Back To School Tax Free Weekend Underway
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Gov. Susana Martinez has announced New Mexico’s annual back to school tax-free weekend and encourages families to take part in order to save them money and prepare their children for the upcoming school year.
“Families across the state know how expensive it can be to get kids ready for school, and this is a great way for them to save money,” Martinez said. “Our tax-free weekend can help families make sure that they send their students off to school with everything they need so they’re ready to learn.”
Vendors will not be required to collect gross receipts tax (GRT) from customers Read More
LANL Foundation Awards $61,298 In Education And Community Grants
Family Night At Los Alamos Nature Center Aug. 8
Enjoy activities with Melissa Mackey at the Los Alamos Nature Center’s Family Night. Courtesy photoDolly Parton’s Imagination Library: Los Alamos Aug. 29
Anderson School Of Management Offers Project Management At UNM-Los Alamos Campus
LANL’s Steve Renfro and Rob Kramer, UNM-LA’s Cindy Rooney and UNM Anderson School of Management’s Steve Walsh met earlier this summer to discuss using UNM-LA classroom with Zoom technology for Project Management classes. UNM-LA’s Bill Gilson, on screen, demonstrated the classroom. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
The University of New Mexico (UNM) Anderson School of Management will offer project management classes at UNM-Los Alamos this fall, taught by professors affiliated with the Anderson School of Management. Many of the individual classes Read More
Landmark Education Trial Against New Mexico Ends
NMCLP News:The consolidated lawsuit, which was filed by the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty (the Center) and MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), claims that the State’s arbitrary and inadequate funding of public schools, and lack of necessary monitoring and oversight, deprives children—particularly low-income, Native American,
Letter To The Editor: ‘Youth Helping Refugee Youth’ Drive Underway Through Aug. 11
By Sarah and Madelyn CrotzerA “youth helping refugee youth” initiative to collect a few items for refugee students recently resettled in Albuquerque is taking place right now, and we invite all our community’s youth to participate.
A local church is collecting 40 new solid-color backpacks sized for middle to high school students (no sports team logos or other logos allowed), along with the necessary basic school supplies to fill those backpacks, such as 2-inch binders, loose leaf paper, pencils and pens, Read More
UPDATE: Hummingbird Monitoring Research Aug. 12
Broad-tailed Hummingbird. Photo by Bob WalkerPEEC: Guided, Family-Friendly Backpacking Trip
Kids and adults enjoyed backpacking to Name Lake last year with Tony Hinojosa and Beth Cortright, PEEC’s first family backpacking trip. Courtesy photoPEEC News:
Have you wanted to go backpacking, but didn’t have the gear or experience? Well, Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) has the adventure you’ve been waiting for!
Adults and families will meet at the Los Alamos Nature Center for a short orientation at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16
Saturday, Aug. 26 and Sunday, Aug. 27 will then be spent hiking up to five miles a day in the backcountry. This Family Backpacking Adventure will last Read More
New Program Explores University Of Chicago’s Role In Manhattan Project
AHF News:Savvy Caregiver Course Offered In Santa Fe
AA News:Los Alamos County, LANL And Summer Interns Partner To Test Cutting Edge Technology
From left, UNM student Ben Narushof, UNM post-doctorate Ali Ozdagli, UNM Assistant Professor Dr. Fernando Moreu, LANL Engineering Institute’s Dr. David Mascarenas, first year doctoral student JoAnn Ballor from Michigan, University of California in San Diego student Miranda Mellor, Southern University and AM College student Oscar McClain and County Engineer Eric Martinez are partnering to test hololens, which are being modeled by Moreu. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
UNM Assistant Professor Dr. Fernando Moreu demonstrates how hololens work. Read More
Former LAHS Drama Teacher Sues LAPS
David Daniel
Former Los Alamos High School drama instructor David Daniel has filed a lawsuit against Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus, former Los Alamos High School Principal Brad Parker, and the school district alleging sexual orientation discrimination.
Filed July 25 in First Judicial District Court, the suit states that Daniel filed a discrimination charge with the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions Human Rights Bureau in January and that he received a non-determination Read More
Evening Programs At Bandelier Aug. 3-20
Courtesy photo- 8:30 p.m. Thursday, 8/3 ― Night Sky – talk and telescope viewing
- 8:30 p.m. Friday, 8/4 ― Leaping Lizards! (reptiles)
- 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 8/5 ― Imagining
Udall, Heinrich Announce Passage Of Bipartisan G.I. Bill Reforms To Help N.M. Veterans And Their Families
U.S. SENATE News:
- Ends the arbitrary 15-year period that a veteran is required to use their G.I. Bill so they can use their benefits at any time in their professional career’ education benefits
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced the passage of bipartisan legislation they introduced with U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) that will modernize and strengthen veterans’ education benefits and enhance the post-9/11 G.I. Bill. The Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 further invests in the Read More
SFCC President Grissom Announces Retirement
Randy W. Grissom
SFCC News:
SANTA FE – Santa Fe Community College President Randy W. Grissom has announced his retirement effective Oct. 31. Grissom has led the college as president since 2013.
“President Grissom’s steadfast and forward-thinking leadership has benefitted our students on multiple levels and in countless ways,” said Linda Siegle, chair of the Santa Fe Community College Governing Board. “He has kept student success at the forefront of every initiative and decision, and it has paid off through a heightened focus on retention and increased graduation rates. He has fostered Read More
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: All Those Ponderosa Seeds
Pairs of seeds about to flutter out of a pine cone. Photo by Nancy Castillo
By ROBERT DRYJAFree ESL Classes At UNM-Los Alamos
Mei Chi, Yan Leng and Perihan Ozsoy work on English exercises in the ESL class at UNM-LA Adult Basic Education. Often students in the ESL classes come from different countries with a variety of native languages. Photos by Jane Clements, UNM-LAWalletHub Study: 2017’s States With Most And Least Student Debt
WALLETHUB News:To determine the states that are friendliest toward student-loan debtors, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 10 key metrics. The data set ranges from average student debt to unemployment rate among the population aged 25 to 34 to share of students with past-due loan
Back To School Information For Students And Parents
Los Alamos Public Schools is proud to announce our Back to School webpage (laschools.net) on our new website. Whether you are new to the LAPS district or returning to continue your academic career, our website is packed with useful information.
Think of it as a concierge service for all of your back to school needs, including information about academics and activities.
Click and scroll through our website to find links to our school calendar, each school’s home page, registration links and web tools for parents. You will also be able Read More
