Udall, Heinrich Announce $3.3 Million For Support Services At College Campuses Across New Mexico
U.S. SENATE News:Classic Air Medical Helicopter Landing At Nature Center
Classic Air Medical helicopter on a mission. Courtesy photoNew Classes In Biotechnology And Engineering Now Offered At UNM-LA Teen College
Students from UNM-LA Summer Program for Youth Teen College take part in The Art and Science of Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse in 2014. Courtesy/UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
Brush the summer cobwebs off your teenagers’ brains and get them excited about learning on a college campus with the latest Summer Program for Youth at UNM-LA.
The program for younger students began in 1985, took a three-year hiatus in 2009, and then resumed in 2012 when classes for teens were added.
With a goal of making learning fun for kids entering 7th–10th grades, UNM-LA’s popular Teen College offers a variety of hands-on Read More
Mentors Assist Young Eagle Flight Program Aug. 1
Lloyd Hunt and Roger Smith shared their time, talents and planes in June to assist the Young Eagle Flight program in Santa Fe. The Los Alamos event is scheduled for Aug. 1 at Los Alamos County Airport. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
COMMUNITY News:
Saturday, Aug. 1, local pilots with the Young eagle rally will host free flights for youth ages 8 to 17.
Registration is 8:30-11:30 a.m. at the Los Alamos Airport Terminal. After a brief discussion and pre-flight walk, pilots take youth on 20-25 minute flights over White Rock and Los Alamos. The event does depend upon having fair weather.
All students must Read More
Heinrich Votes To Overhaul No Child Left Behind, Expand High-Quality Education For New Mexico Students
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., voted to pass S.1177, the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA), a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and overhaul the country’s current K-12 education law known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
The bill passed the senate by a vote of 81 to 17.
Under NCLB, accountability was centered on test scores, which pressured schools, teachers, and students to focus more on testing than instruction. NCLB set a high bar for student achievement, but never followed through with the Read More
Los Alamos School Board Hears AVID Success Stories
Teacher Debra Minyard, center, and two of her students, sisters Analise Adriana, left, and Adriana, Lopez share experiences in the AVID Educational Program at Tuesday’s school board meeting. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com New Mexico Teacher of the Year Debra Minyard of White Rock and two of her Pojoaque Valley High School students, sisters Adriana and Analise Lopez, shared their experiences in the AVID Educational Program with the Los Alamos School Board at Tuesday’s regular meeting.
Minyard teaches band at Pojoaque Read More
Former NMSU Student Sentenced In Internet Threat Case To Shoot Up University
FBI News:School Board Awards Food Service Contract
Los Alamos Public Schools Chief Procurement Officer Regina Mertz updates the School Board during Tuesday’s meeting on the findings of the committee evaluating food service bids. On the recommendation of the committee, the Board voted unanimously to award the contract to provide elementary school lunches and various catering services to Southwest Foodservice Excellence. The cost for lunches ($4) will remain the same as under the former contractor, Summitt Foods. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comLos Alamos High School Class Of 1980 Hosts 35th Reunion During Homecoming Weekend Sept. 11-13
The class of 1980 at its 10-year reunion in 1990. Courtesy photo
LAHS REUNION News:
The Los Alamos High School Class of 1980 will celebrate its 35th reunion in Los Alamos over the weekend of Sept. 11-13.
As part of the reunion activities, the class will participate in the Homecoming Parade and game Friday, tour Los Alamos High School, hike in the Jemez, dance to Iron Chiwawa Saturday at the newly-opened Cottonwood on the Greens, and enjoy a family picnic Sunday at Urban Park.
Classmates can find registration information at https:////www.losalamosclassof80rules.com/index.cfm or on Read More
Hosting Exchange Students Can Be Life Changing
Exchange students in a trip to Bandelier National Park. Courtesy photo
Hosting exchange students has changed our lives. It could change yours.
Our family made the choice to host exchange students in the school year 2006-2007. It has been a wonderful experience and I am proud to say that we have hosted six very different students from Germany, Belgium, Spain and Mexico. It is so fundamental to who we are that when we recall a year or activity we usually remember it by which student we were hosting!
Wenzel, our very first German student brought Read More
Los Alamos High School Graduate Sopahn Kellogg Receives June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship
Sopahn Kellogg. Photo by Don Taylor
LAPS FOUNDATION News:
Los Alamos High School graduate Sopahn Kellogg wrote eloquently about The Tao of Pooh, which was written to help the reader understand the tenants of Taoism by using the well known story of Winnie the Pooh.
“Eeyore frets … and Piglet hesitates … and Rabbit calculates … Owl pontificates … and Pooh just is. Using these familiar players allowed me to recognize myself in them, smile and hopefully let them go,” Kellogg said. “The author, identifying these traits in such a light hearted way, allowed a chance for gentle self acceptance and to be Read More
SFI Community Lecture – CANCELLED
SFI News:Edward Dai Graduates Stanford University At 18 – Parents Thank Los Alamos Public Schools
From left, retired Los Alamos Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mary McLeod, Eric Dai, Edward Dai, Stanford University President John Hennessy, William Dai, Andrea Hennessy (wife of John Hennessy) and Anna Zhang at the recent ceremony of graduation in Stanford University. Courtesy photo
EDUCATION News:
Los Alamos High School 2011 graduate, Edward Dai, at the age of 18, graduated recently from Stanford University with university distinction, a B.S. degree in the mathematics honors program and a minor in economics, as well as a M.S degree in management science and engineering.
Dai spent
Beyond Blue And Pink: Transgender 101 July 21
2015 Stoddard Scholarship For Nursing And Education Awarded To Luke Kachelmeier Of Los Alamos
Luke Kachelmeier. Photo by Don Taylor
LAPS FOUNDATION News:
Luke Kachelmeier of Los Alamos is the 2015 recipient of the Stoddard Scholarship for Nursing and Education.
He plans to attend the University of New Mexico this fall to pursue degrees in mathematics and education.
“My goal is to be someone that children will look up to, to see excellence and guidance, someone they will look up to and strive to be,” he said. “My experience this year, helping third grade students with reading at Aspen Elementary, along with my passion to help others, inspired me to be a teacher.”
Kachelmeier is the Read More
SFI Lecture On Unconscious Bias July 21
Jennifer Raymond, Stanford University School of Medicine
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute presents Unconscious Bias by Jennifer Raymond at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at the James A. Little Theater, 1060 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe.
What makes a police officer actually see a gun in the hands of an unarmed man of color? Why did 360 college students evaluate the same academic article more favorably when they believed it was written by a man rather than by a woman?
Unconscious or implicit bias refers to hidden biases, operating largely beneath the scope of human consciousness, that influence Read More
Stone Carving Intro With Rollie Grandbois July 17-18
LANL Employees Pledge Record $356,550 To Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund Drive
2015 LAESF Scholarship Drive Champion Steven Girrens
LANL News:
- More than 1,000 scholarships awarded through since 1997
Los Alamos National Laboratory employees pledged a record $356,550 to the 2015 Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF) drive. The drive encourages Laboratory employees, retirees, and subcontract personnel to donate to a fund that awards college scholarships to Northern New Mexico students. Additionally, more employees participated in this year’s campaign than in past years.
“Our employees know first-hand that education can unlock opportunity for Read More
Los Alamos Girl Scout Aids Sea Turtles In Panama
Jennifer Necker of Los Alamos completed the NAUI Open Water Certification training while volunteering for conservation work this summer in Panama. Courtesy photo
Jennifer Necker of Los Alamos spent 14 days volunteering in Panama in conservation efforts to protect endangered sea turtles. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Jennifer Necker of Los Alamos spent 14 days volunteering in Panama in conservation efforts to protect endangered sea turtles and exploring new depths while learning to scuba dive coral reefs.
During the last week of June and first week Read More
Monthly PEEC Wildflower Walk July 13
Native wildflower Scarlet Penstemon. Photo by Chick KellerPEEC News:
With the continued rain in Los Alamos County, beautiful wildflowers abound. Join PEEC’s Jemez Mountain Herbarium Curator Chick Keller for a Wildflower Walk at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 13 to discover what some of them are and where they can be found.
This will be an easy walk to identify some of the wildflowers that can be found in and around Los Alamos. The group will meet at the Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road, and carpool to the trail that Keller will select based on what is blooming at the time. The walk is free and there is Read More
