Los Alamos High School Junior Isabella (Kelly) McTeigue Wins 1st Place In Congressional App Challenge
LAHS junior Isabella (Kelly) McTeigue won 1st place in the Congressional App Challenge for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. McTeigue also recently won 2nd Alternate Best of Show at the International Science and Engineering Fair. Photo by Pamela Miller
LAPS News:
Isabella (Kelly) McTeigue, an 11th grader at Los Alamos High School, won 1st place in the Congressional App Challenge for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. She created the mobile app MedAssess, which evaluates the impact of medication combinations.
U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández announced McTeigue’s win.
“My Read More
Daily Postcard: Worm Moon Shines Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: The final full moon of the winter season rose Thursday and Friday night. The Worm Moon reached peak illumination at 3:20 a.m. EDT Friday. The Worm Moon is captured here through tree branches 6 a.m. Saturday in White Rock. For many years, it was thought the name referred to the earthworms that appear as the soil warms in spring. This invites robins and other birds to feed. However, more research revealed another explanation. In the 1760s, Captain Jonathan Carver visited the Naudowessie` (Dakota) and other Native American tribes and wrote that the name Worm Moon refers to a different Read More
Meet New School Board Secretary Antonio Jaurigue
Antonio Jaurigue is a relatively new representative for Los Alamos School Board, District 2. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
White Rock resident Antonio Jaurigue was elected last November to the Los Alamos School Board, representing District 2. This is his first term on the board. Let’s meet Mr. Jaurigue.
Jaurigue was born and raised in Glendale, Ariz. “I met my wife in high school and at the age of 18 I joined the Navy, married my wife and served for 9 years,” he said. “Having traveled the country, we ended up back in Arizona after finishing my service, but with two sons we didn’t have when we left. Shortly Read More
LAHS Has 93.5 Percent Graduation Rate For 2021
Chart shows four-year cohort graduation rates for LAHS. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Despite the obstacles created by COVID-19, Los Alamos High School (LAHS) has a 93.5 percent graduation rate for 2021, one of the highest in the state.
“We are happy to see the commitment by both our students and staff to completing the requirements for graduation and obtaining a diploma from LAHS,” Interim Superintendent Jennifer Guy said. “This rate reflects the extra effort that students, staff and families put into learning during the pandemic.”
LAHS Principal Carter Payne said, “We are very proud of all of Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: March 25-31, 2022
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.
For information, email pac8@losalamos.com, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.
PAC 8 Television schedule for March 25-31:
Friday, March 25, 2022
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. — The Tom Hartman Program
- 11 a.m. — County Council Replay 3-15-22
- 3 p.m. — Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. — Los Alamos Senior Center – “Chair Yoga with Jacci”
- 7 p.m. — Stanford Stem Cell
PED Updates Interactive School Funding Dashboard
NMPED News:
SANTA FE — The Public Education Department’s interactive digital dashboard now allows the public to track how New Mexico schools are spending $488 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding to support students amid pandemic-related learning disruptions.
The department launched the digital dashboard in September with data from the first round of relief funding ($97.7 million, now 89% spent) and enhanced it this week to include round two ($390.4 million, now 38% spent).
“The public needs to see that New Mexico and our schools are being good stewards of this important federal funding. Read More
Fuller Lodge Art Center Announces 2022 Summer Camps
Fuller Lodge Art Center is hosting a variety of summer camps for students in 1st through 12th grade. NMSBVI: 2022 Registration For ‘Systematic Instruction For Students With Severe Disabilities’
NNMC Announces New Start Date For Its Free Carpentry Training Camps Is Monday March 28
NNMC News:
EL RITO — The Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) Trades program has announced a new start date for the first of several free Carpentry Training Camps.
The first weekday session begins Monday, March 28, with additional camps launching as registrations fill. Weekday, weeknight and weekend sessions are available.
These free Camps will prepare participants to be job-ready for expanding opportunities in the construction trades.
The Carpentry Camps are offered in partnerships with the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions and the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters. Read More
New Mexico Graduation Rate Beats Predictions
Public Education Secretary Kurt Steinhaus
NMPED News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico’s high school graduation rate defied expert predictions of a decline and held steady in 2021 despite the learning challenges posed by a second year of the pandemic, the New Mexico Public of Education Department (NMPED) announced Thursday.
The 2021 four-year graduation rate for all New Mexico high school seniors was 76.8 percent, a statistically insignificant change of a tenth of a percentage point from the 76.9 percent rate in spring 2020, which was a nearly 2-point increase from 2019’s rate of 75 percent.
New Mexico’s Read More
ECECD Kicks Off 2022 Spring New Mexico State Tour
ECECD Elizabeth Groginsky visiting Monday the PreK program at Luna Community College. Courtesy/ECECD
ECECD News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky and other staff from the agency’s leadership team kicked off a statewide tour this past week with visits to Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Springer, Clayton and Raton.
Groginsky met with early childhood educators, childcare providers, home visiting professionals, parents, elected officials, and other community members. ECECD leadership will visit more than 20 communities Read More
Chart 626: COVID-19 Diagnoses For LAPS March 12-18
This chart displays the number of COVID-19 diagnoses by school for the past week. Source: Los Alamos Public Schools. Created by Eli Ben-Naim Read More
Luján, Gallego Spearhead Bill To Empower Teachers
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) introduced legislation this week to empower teachers and schools to better serve our students.
The Teachers Leading, Educating, Advancing, and Designing (LEAD) Act creates a grant program that allows school districts and Bureau of Indian Education-funded schools to create teacher leadership programs that expand leadership opportunities for classroom teachers, who also would receive tangible compensation for their added responsibilities.
The Department Read More
Painted Reflections: A Virtual Symposium For New Understandings Of Ancestral Pueblo Art April 1
MIAC News:
A free virtual program, “Painted Reflections: A Virtual Symposium for New Understandings of Ancestral Pueblo Art” will present cutting-edge research and interpretation in the study of ancestral Pueblo pottery by the exhibition co-curators, Dr. Joseph Traugott, Dr. Scott Ortman and Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo).
The event, which also includes discussions with several collaborators on the project, runs 2 to 5:15 p.m. Friday, April 1.
Visit Webinar Registration – Zoom to register.
This program is made possible with the support of the New Mexico Humanities Council. Read More
Senators Luján, Inhofe, Gillibrand, Tillis Introduce Bill To Support Schools By Advancing Full Impact Aid Funding
U.S. SENATE News:
Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) introduced legislation to advance Impact Aid programs closer to full funding and to increase funding for public school districts on federal land, which are tax-exempt and therefore have significantly less tax revenue to meet their schools’ and students’ needs.
In 1950, Congress created Impact Aid to provide direct federal support for public school districts that lack a critical state and local tax base. Impact Aid provides payments in lieu Read More
Opera Guilds Host Young Voices At Fuller Lodge Sunday
Members of Young Voices who are performing 2 p.m. Sunday, March 20 at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/LAOG
By GINNY WHITE
Vice President
Los Alamos Opera Guild
Hosted by the Los Alamos and Española Opera Guilds of The Santa Fe Opera, four members of Young Voices will perform a short program at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 20 at Fuller Lodge.
It was March 1, 2020 when members of the group last performed for this “annual” event. Guild members planning this event are thrilled to welcome four members of the group back.
The performance is open to all – families with children are welcome. Masks and vaccinations are requested. Read More
Justice Thomson: New Mexico Supreme Court Expands Educational Program On The Rule Of Law
By JUSTICE DAVID K. THOMSON
New Mexico Supreme Court
I am excited to announce the second year of a New Mexico Supreme Court civics education program about the judiciary’s role in our democracy and the development of the rule of law.
Last year’s program was a resounding success, reaching over 580 students in schools statewide. Students watched recordings of an oral argument before our Supreme Court and worked with learning materials about the case. I then visited classes virtually, accompanied by the prosecution and defense attorneys, to discuss the legal issues and judicial process.
As Justice Read More
Northern New Mexico College El Rito Campus And Technical Trades Program Are Coming To Life
Plumbing Technology student Carlos Baldonado demonstrates how to use a pipe cutter. Courtesy/NNMC
Dylan Vigil takes the online OSHA 10 course as he works toward an Electrical Technology Certificate as a Dual Credit student. Courtesy/NNMC
NNMC News:
ESPAÑOLA — Revitalizing a century-old legacy campus and creating a new Technical Trades program would be challenge enough for a small institution like Northern New Mexico College (NNMC), but tackling those goals during a pandemic proved even more daunting.
That did not deter staff and faculty from reopening the El Rito campus and starting Read More
Stansbury, Neguse Introduce Legislation To Help Students Complete College
From the Office of U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury:
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) and Joe Neguse (Colo.-02), along with Rep. André Carson (Ind.-07), announced they will introduce the College Completion Fund Act to promote college completion and address longstanding inequities in college access and success by funding comprehensive programs to support students in their educational needs.
According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, just under 60 percent of students starting college graduate with a degree over six years. Students Read More
NNMC Holds El Rito Community Meeting March 22
NNMC News:
EL RITO — Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) Board President Michael A. Martin and NNMC President Bárbara M. Medina invite readers to attend an El Rito Community Meeting, 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 22 in Alumni Hall on the El Rito Campus.
Everyone is welcome! The meeting includes an update on the Mill Levy project, future strategic planning for facilities and the latest news on labs and classroom spaces.
For more information, call 505.747.2140. Read More
