New Mexico Activities Association Sports Information Director JP Murrieta Speaks At Los Alamos High School
New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) Sports Information Director JP Murrieta visiting Los Alamos High School LAHS Monday and speaking with students studying sports literature including Eddie Gartz in Griffith Gymnasium. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
JP Murrieta talks sports with the LAHS Hilltoppers boys and girls basketball teams Monday in Griffith Gym. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
NMAA Sports Information Director JP Murrieta speaking with students studying sports literature during his visit to LAHS Monday. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
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BJS: Law Enforcement Agencies That Employ School Resource Officers – 2019
DOJ News:
This report presents statistics about school resource officers, based on data from the first-time Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Survey of Law Enforcement Personnel in Schools (SLEPS) agency survey, which was developed as a part of the Department of Justice Comprehensive School Safety Initiative.
SLEPS was designed to address gaps in national statistics by compiling data on the characteristics of law enforcement agencies employing school resource officers and the characteristics and functions of the officers. It also describes the policies related to school resource Read More
ECECD Awards $7 Million In Endowments To Support Early Childhood Programs At New Mexico Colleges & Universities
ECECD News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) announced that it has awarded $7 million in endowment grants to seven colleges and universities to strengthen the pipeline for a diverse and credentialed early childhood workforce.
The grants will support early childhood degree programs across New Mexico and aid in the recruitment of students from Indigenous and bilingual communities into early childhood degree programs. The funds will be used to set up endowments, hire additional faculty and staff, add courses focused on multicultural early childhood Read More
LAPS To Hold Hybrid Board Meeting Nov. 17
LAPS News:
A Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) board meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 at Barranca Mesa Elementary School, 57 Loma Del Escolar and virtually on Zoom.
This meeting is open to the public.
Find the agenda to this meeting here: Nov. 17, 2022 LAPS Board Agenda.
Find the link to this meeting here.
Meeting ID: 505 663 2222
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St. John’s College Kicks Off $25 Million Renovation To Historic Student Center
St. John’s College President Mark Roosevelt joins the college’s board chair Ron Fielding, board member Karen Pritzker, Freeing Minds campaign chair and board member Warren Spector, and the college’s Annapolis president Nora Demleitner in a champagne toast to honor the Pritzker family, who have donated $25 million to expand and restore the college’s student center in Santa Fe. Courtesy/SJC
St. John’s College News:
SANTA FE — The student center at St. John’s College (SJC) in Santa Fe is on the National Register of Historic Places, the State Register of Cultural Properties, and Historic Santa Read More
LAPS: Science Of Reading Instruction Postponed
The Science of Reading Instruction at LAPS originally scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 15 is being postponed. This event will be rescheduled for a later date. Courtesy/LAPS Read More
CHI St. Joseph’s Children Is ‘Overjoyed’ By Passage Of Early Childhood Constitutional Amendment
CHI St. Joseph’s Children News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The staff at CHI St. Joseph’s Children ‘are overjoyed’ with the passage of Constitutional Amendment #1.
This historic event promises to deliver high-quality early childhood programs, preventing adverse childhood experiences, which have been keeping the children of New Mexico from reaching their full potential.
Voters have embraced the evidence that high-quality programs are part of the solution to changing children’s outcomes and to creating a path to a brighter future. The passage of Constitutional Amendment #1 is foundational to the Read More
Wallin: Voters Signal Support For More Than Investments In Early Childhood
By AMBER WALLIN
Executive Director
New Mexico Voices for Children
“Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world,” author Sharon Salzberg said.
The recent election tells us a great deal about how committed New Mexicans are to our children and their families. New Mexico voters have spoken loud and clear– and they want the highest quality early care and education programs fully supported and available to all.
Beyond the passage of constitutional amendment #1, which directs the state to withdraw additional funding from our $24 billion Permanent Read More
SFCC & Santa Fe Higher Education Center Closed For Fall Break Nov. 23 – 27
SFCC News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) and the Santa Fe Higher Education Center will close for Fall Break Wednesday through Sunday, Nov. 23‐27.
All campus facilities will be closed. No classes, activities or student services will be available. SFCC’s child development center Kids Campus and the William C. Witter Fitness Education Center also will be closed.
Fall credit and noncredit classes will resume Monday, Nov. 28. Staff at SFCC main campus (6401 Richards Ave.) and the Santa Fe HEC (1950 Siringo Road) will resume services in-person, via email, phone and virtual platforms Read More
ECECD Awards $7 Million In Endowments To Support Early Childhood Programs at NM colleges and universities
ECECD News:
SANTA FE — Thursday, the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) announced that it has awarded $7 million in endowment grants to seven colleges and universities to strengthen the pipeline for a diverse and credentialed early childhood workforce.
The grants will support early childhood degree programs across New Mexico and aid in the recruitment of students from Indigenous and bilingual communities into early childhood degree programs. The funds will be used to set up endowments, hire additional faculty and staff, add courses focused on multicultural Read More
UNM Autism Imagine Training Series: Driving And Traveling With Autism Nov. 11
Important note: You must log in using your first and last name, as it appears on your registration. Otherwise, we will not be able to issue a Certificate of Attendance. Registration Link: https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0033-0021-2b0e2198a0be485eaa96f960255175dd Read More
LAHS NJROTC Wins Big In Albuquerque
Topper Company with their trophies. Courtesy/Miranda Lopez
1st Place Unit Personnel Inspection and Unarmed Regulation Drill Team. Courtesy/Miranda Lopez
By C/ENS Miranda Lopez
Public Affairs Officer
LAHS NJROTC
The NJROTC competition teams headed to Del Norte and West Mesa High Schools for the Duke City Invitational Drill Meet and Bill Barker Marksmanship Competition this past Saturday.
They competed in color guard, unarmed regulation drill, and physical fitness, along with sporter and precision marksmanship.
Female PT team captain Rebecca Moss stated, “Being committed and giving Read More
Los Alamos High School Student Leadership & Council Host Annual Food Drive For LA Cares
Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Student Leaders are asking for help with their annual Food Drive for LA Cares. Send donations with your LAHS student or drop them off at the front office. This is a class competition so each grade is trying to out-donate the others! Student Council and Student Leadership will be organizing all donations this Wednesday Nov. 16. Note: Ideally, students would like to donate specific items requested from LA Cares. They do not need: rice, peanut butter, canned pumpkin, hotel-sized toiletries, or bottled water at this time. Courtesy/LAHS Read More
Virtual Training For LANL Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
The Department of Energy (DOE); Triad National Security, LLC (Triad); and Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC (N3B) are holding a virtual training via WebEx on the contents and use of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Electronic Public Reading Rooms (EPRRs).
The EPRR is an information repository for environmental and administrative information and correspondence required by Permit Section 1.10 of the LANL Hazardous Waste Facility Permit, issued November 2010.
LANL Electronic Public Reading Room and the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Electronic Public Reading Room Read More
LAPS Celebrates Native American Heritage Month
LAPS News:
As part of Native American Heritage Month, the Los Alamos Public Schools Native American Parent Advisory Council (NAPAC) and the Los Alamos High School Native American Culture Club, with a grant from the LANL Foundation, are sponsoring a screening of the Emmy-nominated film,” However Wide the Sky: Places of Power” Tuesday, Nov. 29. The screening will start at 6 p.m. at the SALA Event Center (the former Reel Deal Theater at 2551 Central Avenue in Los Alamos).
The film is by Silver Bullet Productions and is narrated by Tantoo Cardinal. A conversation with Silver Bullet Productions Read More
LAPS: Community Invited To Science Of Reading Instruction
LAPS News:
Families and community members are invited to The Science of Reading Instruction at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 15 at LAPS. This event will be held at UNM-LA Building 2 Lecture Hall and is hosted by the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation.
Susan Lambert, Chief Academic Officer for Elementary Humanities at Amplify, will lead a presentation on how the new elementary CKLA reading program supports students as they learn to read.
Susan is the host of Science of Reading: The Podcast. Her career, including classroom teacher, building administrator and district-level leader, has been focused Read More
Leadership Los Alamos Session: Community Organizations
LLA students participate in an activity facilitated by Bernadette Lauritzen. Photo by Kateri Morris
Bernadette Lauritzen and the class participate in a discussion of the book Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson. Photo by Kateri Morris
LLA News:
Leadership Los Alamos Class of 2023 held its first session in October. Participants learned about the heart of non-profit organizations in the community. Executive Director Bernadette Lauritzen of the Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization and Champions of Youth Ambitions, hosted the class at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.
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Los Alamos Cooperative Extension Service Gluten-Free Holiday Baking Class Nov. 18
SFCC Library Partners With New Mexico State Library To Offer Access To Scribe Mini Station
Scribe Mini Station at SFCC Library. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College Library announces that it has partnered with the New Mexico State Library to offer access to a Scribe Mini Station for individuals eligible for Blind and Print-Disabled services to enable them to download audio books. SFCC Library is the first academic library in the country to offer this service.
The Scribe Mini is a self-service station for patrons who are familiar with the digital cartridge process. This service will be available to members of the public (who are eligible for Blind and Print-Disabled Read More
Meow Wolf: Indigenous Hoop Dancers To Perform Nov. 14
MEOW WOLF News:
SANTA FE — In celebration of Indigenous Heritage Month, dancers from the Lightning Boy Foundation will perform traditional hoop dances onstage at the famed art exhibition.
The visually spectacular event will take place 4:30 – 5:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 14 in Fancy Town, the neon-lit venue space inside Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe.
The event will begin with a Tewa land acknowledgement by Edwin Felter (Nambe Pueblo), followed by an overview of the history of the hoop dance from Lightning Boy Foundation co-chairs Steve LaRance and Felicia Rivera. Felter Read More
