PEEC: Opt Outside On Black Friday
Join PEEC Black Friday to Opt Outside! Evan Rose of the Los Alamos Mountaineers will lead a hike on the Pueblo Canyon Rim to Canyon Rim Loop trails. The group will meet at 9:45 a.m. Friday, Nov. 29. Space is limited and registration is required. Courtesy/PEEC
Courtesy/PEECPaul Weideman Book Signing And Reading Dec. 17
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Paul Weideman. Courtesy photoNavajo Social Work Student To Integrate Native Ideology And Western Therapy
Danielle BenallyLANL Foundation Awards $94,309.30 In Small Grants To Education And Community Programs
LANLF News:- ARTsmart, ARTreach: art education program in Dixon and Abiquiu Elementary schools
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Scenes From Los Alamos High School Students Attending Journalism Conference In Washington, D.C.
Los Alamos High School teacher Kimberly Engelking photographs her LAHS yearbook students Thursday morning on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. The students are attending a journalism conference in Washington, D.C. Photo by James R.Mountain/valleydailypost.com
Los Alamos High School yearbook students attending a journalism conference gather for a photo Friday in Washington, D.C. Photo by James R.Mountain/valleydailypost.com Read More
UNM-LA Receives Endowment Distribution From LACF
Los Alamos Community Foundation (LACF) Executive Director Rachel Kizielewicz presents a check to UNM-LA Chancellor Dr. Cindy Rooney (center), accompanied in the UNM-LA Machine/Welding Shop, from left, UNM-LA Business Manager Bob Harmon, LACF Board President David Izraelevitz and Board member and UNM-LA Advisory Board member Pat Soran. Soran holds a Lincoln Electric Auto Darkening Welding Helmet, similar to the helmet purchased from the UNM-LA Endowment distribution. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) has received the first annual distribution from Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Father And Son At UNM-LA
On the job in Los Alamos are Fernando Trujillo Sr., right, and his son Fernando Trujillo Jr., stopping by Secret City Kitchen inside the Student Center Thursday at UNM-LA. Trujillo Sr. has been the facilities contractor for UNM-LA for seven years and Trujillo Jr. is a student at the college taking liberal arts classes with plans to pursue fields related to public policy. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
UNM-LA Registration For Spring Semester Now Open
Vicky Nguyen of Accounts Receivable/Student Accounting in the Bursar’s Office at UNM-LA assists student Laura Dominguez. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LAPEEC: Explore Cepheid Pulsating Variable Stars Tonight
Join Joyce Guzik at 7 p.m. today in the Nature Center’s planetarium to explore the latest updates on Cepheid variable stars. PEEC also will show the full-dome film ‘Out There’ at 2 p.m., Saturday. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC will show the full-dome film ‘Out There’ at 2 p.m., Saturday in the Nature Center’s planetarium. Courtesy/PEECLos Alamos Police Sgt. Christopher Ross Receives Prestigious Public Safety Executive Leadership Award
Los Alamos Police Sgt. Christopher Ross
LAPD News:
EVANSTON, IL – Los Alamos Police Sgt. Christopher Ross has received the prestigious Public Safety Executive Leadership Award from Northwestern University Center for Public Safety.
The award was presented Nov. 15 at the Center’s School of Police Staff and Command 468th Graduation Ceremony at the Double Tree by Hilton in Skokie, Ill.
Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone nominated Sgt. Ross for the elite program.
By successfully completing the Center’s entire sequence of management programs (Supervision of Police Personnel, School Read More
LAPS Weather Cancellations, Delayed Starts
By Dr. Kurt SteinhausSuperintendent of Schools
Greetings from the Los Alamos Public Schools!
This message contains information about school cancellation or delayed start due to snow or ice. Announcements, usually by 5:30 a.m., will be sent via the media, district web page, and School Messenger.
Telephone information lines:
- Aspen Elementary 663-2277;
- Barranca Mesa Elementary 663-2732;
- Chamisa Elementary 663-2472;
- Mountain Elementary 663-2327;
- Pinon Elementary 663-2682;
- Middle School 663-2375;
- Topper Freshman Academy 663-2512;
- High School 663-2512;
UNM-LA Thanksgiving Holiday Closure Nov. 28-29
The kiva in the heart of the UNM-LA campus. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) will close Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28-29 for the Thanksgiving holiday.
There will be no classes or activities and buildings will be closed.
The UNM-LA campus, at 4000 University Dr., continues registration for the spring semester, which begins Jan. 21.
For class information, visit losalamos.unm.edu/academics/class-schedule.html.
UNM–Los Alamos is an innovative, rigorous, and affordable comprehensive branch community college that provides Read More
LAPS Foundation Appreciation Week Dec. 2-6
Educational tools purchased through a math mini grant from the LAPS Foundation. Courtesy/LAPSF
LAPS New:
- What could you do for our schools if you gave up just one thing each month?
To show our gratitude to the LAPS Foundation for 14 years of support, Los Alamos Public Schools is celebrating Foundation Appreciation Week Dec. 2-6.
As 2019 comes to a close, LAPS asks the community to consider giving up one thing a month and instead use that money to make a valuable donation to further the mission of the LAPS Foundation at all schools.
While Foundation Appreciation Week is meant to highlight Read More
NDTC Holds Training For Future Democratic Leaders
Courtesy/NDTCLAPS School Board Work Session At LAMS Thursday
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos Public School Board Work Session is 5:30 p.m., Thursday at Los Alamos Middle School, 2101 Hawk Dr.
The meeting is open to the public.
Agenda:
Pledge of Allegiance
Call to Order: President Ellen Ben-Naim will call the meeting to order
Roll Call
Routine Business
- Approval of Agenda
Recognition by the Board
- Native American Heritage Month
- Naomi Maestas and Staff, Los Alamos County Clerk’s Office
Public Comment for items not on the agenda
Routine Business/Consent Agenda Items
- Approval of Minutes
- Regular School Board Meeting on Nov. 12, 2019
Presentations and Recommendations Read More
Transgender 101 & 201 Presentations For Community
LAPS News:
Co-Director Adrien Lawyer of the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico will offer his presentation, Transgender 101: A Cultural Humility Training, for the community, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2 in the Los Alamos High School Speech Theater.
LAPS staff, parents, youth and community members are encouraged and welcome to attend.
The LAHS Speech Theater is next door to the Auxiliary Gym.
For those who have already attended this initial orientation and are interested in adding to their knowledge, Lawyer will offer Transgender 201, 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3 from in the same location. Read More
NMDOH: Discover, Prevent, Manage Diabetes
NMDOH urges New Mexicans to take action against diabetes. Courtesy image
NMDOH News:
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) urges residents learn the risk factors of diabetes, how to prevent it, and, if diagnosed, how to manage it.
“Of the approximately two million people in New Mexico, more than 567,000 of them have prediabetes,” DOH Cabinet Secretary Kathy Kunkel said. “Prediabetes can lead to type 2 diabetes, yet over 50 percent of type 2 cases are preventable. Prevention begins with awareness.”
Prediabetes means a person’s blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not yet high Read More
30th Annual SFCC Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair Dec. 7
SFCC News:LAPS Celebrates Rock Your Mocs Day
Assistant Superintendent Jennifer Guy, left, introduces Julie Dare Thursday during the Rock Your Mocs celebration at Los Alamos High School. Dare was recently hired as the Native American Liaison for Los Alamos Public School District. Photo by James R. Mountain/valleydailypost.com
Los Alamos High School students Rock Their Mocs Thursday during the Rock Your Mocs celebration. Photo by James R. Mountain/valleydailypost.com
Students, parents, administrators, school board members and teachers gathered Thursday in Los Alamos to celebrate Read More
Night With A Nerd: LANL’s Stephen Schreiber Discusses (Mis)Understanding Radiation Dec. 12
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