Agencies Collaborate To Promote Brain Health
Precision Rifle Team Takes 2nd At Nationals
LAHS precision rifle team members Holly Hayes, Samantha Miller, Steffie Nielsen, Jacob Torrez and Jonathan Chavez. Courtesy photoBills To Attract, Retain Good Teachers Pass House
STATE News:Los Alamos School Board Extends Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus’ Contract Maximum Allowed By Law
Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
The Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) Board of Education unanimously renewed Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus’ contract for three more years, which is the maximum amount of time allowed by state law.
The decision to extend the contract occurred during the Feb. 14 regular school board meeting. In addition to extending his contract, the board offered Steinhaus a raise identical to the amount offered to all other staff. His new salary will be determined after the state legislature makes decisions Read More
Joshua Ramsey Achieves Eagle Scout Honor
Eagle Scout recipient Joshua A. Ramsey, a member of Boy Scout Troop 222 of Los Alamos with some of the 44 wooden toys he designed, finished and delivered to UNM Carrie Tingley Children’s Hospital in Albuquerque. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
Joshua A. Ramsey, a member of Boy Scout Troop 222 of Los Alamos, has earned the highest honor bestowed by the Boy Scouts of American, the rank of Eagle Scout.
He received the award in the Boy Scout Eagle Court of Honor ceremony Feb. 21, 2017 at the Los Alamos Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He also received a Certificate of Recognition from The Military Read More
BBBS’s Dawn Brown Moves To New Job
BBBS News:LAHS Band Director Attends Midwest Clinic: International Band & Orchestra Conference
Zane Meeks directs a class of students in the newly remodeled Los Alamos High School music wing. Courtesy photoSig Hecker To Address Nuclear North Korea, Moderated By Valerie Plame Thursday
CIR News:Senate Bill 140 Rewarding High Performing Public Schools Is Voted Down In Senate
GOP STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Sen. John Sapien and fellow Democrats have voted against Senate Bill 140, which would have provided high-performing school districts the same additional flexibility provided to charter schools in New Mexico.
The legislation would have given school districts with grades of A or B for two consecutive years flexibility on several legal requirements of public schools in New Mexico, including the length of the school day, class load, and subject areas covered by the curriculum. These requirements are already waived for New Mexico charter schools.
When the legislation Read More
LAHS Class Of 2019 Prepares For Annual ‘Duct Tape A Staff Member’ To The Wall Fundraiser
The Los Alamos High School Class of 2019 will hold its annual duct tape a staff member to the wall fundraiser. Last year security filled the bill as Scott Reynolds was hoisted for the cause. Today and Thursday students can purchase a ticket for just $1 and pick their favorite staff member from a list of willing volunteers. Here, Topper Freshman Academy teacher Debbie Grothaus gives some support to Reynolds before the entire school paraded by for selfies. Courtesy photo Read More
Helen Idzorek Presents Healthy Hearts Talk March 9
COMMUNITY News:Los Alamos community members are invited to attend and refreshments will be served.
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Math And Science Academy Offers Partnership Opportunities
Monica Martinez-Archuleta of LANL’s Math and Science Academy facilitates a teacher discussion of their students’ understanding of math concepts. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
The Math and Science Academy of Los Alamos National Laboratory is inviting elementary schools and institutions of higher education in northern New Mexico to partner with them in opportunities to influence educational outcomes, practice and policy.
These opportunities include developing and operating a partnership school and developing and participating in a math teacher leader network. Read More
AFT-NM Responds To House Bill 2
AFT-NM News:“It is no secret New Mexico is in an unprecedented budgetary crisis, and no part of State government has been held harmless during throughout the several rounds of deepening cuts. Public education funding in New Mexico has been hit particularly hard – from early education through higher education – with roughly $125 million dollars in lost funding since the New Mexico Legislature passed the budget for the 2017 fiscal year.
Letter To The Editor: IHM Initiates Feasibility Survey
By Rev. Glenn JonesOur community is unique in that so many people come from all over northern New Mexico to work here at LANL—from Chama to Belen and beyond. One of the things lacking in our community is a Christian-based school, which parents might opt to utilize should they feel moved to do so.
Not infrequently, parents—Catholic and not—have queried us as to whether we might one day start a school here at IHM for this purpose.
This letter is to inform parents and our extended community that IHM has initiated a feasibility survey in which Read More
Internationally Acclaimed Alpha Course At IHM Tonight
IHM News:
The community is invited to join the fourth session of the internationally acclaimed Alpha Course at 7 p.m. today at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church at 3700 Canyon Road.
The course, which has attracted participants from Catholic and other Christian denominations over the past two years, addresses questions such as:
- Is there more to life than this?
- How can you make the most out of life?
- Does God exist?
- Who is Jesus?
- How can we have faith?
A typical Alpha evening begins with a home-cooked meal followed by a 30-minute talk. After the talk, participants gather for relaxed Read More
House Passes Bill Removing Teacher Leave Penalty
STATE News:
SANTA FE – Monday evening, the House of Representatives approved House Bill 241, a bill sponsored by Reps. Jason Harper (R-Sandoval) and Dennis Roch (R-Quay) to allow teachers to use their contractually-allotted sick leave without the fear they will be docked points in their evaluations.
House Bill 241, known as the “Teachers Are Human Too” bill, would allow teachers to use up to ten days of sick leave and all personal days without it negatively affecting their annual performance evaluations. The bipartisan bill is cosponsored by Representatives Stephanie Garcia Richard (D-Los Read More
LAHS Heading To National Science Bowl … Again!
Los Alamos High School is going to National Science Bowl again! Team 1, from left, Science Bowl Coach Kathy Boerigter, Steven Zhao, David Gao, Wilbur Wang, Phillip Martin and Radika Iyer at Saturday’s competition at Highlands High School. This is the 7th win out of the last eight years for LAHS. The team will head to the National Science Bowl April 27-May 1 in Washington, D.C. Courtesy photo
LAHS all sophomore Team 2, from left, Do Vo, Jon Doorn, Presley Gao (Captain), Connor Rittner, Elijah Pelofske and Science Bowl Coach Steve Boerigter. Courtesy photo 
LAHS studentsNature Center Planetarium Line-up For Feb. 24-26
PEEC News:
How do we know the Universe is expanding and how long ago the Universe began? Dr. Rick Wallace will lead a discussion and exploration of the age of the Universe and distances between galaxies, Friday, Feb. 24.
This journey starts at 7 p.m. in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium and is the second show in a series about astronomical measurements.
Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 25 and 26, Mysteries of the Unseen World, a film that uncovers what is normally too fast, too slow, too small or outside the visible spectrum, will play at 2 p.m. in the planetarium.
For more Read More
NMAA Foundation Announces Student Scholarships
NMAA News:Lunch With A Leader: Andrea Cunningham Feb. 21
Andrea CunninghamLWVLA News:
Lunch with a Leader features Andrea Cunningham this month at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 in Mesa Public Library.
Cunningham was the nurse at the New Mexico Public Health Office in Los Alamos across the street from Los Alamos High School. She will discuss the role of a public health office in Los Alamos as well what steps might be possible since the services were drastically reduced.
Cunningham graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s of Science and Nursing and has been a practicing nurse for 27 years. She started her career at the U of M Medical
