Education

New Year, New Goals, New Family Member!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 14, 2019
ASSE News:
 
ASSE Student Exchange Program, a highly respected, non-profit, public-benefit organization, is seeking local host families for high school boys and girls from Scandinavia, France, Germany, Italy, Thailand, China, South Korea, and the former Soviet Republics.
 
Students are already awaiting word on who their host families will be for the 2019-2020 academic school year. If your goal was to try something new for the new-year, this will fulfill that! Host families provide room, board, and guidance for a teenager(s) living thousands of miles from home. Couples, single
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SFCC Announces Dean’s List For Fall 2018

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 14, 2019
SFCC News:
 
Congratulations to these Santa Fe Community College students on the Dean’s List who maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the fall 2018 semester.
 
For a full list of names, click here.
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Los Alamos Public Schools On 2-Hour Delay Monday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 13, 2019

LAPS News:

The Los Alamos Public Schools announces it is on a 2-hour delay for Monday Jan. 14.

  • School buses will arrive two hours later than the usual pickup time, depending upon road conditions.
  • School start times:
    • High School – 9:50 a.m.
    • Mid School – 10:00 a.m.
    • Elementary schools – 10:20 a.m.
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Free GIS Course For Furloughed Federal Workers

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 13, 2019
Joe Zebrowski
 
NMHU News:
 
LAS VEGAS, NM ― New Mexico Highlands University is offering a free online geographic information systems class to furloughed federal employees beginning Jan. 16.
 
The eight-week two-credit class is called Introduction to Geospatial Technology.
 
“This course introduces students to emerging mapping technology including global positioning systems, geographic information systems, and remote sensing,” said Joe Zebrowski, geospatial technology director at Highlands and the class instructor. “Students will learn how to display and
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Governor’s Budget Good Start For Debate Ahead

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 13, 2019
NEA-NM News:
 
The NEA-New Mexico response to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s budget proposal:
 
“The emphasis on education, student success and other support for our state’s children in Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s announcement of her Executive Budget Proposal for fiscal year 2020 is enormously appreciated by educators statewide,” NEA-New Mexico President Betty Patterson said. “The budget proposal is a wonderful starting point for the budget debate ahead in the legislature. We will continue to advocate for even larger steps forward to fully comply with the Yazzie/Martinez
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Job Opportunities At Los Alamos Public Schools

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 13, 2019
LAPS News:
 
Open the door to a new opportunity! Due to recent retirements and existing vacancies, there are a number of job openings with Los Alamos Public Schools.
 
Job openings include teachers, instructional assistants, bus drivers and maintenance technicians.
 
LAPS is the third largest employer in Los Alamos County, currently employing more than 800 at 10 sites.
 
“We are looking for qualified men and women who want to become a part of our team and play a role in shaping the future of our main assets: our students,” Human Resources Director Joe Palmer said. “No matter
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Los Alamos School Board Recognizes Teachers Who Received National Board Certifications

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 13, 2019

During its meeting Tuesday evening, the Los Alamos School Board recognized teachers who received their National Board Certifications, including Rebecca Cabildo, Kate Hovey, Britt Williams and Janelle Maestas. Los Alamos High School Teacher Katie Lake helped support these staff through the writing process. The National Board Certification is designed to develop, retain and recognize accomplished teachers and to generate ongoing improvement in schools. It is the most respected professional certification available in K-12 education. Courtesy/LAPS

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Science Saturday Goes On The Road … And Hooks Up With A Tornado

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 13, 2019
NMMSH News:
 
ALAMOGORDO ― Science Saturday has been moved to today, Jan. 13, at the Otero County Fairgrounds as part of the German Air Force Tornado event slated to begin at noon.
 
Activities focus on aerodynamics and aviation principles and are free. Several other demonstrations are planned throughout the afternoon, including the very popular trash can launches on the hour beginning at 1 p.m. today.
 
Museum members also will be able to take advantage of an extra 10 percent discount on summer camp registrations today only during the event.
 
The New Mexico Museum of Space
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NMCLP: Court Order Supports Call To Transform New Mexico’s School System

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 13, 2019
From New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — Judge Sarah Singleton’s most recent order in Yazzie/Martinez v. State of New Mexico makes clear that the court expects a major overhaul of the state’s public school system to bring it into compliance with the constitution and other state laws.
 
The extensive 600-page “findings of fact and conclusions of law” describes in great detail the need for a multicultural education framework, improved bilingual and English language learner programming, universal and quality full-day pre-kindergarten, sufficient access to extended
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Winter Safety Tips From LAFD

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 12, 2019
By BENJAMIN STONE
EMS Division Chief
Los Alamos Fire Department

Winter storms can cause a community to see an increase in car accidents, falls, hypothermia, frostbite, carbon monoxide poisoning and heart attacks from overexertion. Storms bring extreme cold, freezing rain, snow, ice, and high winds. As we recently experienced, winter storms can last for several days, cause havoc on heat, power and communication services, but they also place our community members at higher risk.

Here are some tips to remember:

Prepare now!

  • Know your area’s risk for winter storms. Extreme winter weather can
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Texas A&M Dignitaries Meet With Alumni, Visit LANL

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 12, 2019
Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp tells a room full of alumni the latest news about their school at an alumni gathering Thursday in Santa Fe. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Laboratory Director Thom Mason with LANL Statistician and 2017 Texas A&M graduate Mary Frances Dorn at Thursday’s Aggie Alumni Event in Santa Fe. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

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UNM-LA Collaborates With Innovation Academy

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 12, 2019

UNM-LA News:

UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) is partnering with The University of New Mexico’s Innovation Academy to offer “Create. Sell. Bank” this spring at UNM-LA.

This online course will address issues related to designing and establishing online businesses. Students will be exposed to a variety of innovation processes to help assist them as they consider a product/business concept.

The class will cover intellectual property basics, marketing processes, and how to create customer profiles, email lists, product landing pages and marketing automation. The class will help students plan Read More

Dr. Siegfried Hecker Presents ‘A Look Ahead At 2019 Nuclear Hotspots Around The World’ Lecture Saturday In Los Alamos

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 11, 2019

Dr. Siegfried Hecker

 
By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos Historical Society

Although the North Korean nuclear crisis took a bit of a breather in 2018, the rest of the world turned more dangerous.

Dr. Siegfried Hecker will review developments around the world and look ahead at 2019 during the Second Annual Alice and Lawry Mann Lecture at 7 p.m. Saturday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1967 18th St. in Los Alamos.

Dr. Hecker is a professor (research) in the Department of Management Science and Engineering and a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Read More

Mountain First Graders Show Entrepreneurial Spirit

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 11, 2019
Mountain teacher Scott Johnson’s students with bags they sold to raise money for Heifer International and Self Help Inc., and hold up a check they presented to Self Help Executive Director Maura Taylor. Courtesy photo
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
 
They may only be first-graders but Mountain Elementary School teacher Scott Johnson’s students are already entrepreneurs and philanthropists.
 
In an email to the Los Alamos Daily Post, Johnson explained that last year his class founded a business to earn profits to donate to charities.
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Project Lit Book Group Kicks Off At Los Alamos High School With Funding From LAPS Foundation

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 10, 2019

Los Alamos High School teachers gather for the first adult Project Lit Book Group meeting, an initiative funded through a grant from the LAPS Foundation. From left, Stephanie Hailey (English), Shannon Seitz, Margo Batha, Elizabeth Bates (German), Michelle Holland (English), Kristine Coblentz and Therese Mueller (Spanish). Not pictured: Lucy Belian (Guidance) and Annette Garcia-Sehorn (Business). The goal for this group is to introduce LAHS staff members from all departments to the books that students are reading in the student Project Lit Group, and to encourage staff to discuss the Read More

LANL: More Stable Light Comes From Intentionally ‘Squashed’ Quantum Dots

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 10, 2019

Novel colloidal quantum dots are formed of an emitting cadmium/selenium (Cd/Se) core enclosed into a compositionally graded CdxZn1-xSe shell wherein the fraction of zinc versus cadmium increases towards the dot’s periphery. Due to a directionally asymmetric lattice mismatch between CdSe and ZnSe, the core, at top right, is compressed more strongly perpendicular to the crystal axis than along it. This leads to modifications of the electronic structure of the CdSe core, which beneficially affects its light-emission properties. Bottom image: Experimental Read More

Science On Tap: ‘Accobeam & How Technological Innovations Using Sound Are Changing What Is Seen’

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 10, 2019
LANL Scientist Dr. Vamshi Chillara
 
LACD News:
 
Join the Bradbury Science Museum and the Los Alamos Creative District for Science On Tap at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 14 at UnQuarked Wine Room.
 
This discussion will feature Dr. Vamshi Chillara of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Acoustics and Sensors Team.
 
Are you interested in how current research at Los Alamos is improving biomedical imaging and long-range undersea communications? Are you curious about innovations using sound wave collimation to “see” further and more clearly into materials including the human
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Secretary Toulouse Oliver To Provide Second Year Of Sexual Harassment Trainings For New Mexico Lobbyists

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 10, 2019

New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver

From the Office of the Secretary of State:

SANTA FE – New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver will provide two lobbyist trainings for the 2019 New Mexico legislative session covering lobbyist registration, reporting requirements and sexual harassment.

The trainings are 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 10 and 1-4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17 in room 238 of the Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe.

“These sexual harassment trainings are part of my ongoing commitment to ensure that the Roundhouse is a safe space for everyone who works or Read More

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