Earth Day Festival At Los Alamos Nature Center April 27
Fun and entertainment for all ages will be available at PEEC’s Earth Day Festival 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 27 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC
Scene from previous PEEC Earth Day Festival at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC’s) signature event, the annual Earth Day Festival, is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road.
The festivities include delicious food, the debut of the new Passport to the Pajarito Plateau, fun activities and exciting entertainment. Plus, Read More
Rotary Members Participate In Holi Festival
Rotarians Laura Gonzales, Jessie Conrad and Jim Nesmith celebrate Holi Day, a communal celebration of colors, during Sunday festivities at Fuller Lodge. The event was sponsored by Sirphey owner Prashant Jain. Members of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos were on hand to tell participants about Rotary International’s impressive success in eradicating polio worldwide with small exceptions in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria where war and distrust of Western medicine limit vaccination programs. Polio is a contagious virus that causes muscle wasting and paralysis. It is easily Read More
NMT Students Launch Experimental Rocket
NMT Rocket Design Team, Faculty Advisor and WSRDs launch crew. Courtesy photoBethlehem Church Screens Stolen Childhood April 27
Los Alamos Robotics Team To World Championships!
Team 4153, known as Project Y, with their robot at a recent competition. Courtesy photoLos Alamos Robotics Team 4153, known as Project Y is headed for the World Campionships in Houston, Texas.
“Our team has met the challenges and rigors of the competition, head-on,” team member Max Pasulka said. “We were a finalist at the El Paso competition of more than 50 teams, and made it to quarterfinals at the Amarillo meet. Along with being rewarded the Industrial Design award Read More
Teens Take Over Bradbury Museum 5-7 p.m. Today!
The Bradbury Science Museum Association Teen Advisory Board gathers to organize Teens Take Over The Bradbury night set for5-7 p.m. today! Front row from left, Sam Cirigliano, Victor Popa-Simil, Emily Holmes, Eleanor Henderson, Natalie Aulwes, Neha Sadasivan and not pictured Ogden Berry, Elizabeth Frost, Elijah Pelofske and Sonya Svyatskaya. Back row from left, Filippo Delzanno, Jamie Cull-Host, Steven Bullock and Noah Lyons. Courtesy photo Read More
Los Alamos Juvenile Justice Advisory Board Names Lisa Zuhn As Executive Director
Lisa Zuhn, photographed here at Ashley Pond recently, is the new executive director of the Los Alamos Juvenile Justice Advisory Board. Courtesy/JJAB
JJAB News:
The Los Alamos Juvenile Justice Advisory Board (JJAB) is excited to announce that they have selected Lisa Zuhn as executive director.
The executive director is a newly created position for JJAB to address recent structural changes and assist with the long-term goals of the organization.
JJAB Board Chair Jordan Redmond explains, “In an effort to enhance Board involvement and ensure smooth operations of JJAB’s direct services and Read More
Rotary Club Of Los Alamos Presents Distinguished Student Of Service Award To LAHS’s Emily Holmes
Rotary Club President Vince Chiravalle welcomes Distinguished Student of Service Emily Holmes, a junior at LAHS, to the April 16 Club meeting at Cottonwood on the Greens. Photo by Linda Hull
Emily Holmes, selected by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos as a Distinguished Student of Service, accepts a certificate of recognition from Rotary Club President Vincent Chiravalle. Her parents, Rich and Nan Holmes, join in the congratulations along with Louise Foliot, the LAHS French teacher who nominated Holmes for the award. Photo by Linda Hull
LAHS Key Club Members Raising Funds To Attend International Convention In Baltimore
Los Alamos High School students at recent Key Club Southwest District Convention in Albuquerque. Photo by Morrie Pongratz
Los Alamos High School Key Club students will paint addresses on local curbs April 24 to raise funds for a trip to the Internantional Key Club Convention this summer in Baltimore. To have the students paint your address on your curb, email keyclub@laschools.net or call 505.709.0887. Photo by Morrie PongratzLast month, six Los Alamos High School students attended the Key Club Southwest District Convention in Albuquerque.
NMHU: Sarah Corey-Rivas Named Professor Of Year
Sarah Corey-RivasLearn About ‘Ringing Rocks’ Of Southwest Friday
Join Ron Barber at the Los Alamos Nature Center Friday evening to learn about the Stone Calendar Project and the ‘Ringing Rocks’ of the Southwest. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Join Ron Barber at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 7 p.m., Friday to hear about the “ringing rocks” found in the Southwest and northern Mexico.
Barber combined a love of nature and science to start the Stone Calendar Project and study rock art sites throughout the region, identifying glyphs that mark specific times of the year using light and shadow interactions. Many of the rock art sites show evidence Read More
Lt. Gov. Howie Morales Addresses League
Lt. Gov. Howie Morales addresses the LWV Tuesday in the upstairs meeting room at Mesa Public Library, touching on education, energy and other topics. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos County Councilor Pete Sheehey was on hand to discuss County issues such as energy and infrastructure. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
SFCC: Information Night/Talent Show April 25
SFCC News:LAPS National History Day Students Shine At State
National History Day students from Los Alamos from left, Logan Black, Kaisa Drew, Maybelle Wilson, Maybelle Wilson and Ashley Miller presented a dramatic performance on the Franklin Expedition to find a Northwest Passage. Courtesy/LAPS
Junior Abby Beus will represent LAHS at the NHD national competition June 10-13 in Maryland. Courtesy photoLos Alamos Youth Activity Centers Open Registration For 3rd Through 8th Grade Students
YAC News:New And Returning Student Registration May 6
Ofc. Chris Ross sees to it that Aspen Students safely cross the street to school. Courtesy photoNMHU Receives Indigenous Pottery, Basket Donation
Victor Ramirez, a Highlands anthropology graduate student, examines a Hopi pottery piece that was donated to Highlands. Photo by Rick Loffredo/University RelationsSFCC To Close For Spring Holiday April 19-21
SFCC News:Rotary Distinguished Student Of Service: Natalie Aulwes
Rotary Club President Vincent Chiravalle, left, presents Los Alamos High School junior Natalie Aulwes with the Club’s Distinguished Student of Service Award during its April 9 meeting. Joining Chiravalle and Aulwes are from left, her mother Sheila Aulwes, father Robert McClees and LAHS history teacher John Frost. Courtesy photo
