Anna Tompkins Wins VFW’s Voice Of Democracy
VFW Post 8874 Commander Roger Anaya and Morrie Pongratz at last night’s event at Duane Smith Auditorium announced the winner of the Los Alamos VFW’s Post 8874 Voice of Democracy award. Since 1947, the Voice of Democracy has been the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ (VFW’s) premier scholarship program. Each year, almost 40,000 high school students compete for more than $2 million in scholarships and incentives. Students compete by writing and recording an audio essay on an annual patriotic theme. This year’s theme was: My Vision for America. Courtesy photo
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CIR: ‘Europe’s Economic Divide’ Thursday
CIR News:LAHS Seniors Megan Bucklin And John Rees Receive Rotary Scholarships
Rotarian Judy Goldie, chair of the Rotary Club’s Scholarship Committee, introduces award recipients Megan Bucklin, The Great Expectations Award, and John Rees, The Service Award. Bucklin plans to attend the University of Wyoming in the fall; Rees will head to Stanford. Both students, graduating Los Alamos High School seniors, received $2,500 at Tuesday evening’s convocation at Smith Auditorium. Photo by Hal Davis Read More
XQ The Super School Project: The Weight Of Expectation Is Heavier In Los Alamos
Courtesy photoIsn’t it interesting the way light always brings its shadow? Nowhere has the inescapable duality of existence been more on display than Los Alamos, New Mexico, the fourth stop on our XQ: The Super School Bus Tour.
We’re set up in a parking lot next to Ashley Pond. The pond looks man-made, just too perfect to exist naturally. The pond is round, surrounded by immaculate green grass, and just the right number of ducks paddling as if in a choreographed water ballet. Mountains rise in this distance, pinkish-brown and jagged, dotted with Read More
Nature Center Talk: Dr. Roger Wiens Reveals Discoveries From Curiosity Mars Rover
Curiosity rover’s three-year journey reveals fascinating information about the history of Mars. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Dr. Roger Wiens will discuss the search for life on Mars at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 31 at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road. His talk will reveal discoveries from the Curiosity rover’s journey and the next steps for exploring this intriguing planet. This is a free talk organized by the Pajarito Environmental Education Center.
Dr. Roger Wiens discusses Mars at Tuesday talk. Courtesy/PEEC
The 1-ton Curiosity rover has been trekking Read More
Atomic City Children’s Theater Announces Events And Shows For 2016-17 Season
ACCT News:
Atomic City Children’s Theater (ACCT), Los Alamos Public Schools’ award winning after-school musical theater program announced their events and shows for the 2016-17 season.
ACCT Summer Workshops
ACCT’s jam-packed season begins in August with the return of their popular ACCT Summer Workshops. The Summer Workshops are 9-11 a.m., Aug. 1-5 in two locations at the high school. The Dance, Acting and Music workshops are in the Topper Theater Monday-Wednesday. The workshops will then move to Smith Auditorium Thursday-Friday for the Stagecraft/Prop and Makeup workshops. Read More
LAHS’s Wilbur Wang Wins Study Trip To Germany!
German Study Trip winner Wilbur Wang with LAHS German Teacher Anita Boshier. Courtesy photo
EDUCATION News:
Wilbur Wang of Los Alamos High School, a Level 4 gold medal in the National German Exams, has been awarded an all‐expense‐paid summer study trip to Germany.
He was selected as a national winner after scoring in the 96th percentile on the Level 4 2016 National German Exam.
After qualifying with this high score on the National German Exam, Wang submitted a letter in German to his future host family, responded to several short essay questions in German and in English and was then interviewed Read More
Scenes From LAHS Spring Dance Show
Seniors Melina Burnside and Eben Bold perfrom at the annual Los Alamos High School Spring Dance Show May 17 at Smith Auditorium. Photo by Natasha Barkhudarova
Seniors Adam Listwan, left, Melina Burnside and Mary Brug at the annual Spring Dance Show May 17 at Smith Auditorium. Photo by Natasha BarkhudarovaPublic Meeting At UNM-LA 5:30 p.m. Today
UNMLA News:Six Earn All-New England Honors For Bears
Madison Ahlers of Los Alamos broke the school record in the 400 meters with a time of 59.66. Courtesy photo
SPORTS News:
Former Los Alamos High School Hilltopper, Madison Ahlers, set two school records May 7 in the last meet of her college career.
Ahlers will graduate the United States Coast Guard Academy this month.
Madison Ahlers, sets two school records. Courtesy photo
Ahlers earned All New England Honors and an individual school record Saturday, May 7. She broke the school record in the 400 meters with a time of 59.66.
The USCGA Bears 4×400 relay of junior Sarah Cummings, sophomore Read More
Rotary’s Deborah Beene Music Award Winners 2016
The Rotary – Deborah Beene Music Award Competition winners. from left, Theodore Warner, Irene Kwon, Jamie Philp, Grace Kim and Brian Johnson. Photo by Ed Van Eeckhout
COMMUNITY News:
The Rotary Club of Los Alamos recently held auditions for the annual Deborah Beene Music Award competition.
The award was established in the memory of Deborah Beene, daughter of Donald and Sara Beene, a violin and piano student who died while enrolled in school here in December 1973.
The award is intended to assist 9th-12th grade Los Alamos High School students in their musical growth. The students Read More
Childrens Activities At Garden Fair June 11
Butterfly in the Demonstration Garden. Photo by Doris Thielemann
COMMUNITY News:
The Los Alamos Master Gardeners invites the community to their Demonstration Garden Fair, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 11.
Children are invited to come and participate in the activities especially for them. For a Butterfly Hunt, children will be given a list of questions. Each of the butterflies, scattered throughout the garden, answers one of the questions. A second activity will be seed planting in cups that the child will take home. Every child is a winner with prizes for participating.
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LAHS Senior Talia Dreicer Wins LAGC 2016 Scholarship
Los Alamos Garden Club scholarship winner Talia Dreicer. Courtesy photo
EDUCATION News:
The Los Alamos Garden Club has chosen Los Alamos High School senior Talia Dreicer as the winner of the 2016 scholarship award. The award will be presented at the Honors Convocation May 24.
Dreicer will be attending Western Washington University in the fall to study Environmental Science. She is a talented Track and Cross Country athlete, achieving All State honors.
This summer Dreicer will be working at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) as a counselor for one of the week-long summer camps Read More
UNM-LA High School Equivalency Program Serves Diverse Population
Delancey Street residents who completed their HSE gather May 12 on campus with HSE speaker Nathan Lawson, second from the left, and Dr. Gabe Baca in his academic regalia with Alison Pannell to his left, and Linda Hull on his right. Photo by Nancy Coombs The completion of the High School Equivalency program (HSE), formerly known as a GED®, can be a life changing event for individuals, opening doors to college, better jobs, military service, and setting an example for their children.
The success of the HSE program at UNM-Los Alamos was evident at the May 12 graduation Read More
Los Alamos High School Scholars Honored At 60th Annual Phi Beta Kappa Banquet
Los Alamos High School teacher and Phi Beta Kappa member Brian Easton congratulates Rachel Wallstrom and Rebecca Cai on winning Phi Beta Kappa Scholarships. Photo by Eric Chisolm
Los Alamos High School librarian Ken Holmes presents the Jay Woodward Memorial Book Award to EliseAnne Koskelo and Nathan Delgado. Photo by Eric ChisolmThe Los Alamos Phi Beta Kappa Association held its 60th annual banquet Sunday evening, May 15, to honor the top graduates of Los Alamos High School.
Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest undergraduate honor society in the United States Read More
Coffee Sales At LANB Benefit Student European Tour
Courtesy poster
EDUCATION News:
To cover final costs of their educational tour of Spain, France and Italy, 14 graduating seniors are selling bags of kosher, organic and fresh-roasted, Fair Trade coffee, at Los Alamos National Bank this week.
Stop by the lobby of LANB, 2-5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday to support these amazing graduates. Travelers depart June 8, a week after graduation, to see the cultural and historical sites of the Prado Museum, La Sagrada Familia, Carcassonne, Nice, Pisa, Assisi, St. Peter’s Basilica, Roman Colosseum and Pompeii. https:////www.eftours. Read More
Scenes From 5-6 Grade Field Day At Sullivan Field
Fifth and 6th grade students from all five Los Alamos elementary schools participate in the annual Field Day Wednesday’s at Sullivan Field. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Students play rock, paper, scissors at Wednesday’s annual 5th and 6th Grade Field Day at Sullivan Field. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Parent volunteers, physical education teachers and students from Los Alamos elementary schools participated in the annual 5th and 6th Grade Field Day at Sullivan Field.
“Field Day is a time for Read More
Pat Soran Sworn In To UNM-LA Advisory Board
Pat Soran is sworn in as a new member of the UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board by Municipal Judge Alan Kirk at Monday’s Advisory Board meeting. Soren is replacing former board member Michael DiRosa who had to vacate his seat due to a move. Photo by Nancy Coombs
Municipal Judge Alan Kirk swears in Pat Soran to the UNM-LA Board at the Monday, May 16, Advisory Board meeting. Photo by Nancy Coombs Read More
Chamisa Hosts Reunion For Graduating Seniors
Michael Clegg with his Chamisa Elementary School 6th grade buddies, Sam Grothaus and Brian Peterson, on their graduation year. Clegg who graduates this week is seen with his kinderbuddy Brigham Conlin who graduates Wednesday from Chamisa. Chamisa is holding a reunion for graduating seniors of the class of 2016 who attended Chamisa. While 6th graders at Chamisa, students are given a kindergarten student as a buddy. When the 6th grader is in their senior year, they return to the school to see their kindergarten buddy who is preparing to graduate from 6th great and head to Los Alamos Middle School. Read More
Hike Water Canyon With Trail Expert Craig Martin
Spring in Water Canyon. Photo by Craig Martin
PEEC News:
What better way to celebrate National Trails Day than to hike? Local trail expert Craig Martin is leading a hike 10:15 a.m. Saturday, June 4, up Water Canyon to the meadow, where hikers can enjoy running water, flowers, and interesting trail stories.
This free hike is great for kids with a bit of hiking experience. The hike is about two miles round trip with around 400 feet of elevation gain.
The Water Canyon hike is limited to 20 participants. To participate, register online at www.peecnature.org. Afterward, meet Craig and other hikers at Read More
