Quality Of Education Survey Now Available Electronically
By KURT STEINHAUSThe Quality of Education Survey is now available electronically for all parents with students in the Los Alamos Public Schools.
Please take a few minutes to complete the survey by:
- Clicking on: https://webapp.ped.state.nm.us/studentsurveys/SurveyFrame.asp;
- Go to the left side of the page and select Take a Survey; and
- Enter a name in the login information, select Los Alamos School District and your role. Select the school that your child attends and take the survey.
The electronic survey is open until May 1, 2016. Paper surveys have been made Read More
LAPS Open Enrollment March 7 – May 6
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools’ Open Enrollment applications will be accepted at the School District office at 2075 Trinity Dr., beginning at 7 a.m. March 7 through May 6; applicable for the following school year.
Applications will be considered in the order that they are received.
You will receive a phone call or email only when there is space available for your child to attend Los Alamos Public Schools. If there is not space for your child at the beginning of the school year, your child will be kept on the waiting list for the current school year.
Students will be accepted Read More
LAHS Science Bowl Team Wins Regionals … Will Represent State At Nationals In Washington, D.C.
The Los Alamos High School Science Bowl Team won the regional competition Saturday in Albuquerque and will be representing New Mexico in the National Competition at the end of April in Washington, D.C. The students include from left, Jerry Li , Nicholas Koskelo, Katherine Wang, David Gao, Wilbur Wang and their coach Kathy Boerigter. Courtesy photo
Team B took third overall with all freshman members, from left, Connor Rittner, Elijah PelofsWke, Presley Gao, Do Vo and Steven Zhao, captain. Courtesy photo
LAHS News:
Saturday, Feb. 7, the Los Alamos Science Bowl A-Team including Jerry
Dr. Dobson Lectures On Turkey Saturday
TCF News:LAPS School Board Honors Students
Chamisa Elementary School gymnasium was packed Thursday evening as students were recognized for their important accomplishments by the LAPS School Board. Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus, right, documents the occasion. Photo by Joel M. Williams Read More
Mental Health Design Team Community Presentation Is Tonight
LAPS News:Los Alamos Boy Scouts From Troop 22 Recreate Klondike Gold Rush At Annual Winter Campout
From left, Connor Ahrens, Jake Werner, Aidan Cooley, Richard Thompson, Taran Cooley, Josh Mike and Zachary Beck. Photo by Pete Werner
TROOP 22 News:
Boy Scouts from Troop 22 in Los Alamos recreated the Klondike Gold Rush at their annual winter campout Feb. 12-14 at Camp Elliott Barker near Angel Fire.
In the late 1890’s, 100,000 gold prospectors traveled the frigid reaches of Alaska and Canada by dog sleds to reach the gold fields of the Klondike. They braved all kinds of winter weather, and therefore, needed great survival skills.
Scouts from Troop 22 and other regional Troops recreated this Read More
PEEC Offers Yoga Class Beginning March 3
Yoga class. Courtesy photo
PEEC News:
Beginning March 3, the Los Alamos Nature Center will have a different type of class ─ yoga.
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is working with registered yoga instructor, Christa Tyson, to provide weekly yoga sessions with a view of nature.
The yoga classes will take place at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays where participants can enjoy the nature center’s breathtaking view of the Los Alamos canyons, skies, and wildlife. When the weather permits, this class will take place on the patio outside the nature center, where the sounds and smells of nature Read More
A Taste Of Knowledge Beer & Wine Tasting March 4
LAPSF News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation will host a beer and wine tasting event, A Taste of Knowledge, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, March 4 at the Bradbury Science Museum.
Participants will sample a wide variety of specially selected beers and wines, choosing eight tastes from among 12 offerings. An array of delicious appetizers will accompany the beverages.
All proceeds benefit the Great Ideas Grants available to school district classroom teachers each fall and spring from the LAPS Foundation.
“The hope is that our community will come out to support our teachers at this unique Read More
Climate Change Lecture: Future Of New Mexico’s Pikas
Marie Westover, a fourth-year PhD student in Biology at UNM present her research on the impacts of climate on pika ecology and evolution at 7 p.m., Tuesday. Courtesy/PEECPEEC News:
What does the future hold for alpine animals? Marie Westover will present her research on the impacts of climate on pika ecology and evolution at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 1 at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
This talk is part of a lecture series on climate change organized by Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC).
Westover is a fourth-year PhD student in Biology at the University of New Mexico. She studies Read More
LAHS Choirs Preview Concert Smith Auditorium Tuesday
Image by Leslie Bucklin
The best way to be successful is practice, practice, practice and Los Alamos High School Choir Director Jason Rutledge and his bevy of beautiful voices will perform for the community Tuesday, March 1, as they prepare for additional great things ahead.
“This concert is our preview concert for our Music Performance Assessment that occurs the following day,” Rutledge said. “It will involve the Los Alamos Middle School Choir and four choirs from Los Alamos High School; Man Time, Harmony, Bel Canto and Schola Cantorum.”
Rutledge Read More
LAPS School Board Seeks Nominations For Excellence For Student Achievement Award
LAPS News:LAHS Graduate Joshua Grimes Advances To Final Round Of Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen
Chef Joshua Grimes, a 2002 LAHS graduate, advances to the final round in the Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen. Courtesy photo
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
Joshua Grimes, a 2002 Los Alamos High School graduate, achieved a career highlight few others share – he showcased his culinary skills on a national television program.
The nation watched as Grimes competed Feb. 21 on the Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen. The show requires its contestants to create the same dish and whoever makes it the best advances to the next round.
What makes the program cutthroat is the chefs are sabotaged Read More
PEEC: Mysteries Of The Unseen World Feb. 27-28
Fourth Friday Fractals Show At Planetarium Tonight
Fractal image from Wikimedia Commons/Wolfgang BeyerLearn About Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
LAMC News:
As we conclude our observation of Heart Health Month, let’s take a look at COPD–Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). COPD is a term used to describe a variety progressive lung diseases including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, non-reversible asthma, and some forms of bronchiectasis.
Many people consider a shortness of breath and coughing as part of the aging process, but that is not necessarily so. COPD can sneak up on you, developing for years without problematic breathlessness.
This is an issue because if COPD is identified early, intervention can slow the loss Read More
Kiwanis Southwest District Governor Visits Los Alamos
Kiwanis Southwest District Gov. Bob Carson and his wife, Alma, district coordinator for K-Kids (the Kiwanis affiliate organization for elementary school children) were among those who worked on a service project last Saturday at Los Alamos Middle School. The Carsons and local Kiwanis members spent several hours helping to build acoustic panels for the LAMS Music Room. Courtesy photoLAHS Hosts Junior Parent Night Feb. 29
LAHS News:LAHS Students Qualify For DECA Nationals!
LAHS medal winning students who participated in the DECA competition. Courtesy photo
LAPS News:
Of the 31 Los Alamos High School students who attended the DECA State Competition, 28 brought home medals!
The following students placed 1st in their event and earned a trip to Nationals:
- Victoria Cummins and Melanie Moulton–Community Service Project
- Haley Aslin and Gabriela Vallejos–Earn and Learn Project
- Jazmine Lopez and Haley Sargent–Financial Literacy Promotion Plan
- Shelby Milligan and Nora Scott–Business Operations Finance event
The following students Read More
LAHS Launches Investigation Into Graffiti Indicating Potential Threat To School
LAPS News:
Los Alamos High School administrators just emailed the following letter to parents related to graffiti indicating a potential threat to the school:
Dear Los Alamos High School Family,
Recently, the Los Alamos High School administration was made aware of some graffiti on our campus that indicated a potential threat to the school. Details of the threat and identity of the writer is unknown.
We are in the midst of conducting a thorough investigation. The Los Alamos Police Department has been contacted, a report has been filed, and we have provided our teachers with information that Read More
