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Music From Angel Fire Hosts Series Off Free Workshops In Los Alamos

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 6, 2018

Triacanthos Woodwind Quintet. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

Music From Angel Fire will host a series of free workshops the afternoon of Friday, Aug. 31 in the Los Alamos Public Schools facilitated by Zane Meek.

The feature group, the Triacanthos Woodwind Quintet, will work with Los Alamos youth in master classes, private lessons, ensemble coaching and more. The day will come to a close with a free public concert 6-7 p.m., at Duane Smith Auditorium.

The featured ensemble, Triacanthos Quintet, is based at the www.Curtis.edu Institute in Philadelphia and will be featured during

Chartwells Team Gears Up For Back To School

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 5, 2018

Chef Mia Holsapple

CHARTWELLS News:

Chef Mia Holsapple and her Chartwells team have been working all summer long to feed community youth and are gearing up, for a new school year.

As the school year came to a close, Holsapple worked with the LAPS Administration to secure funds through the Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD), for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).

The beauty of the program was that the service provided free lunch and snacks for any student under the age of 18. The ease of needing no income eligibility to apply, but just show up and eat, allowed

SFCC Announces Fall Semester Registration

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 4, 2018

SFCC News:

SANTA FE ― Santa Fe Community College registration is ongoing for the Fall semester, which begins Aug. 20. The college offers hundreds of credit classes from accounting to welding.

Interim president Cecilia Cervantes, Ph.D., said, “We want to make the community aware that the college realizes that many working adults are looking at ways to earn a certificate or degree. There are a variety of options such as evening, weekend and online programs that offer flexible scheduling.”

Students can complete many certificate programs in a year or less. A recent study by

C’YA Hosts Youth Entrepreneur Fair Aug. 11

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 4, 2018

C’YA News:

When life gives you a lot of lemons sell lemonade. That is just one of the activities you will find as Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA) hosts a Youth Entrepreneur Fair Aug. 11, and youth are welcome to apply. The event will take place from 10am-2pm at the United Church of Los Alamos.

The fair is a low cost opportunity for youth from the community and around the area, to sell their arts, crafts, products or services. The event takes place just prior to the start of school, when the actual summer for students, comes to an end.

The event will rent tables for

Los Alamos Students Invited To View Dr. Atomic

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 3, 2018

Los Alamos High School students Thursday at the Santa Fe Opera. Courtesy photo

LAHS News:

Through the generous support of the Santa Fe Opera, Los Alamos High School students were invited to view Dr. Atomic.Thursday, Aug. 2.

This opportunity is part of an ongoing collaboration with Santa Fe Opera Education and the Los Alamos Opera Guild in which LAHS students of AP Literature learn about the power of story through the art form of opera. Their work includes guest lectures, a spring tour of the SFO campus and a culminating viewing of a full production.

This year’s

PEEC: ‘Search For Sun Siblings’ Talk 7 p.m. Today

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 3, 2018

Courtesy photo

PEEC News:

Stars like the Sun almost never form in isolation. Usually, star formation takes place in large clusters, creating many sibling stars in batches that slowly disperse over time. Join Erica Fogerty at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3 at the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium to learn about the search for the Sun’s long-lost relatives and their most likely location.

Erica Fogerty

Fogerty is a computational astrophysicist in the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics at Los Alamos National Laboratory. A native of Philadelphia, she is enjoying the change in surroundings Read More

Bandelier: Ranger Guided Activities In Frijoles Canyon

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 3, 2018

An evening on the main loop trail at Bandelier National Monument. Photo by Jana McClure

BNM News:

On most Saturdays, Aug. 4 through Sept. 29, Interpretive Rangers at Bandelier National Monument will be providing Bat Strolls and Night Walks in Frijoles Canyon.

Rangers Ryan Gaul and Jason Knight will reveal fun bat facts and accompany visitors on the Falls Trail to a spot where the group will quietly wait for any emerging bats. While Rangers Wesley Hermann and Derek Wallentinsen will share insight about what night time activity in the canyon may have been like when the

SF’s Colorful Legacy Series: Celebrating 100+ Years Of Art, Culture, And History Pueblo Textile & Embroideries

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 2, 2018

SAR News:

SANTA FE ― The School for Advanced Research (SAR) continues its Santa Fe’s Colorful Legacy series with a panel discussion on Pueblo Textiles and Embroideries from 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at the St. Francis Auditorium, 107 West Palace Avenue at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Brian Vallo, director of SAR’s Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), and a panel of former SAR Native American Artist Fellows explore the history and evolution of textile arts in Pueblo communities. The panel includes: Louie Garcia from the Prio Manso Tiwa tribe of Guadalupe

New LAMS Principal Brian Easton Focusing On Consistency And Fairness

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 2, 2018

New Los Alamos Middle School Principal Brian Easton in the administrative office Tuesday at LAMS. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

By BONNIE J. GORDON

Los Alamos Daily Post

bjgordon@ladailypost.com

After 20 years in the Los Alamos High School classroom, Brian Easton is moving on, but not that far. Easton is the new principal of Los Alamos Middle School.

The highly esteemed social studies teacher loved his job, but said he felt ready for a new challenge … although he wasn’t sure what it would be.

Easton recently added a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership Read More

Los Alamos Kids Take 1,000 Book Challenge

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 2, 2018

Violet and Eli Helton have read 500 books! They received a certificate and had their photo taken for the Mesa Public Library wall. Courtesy photo

Jayla Vest has reached the halfway point in the 1,000 Books challenge! Courtesy photo

Bonnie J. Gordon

Los Alamos Daily Post

bjgordon623@ladailypost.com

More than 250 young readers are taking the Los Alamos Library book challenge to read 1,000 books before they enter kindergarten. The nationwide 1,000 Books Foundation provides customized programs to libraries around the U.S.

Youth Services Librarian Angie Manfredi discovered Read More

LAPS Welcomes New Teachers And Staff

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 1, 2018

Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus welcomes new teachers and staff to the district during new employee orientation this morning in the Board Room at the Administrative Offices on Trinity Drive. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus addresses new teachers and staff during employee orientation this morning in the Board Room at the Administrative Offices on Trinity Drive. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus welcomes new teachers and staff Read More

American Federation Of Teachers NM Responds To State Appeal Of Yazzie/Martinez v. New Mexico Lawsuit

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 1, 2018

AFT-NM News:

ALBUQUERQUE ― American Federation of Teachers New Mexico (AFT-NM) President Stephanie Ly released the following statement:

“Words hardly express the deep disappointment educators across New Mexico feel in response to the news that Gov. Susana Martinez has chosen to appeal the recent court decision, which found New Mexico has been critically underfunding our public education system of hundreds of millions of dollars which should be flowing into classrooms and lecture halls across the state.

“This administration is woefully out of step even in its waning

NMHU Students Create Digital Online Exhibits

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 1, 2018

Marie Gallegos plays the role of Goneril in a 1950 Highlands University Koshare Players production of King Lear. The photo is part of the new Donnelly Library digital online special collections exhibits. Courtesy photo

NMHU News:

LAS VEGAS ― History of the Las Vegas community and Highlands University come to life, thanks to a digital online special collections exhibits project the university’s media arts and technology students created for Donnelly Library.

Graduate media arts students in Lucia Duncan’s spring semester 2018 class, Synthesis of Media Arts and Computer

Udall, Heinrich Announce $1.1 Million Grant For NMSU Sustainable Agriculture Research

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 1, 2018

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that New Mexico State University (NMSU) Agriculture Extension Program has received a $1.18 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

The Resilient Agroecosystems in a Changing Climate award will fund research into the best strategies for arid land farmers and ranchers in the Southern Great Plains in Union County, N.M.; Las Animas, Colo.; and Cimarron County, Okla., to adapt to times of drought.

Panel Of Experts To Discuss J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Rise And Fall From Grace 6 p.m. Aug. 8

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 1, 2018

Dr. Gregg Herken

RSF News:

As part of an ongoing focus on the history of the atomic age, Recursos de Santa Fe will present a program exploring the long and tangled history of the role of J. Robert Oppenheimer as scientific head of the Manhattan Project and the subsequent loss of his security clearance, barring him from the Los Alamos National Laboratory he founded and led.

The discussion is Aug. 8, the anniversary of the atomic bomb drop on Nagasaki. It begins at 6 p.m. in the La Terrazza Ballroom at La Fonda Hotel.

Speakers include Dr. Gregg Herken, who has written extensively

Presentation On How Parasites Manipulate Their Hosts And Make Them Real Life Zombies At 7 p.m. Today

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 31, 2018

Andrew Bartlow on Mindoro Island in the Phillippines collecting parasites from birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians will give a presentation at 7 p.m. today. Courtesy/EEC

PEEC News:

Join Andrew Bartlow tonight at the Los Alamos Nature Center to learn about how some specific parasites have evolved ways to manipulate their hosts and turn them into their own zombie bodyguards.

His talk begins at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Parasites are everywhere and are extremely diverse. From tiny microscopic Giardia to giant tapeworms, parasites rule the world in terms of biodiversity. Read More

Lujan Grisham On Meeting With Secretary DeVos

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 31, 2018

U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham

CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) released the following statement after meeting Thursday with Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos:

“In today’s meeting, Secretary DeVos continued to demonstrate that she does not understand the investments and policies that need to be implemented so that public school students, their families, and teachers succeed.

“Since becoming Secretary of Education, DeVos has proposed cutting billions of dollars from after school, early education,

LANL Foundation Awards 20 Scholarships

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 30, 2018

LANL FOUNDATION News:

Espanola— The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation awarded 20 scholarships, each worth $1,500 to Northern New Mexico students in three categories.

New in 2018, the Abiquiú Land Grant – Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Scholarship is specifically designated for descendants of an Abiquiú Land Grant family. Marisa-Ann Lopez of Santa Fe, who is studying culinary arts at Santa Fe Community College, is the inaugural recipient of this award. Applicants from this group may pursue a bachelor’s degree, two-year degree or professional Read More

LANL Sponsors Back To School Drive For Students

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 30, 2018

Last year LANL collected 1,000 backpacks filled with school supplies and aims to help as many children again this year. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Drop-off locations in Los Alamos, White Rock and Española

The new school year is not too far away, and Los Alamos National Laboratory—with help from its employees and the community—is sponsoring a Back to School Drive to help local students succeed.

“Last year we collected 1,000 backpacks filled with school supplies,” drive organizer Selena Valencia said. “We’re aiming to help as many children again this year.”

Through Aug. 7, area residents Read More

Local Students Make Honor Roll At Oregon State

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 29, 2018

EDUCATION News:

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Names of students who have made the Scholastic Honor Roll spring term 2018 have been announced by Oregon State University.

A total of 1,361 students earned straight-A (4.0). Another 4,261 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the Honor Roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work.

Students on the Honor Roll with 3.5 or better from Los Alamos:

Mary K. English, Senior, Microbiology;
Jared R. Pinkerton, Senior, Political Science; and
Katelynn L. Thorn, Freshman, Pre-Chemical Engineering.

About Oregon State University: As Read More

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