PEEC’s Geology Program For Kids Continues This Year
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RGB News:Final Painting Class With Artist Lisa Coddington Sept. 21
Hummingbird and Wild Four O’clocks by Lisa Coddington. Atomic City Children’s Theater: 2017-18 Season
Courtesy photoExhibit: ‘100 Years Of Los Alamos Ranch School – The Boys And Their Books’ Opens At Mesa Library Today
Big House Library. Courtesy photo
Library News:
A new exhibit in the Upstairs Art Gallery at Mesa Public Library opens at 6 p.m. today, Sept. 7, with a talk by Bathtub Row Press publications director Sharon Snyder.
Bathtub Row Press publications director Sharon Snyder
Entitled “100 Years of Los Alamos Ranch School – The Boys and Their Books”, the exhibit includes books by authors who attended the Ranch School from Snyder’s personal collection. Also included in the exhibit are works of art and books from the Library’s “local author” collection, which is comprised of nearly 500 items. The exhibit Read More
2017 Condition Of College And Career Readiness: LAHS Demonstrates Significant Progress On ACT Scores
LAPS News:
Each year, ACT provides an analysis of high school graduates college and career readiness. Based upon the report, Los Alamos High School class of 2017 had higher scores than in the past five years, and higher than the state as a whole.
The ACT is a set of curriculum-based tests to measure educational development in English, mathematics, reading, and science, and is used to measure how prepared a student is for the first year of college coursework.
Each section has a benchmark (or the minimum score needed) to indicate that the student will have a 50 percent chance of earning a B or high, and Read More
UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board Meets Monday
UNM-LA News:
The UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11 in the Lecture Hall in Building 2 on the campus of UNM-LLA at 4000 University Dr.
Action items include a review of the UNM-LA By-Laws and the Operating Agreement with the Regents of UNM.
Other topics of discussion include issues in higher education in New Mexico, enrollment trends for 2017 and fundraising ideas. Read More
UNM-LA Astrophysics Discussion Sept. 19 – Nov. 21
Explore Your Universe: Modern Astrophysics for Everyone is open to all ages. This non-credit class focuses on inquiry and discussion. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA
Dr. Nicole Lloyd-Ronning will facilitate the non-credit astrophysics course, which begins Sept. 19 at UNM-LA. Courtesy photo
Progressive Fighting Systems Of New Mexico Trains In Los Alamos
Progressive Fighting Systems of New Mexico athletes with the legendary Martial Arts Instructor Paul Vunak, at the 2017 Edged Weapons Seminar in California. The group trains at 8 p.m. Monday and Wednesday in Los Alamos under Sifu (Instructor) Lawrence Garcia at High Flyers. Sean Leffler, Gloria Ramos, Octavio Ramos, Ian Foti-Landis and Charlene Espinoza were all promoted to the next level in Contemporary Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do. For more information visit Progressive Fighting Systems of New Mexico on Face Book, WWW.Fighting.net or call 505.450.2540. Courtesy Read More
‘Media Literacy In A Fake News World’ Sept. 23
NNMPW News:NMPED Releases School Grades
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NMM News:Karen Wray Gallery Offers Beginning Art Classes
Courtesy/Karen Wray
Courtesy/Karen WrayIn September, the Karen Wray Gallery is offering two beginning art classes; oil painting and watercolors. The classes take place in the gallery at 1247 Central Ave., Suite D-2, in Los Alamos.
Several of Wray’s students have their work now featured in the gallery.
Reva Heron: is a featured artist of the gallery. She has been taking classes with Karen Wray since 2014.
“Karen is amazing,” Heron said. “She’s really good at working with your strengths and overcoming your limitations without making you feel like Read More
Knights Of Columbus Golf Tournament Sept. 15
New Mexico’s Immigrant Youth Participate In ‘Statewide Student Walkout For Immigrant Justice’ Tuesday
POLITICAL News:
Tuesday, Sept. 5, hundreds of students, immigrant leaders and allies across the state of New Mexico will participate in a ‘Statewide Student Walkout for Immigrant Justice’ calling for the protection of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and immigrant families nationwide.
The statewide demonstration comes on the same date, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and 9 other Republican Attorneys General, set as a deadline for the administrative relief program to be phased-out by the Trump administration –or face a lawsuit to try and rule the program Read More
PEEC: Eclipse Photos And Phantoms At Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium Sept. 9-10
PEEC News:
Learn about the 2017 total solar eclipse and see the full-dome planetarium film Phantom of the Universe at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
Three local astronomers who watched the eclipse from within the path of totality, will share stories, photos, data and videos from the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 planetarium. Galen Gisler, Rick Wallace and Paul Arendt traveled north to see the recent solar eclipse and gathered photos, video, and data to help study the Sun’s inner corona. They are eager to share their experiences and images with the community. Read More
Scenes From Hilltopper Band At Friday Night Game
The Hilltopper Marching Band provides halftime entertainment the Friday night Football Game at Sullivan Field. At 96 members, the band performs an impressive show. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Part of the brass section playing in the half time show in Friday night’s football game. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scenes from Friday night’s halftime show. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scenes from Friday night’s halftime show. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Band director Zane Meek speaks with the band after the show. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Offers Class On Reformation History And Theology Beginning Sept. 10
BELC News:Governor Announces 110,000 More New Mexico Students Accessing High-Speed Internet In School
STATE News:
- Broadband for Education Initiative Connecting More Students than Ever Before
ALBUQUERQUE — Gov. Susana Martinez has announced that 110,000 more New Mexico students have access to high-speed Internet at school.
The Governor began an initiative to connect every New Mexico student with high-speed Internet at school by the 2018 school year. Since her 2015 announcement, 99 percent of New Mexico’s public schools now have access to high-speed Internet – and the partnerships leveraged through the initiative have reduced costs to connect students by more than 60 percent.
“Every Read More
Rotary District 5520 Study Abroad Opportunity
