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LACF Annual Conference For Nonprofits Friday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 18, 2018

LACF News:

The Los Alamos Community Foundation annual conference for nonprofits Sharing our Vision: Getting the Community Involved is 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 20 in Room 230, Building 2 at UNM-Los Alamos. The cost is free.

Attendees will receive a full day of programming on topics pertinent to the work of the local nonprofit community. RSVP to attend this event to rachel@losalamoscf.org. See the agenda here.

Funding Opportunity:

The Los Alamos chapter of 100 Plus Women Who Care is accepting applications from local nonprofit organizations interested

Topper Revue 2018: The Eastons April 26, 27, 28

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 18, 2018

LAHS News:

Have you ever wanted to attend the Oscars? Well we’ve got the next best thing. Come see the Los Alamos High School 2018 Production of Topper Revue: The Easton Awards!

It’s just like the Oscars, but you get to decide who’s the best host (and, obviously, there’s better talent).

Performances are 7 p.m., April 26, 27 and 28 in the new and improved Duane Smith Auditorium. Tickets are $7 for students and seniors, $10 for adults, and $5 for children under 5.

LAHS Senior Ruby Selvage Honored With 2018 Prudential Spirit Of Community Award

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 17, 2018

LAHS senior Ruby Selvage is honored for her volunteer service with a 2018 Prudential Spirit of Community Award. LAHS Principal Carter Payne nominated her for this prestigious award. Courtesy/LAHS

LAHS News:

Los Alamos High School senior Ruby Selgage has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a Certificate of Excellence from The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, and with a President’s Volunteer Service Award.

Presented annually by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), The Prudential Spirit of Read More

LAPS: New And Returning Student Registration

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 17, 2018

Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Los Alamos Public Schools will begin registration Tuesday, May 1, for returning students for the 2018-2019 school year. Registration for new students is open now.

LAPS will send out an email to one parent per family Monday, April 23, with instructions for registering their student(s) online. Parents may then login to the student registration site to complete the online form for each child attending an LAPS school.

How to know if your child is a new or returning student:

Any student who will be attending an LAPS school for the first time is considered a new student. You

Earth Day Festival At Nature Center Saturday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 17, 2018

Fun and entertainment for all ages is available 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday at PEEC’s Earth Day Festival at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC’s) signature event, the annual Earth Day Festival, is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21 at the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road.

The festivities include delicious food, demos of the brand new planetarium projector, fun activities and exciting entertainment.

Many community booths will provide all kinds of activities and information to celebrate Read More

NewMexicoKidsCAN Responds To Deadline For School Turnaround Plans

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 17, 2018

NewMexicoKidsCAN News:

ALBUQUERQUE ― Wednesday is the deadline for Albuquerque and Dulce public school districts to submit their second-round school turnaround proposals to the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) with detailed plans for improving student learning at a total of four schools, serving 1,300 of the youngest learners, that have earned Fs from the state since at least 2013.

NMPED denied initial proposals from the districts in March because they weren’t urgent or strong enough. Now they will make a final verdict on whether

LAHS Students Head To International Science Fair

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 16, 2018

ISEF boys. Courtesy photo

ISEF girls. Courtesy photo

LAPS News:

Saturday, April 7, 26 Los Alamos students participated in the State Science Fair at New Mexico Tech in Socorro. Los Alamos Public School students received 16 awards in the Junior Division, and in the Senior Division, Los Alamos High School received 32 awards.

Of the 11 LAHS students who competed in the Senior Division, seven will be moving on to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Pittsburgh, PA, where they will compete with 1,800 ISEF finalists from around the world May 13-18.

NNMC Registration Opens For Summer And Fall 2018

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 16, 2018

NHCC News:

Registration for the Summer and Fall semester at Northern New Mexico College opens at 8 a.m. Monday, April 16.

This registration period is open to everyone. Summer classes begin Monday, June 4, while Fall classes begin Monday, Aug. 20.

New students can complete an application form online at www.nnmc.edu or visit the admissions office on the Española campus. Early registration allows students enough time to discuss an academic plan with College advisors and secure their place in the classes of their

School Board To Meet Tuesday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 16, 2018

LAPS News:

The Los Alamos Public Schools Board will meet at 5:30 ap.m. Tuesday, April 17 in the Adminisrtation Office’s School Board Room located at 2101 Trinity Dr., Suite V.

The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda:

1. Pledge of Allegiance

2. Call to Order President Jennifer McCumber will call the meeting to order

3. Roll Call

4. Routine Business/Approval of Agenda Approval of Agenda

5. Recognition by the Board National History Day Regional winners, presented by Brent Collom Science Bowl Winners,

Madeline Lockhart Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 16, 2018

Madeline Lockhart. Courtesy photo

By MAIRE O’NEILL

Los Alamos Daily Post

maire@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos High School 2016 graduate and Texas Tech University sophomore Madeline Lockhart is one of 211 students in the United States selected for a Goldwater Scholarship.

The Goldwater Scholarship was established to honor the lifetime work of Senator Barry Goldwater, who served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including 30 years in the U.S. Senate. It is provided to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics

Scenes From Mountain 5th Grade Wax Museum

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 16, 2018

Mountain Elementary 5th graders lined the walls of the school gymnasium for their Wax Museum presentations as students and parents listened. Here, County Councilor James Chrobocinski and his wife Jacqui listen as their son JJ represents Robert Ballard who discovered the sunken RMS Titanic after it had been lost for 73 years. Photo by KayLinda Crawford

MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY News:

Each year, Mountain Elementary 5th graders choose a famous or inspiring person from American history to portray during a Wax Museum project for other students and parents.

“This is an extension

Former LAHS Student Works To Raise Funds For Stanford Summer Program

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 15, 2018

Ashlyn Bradshaw is working to raise funds to attend the Stanford 2018 Summer Program. Courtesy photo

By KIRSTEN LASKEY

Los Alamos Daily Post

kirsten@ladailypost.com

Former Los Alamos High School student Ashlyn Bradshaw was accepted into Stanford’s 2018 Summer Program and she is working to raise funds to be able to attend.

Bradshaw has established a fundraising campaign on gofundme, gofundme.com/stanfordlawenvisionprogram, in hopes to raise the $10,000 needed to attend the program.

The program will be held July 14-23. Bradshaw, who is a sophomore at Goddard

LAHS Key Club Attends District Convention In Arizona

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 14, 2018

Members of the Los Alamos High School Key Club are attending the Southwest District Key Club Convention today in Chandler, Ariz. Gathered for a photo just before going on a walk to raise money for and awareness of the Lupus Foundation, front row from left, Victoria Nisoli, Shena Han, Sonya Svyatskaya, Kaylee Rogers, Morgan Jones, Shelly Doyle and Risa Bridge. Back row from left, Isaac Ronning and Faculty Advisor Kathy Boerigter. Not pictured are Miriam Wallstrom, Sydne Ashford, Zoe Hemez, Leah Wolfsberg, MacKenzie Kieltyka, Sammy Levings, Elyse Phillips, MacKenzie Rogers and Radika Iyer

PEEC: Picnic; Fiber Arts At Los Luceros Sunday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 14, 2018

PEEC News:

Enjoy a community picnic and fiber arts activities at the beautiful Los Luceros Historic Site. New Mexico Historic Sites, the Amigos de Los Luceros, and the Pajarito Environmental Education Center are partnering on this event, which is the first in a series called Culture and Nature.

The event is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 15 and is free and open to the public.

The picnic will begin at 12 p.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy chatting with other families. Starting at 9 a.m. there will be activities like a sheep shearing event and

NHCC Art Museum Exhibition ‘Because It’s Time: Unraveling Race And Place In NM’ Opens May 4

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 14, 2018

NHCC News:

ALBUQUERQUE ― The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) Art Museum, May 4, 2018, will open a new exhibition Because It’s Time: Unraveling Race and Place in NM that examines race and identity in New Mexico and is a space for artistic expression that grapples with the complexities of who we are, how we are understood, and how that impacts the way we live (or don’t) in a variety of places.

The opening reception will be 5:30-8 p.m. in the NHCC Art Museum.

The exhibition features approximately 26

Los Alamos National Bank Brings More Students To Bradbury Science Museum

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 13, 2018

Bradbury Science Museum Educator Mel Strong provides a science laboratory for freshman biology students from Espanola Valley High School. Photo by Andy Trottier

Francis X. Nava Elementary School teacher Mayo Rodriguez and students Marisol Naranjo, left, and Kaylene Coriz visit the Bradbury Science Museum. Photo by Andy Trottier

BSMA News:

Students from Espanola Valley High School and Frances X. Nava Elementary School in Santa Fe, enjoyed a field trip to the Bradbury Science Museum thanks to a bus transportation grant provided by Los Alamos National Bank through the Bradbury Read More

Earth Week Talk: Learning From The Past To Improve Our Relationship With Fire And Forests April 17

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 13, 2018

Tom Swetnam is PEEC’s Earth Week speaker this year. He will give a talk on Ancestral Puebloan Fire Practices April 17. Courtesy photo

PEEC News:

How did Ancestral Pueblo populations manage to live within our forests, with no known history of catastrophic fires destroying their villages? What can we learn from history to improve our own relationships with fires in our forests?

This year PEEC is thrilled to bring Dr. Tom Swetnam to the Los Alamos Nature Center as the featured speaker for our annual Earth Day events. As a part of our Earth Week programming, he will give a presentation

Letter To The Editor: Do What Works To Provide Student Success Resources

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 13, 2018

By CHARLES GOODMACHER

Government and Media Relations Director

National Education Association – New Mexico

Teachers and other educators across the nation say “enough” to chronic underfunding of public education.

Here in New Mexico, educators await a positive outcome to the lawsuit against the State for failing to provide public schools the supports necessary for statewide student success. The National Education Association-New Mexico applauds every parent, school district Board of Education and the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty and Mexican

Chamisa Elementary School Turns 50!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 13, 2018

LAHS Student Awarded Study Trip Abroad

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 13, 2018

Los Alamos High School Junior Peter Watson and German teacher Anita Boshier. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Los Alamos High School Junior Peter Watson has been awarded an all‐expense‐paid summer study trip to Germany.

Watson was selected as a national winner after scoring in the 98th percentile on the Level 4 2018 National German Exam sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG). After qualifying with a high score on the exam, he was then interviewed by a committee comprised of high school teachers and college professors of German.

Watson is one of 44 outstanding German students Read More

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