Chamisa Teachers & Students Make Use Of Outdoor Space
Teachers and students take advantage of the warmer weather to make use of the outdoor space recently at Chamisa Elementary School on Meadow Lane in White Rock. Photo by Shari Mills Read More
New Mexico Historic Preservation Division Seeks Survey Responses From Public To Help Plan 10-Year Roadmap
State Historic Preservation Officer and Director Jeff Pappas
NMDCA News:
SANTA FE — Historic preservation is vital for all New Mexicans. It protects our connection to the past and teaches us about our roots. It provides a sense of place and character for our communities.
It drives economic development and tourism, and it shapes our present and can be used to define the future in a way that is most beneficial for all New Mexicans.
May 10 through June 10, the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division (NMHPD), a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA), will conduct an online Read More
UNM-Los Alamos Student Althea Denlinger Receives Danny Nichols Memorial Scholarship
Althea Denlinger
UNM-LA News:
From an early age, Althea Denlinger knew that she wanted to learn more about computers. She loved playing computer games and wondered about how they work. She and her brother built a desktop together at home.
After moving to Los Alamos from Pittsburgh, Denlinger worked at Hot Rocks Café and made the effort to talk with the computer scientists that came in as customers. She got to know a few, asked them questions, and was inspired to hear about the work that they were doing at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
After earning a New Mexico High School Equivalency Diploma Read More
ECECD Highlights Programs Supporting Early Childhood Educators For Teachers Appreciation Week
ECECD Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky and Sen. Leo Jaramillo on May 5 visiting Family Learning Center in Española. Courtesy/ECECD
ECECD News:
ESPAÑOLA — The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) celebrated Teachers Appreciation Week Wednesday with senior staff visits to day care and pre-school centers in central and northern New Mexico.
ECECD Secretary Groginsky and Assistant Secretary for Native American Early Education and Care Jovanna Archuleta joined Sen. Leo Jaramillo to visit Family Learning Center in Española, and deliver supplies and donuts to facility Read More
Santa Fe Community College: Katie Besser Award Recipients
Color Shift by Sushmita Shrestha. 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 online by the SFCC Library May 5.
The awards were named for the late Katie Besser in recognition of her love of literature and creative writing. The event celebrated students’ creative expression through writing, photography and media arts. Writers representing SFCC’s diverse community read from their winning works.
The 11th annual winner of Santa Fe Community Read More
New Mexico Historic Sites Invests In Old Lincoln
NMHS News:
New Mexico Historic Sites (NMHS) announces the launch of a major preservation project at Lincoln Historic Site.
Once the stomping grounds of Pat Garrett, John Chisum and Billy the Kid, Lincoln is home to some of the most significant Territorial Period structures in the state, many of which are under the protection of New Mexico Historic Sites.
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) and New Mexico Historic Sites are dedicated to preserving the cultural resources under their collective stewardship and this project represents a significant commitment of state Read More
Steinhaus: Happy Mother’s Day 2021!
LAPS Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus as a child with his mother and brothers. Courtesy photo
By KURT STEINHAUS
Superintendent
Los Alamos Public Schools
Greetings from the Superintendent’s Desk!
This is to wish all of our moms (and everyone who has a mom) a very happy Mother’s Day weekend.
The many roles played by our moms, dads, parents, guardians and friends alike are critical to the happiness and well-being of our students.
On Sept. 14, 2019, I lost my Mom … many days have passed but my memories of her today are as vivid as the joys we shared for so many years that I was blessed with her presence, right Read More
New Mexico Educators Are Finalists For Presidential Awards
NMPED News:
SANTA FE — Four New Mexico educators are state finalists for the prestigious Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching:
Math finalists:
- Teresa Butcher of Laguna-Acoma High School, Grants/Cibola County Schools;
- Marila Mancha-Garcia of NextGen Academy High School, Albuquerque Public Schools; and
- Tara Palomares of Sandia High School, Albuquerque Public Schools
Science finalist:
- Lesha Harenberg of Eldorado High School, Albuquerque Public Schools.
State finalists represent the most outstanding teachers New Mexico has to offer and serve Read More
Homeschool Families Invited On Virtual Field Trip May 25
Los Alamos History Museum News:
Caregivers who are homeschooling their children are invited to join the Los Alamos History Museum on a virtual field trip May 25 to an Ancestral Pueblo site.
Museum educator Aimee Slaughter will lead an exploration of what life was like on the Pajarito Plateau hundreds of years ago, live from the Ancestral Pueblo site in downtown Los Alamos.
A session for elementary students will be offered 10-10:30 a.m., and a session for tweens and teens 11-11:30 a.m.
Register for this free Zoom-based virtual field trip at www.losalamoshistory.org/childrens_programs.
The Read More
Public Education Dept. Asks Kids To Rate School Meals
NMPED News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico school children are being invited to praise – or complain about – the meatloaf, pizza, mac-and-cheese and scrambled eggs served by their school cafeteria.
The state Public Education Department (NMPED) is conducting a food quality survey through May to determine what students think about the 40 million breakfasts and 56 million lunches served in New Mexico school cafeterias across the state each year.
“School meals have come a long way in the last decade with more locally sourced, fresh food and real care about meeting nutrition standards. Now we’re asking students Read More
Last Day To Vote Los Alamos High For Vans Competition
LAHS News:
Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Vans Marketing and Design Club needs your vote to win $50,000 for the art program.
Voting is open until 6 p.m. TODAY ONLY.
Please vote at customculture.vans.com
Collaborating ideas with sophomore Sophia Buckman and seniors Amelia Duffy and Kaisa Drew, seniors Kara Moss, Jillian Puckett and Kari Mason designed and painted this year’s Van’s Custom Culture Shoes.
“I am really impressed with the students cooperative spirit and incredible work ethic,” club sponsor Mary Grace said “Their boundless creativity is a given, but their commitment to their Read More
NMC Shares 2020/2021 Supercomputing Challenge Results
Courtesy/NMC
NMC News:
The New Mexico Consortium extends congratulations to all the students who completed the 2020/2021 Supercomputing Challenge!
The Supercomputing Challenge is a program for middle and high school students to come up with a computational science project and work on it all year long.
This year’s Supercomputing Challenge, with the theme “Changing the World One Line of Code at a Time”, concluded April 27 with the 31st annual awards ceremony via a Zoom webinar.
This was an unforgettable year and the organizers of the Supercomputing Challenge are very proud of all the students Read More
Beloved ‘Gatekeeper’ Made Manhattan Project Work
Dorothy McKibbin at the 109 East Palace office, c. 1960. Courtesy/Atomic Heritage Foundation
By Heather McClenahan
Los Alamos Historical Society
Spies tried to ingratiate themselves to her. She scoured Santa Fe for exotic holiday items for European scientists. People who walked through the front door of her office sometimes disappeared out the back.
Dorothy McKibbin, known as the Gatekeeper to Los Alamos, has become one of the most well-known historical figures of the Manhattan Project, and she is the most universally beloved.
She worked in a modest office at 109 East Palace Avenue in Santa Read More
New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science Offers Virtual Field Trip Of ‘Tiny Titans’ Exhibit Tuesday May 11
Baby Protoceratops at Tiny Titans Dinosaur Eggs and Babies exhibit at NMMNHS. Courtesy/NMMNHS
NMMNHS News:
Step way back in time with New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) paleontologist Dr. Thomas Williamson and traveling exhibits educator Dr. Misty Carty as they guide you through a free virtual field trip of the Museum’s temporary exhibit “Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies” at 3 p.m. (MDT) Tuesday, May 11.
“Tiny Titans” features New Mexico’s young dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous period, such as the Bisti Beast,
LANL Unveils 49,200-Square-Foot Employee Training Academy On East Road In Downtown Los Alamos
LANL officials tour the new Employee Training Academy housed in this recently refurbished facility in downtown Los Alamos at 195 East Road. Inside, new and current employees will complete coursework in Fissionable Materials Handling and Glovebox Operations. No actual radiological work will be carried out here. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- LANL signs five-year lease on 49,200-square-foot facility
Beginning May 17, 2021, a group of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) employees will move in to a 49,000-square-foot facility in downtown Los Alamos.
Once COVID restrictions are lifted and Read More
Sufong Milonni Donates Ceramic Rendering To UNM-LA
Artist Sufong Milonni with a large ceramic piece she recently donated to UNM-Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Close-up of a ceramic Chinese character created by Sufong Milonni. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com
Sufong (Mei-Li) Milonni recently donated a large ceramic piece to UNM-Los Alamos and it is now hanging in Building 5.
The piece is formed by the ceramic rendering of the Chinese characters that make up the poem “Remembrance of the Tale of the Red Cliff” by renowned poet Su Shi, also known Read More
Hilltopper Varsity Baseball Team Continues Winning Streak!
Ron Terp at the fence to make the 1st out in the 2nd inning. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Leadoff pitcher Taylor Drake. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
SPORTS News:
The Los Alamos High School Topper Varsity Boys Baseball Team hosted the Albuquerque Academy Chargers Tuesday afternoon at Bomber Field.
The Toppers entered the game undefeated and came out hungry for another win, taking an early 8-0 lead after 3 innings.
Academy responded with 4 runs in the 4th inning but the Toppers strong defense and relentless offense continued. The game ended with a ten run rule and a final score Read More
Local Community Collaboration: 4 Week Game Design Class
CourtesyLASL
LASL New:
Los Alamos STEAM Lab (LASL), YMCA Los Alamos Teen Center, and Los Alamos Youth Activity Centers have wrapped up a four week collaboration supporting youth and teens wanting to learn Game Design.
The Game Design Speaker Series hosted 4 speakers discussing various aspects of Game Design.
- Erin Green discussed Story and Character Development and how aspects of DND can be brought into RPG style games.
- David Jones talked about what it is like to work for a Game Studio and what the various job roles entail and how they integrate with each other.
- Lowell Woffard spoke about version
UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board Meets Monday May 10
UNM-LA News:
The UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Bo
Agenda items include presentations about the Community Internship Collaboration and the U.S. Department of Education Title V Grant.
In addition, members of the UNM-LA executive team will present reports.
This meeting is open to the public. To attend, utilizing Zoom, contact Laci Taylor at ltaylor06@unm.edu. Read More
NMDCA: Family Mornings At Folk Art, 10 Hispanic Women Who Reshaped The World, Virtual Tours Of NM Museums
NMDCA News:
Explore the latest online programming from the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA), bringing the state’s unique blend of cultures into your home through its museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions.
This week’s programs:
Families are encouraged to join the Museum of International Folk Art for the next Virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art at 10 a.m., May 16. The online event features a grab-and-go art kit and access to a Zoom program that includes a story time and show-and-tell segment for children to share their art. The art kits are available for pick up the Read More
