the Year: Del Norte Credit Union;
- 2023 Non-Profit of the Year: PEEC – Los Alamos Nature Center;
- 2023 Restaurant of the Year: Muy Salsas;
- 2023 Retail Business of the Year: Pet Pangaea LLC;
- 2023 Service Business of
ECECD Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky Testifies Before U.S. Senate HELP Committee On New Mexico’s Child Care Innovations
Elizabeth Groginsky
ECECD News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wednesday, New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky testified before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee in a hearing titled, “Solving the Child Care Crisis: Meeting the Needs of Working Families and Child Care Workers.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chairman of the committee, invited Secretary Groginsky to testify about New Mexico’s innovative use of federal emergency relief funding during the COVID-19 pandemic to make remarkable progress Read More
Rotary Club Of Los Alamos Recognizes Scholarship Recipients Marian Stradling And Yunseo Kim
During the May 30 meeting of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, President Alison Pannell, left, congratulated two of the Club’s recent scholarship recipients, Marian Stradling, center, and Yunseo Kim, right, both graduates of the Los Alamos High School Class of 2023. Stradling will attend Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah in the fall; Kim with attend Columbia University in New York City. A total of six outstanding students were awarded Rotary scholarships during the convocation ceremony held last month at Duane Smith Auditorium. In addition to Stradling and Kim, they are Keturah Sherrill, Read More
Chamisa Teacher Susan Hettinga Awarded First-Ever John And Helen Benson Environmental Educator Award
Los Alamos resident Jody Benson, left, presents Chamisa Elementary School Teacher Susan Hettinga with the first-ever John and Helen Benson Environmental Educator Award during an awards ceremony Monday at Chamisa. Hettinga leads the school’s Green Team, which has garnered several honors in the past including the Los Alamos County’s Business Recycler of the Year award in 2017, the Innovative Project of the Year from the regional chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America in 2018 and was one of the top point getters in 2019 Los Alamos County Eco Challenge. The team has organized Read More
UC Riverside: Biological Cleanup Process Discovered For Certain ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollutants
UC RIVERSIDE News:
University of California, Riverside, chemical and environmental engineering scientists have identified two species of bacteria found in soil that break down a class of stubborn “forever chemicals,” giving hope for low-cost biological cleanup of industrial pollutants.
These bacteria destroy a subgroup of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, that have one or more chlorine atoms within their chemical structure, Yujie Men, an assistant professor in the Bourns College of Engineering, and her UCR colleagues, reported in the journal Natural Water.
Unhealthful Read More
Santa Fe Community College Announces Katie Besser Student Awards
From left: SFCC Foundation Executive Director Kelly Marquez, Richard Bradford Memorial Creative Writing Scholarship winner Virginia Gonzales and SFCC Foundation Operations Coordinator Maria Montoya, at the awards celebration in the Rainbow space at Meow Wolf. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC Professor Genevieve Betts hosting the Katie Besser Awards Celebration at Meow Wolf. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC News:
SANTA FE –– Santa Fe Community College’s (SFCC) emerging writers, photographers and mixed media artists were recognized during the Katie Besser Awards celebration hosted by Meow Wolf May 11. The Read More
LAPS Photo Contest Deadline Friday June 2
Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
The deadline for submissions for the Piñon and Chamisa Elementary Schools Photo Contest is 5 p.m. Friday, June 2.
More information about the contest and how to submit photos may be found here.
Los Alamos Public Schools is scheduled to break ground at Piñon Elementary in late June. The new schools will both feature photographs from the area. LAPS will be selecting photographs for the schools submitted by local residents (students and adults).
Five themes will be used in the new schools to identify classroom wings through the new buildings.
Photos submitted must follow Read More
NNMC Board Of Regents Vice President Erica Rita Velarde Celebrates Daughter’s Graduation From Her Alma Mater
Devina Gonzales graduates NNMC 20 years after her mother Erica Rita Velarde. Courtesy/NNMC
Board of Regents Vice President Erica Rita Velarde congratulates her daughter Devina Gonzales during Northern’s Spring 2023 Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 13. Courtesy/NNMC
NNMC News:
ESPAÑOLA — Twenty years after earning her associate degree from Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) in May 2003, Board of Regents Vice President Erica Rita Velarde, PE, presented her daughter Devina Gonzales with her Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts degree at Northern’s Spring 2023 Commencement Ceremony Read More
LAHS Graduate Megan Martinez Set To Pursue Animal Science At New Mexico State University
LAHS Graduating Senior Megan Martinez. Courtesy/Kris Martinez
COMMUNITY News:
Megan Martinez, a graduating senior from Los Alamos High School, is all set to begin her next adventure at New Mexico State University (NMSU).
This fall, she will be joining NMSU’s Animal Science program, where she’ll be diving headfirst into her passion for animals. Martinez’s dream of becoming a veterinarian will begin taking shape in Las Cruces.
Throughout her high school journey, Martinez has achieved multiple accomplishments as a Hilltopper. Martinez was a four-year Varsity Cheerleader and was selected Read More
Scenes From LAHS 2023 Senior Appreciation Night
Scene from Senior Appreciation Night at Fuller Lodge. A Los Alamos Firefighter demonstrates various water pressures while filling the dunk tank. Photo by VaLynn Purvis
YMCA Operations Manager George Marsden is the first to take the plunge during Senior appreciation Night festivities. Photo by VaLynn Purvis
Scene from the Los Alamos High School 2023 Senior Appreciation Night Saturday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by VaLynn Purvis
LAHS graduates wait their turn for a LAPD drunk driving course that shows students how it feels to drink and drive. Photo by VaLynn Purvis
A LAHS graduate participating Read More
