LAHS’s Annual Pegasus Rummage Sale Saturday
LAPS Issues Recap Of LAMS Fire Alarm Activation
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools released a recap of this morning’s fire alarm activation at Los Alamos Middle School.
At 7:29 a.m. today, the Los Alamos Middle School fire alarm system was automatically activated from a sensor in the hallway between the staff lounge and the art room.
- LAFD and LAPS facilities personnel were dispatched to check the building;
- Safety first – everyone left the building safely; students were sent to the football field and other evacuation areas; staff helped with traffic control;
- The Superintendent provided a live KRSN interview from the LAMS parking
Mountain Students Celebrate Constitution Day
Students gather this morning at the flagpole at Mountain Elementary School in celebration of Constitution Day. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com Read More
LAPS Takes Steps To Address Stipend Issue
LAPS Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus
Readership response to the story published Sept. 10 in the Los Alamos Daily Post on the salary and stipend policy issues at Los Alamos Public Schools is much appreciated.
The published salaries of LAPS employees included stipends, which account for a portion of the disparity of salaries among some employees. Other factors include, tenure, education, certifications, hours worked and evaluations.
A dialog has opened up on the issue and Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus shared the steps being taken
Masonic Waffle Breakfast For Eta Zeta Sorority Sept. 19
Steinhaus: Measuring A College’s Value
By KURT STEINHAUS, SuperintendentThis is the time of year when many Los Alamos High School parents of juniors and seniors receive an onslaught of advertisements from colleges and universities all over the country.
Many will be attending the RMACAC College Fair in Albuquerque this coming Sunday and just in the next two weeks more than two dozen colleges and universities will be sending representatives to our high school to meet with students and parents. See the LAHS website for the times and dates.
Deciding on the best choice for your student can be daunting and overwhelming. Read More
SFI: ‘Space-Time Dynamics Of Uncertainty & Nonlinearity …’ Sept. 22
Darryl Holm, Imperial College LondonLANL Foundation Awards Small Educational Outreach Grant To Pajarito Environmental Education Center
Students learning how to gently handle wild birds on a bird banding field trip. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) received a Small Educational Outreach award in August from the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation Board of Directors.
This award provides funding in the amount of $1500 to allow Los Alamos fifth graders to attend bird banding field trips.
The field trips funded by the Small Educational Outreach award allow youth to participate in hands-on science education and become more familiar with birds in the area as well as the field science Read More
Learn To Fly Fish With UNM-LA Community Education
The San Juan River below the Navajo Dam is a great spot to test the new skills learned in UNM-LA Community Education’s fly fishing class coming up Oct. 3. Courtesy/iStock
UNM-LA News:
Learn to catch that trophy trout with a theoretical classroom session and two field trips with UNM-LA Community Education’s popular fall fly fishing class.
The San Juan River in northern New Mexico is world renowned for big trout and a great place to practice casting and catching. Students should note that it was not affected by the Gold King Mine spill.
“The world class trout fishing in the San Juan River is still as Read More
District Court Testimony Begins Wednesday On Preliminary Injunction Pausing High-stakes Testing In Evaluation Of Education Professionals
AFT NM News:
SANTA FE – American Federation of Teachers New Mexico and the Albuquerque Teachers Federation’s District Court lawsuit against the New Mexico Public Education Department advances as Wednesday’s hearing commences a motion for a preliminary injunction.
This lawsuit seeks to provide relief to educators across New Mexico by pausing, and eventually seeking to prevent the use of high-stakes testing in the evaluation of education professionals.
It is the belief of AFT NM and ATF that the current evaluation system, imposed by Public Education Department rule, is unsound, Read More
Williams Invites Community To Attend School Construction Community Input Meetings
By MATT WILLIAMS, VPAs LAPS school board vice president, I’d like to invite and encourage all LAPS community members to attend several of the Community Input meetings that will be held in September and October.
The exact dates, times and locations are listed down below. These meetings are designed to be informational to the community as well as for the Board to take input from our community stakeholders. The primary focus of these meetings is to help the Board be well informed when we make our decision as to which of the elementary schools will be remodelled.
This Read More
Sheriff’s Scholarship Dinner Posse Lodge Sept. 26
LAHS Students To Serve As School Board Liaisons
LAPS Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus congratulates five Los Alamos High School students for being selected to serve as liaisons to the School Board.
The new liaisons include:
- Seniors John Rees and Deanna Gutierrez;
- Juniors Neil DeHerrera and Claire DeCroix; and
- Jennifer Wang will serve as an alternate.
Their work begins with attendance at a briefing session Oct. 7, and then a regular School Board meeting Oct. 13.
The School Board had a tough decision because there were 17 first-rate applicants, Steinhaus said, Read More
Hilltalkers And Hawktalkers Seek 300 Judges
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos High School Hilltalkers and the Los Alamos Middle School Hawktalkers speech and debate teams will be hosting the “Peak Speech and Debate Tournament” at Mesa Public Library and Los Alamos High School Friday, Sept. 25 and Saturday, Sept. 26.
A model Congress tournament is 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday at Mesa Public Library and Fuller Lodge. Speech rounds, Policy, Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas debate rounds are 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Los Alamos High School.
The Peak Tournament marks the first comprehensive speech and debate tournament Read More
Los Alamos Student John Mamula Wins Audition At New Mexico School For The Arts
EDUCATION News:
John Mamula of Los Alamos was chosen through a statewide audition to enter into his sophomore year of high school at the New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) in Santa Fe.
He will be studying in NMSA’s instrumental music department, with a focus on cello. Mamula has been focusing on his cello studies for more than four years and has received statewide recognition for his accomplishments.
Mamula has chosen to study at NMSA so that he can continue his studies of cello in a school setting that includes orchestra, chamber music as well as precollege music curriculum. He has performed Read More
LADOC: Canine Search & Rescue Talk Tonight
Joan Rogers and her search and rescue dog Clancy. Courtesy/LADOCFun Festivities Fill Little Forest Fall Fiesta
Little Forest Fall Fiesta annual fundraiser drew a large crowd today and offered many types of fun activities. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Scene from today’s Little Forest Fall Fiesta. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Scene from today’s Little Forest Fall Fiesta. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Today marked the annual Fall Fiesta fundraiser at Little Forest Playschool at 3880 Villa St.
Family, friends and neighbors gathered for a family-friendly day of carnival games and activities, prizes, petting zoo, bubble pit, bouncy Read More
Scenes Of 2015 Homecoming Parade From Above
Judges selected the Los Alamos Middle School Cheerleaders as top winners in Friday’s 2015 Homecoming Parade down Central Avenue as photographed from the third floor of a building along the parade route. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypoast.com
The Los Alamos High School Key Club came in second Friday in the Homecoming Parade. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypoast.com
The Pinion Minions rounded out the top three winners in this year’s Homecoming Parade Friday down Central Avenue. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypoast.com
Staff Report
The 2015 Homecoming Parade Friday Read More
Elementary School Good News Clubs Start Sept. 14
Students raising hands and having fun in Good News Club. Courtesy photo- Mondays beginning Sept. 14: Aspen (Dining Hall) and Mountain (room 102, Mrs. O’Brien’s room)
- Tuesdays beginning Sept. 15: Barranca (music room) and Pinon (science lab, room 601)
- Thursdays, beginning Sept. 17: Chamisa (music room)
