Free Alzheimer’s Presentation Offered In Santa Fe
HEALTH News:Physicist Speaks On ‘No Wonder You Wonder!’
Cover of ‘No Wonder You Wonder!’ by Claude Phipps. Phipps will speak Thursday, June 15 at Mesa Public Library. Courtesy photo
Claude Phipps
LIBRARY News:
What holds a satellite up while it goes around the earth? Why can’t you travel back in time? These are just two of the many questions explored by Claude Phipps in his book “No Wonder You Wonder!” published by Springer International in 2016. Phipps will speak at Mesa Public Library, 7 p.m., Thursday, June 15 in the Upstairs Rotunda. The talk will be followed by a book-signing.
Phipps has degrees from MIT and Stanford, and has spent his Read More
Youth Invited To Share Art For Pollinator Party
A pollinator visits a flower. Photo by Katherine Eagleson
NMWC News:
New Mexico Wildlife Center (NMWC) invites area youth, K-12, to create a piece of “hangable” art centered on the theme “pollinators.” All media accepted. Winners receive free admission to NMWC’s Pollinator Party on July 8 to view their art hanging in the center!
New Mexico Wildlife Center will hold a special celebration in honor of pollinators – bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, bats, moths and more – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 8 at NMWC, 19 Wheat St. in Espanola. Read More
C’YA Provides Science Education To Students
Chad Lauritzen, seen here at Dixon Elementary School, volunteered to teach science through Champions of Youth Ambitions. The organization celebrates its third anniversary this weekend since gaining its non-profit status in 2014. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
The very first LANL Foundation grant funded this opportunity for the Future PhDs of Dixon Elementary. Lauritzen still teaches there more than three years later. Photo by Bernadette LauritzenChampions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA), a local non-profit Read More
Summer Family Evenings At The Los Alamos Nature Center – Rattlesnake Museum
Visit the Los Alamos Nature Center on June 14 to learn more about snakes and other reptiles. Photo by Bob MyersSFI Community Event: The Majesty Of Music And Mathematics June 19
Courtesy photoThis multi-media production will explore the interconnectedness of music and mathematics. The evening will feature remarks by Cristopher Moore, an SFI mathematician and computer scientist, and musical selections by The Santa Fe Symphony with Guillermo Figueroa, Principal Conductor.
The Majesty of Music and Mathematics will air on New Mexico PBS/KNME in 2018 and will be distributed
Scenes From Los Alamos Cub Scout Day Camp
Ammon Cardon in the Flag Class Thursday at Cub Scout Day Camp at the Los Alamos Sportsmen’s Club as den leader Lisken Mason looks on. More than 120 Cub Scouts and some of their siblings are participating in the annual event along with more than 50 volunteers. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Paul Rightley teaches flag etiquette Thursday at Cub Scouts Day Camp at the Los Alamos Sportsmen’s Club. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Joseph Dale with a bug box he built Thursday at Cub Scout Day Camp. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
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LAPS Foundation Scholarship Winners Announced
LAPS FOUNDATION News:
Many very deserving students were awarded scholarships May 30 at the Los Alamos High School Class of 2017 Honors Convocation. Among them were 10 outstanding students recognized by the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation for their demonstrated service contributions to the students and community of the Los Alamos Public Schools.
What sets the Foundation’s award apart is that it also recognizes an Educator of Distinction for each student, someone who has made a positive contribution during his/her time in the Los Alamos Public Schools.
The Los Alamos Public Schools Read More
Atomic City Children’s Theater Announces Changes For 2017-18 Season
Los Alamos Middle School WEB Crew Honored
Student leaders from the Los Alamos Middle School WEB Crew transition program were recently honored by former Los Alamos Scientist and Laboratory Fellow, Dr. Mudundi Raju and wife Devi, also of the Mahatma Gandhi Medical Trust. Pictured from left, LAMS Assistant Principal Anna Vargas-Gutierrez, Principal Mike Johnson, Logan Black, Dr. Mudundi Raju, Kevin Clarke, Dr. Mudundi Raju’s wife Devi, Ignatius Kuropatwinski, Esperanza Chavarria, Bernadette Lauritzen, Evelyn Berninger, Gabriela Segundo-Canales and Dr. Mudundi Raju’s neice. Dr. Raju sponsored Read More
Governor Announces Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera To Step Down
STATE News:Keevama Awarded 2017 Thomas Intrator Scholarship
Erica Keevama, recipient of the 2017 Thomas Intrator scholarship. Jessica Booton Photography, www.jessicabootonphotography.com/
LAPSF News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation announced this week that the 2017 Thomas Intrator Scholarship has been awarded to Erica Keevama.
The scholarship honors Thomas Intrator, who was a distinguished plasma physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The funds for the scholarship are distributed by the LAPS Foundation.
Intrator encouraged, fostered and practiced a sense of curiosity. His inquisitiveness and occasional “militant naiveté” Read More
AFT New Mexico Reacts To Resignation Of Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera
Hanna Skandera
AFTNM News:
ALBUQUERQUE – American Federation of Teachers New Mexico President Stephanie Ly released the following statement:
“The resignation of New Mexico Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera is welcome news for New Mexico’s educators.
“While we recognize this is an opportunity to reset the course New Mexico’s public education has taken under Governor Martinez and Secretary Skandera, and we sincerely hope her replacement is willing to meaningfully include stakeholder input and work towards strengthening education as a profession, recognizing Read More
Scenes From Senior Appreciation Night At Los Alamos Nature Center
Rosa the Milk Snake had a lot of admirers gathered at the Los Alamos Nature Center during last week’s Senior Appreciation Night. Photo by Felicia Orth
The vinegaroon even made friends! Photo by Felicia Orth
Illuminating Octavius the tarantula. Photo by Felicia Orth
Rick Wallace, the Planetarium volunteer who ran fractal shows all night during last week’s Senior Approciation Night event at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Felicia Orth
Leo Rose, facilitated the graduates holding the vinegaroon, a large fierce-looking arachnid that does not bite, although Read More
UNM-LA Career Class Visits Los Alamos Daily Post
Los Alamos Daily Post Lifestyles Editor anf Graphic Designer Bonnie Gordon gives a presentation Tuesday to a class of Los Alamos Middle School students enrolled in a career program at UNM-Los Alamos. The class visited the Los Alamos Daily Post world headquarters in downtown Los Alamos to learn about advertising and marketing in the newspaper business. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Bonnie Gordon hands out newspaper copies to students to look over various forms of advertising and learn about marketing in the newspaper business. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
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Train It New Mexico Offers Vegetation Management
Los Alamos/Japan Project Partners With Green Legacy Hiroshima To Safeguard Atomic Bomb Seeds
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Los Alamos History Museum News:
The Los Alamos/Japan Project is proud to announce its newest partnership with Green Legacy Hiroshima, an organization dedicated to safeguard and to spread worldwide the seeds and saplings of Hiroshima’s atomic bomb survivor trees. The Los Alamos History Museum is the grateful recipient of four varieties of second-generation, atomic bomb tree seeds-camphor, ginkgo, holly, and persimmon. With help from staff master gardeners and Los Alamos County Parks Department, we look forward to cultivating these historic trees for future planting Read More
LAHS’s Griffith Gymnasium Gets New Flooring
Griffith Gymnasium at Los Alamos High School is getting a new floor. For the past several years the old floor was having problems with dead spots caused by the sub floor support failing. The problem was chronic and major repairs were looming. Arbo’s Flooring Service from Amarillo, Texas is installing the new flooring. The work is expected to continue for the next eight weeks. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
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Amateur Naturalist: Springs And Crusty Lichen
Iron bacteria growing in a small drainage pool. Photo by Robert Dryja
By Robert DryjaLos Alamos Rotary Honors Distinguished Student Of Service Sarah Shipley
Distinguished Student of Service Sara Shipley, center, is joined by Rotarian Karen Easton, left, her parents Jim and Dawnmarie Shipley, and grandparents Carolyn and Jim Shipley. Photo by Kurt Schoenberg
