LAESF: 116 Northern NM Students Receive $773,500 From Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund
Gold scholarship award winner Estrella Torres from Nambé Pueblo is interning in the Materials Science Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANLLAESF News:
Graduating seniors Estrella Torres of Pojoaque Valley High School, Zachary Ginn of Taos High School and Leina Gries of Santa Fe’s Desert Academy will head to college in the fall with an extra $5,000 per year in scholarships provided by the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF).
These three recipients of the top-level $20,000 Gold Scholarship are among the 116 students in Northern New Mexico receiving 122 awards Read More
PEEC: Meet Adult And Baby Goats At Los Alamos Nature Center 6:30 P.M. Wednesday June 26
Meet goats of all shapes and sizes at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 26 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Del Norte Credit Union is sponsoring this evening of fun! Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The community is invited to meet adult and baby goats at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 26 at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
This Summer Family Evening program features Debbie Wood of Second Bloom Farm, Jessie Ross of Gypsy Mountain Ranch and their goats.
Attendees will have the opportunity to see goats up close, learn about how goat milk is used and hear about what goats need to live happily on the Pajarito Plateau. Del Read More
Enterprise Bank & Trust Hosts Reception For Seven Scholarship Recipients And Their Families
Gathered for a special reception honoring scholarship recipients Thursday, from left, Enterprise Private Banker Elizabeth Bailey, Enterprise President – Los Alamos Region Liddie Martinez, EVHS students Amadeo Suazo and student Ryan Trujillo, PVHS student Haley Perez, LAHS students Phoenix Dendera and Anna Lemke and PVHS student Estrella Torres. Not pictured is McCurdy Charter School student Isaiah Trujillo. Courtesy photoLos Alamos Makerspace Launches New Training, Collaboration And Hiring (MaTCH) Pilot
Alexandra De Lucia, a gifted LANL post-baccalaureate intern, learning how to solder and taking a stab at building hardware at the local makerspace. De Lucia researches machine learning-based monitoring tools on the LANL High Performance Computing Design team. She has been a seasonal volunteer with Los Alamos Makers since the summer of 2017. At that time, she mentored teens during the summer Coder Dojo. She has come back this year and led a weekly Python Club for teens and adults. Next year, she will study natural language processing, as a PhD student at Johns Hopkins Read More
LAPS: Kindergarten Online Registration Now Open
LAPS News:
Online registration for kindergarten at Aspen, Barranca, Chamisa, Mountain and Piñon elementary schools is now available through the Los Alamos Public Schools website.
Registration is an important step to ensure your student has a spot in an elementary school for the upcoming school year.
For more information on how to enroll, go to https:////laschools.net/home/registration/.
Children who turn five before 12:01 a.m. Sept. 1, 2019, are eligible to be enrolled in kindergarten for the 2019-2020 school year. The first day of school is Aug. 15.
Direct questions to Read More
NMED Launches Technology Transfer Assistance Grants
NMED News:Human Rights Day Camp For Kids July 1-19
Moving Arts Española News:
ESPAÑOLA––Kids and youth from across the Española Valley will converge for a Human Rights Day Camp at La Tierra Montessori School this summer to learn about their own human rights.
“Less than 1 percent of juveniles throughout the world know anything about their human rights and neither public nor private schools are doing much to rectify the situation. This is a major reason current human rights abuses against children have reached an all-time high.” –Kids for Global Peace
In a move toward promoting self-advocacy and empowering the youth of Española Valley, Moving Read More
Taste Of Knowledge Offers Two Opportunities This Year
Scenes from the 2018 Taste of Knowledge event. Photo by Leslie Bucklin
Scenes from the 2018 Taste of Knowledge event. Photo by Leslie BucklinNew Mexico Game & Fish: Conservation Officers Graduate From Law Enforcement Academy
New Mexico Department of Game & Fish conservation officer graduates Kayla Brauer, Travis Bessett and Montana Tidwell. Courtesy/NMG&FSANTA FE ― Three New Mexico Department of Game & Fish conservation officers graduated June 14 from the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy in Farmington.
The department’s graduates of the 20-week law enforcement training academy:
- Kayla Brauer;
- Travis Bessett; and
- Montana Tidwell.
Notably, Brauer earned the title of class valedictorian and the exemplary performance award in a class of 30.
In addition to attending
‘Jesus Prayer’ Summer Study At Saint Job Of Pochaiv
Saint Job of Pochaiv News:Local Actress Nora Cullinan On Broadway Monday!
Los Alamos actress Nora Cullinan will perform on the Broadway stage Monday, June 24 in the Jimmy Awards. Courtesy photoLAMC Hosts M.A.S.H. Program For Area Students
Flight Nurse Rachel Medvin goes over the items in the medic pack used on Classic Air Medical during the Los Alamos Medical Center hosted Multiple Avenues for Successful Healthcare (M.A.S.H.) two-day program June 10-11. The goal of the program for upcoming high school juniors and seniors in the area is to expose local students to the multiple career opportunities available in their hometown hospital. This program involves interactive work including a CPR class and other activities. Students are exposed to multiple staff members and departments, as well as physician and clinical speakers Read More
Julia Baker Announces Run For School Board
Julia Baker intends to run for school board. Photo by Stephanie Jagielski Photography
COMMUNITY News:
Julia Baker has announced her intention to run for Los Alamos School Board in the 4th District, which includes the North Mesa and Barranca neighborhoods.
Baker and her family have lived in Los Alamos for 13 years. Having benefited from the hard work and volunteerism of others in the community, she said she feels that now is a good time to give back and that her skills can best be used on the school board.
Baker has a degree in elementary education from Brigham Young University and taught 5th grade Read More
Christine Bernstein Running For LAPS School Board
By CHRISTINE BERNSTEINSFCC Continuing Education Dept. And Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Co-Host Grantsmanship Training Program
SFCC News:UNM-LA Community Internship Collaboration Seeks Business Mentors For Fall 2019 Semester
A previous Community Internship Collaboration graduation event with mentors Laura Loy and Ken Holmes. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA
UNM-LA partners with local businesses in the Community Internship Collaboration to provide meaningful work experiences for students while developing a future skilled workforce for the region. Courtesy/UNM-LALeading Planetary Scientist Amy Mainzer Joins UA
Amy MainzerLAPSF: 2019 June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship Awarded To Anna Lemke
Anna Lemke with the book she reviewed to win the 2019 June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship. Jessica Booton Photography, www.jessicabootonphotography.com/World Futures: Polling, Voting, Surveying, Choosing, Influencing, And Statistics – Part Two
By ANDY ANDREWSWorld Futures Institute
Rotary: Distinguished Student Eleanor Henderson
On behalf of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, President-elect Phil Dabney, left, recently presented a certificate of achievement to Distinguished Student of Service Eleanor Henderson. Her parents Brad Henderson and Kristin Henderson joined in the recognition ceremony. Photo by Linda Hull
