Education

Los Alamos Community Foundation Holds Spring Conference For Nonprofits

Brian Brogan, Los Alamos County Community Services Director explains the details of responding to County request for proposals. Courtesy/LACF

Kristine Coblentz, LAPS Healthy Schools Program Director, provided examples of successful community-wide collaborations.Courtesy/LACF

Participants discussing a variety of community needs and collaboration opportunities during the LACF Spring Conference for nonprofits Friday at UNM-LA. Courtesy/LACF

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION News:

Local and regional representatives from over thirty local nonprofits met all day Friday, April 28 at UNM-Los Read More

LAHS Spring Dance Show 2017 Thursday

LAHS Ballroom Dance Program students and guest performers will dance in the annual Spring Dance Show at 7 p.m., Thursday at Smith Auditorium. Photo by Andrea Simons

LAHS News:

The community is invited to attend the annual Los Alamos High School Spring Dance Show 2017 at 7 p.m., Thursday at Smith Auditorium.

Students enrolled in the LAHS Ballroom Dance Program and guest performers from local dance studios and school clubs will perform Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Ballet, Hip-Hop, Juggling, Bollywood and Modern numbers in this variety dance show. Admission is free. Read More

SFCC Governing Board Elects New Officers

From left, Jack Sullivan, SFCC President Randy Grissom, Kathy Keith of LANL’s Community Partnership Office, Martha Romero, George Gamble and Linda Siegle. Courtesy photo
 
SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE  Santa Fe Community College‘s Governing Board installed new members and elected officersApril 26 at its regular monthly meeting.
 
The meeting began with the swearing-in of new member George Gamble, Ph.D., by the Honorable Municipal Court Judge Virginia Vigil.
 
George Gamble, Position #2, is a cultural anthropologist retired from the University
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Letter To The Editor: In Memory Of Jane Gerhart

By LINDA GOFORTH
Los Alamos

I  know that we thanked Mrs. Gerhart every time she led one of our young family members in band at the Los Alamos Middle School and with her serious business demeanor and greatly loving heart stood for the many years that we had a child or grandchild studying her direction.

She would show them that they, the kids, were being taken seriously by the people before them, ready and full of anticipation of what they had accomplished. Listening to and watching them were one and the same as they moved into the music with all their attention to this event that was their’s together Read More

LAHS Schola Cantorum Named 2017 State Champions!

Los Alamos High School Schola Cantorum are the 2017 State Champions and will perform at 6 p.m. Monday, May 1 at Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo
 
Los Alamos High School Bel Canto choir will perform Monday evening, May 1 as well at Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo

LAHS News:

The Los Alamos High School Schola Cantorum has been named the 2017 5A State Champions.

This year’s New Mexico State Treble Choir runners-up, the LAHS Bel Canto choir, and Schola Cantorum directed by Jason Rutledge will be combined to perform portions of the Mozart Requiem (KV 626) at 6 p.m. Monday, May 1 at Duane Read More

Local Boy Scout Troop 122 At Los Luceros Historic Site

Courtesy/Greg Noeninckx
 

TROOP 22 News:

 
Los Alamos Boy Scout Troop 122 hosted a youth leadership training session March 5 at Historic Los Luceros.
 
In addition to enjoying the facilities and turkeys, the boy scouts cleaned out an irrigation ditch as a service project, helping prepare the location for the growing season.  Youth leaders learned team building and position responsibilities, developing skills to lead their troop and become mature young men to lead in their community. 
 
“We were thrilled to host the boys of Troop 122,”Historic Sites Director
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LANL Foundation Awards $53,000 In Education And Community Grants

LANL FOUNDATION News:
 
ESPAÑOLA — The LANL Foundation awarded 21 grants totaling $53,000 to support education and community programs in Northern New Mexico during the first-quarter grantmaking period.
 
Twelve programs received Education Outreach funding that directly supports K–12 public school children. An additional nine Community Outreach Grants were awarded to programs aligned with the LANL Foundation’s mission and vision of innovative programming, collaboration, and advocacy for lifelong learning but are not directly tied to K–12
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Star Workshop And Phantoms At Planetarium

 
PEEC News:
 
The Los Alamos Nature Center is ending the month with a star workshop at 7 p.m. Friday, April 28 and an exciting astronomy film Phantom of the Universe at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 29 and 30.
 
The Friday star workshop is a family-friendly two-hour program that starts by charting the major constellations in the planetarium. Then, weather permitting, participants will practice identifying objects and constellations outside the nature center. Educator Jon Lorenz will weave Greek and Southwest Native American star legends
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May Is Motorcycle Awareness Month

 
COMMUNITY News:
 
LANL’s Motorcycle Safety Committee would like to remind the residents of Los Alamos that May is “Motorcycle Awareness Month.” 
 
This year, the Committee is driving safety awareness throughout our local community in the form of kid’s motorcycle safety awareness activity and coloring sheets. 
 
Committee members designed and have distributed the sheets to local restaurants in the Los Alamos area and beyond. We hope that as you visit these establishments, you will take advantage of the safety sheets to promote motorcycle awareness
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History Museum Explores Turn-Of-The-Century Syria In A Post-ISIS World

Album of Mideast archaeology explorations conducted by Howard Crosby Butler. Courtesy/NMHM
 
NMHM News:
 
SANTA FE  As Syria’s ongoing civil war, staggering death toll, and displacement of thousands of refugees threatens to destroy Syrian culture, the Palace of the Governors will display seven albums of photographs of historic sites in Syria taken between 1899 and 1909.
 
Entitled Syria: Cultural Patrimony Under Threat, the exhibition will include multi-functional information kiosks with insights into Syrian people and culture. The exhibition opens Friday,
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PEEC: Explore A Different Way Of Living

 
PEEC News:
 
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is bringing a discussion course to Los Alamos developed by the Northwest Earth Institute. 
 
A Different Way: Living Simply in a Complex World is a six-week discussion course that explores ways to live more deliberately and sustainably. This course meets at the Los Alamos Nature Center 6-7:30 p.m. Thursdays, starting May 4-June 8. This free course is open to the public. Space is limited, and advance registration is required.
 
In our fast-paced, complex world, more and more people are wondering
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Del Norte Credit Union Employees Raise $4,510 For Bowl For Kids’ Sake; 50 Employees Bowl

Del Norte Credit Union contribute $4,510.00 to Bowl for Kids’ Sake. Courtesy photo

DNCU News:

SANTA FE—Del Norte Credit Union (DNCU), northern New Mexico’s hometown financial cooperative, is proud to announce a contribution of $4,510.00 to Bowl for Kids’ Sake, benefitting Big Brothers Big Sisters Mountain Region. All but $500.00 of the sum was raised by employees – from themselves, credit union members and friends.  In addition, over 50 credit union staff bowled on Saturday, April 22nd at Pojoaque’s Cities of Gold Lanes.

“I am proud that our employees are so committed to raising funds Read More

Olions ‘Mary Poppins’ Is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Mary (Lauren Partin), center,  with Jane (Olivia Taylor) and Michael (Katie Wingo). Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Jane (Olivia Taylor) and Michael (Katie Wingo) explore the rooftops of London with Bert (Ben Hanlon). Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Review by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

For those in need of a spoonful of sugar, look no further than the Duane Smith Auditorium, for the Los Alamos High School Olion’s production of  “Mary Poppins”.

Magical nanny Mary Poppins (Lauren Partin) transforms the lives of the Banks family in early 20th Read More

Barranca Hosts Bobcat Bonanza Carnival Friday

Students have fun at a previous Barranca Mesa Elementary School Bobcat Bonanza Carnival. Courtesy photo

BARRANCA SCHOOL News:

Barranca Mesa Elementary School will host the Fourth Annual Bobcat Bonanza Carnival 4:30-7:30 p.m., Friday at 57 Loma del Escolar.

The popular dunk tank returns again this year as well as the bouncy castles, inflatable slide and inflatable obstacle course.

The Hill Stompers band will be on hand to entertain and brighten the atmosphere and of course, there will be lots of games. Food will be available for purchase, including pizza from Time Out Pizza, popcorn, de la Read More

LAHS Grad Wins Prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Anna Scott, a senior majoring in chemistry at Montana State University, inspects a vial containing a protein for enzyme research on Monday, March 27, 2017, in Bozeman, Montana. Scott recently won a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. MSU photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez

By ANNE CANTRELL
MSU News Service

BOZEMAN — A Montana State University student who would like to contribute to renewable energy efforts throughout her career in research has received a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

Anna Scott, a senior and Read More

LAHS Student Athletes Sign Letters Of Intent

A ceremony today at Los Alamos High School honors student athletes Elena Abeyta, left, and Samantha Miller who signed letters of intent to compete at the college level. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Elena Abeyta signed a letter of intent today to compete in Track & Field with Adams State in Alamosa, Colo. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Samantha Miller signed a letter of intent today to compete in Rifle at UTEP in El Paso, Texas. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

LAHS Students Excel On National German Exams!

Several of LAHS German teacher Anita Boshier’s National German Exam students proudly show their medals and certificates! Courtesy photo
 
LAHS News:
 
Twenty six Los Alamos High School students from German level 3 and 4 earned medals in the 2016 National German Exam for High School Students. Twelve of those students won
gold medals and 11 students won silver medals.
 
Several LAHS German Exam students also won special recognition on the Presidential Honor Roll for outstanding performance. Students received this award after scoring in the 90th and 80th percentile respectively
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Aspen’s K-Kids Help Eliminate Tetanus

Aspen Elementary School’s K-Kids just completed a week-long fundraiser for Project Eliminate. Courtesy photo

A chain with 555 links, each with a syringe graphic, was created and draped throughout the hallways of Aspen School giving a visual representation of how many moms and babies have been saved from the disease. Courtesy photo

ASPEN News:

Aspen Elementary School’s K-Kids just completed a week-long fundraiser for Project Eliminate – and initiative of Kiwanis International to help rid the world of the deadly disease tetanus.

Money was collected in classrooms every day for a week and the Read More

Letter To The Editor: A Broadway Experience In Los Alamos?

By PHILO SHELTON
Los Alamos

When I was a kid, once a year my parents would take my sister and me to dinner and a show on New York’s Broadway. It is possible to do the same in Los Alamos! One can get a lunch or dinner before and head over to Duane Smith Auditorium to catch a show. 

The Olions is performing the musical Mary Poppins this last weekend. The musical uses a professional set, costumes and the actresses and actors are excellent singers and performers. So make an evening of it Los Alamos.

Catch show times at https://www.facebook.com/LAHSOlions/?ref=py_c

It is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Read More

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