Education

Planetarium Premiere: Mysteries Of The Unseen World

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 17, 2016

A butterfly, up close and personal. Courtesy/PEEC

An aphid, up close and personal. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

A new film adventure takes audiences on an extraordinary journey into unseen worlds and hidden dimensions beyond normal vision to uncover the mysteries of things too fast, too slow, too small or simply invisible.

The Los Alamos Nature Center will premiere Mysteries Of The Unseen World at 7 p.m., Feb. 19, This full-dome, original production by National Geographic Entertainment and Days End Pictures also will play at 2 p.m. in the Los Alamos Nature Center the last two weekends in February. Read More

Santa Fe Community College Offers Water Efficiency Rating System Training March 8-10

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 17, 2016
SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE ― Santa Fe Community College’s EnergySmart Academy is offering a Water Efficiency Rating Score (WERS) training 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 8-10, in room 803 in the Trades and Technology Building, 6401 Richards Ave. 
 
This three-day training prepares students to take the WERS written certification and practical exams. Students who complete the training will also be prepared to teach the WERS course in the future. The SFCC EnergySmart Academy is a leader in offering educational offerings in the energy
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WIPP Update: Learn How To Do Business With WIPP

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 16, 2016
 
WIPP News:
 
Eddy-Lea County Area companies interested in learning how to do business with the Department of Energy and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant are invited to join a live webcast from Albuquerque, NM on Thursday, February 18.
 
Details, including how to participate in the meeting via live streaming over the Internet, are provided below:
 
Join the Webcast
 
The meeting is being live streamed over the Internet for stakeholders who cannot attend in person. To log into the webcast, click on the below URL and enter the password.
 
Live stream
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Victory For New Mexico Home School Speech And Debate Team

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 16, 2016

Members of the Jemez Mountain Home School Speech and Debate Team with their younger siblings celebrate news of their victory to continue their participation in speech and debate competitions and activities in New Mexico. Courtesy photo

EDUCATION News:

SANTA FE — Jemez Mountain Home School speech and debate students are back on track this week preparing for the final tournaments of the regular season. On Wednesday, the Team received news that New Mexico Secretary of Education, Hanna Skandera, issued a decision on its appeal. The Secretary’s order overturned the decision of the New Read More

Civil and Human Rights Coalition Endorses John King Nomination For Secretary Of Education

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 16, 2016
Wade Henderson
 
CHR News:
 
WASHINGTON D.C. ― Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (CHR), issued the following statement in support of the nomination of Acting Secretary of Education John King to be Secretary of Education:
 
“We applaud the President for nominating Acting Secretary King to fill out the remainder of his term as the permanent Secretary of Education. Acting Secretary King is a reliable steward of this administration’s legacy of strong civil rights enforcement and for ensuring that the
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Senate Passes Major Measure To Protect Funding Of New Mexico Classrooms

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 15, 2016
Sen. Michael Padilla
 
STATE DEMOCRATS News:
 
SANTA FE ― The New Mexico Senate today passed, on a nearly party-line vote of 23-19, critical legislation to protect K-12 public school classrooms from deep scheduled cuts totaling $110 million per year.
 
The cuts would take effect in July if no action were taken. Senate Joint Resolution 3 (SJR 3), sponsored by Sen. Michael Padilla (D-14-Bernalillo), addresses a looming shortfall that is part of a sunset provision established by a previous Legislature.
 
Sen. Padilla’s “Permanent Fund Annual Distributions”
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UNM-LA Library: ‘Two Minds, Fours Hands’ Exhibit

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 15, 2016
Raku stembowl and naked raku jar. Courtesy photo
 
MPL News:
 
When new raku kilns arrived in the ceramics studio at UNM-LA last summer, SuFong Milloni and Ricky Trujillo were inspired to begin a collaboration, exploring form and design using the raku method of firing. The pieces they started working on last summer are now on display at the UNM-LA Library.
 
Milloni designed and threw the pots; she is a master of the pottery wheel. Trujillo, who also paints and sculpts, designed and applied the glazes. They worked together to fire the pots,
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Climate Change Lecture Series Begins With Effects In The Southwest At Nature Center Tuesday

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 15, 2016
Dr. Chick Keller, a retired LANL scientist and dedicated naturalist. Courtesy photo
 
 
PEEC News:
 
Rapid climate changes are affecting people and ecosystems in the Southwest and around the world, and there is a lot people can do.
 
At 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 16, in the Los Alamos Nature Center planetarium, Dr. Chick Keller will introduce climate science and lead a discussion about how people can move forward.
 
This talk is part of a lecture series on climate change organized by Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC).
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LAPS Has New Online Student Registration System

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 15, 2016

Kindergarten Roundup, scheduled for April 6, is for incoming LAPS students. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

The Los Alamos Public School District has announced a new online student registration system for the 2016-17 school year. 

Parents will see a reduction in the number of paper forms to be completed and an increase in information security. The system will be used beginning with Kindergarten Roundup scheduled for April 6.

For all students in grades 1-12, online registration will begin Monday, Aug. 1. The first day of school is Aug. 18.

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Science On Tap: What’s The Matter With Matter? Feb. 18

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 15, 2016

Jack Shlachter

CHAMBER News:

Like people, materials contain defects or imperfections not visible to the human eye.

These variations can come into play during material creation and use for many applications including nuclear reactors and weapons.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is developing a concept for a large-scale facility, called MaRIE (short for Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes), to probe materials during processing and while they are undergoing high stress to follow in real time the evolution of their defect structures. This work will help build design tools to predict Read More

Discover E 2016 At LAHS Thursday, Feb. 25

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 15, 2016

ASM/ASME News:

As part of the 14th annual Engineers Week, Discover E (Engineering) is set for 4:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 in the Los Alamos High School Commons Area. The activity involves an evening of interesting, interactive and fun engineering, science, math and technology demonstrations for K-12 students and their parents or guardians.

The event is co-sponsored by the Los Alamos Chapter of ASM International (a professional society for Metallurgical Engineers and Materials Scientists), the Northern New Mexico Chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Read More

Los Alamos Navy JROTC Precision Rifle Team Takes First Place At Regional Championship In Utah

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 15, 2016
LCDR Wes Shumaker with members of the LAHS Navy JROTC Precision Rifle Team Samantha Miller, JoAnna O’Neill, Steffie Neilsen and Holly Hayes. Courtesy photo
 
SPORTS News:
 
The Los Alamos HIgh School Navy JROTC Precision Rifle Team finished in first place for Navy teams this weekend in Provo, Utah. 
 
The team increased its score by 21 points on day two of the competition to finish in first for the Navy teams competing at the Utah event.
 
Other Navy teams also competed in Anniston, Ala., and others will compete in Ohio this coming weekend. The Los Alamos team is
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Teen Center Holding ‘Healthy Relationship’ Classes

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 15, 2016
YMCA News:
 
The Family YMCA is hosting Healthy Relationship classes for high school youth 3:30-5 p.m., Thursdays at the Los Alamos Teen Center.
 
Additionally, a Teen Action Team is forming and meets 4-6 p.m., Fridays with the intention of sharing information with youth in the community.
 
The meetings are being held in response to requests by the Center’s users, Teen Center Director Sylvan Argo said. Recent discussion forums on the topic at the Center revealed that young people were interested in learning more about responsible,
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LAHS Hosts Statewide Student Council Event

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 14, 2016

Los Alamos High School is hosting Student Councils from across the state and Thursday welcomed more than 1,000 students. The 3-day event is filled with meetings and workshops all about leadership for the students. Photo by Kurt Steinhaus Read More

American Federation of Teacher’s Statement From Tuesday’s Senate Majority Press Conference

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 13, 2016
President Stephanie Ly
 
AFT News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― American Federation of Teachers New Mexico President Stephanie Ly released the following statement, delivered at the Senate Democratic Majority press conference: 

“From Albuquerque, to Carlsbad, to Gallup, to Taos, our members educate the children of New Mexico. Our members span from a child’s first classroom to the halls of higher education. We are teachers, educational assistants, bus drivers, maintenance, secretaries, food service workers, early educators, professors, and everything in

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A Day With President Of Family Tree DNA Feb. 28

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 12, 2016
NMJHS News:
 
Family Tree DNA’s Bennett Greenspan comes to New Mexico Sunday, Feb. 28, to talk about genetic genealogy.
 
The course takes place at the Jewish Community Center (JCC), on Wyoming Boulevard in Albuquerque.
 
Greenspan leads a two-part session titled, “DNA, Genetics and Genealogy: What It Means, and Finding New Mexico Family Connections.” The morning session, 10 to 11:30 a.m., introduces paternal and maternal testing, with Greenspan sharing his findings on New Mexico Crypto-Jewish DNA and his own New Mexico family links.
 
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Santa Fe Faces: A Photo Legacy Exhibition Of Alan Pearlman Portraits March 13

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 12, 2016
Archie West, portrait by Alan Pearlman. Archival pigment print. Courtesy/Palace of the Governor Photo Archives
 
NMHM News:
 
SANTA FE — In 2009, photographer Alan Pearlman set out on a quest to capture the soul of Santa Fe in a series of staged portraits.
 
Some of the results take center stage in the New Mexico History Museum’s Mezzanine Gallery, March 13–September 18, 2016. Santa Fe Faces features a selection from 90 portraits that Pearlman created between 2009 and 2013.
 
Included among them are images of flamenco artist Juan Siddi and Turquoise
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