Chandler: Importance Of Early Childhood Education
By CHRISTINE CHANDLERNew Mexico is failing her children. There is overwhelming evidence that early childhood education and programs that mentor young parents pay enormous dividends in terms of success in school and keeping at-risk children out of the criminal justice system. Yet the funding for these systems is inadequate to those in need.
Quality Prekindergarten (PreK) programs have been shown to improve student achievement. New Mexico has an early childhood program administered through the Public Education Department. The program is available Read More
American Federation Of Teachers New Mexico Responds To National Assessment Of Educational Progress Scores
President Stephanie LyRegistration Opens For IHM Youth Golf Tournament
IHM Youth Golf Tournament News:
Registration is now open for players interested in participating in the 1st Annual Golf Tournament for youth ministry at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church.
The format for the tournament is Two Person Las Vegas Scramble and begins at 9 a.m., May 5 at Black Mesa Golf Course in Espanola.
Proceeds from the event support youth programs at IHM.
The IHM Youth Ministry Office works to support high school aged youth and help them build a foundation of strong ideals that they can carry with them into the future as citizens and leaders.
For more information about the tournament, Read More
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COMMUNITY News:Family Strengths Network: Learn About Polaris Charter School April 18
Alzheimer’s Association Presents Conference For Healthcare Professionals On Research Update
AA News:SDV Construction Gives $25,000 To UNM School of Engineering For New Scholarship
Mahmoud Taha, chair of the Department of Civil Engineering, stands with Kirk McWethy, left, of SDV Construction and Leslie Currie, right, director of development for the School of Engineering. Courtesy photo
BUSINESS News:
SDV Construction, a New Mexico construction firm, has donated $25,000 to The University of New Mexico School of Engineering for the creation of a new scholarship.
The gift will create the SDV Construction Scholarship for Veterans, which will be awarded to full-time students pursuing a degree in construction management who have been honorably discharged from any branch Read More
LAPS Foundation Gives Aspen Elementary School Educators Tools To Teach Empathy
Aspen teacher Shelley Morey-Sloan poses in front of the ‘Empathy Tool Box for Teachers’. Courtesy/LAPSF
LAPSF News:
Shelley Morey-Sloan, a teacher at Aspen Elementary School, is well aware that students these days need not only learn the basic subjects like reading and math … it is also crucial to their happiness for them to develop empathy, which is something that can be learned.
Last fall, Morey-Sloan applied for a Great Ideas Grant from the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation to build an “Empathy Tool Box for Teachers”. So far it has been a great success.
In her application to Read More
Purdue University Confirms LANL Bid With Bechtel
Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL
By ExchangeMonitor
Purdue University on Friday confirmed it teamed with Bechtel National, Reston, Va., on a bid to run the Los Alamos National Laboratory — a teaming arrangement first reported by Weapons Complex Morning Briefing’s sister publication in February.
The confirmation came Friday from Mitch Daniels, president of Indiana-based Purdue University. Daniels spoke to the local Lafayette Journal and Courier newspaper on the sidelines of a meeting of the institution’s board of trustees.
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Read More
Community Picnic & Fiber Arts At Los Luceros Sunday
PEEC News:
Pajarito Environmental Education Center, New Mexico Historic Sites and the Amigos de Los Luceros are partnering to host a community picnic and fiber arts activities at the Los Luceros Historic Site.
This event, which is the first in a series called Culture and Nature, is noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 15 and free and open to the public.
Community members are invited to meet at Los Luceros Historic Site, off State Route 68. Bring a lunch for the picnic, which begins at noon, followed at 1 p.m. with activities including weaving with natural materials and a sheep-shearing event.
For more information Read More
Esteban Abeyta Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
Esteban Abeyta. Courtesy/UNM
UNM News:
Los Alamos High School 2015 graduate Esteban Abeyta has been awarded the Goldwater Scholarship, which recognizes distinguished students in the fields of mathematics, science and engineering.
Abeyta, a biochemistry major at the University of New Mexico, plans to get a Ph.D. and research pathogenic mechanisms that lead to diagnostic tools, vaccine development and the study of novel targets for drugs.
Abeyta said he is humbled and honored to be selected as a Goldwater Scholar.
“I could not be more thankful for the opportunities that this recognition Read More
Matching Funds Exceeded For LACF’s Community Endowment For UNM-Los Alamos
From left, Steve Boerigter, Rick Reiss, Rachel Kizielewicz, Cindy Rooney and Pat Soran. Courtesy photoNew Mexico Youth Workforce Forum―Pathways To Careers In Mental Health & Substance Use April 14
Alexandra Berl Of Los Alamos Receives National Science Foundation Fellowship
Alexandra Berl
Los Alamos High School 2014 graduate and University of California-Berkeley chemistry student Alexandra Berl has been offered a fellowship from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
Some 2,000 awardees were selected following a national competition, which drew more than 12,000 applicants from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories. The program recruits high-potential, early-career scientists and engineers and supports their graduate Read More
PAC 8 Online Auction Underway Until 7 p.m. April 10!
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Astronomy Show: Night Sky And Dark Night Preview
Steve Becker presents a tour of the heavens Friday in the Planetarium at the Los Alamos Nature Center This event is a preview for the Pajarito Astronomers’ Dark Night program the following night. Photo by Minesh Bacrania
PEEC News:
Take an interactive tour of the heavens with Steve Becker and a preview of what can be seen at the Pajarito Astronomers’ Dark Night program the following evening, including Venus and Jupiter.
The show begins at 7 p.m. Friday, April 13 in the Planetarium at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Read More
National Parks Adventure Showing At DynaTheater
NMMNHF News:Scenes From Record Breaking Emerge Event Friday
Rep. Garcia Richard who is a candidate for Land Commissioner and fellow Emerge member U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham at the evening celebration for the largest class ever to participate in the Democratic training program in New Mexico. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos women at the Emerge event Friday in Albuquerque, from left, Karyl Ann Armbruster, Christine Bernstein, Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, Cristina Olds and Amy Storey. Courtesy photo Read More
State Awarded Grant To Improve High School Outcomes
HSD News:YMCA Little Youth Soccer Registration Ends April 11
The Y Little Youth Soccer athletes get busy on the field. Courtesy photo
