PEEC: Planting Trees And Forest Restoration – Public Presentation In Los Alamos Feb. 28
PEEC News:Chamisa Students Share Kindness; Deliver Joy
Chamisa Elementary School second grade students prepare to share joy with residents in the neighborhood around their school. Courtesy photo Courtesy photo
Chamisa Elementary School second grade students with their gifts for area residents. Courtesy photo It really only takes one spark, one idea, one person to make a difference in the life of a child. One teacher can bring life to a lesson that can create a lifetime memory.
Chamisa Elementary School second grade teacher Tricia Javernick took a simple classroom lesson and gave it not only legs, Read More
projectY cowork Business Basics Series: ‘Building A Recession Resistant Business’ Tuesday Feb. 26
Jessica Chipera New Mexico Educators’ Pension Fund Investments Posts Annual Gains In Difficult Year
NMERB News:Legislative Roundup: Feb. 23
Bob Finch, a retired TV production worker and engineer, addresses an Americans for Prosperity rally Friday outside the state Capitol in Santa Fe. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
DuWayne Shaver, school choir and band director from Capitan, directs the defending state choir champions in A-AAA, for 2018 during a performance Friday at the Rotunda in the state Capitol in Santa Fe. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
By The New Mexican
Days remaining in the session: 21
Confirmations: The Senate on Friday voted 35-0 to confirm Alicia Keyes as secretary of the Economic Development Department. Read More
LAMS Jazz Bands Score Well At Jazz Fest
Members of the LAMS Jazz 1 perform during a concert Wednesday evening at Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy/LAMS
LAMS News:
Los Alamos Middle School Jazz bands hit the high notes, low notes and all the notes in between as they performed very well at the recent Albuquerque/UNM Jazz Fest. Jazz 1 and Jazz 3 received a Superior, rating of 1, while Jazz 2 received an Excellent, rating of 2.
The Los Alamos Jazz Project Big Band, comprised of both LAMS and Los Alamos High School students, also received a Superior, rating of 1.
“I am extremely proud of all the students who were part of this competition,” said Read More
Chamisa Elementary School Teachers Collaborate On Artist In Residence Project Funded By LAPS Foundation
Artist in residence Gasali Adeyemo poses with a group of 4th graders at Chamisa Elementary School. Courtesy/LAPSF
A student proudly displays her artistic creation. Courtesy/LAPSF
LAPS FOUNDATION News:
When educators are able to spread lessons across multiple disciplines, it can be a really effective means of teaching, not to mention a lot of fun for the students.
Last fall, Chamisa Elementary Librarian Beverly Nelson submitted a grant to the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation to help fund an artist in residence for the 2017-18 school year. The project Nelson proposed was to be a Read More
LAHS Choir In Concert With University Of Denver’s Lamont Chorale At Smith Auditorium Saturday
LAPS News:Steinhaus On Education Agenda At Legislature
Los Alamos High School student liaisons to the LAPS Board of Education on the floor of the House of Representaives Feb. 18, hosted by Rep. Christine Chandler of Los Alamos, center. Students include seniors Sonyia Williams and Priscilla Marquez and Juniors Justin Pena, Ogden Berry, Zoe Butler and Ethan Rushton. Photo by Kurt SteinhausLos Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus has been closely monitoring the New Mexico Legislature this session. He recently updated the School Board on the current state Read More
Charter School Moratorium Advances In House
By MILAN SIMONICHState Land Office: Open For Business
Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard
NMSLO News:
- February Lease Sales Generate Largest Bid Amount Ever For Open Lease
SANTA FE – The State Land Office held its monthly online oil and gas lease sales, which garnered the largest open bid sale in history and generated more than $35 million for New Mexico schools, hospitals and colleges.
The open bid included 8,920.27 acres in Chaves, Lea and Eddy Counties and closed at over $12 million, more than double the previous record for an open bid.
The aggregate bid amounted to an average per-acre price of $3,961.25.
“The Land Office is Read More
LAFD: Learn To Save A Life During CPR/AED Training
LAFD News:
February is American Heart Health Month. Each year more than 790,000 Americans have a heart attack and nearly 15 percent will die as a result.
A heart attack happens when the blood supply to the heart is reduced or cut off. The more time that passes without treatment to restore blood flow, the greater the damage to the heart.
Time is a critical component to surviving a cardiac event, with every moment that passes, the chances of survival diminish tremendously. Moments count during a cardiac event.
The amount of heart muscle damaged is directly proportionate to the amount of time it takes Read More
Scouts BSA Program Now Available In Los Alamos
Members of Scouts BSA Troop 2 at a recent meeting. Courtesy photo
This month, the Boy Scouts of America began accepting girls from fifth grade through high school into a newly named program called Scouts BSA, which allows girls the opportunities boys have, including becoming Eagle Scouts, the highest rank in Boy Scouting.
The move comes a year after girls from first to fifth grade were allowed to join Cub Scouts.
The Scouts BSA program is now available in Los Alamos. Holly Trellue leads Troop 2 for girls only, ages Read More
NHCC Art Museum Opens Qué Chola March 8
NHCC News:Legislative Roundup: Feb. 21
Max Rodriguez, left, and Sebastian Hatcher look up to the balcony of the Capitol Rotunda before performing music with other students from The Montessori Elementary & Middle School Wednesday in Albuquerque in Santa Fe. Olivia Harlow/The New Mexican
Zoelle Strober, a student from The Montessori Elementary & Middle School in Albuquerque, plays the violin during a musical performance Wednesday at the Capitol in Santa Fe. Olivia Harlow/The New MexicanLAPS Students Heading To Regional Science Fair
Lillian Petersen and Garyk Brixi were named Grand Award in the Environmental Science Senior Division for their project, ‘A Novel Computational Tool to Inform Cost-Effective Nutrition Interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa’. They will next compete at the Northeastern New Mexico Regional Science & Engineering Fair March 2 at New Mexico Highlands University. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools is sending 50 students to the Northeastern New Mexico Regional Science & Engineering Fair March 2 at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, NM.
Students qualified for Read More
Explore Wonders Of ‘Big Honking Telescopes’ Friday
Explore the wonders of big telescopes at 7 p.m. Friday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Explore the wonders of “Big Honking Telescopes” this Friday, Feb. 22 at the Los Alamos Nature Center planetarium. Join Dave North and Akkana Peck to learn why we build extremely large telescopes and what they have told us about our universe. This talk begins at 7 p.m. and is free to attend.
Most of what we know about the larger universe is the result of ever larger and better optics. North and Peck will weave the story of the inspiration, design and genius behind these monster Read More
UNM-LA Hosts LAMTA Piano Recital Sunday Feb. 24
Los Alamos Music Teachers Association pianists will perform at the LAMTA Sunday Musicale at 2 p.m., Feb. 23 at UNM-LA. Courtesy photoNew Mexico School For The Arts Exhibition March 1-29
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