2022 Football 2-5A All-District Awards Announced
SPORTS News:
Below are the All-district awards for football this season.
The Los Alamos High School Hilltoppers had 10 selections on 1st team Offense, and 8 on 1st team defense.
Topper football won district for the first time since 2011. Teke Nieto also was selected to play in the NMHSCA All-Star game Dec. 3.
All-State awards will be released in the coming weeks.
All-District Awards:
1st Team Offense:
- Teke Nieto – RB
- Zach Stidham – QB
- Melaki Gutierrez – WR
- Haiden Jorgenson – Slot
- Kenny Suazo – Slot
- Zach Schwarzkopf – Tackle
- Nic Rey – Guard
- Kyler Young
Los Alamos High School Band, Choir, Jazz & Orchestra Students Selected For 2023 All-State Festival!
LAHS band, choir, jazz and orchestra students selected to perform in the 2023 All-State Festival in January at Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque! Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Staff Report:
Forty six Los Alamos High School (LAHS) band, choir, jazz and orchestra students have been selected to perform in the 2023 All-State Festival in January at Popejoy Hall at UNM in Albuquerque.
Students worked hard to prepare for a rigorous blind audition process by practicing scales, concert excerpts, advanced solos and sight-reading.
LAHS has more orchestra students participating in All-State than
Los Alamos Public Schools Is Hiring Bus Drivers
Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools wants to put folks in the driver’s seat. The LAPS Transportation Department is hiring bus drivers and substitute bus drivers. Training is available.
LAPS employees are eligible for PTO, medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, YMCA membership and a retirement plan. In addition, there are opportunities for continuing education and advancement. Substitutes are not eligible for benefits.
For more information regarding positions in Transportation, call 505.663.2222 or go to https:////laschools.net/careers/ for more Read More
Kiesling: We Should Teach Cursive To All Our Students
By ANDREA KIESLING
Teach Plus New Mexico
In our home, we have a framed letter written by a Civil War soldier to his mother. That letter has been passed down for generations in my mother-in-law‘s family. In it, the soldier talks about the hardships of war and describes the fields around him near Riley Knob in North Carolina, telling his mother that “there is lots of pine and cedar and some of the clearest streams of water [sic] I ever saw.”
The soldier goes on to say that he‘s tired of marching and wishes the war would close. It’s a mundane letter—no juicy gossip about a spy in the ranks or harrowing journeys Read More
School Board Accepting Applications For District 5 Vacancy
Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board is in search of a person to fill the vacancy left on the board with the departure of member Erin Green who represents District 5.
Green cited personal reasons for her resignation from the School Board, saying she is “deeply sad” to be leaving the School Board but that it is something she needs to do for herself and her family at this time.
The School Board begins accepting applications today, Nov. 29, through Friday, Dec. 16. The School Board would like to make a final decision at the Jan. 10, 2023 School Board meeting. The term will run through Dec. Read More
List Of Fall All District Sports Teams
LAHS SPORTS News:
The Los Alamos High School Athletics Department today released the following list of Fall All District teams for all sports:
Boys Soccer. Courtesy/LAHS
Girls Soccer. Courtesy/LAHS
Girls XC. Courtesy/LAHS
Boys XC. Courtesy/LAHS
Volleyball. Courtesy/LAHS
2-4A Football. Courtesy/LAHS
2-5A Football. Courtesy/LAHS Read More
UNM-Los Alamos Is ‘Grateful For A Giving Community’
Courtesy/UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
UNM-Los Alamos would like to express its gratitude to the many generous donors who have seen the great potential in local students and institution and have turned their support into action by donating.
Thanks to bighearted people and their donations, UNM-LA has been able to open doors to promising futures for hundreds of students through scholarships, and support UNM-LA‘s mission of student and faculty success through funding innovative opportunities and modernizing lab equipment to meet safety standards. Donations provide annual support to underwrite Read More
Rotary Interact: ‘Spread The Warmth’ Food/Clothing Drive
Courtesy/Rotary
ROTARY News:
During this season of giving, the Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Rotary Interact Club, a student-led group dedicated to service, will be hosting a community-wide food and winter clothing donation drive. All food and clothing received will be distributed to various charities that aim to assist the homeless and refugee population in New Mexico.
One in every six people and one in every four children in New Mexico suffer from food insecurity. Furthermore, with the coming winter and temperatures dropping, the LAHS Rotary Interact Club is thrilled to see the community’s Read More
Shop Bradbury & Nature Center On Museum Store Sunday!
Scene of Small Business Saturday of Gadgets Gift Shop inside the Bradbury Science Museum at 1350 Central Ave. The Bradbury Science Museum Association (BSMA) operates Gadgets and is offering 10 percent off Newton’s Discovery and everything else in the shop today, Nov. 27, for Museum Store Sunday. BSMA members receive 20 percent off. The BSMA supports STEM education in Northern New Mexico, learn more at www.bradburyassociation.org. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Squishy Einsteins are among the many items available for purchase at Gadgets inside the Bradbury Science Museum in downtown Read More
Santa Fe Community College Moves Fall 2022 Commencement Ceremony To Spring 2023
Santa Fe Community College campus. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC News:
SANTA FE — To maximize engagement and keep the campus community as safe as possible during a particularly active cold, flu and COVID season, Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) will postpone its 2022 fall commencement ceremony – originally scheduled for Dec. 10, 2022.
The ceremony will be combined with SFCC’s spring 2023 commencement ceremony, scheduled for 10 a.m. May 13, 2023.
“We decided it was safest to combine this fall’s event with our spring ceremony, when it should be safer to gather in large numbers,” SFCC President Becky Rowley, Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Docent Victor Rutherford
On the job in Los Alamos is Docent Victor Rutherford at the Los Alamos Historical Society recently showing off the collection of mugs and other merchandise for sale at the museum at 1050 Bathtub Row. Photo by Connor Hoch/ladailypost.com Read More
2020 Teacher Of The Year Mandi Torrez Joins Think New Mexico As Education Reform Director
Education Reform Director Mandi Torrez
From Think New Mexico:
New Mexico 2020 Teacher of the Year Mandi Torrez is the new Education Reform Director at Think New Mexico.
Torrez has a decade of experience teaching third and fourth grade in the Bernalillo Public Schools and also was recognized as that district’s 2019 Teacher of the Year.
Torrez holds an undergraduate degree in Journalism and a Master’s in Integrated Elementary and Special Education. Before becoming a teacher, she worked at the Farmington Daily Times as the News Editor and as Copy Editor.
Prior to joining Think New Mexico, Torrez Read More
AFRL Encourages Public Sector Collaboration, Insight At 2022 New Mexico Cyber & Space Symposium
AFRL senior engineer Joseph ‘Dan’ Trujillo, the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate’s Space Cyber Resiliency lead and organizer of the New Mexico Cyber and Space Symposium in Albuquerque, holds a CubeSat miniature of a satellite. The CubeSat contains all the components of a satellite and allows AFRL to study vulnerabilities in a space vehicle to develop solutions for protection against cyberattack. Courtesy/Tyrell Etsitty, USAF
AFRL News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), in partnership with Deloitte and Central New Mexico Community College held the New Mexico Cyber Read More
NBC Features LAHS Teacher’s Letters Of Gratitude Project
NBC News Producer Shelley Osterloh interviews Los Alamos High School Teacher Lynn Ovaska Nov. 15 in her classroom about her special mission to teach kindness and gratitude to her students. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
An NBC Nightly News crew films LAHS history teacher Jonathan Lathrop Nov. 15 as his student Jackson Boone expresses why he felt compelled to write Lathrop a letter of gratitude. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
NBC featured a special segment spotlighting Los Alamos High School and its “Letters of
Northern New Mexico College Receives New Grant Funding
NNMC News:
ESPAÑOLA — One of Northern New Mexico College’s (NNMC) unsung success stories is the amount of grant money it has received in recent months.
These grants will allow Northern to better support its students, build programs, hire faculty, increase workforce training options and even begin planning for an El Rito microgrid.
“We have been establishing our grant portfolio to enhance our program offerings at Northern. It takes a significant amount of coordination and effort on the part of many NNMC staff to develop this many proposals,” NNMC President Bárbara Medina said. “I am particularly Read More
De-escalation Training Helps New Mexico Law Enforcement Officers Defuse Potentially Violent Confrontations
NMDPS News
SANTA FE — Defusing potentially violent confrontation with the public was the topic of a third free training course offered to New Mexico certified law enforcement officers at the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy (LEA).
“The two-day course, Realistic De-escalation, is part of a series of free training courses seeking to modernize New Mexico’s law enforcement training curriculum and reorient certified police officers on best practices when interacting with the public,” said Department of Public Safety Secretary Jason R. Bowie. “De-escalation techniques provide Read More
Leadership Los Alamos Session #2: Youth Session
LLA students share their thoughts on the current state of the youth. Photo by Kateri Morris
JJAB Resource Specialist Jamie Allbach facilitates a discussion on fostering youth needs. Photo by Kateri Morris
LLA students read feedback cards written by local teens. Photo by Kateri Morris
LLA News:
Leadership Los Alamos gathered Friday, Nov. 18 for a session focused on youth resiliency in Los Alamos County.
Participants were invited by session co-chairs Los Alamos Teen Center Director George Marsden and JJAB Resource Specialist Jamie Allbach to explore community resources like the First-Born Read More
Los Alamos JJAB Hosts Youth Mental Health Class
Youth Mental Health First Aid class group photo Nov. 16, 2022. Courtesy/JJAB
JJAB News:
Twenty participants—employees of County, School and Library—completed a Youth Mental Health First Aid class Wednesday, Nov. 16.
Youth Mental Health First Aid, a five-hour training (plus 2 hours of pre-work) is designed to teach how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Attending this workshop were employees with the county, schools, and the library.
Kristine Coblentz was the workshop facilitator, JJAB organized the event, UNM-LA Read More
LAPS School Board Adopts New Redistricting Boundaries
LAPS School Board voted to adopt Plan D as the new voting redistricting boundaries for Los Alamos County. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
During its Nov. 8 meeting, members of the Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) Board voted 4-1 to adopt Plan D as the new voting redistricting boundaries for Los Alamos County.
Michael Sharp of Research & Polling, Inc. had presented the board with five options, which were then narrowed down to three.
Each of the three options included one elementary school represented in each district. Plan D was deemed the most equitably distributed.
Sharp presented the LAPS board Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Volunteer Bernadine Goldman
On the Job in Los Alamos Friday is retired Los Alamos County Library employee Bernadine Goldman. She now volunteers at the Friends of the Los Alamos County Libraries (FLACL) used bookstore inside Mesa Public Library. FLACL is a 501c3 non-profit organization, which supports the staff and services of the County Library System. Volunteers operates the used bookstore 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information, call 505.662.2188. Photo by Connor Hoch/ladailypost.com Read More
