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Courtesy/NMGSHarrell House Bug Museum Visits Nature Center
Harrell House Bug Museum on a previous visit to PEEC. Courtesy/PEECPEEC NEWS:
Summer Family Evenings returns with the Harrell House Bug Museum at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1 at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
There will be an amazing selection of live critters on display including tarantulas, scorpions, insects, centipedes, crabs and more. Wade Harrell, founder of the Bug Museum, will be on hand to answer questions and share facts about these unusual animals.
Harrell has been keeping strange animals as pets since he was six years old. He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University Read More
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony At Canyon Complex
From left, County Councilor Pete Sheehey and Vice Chair David Izraelevitz and Councilor James Chrobocinski, right, join School Board Member Bill Hargraves and LAPS Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus (scissors) at this morning’s ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the completion of remodeling at the Canyon Complex. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Newly remodeled Canyon Complex. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.comNMC Meets Job Creation Goals On LEDA Grant
NMC has created 32 new jobs in Los Alamos since receiving a LEDA award from Los Alamos County in March of 2012. Courtesy/LANL
NMC News:
- Research facility creates jobs and economic advantage to Los Alamos County.
The New Mexico Consortium (NMC) has created 32 new jobs in Los Alamos since receiving a LEDA award from Los Alamos County in March of 2012. NMC Executive Director Katharine Chartrand reported to the Los Alamos County Council the progress of NMC’s LEDA award Tuesday night.
“The NMC met the job creation goals of the LEDA grant in three years,” Chartrand said. “We need to sustain those Read More
SFI Seminar Presents Torrin Liddell June 25
SFI News:Teen Center Welcome Party For Incoming Freshmen
HD3 And SFCC Co-Host Discovery Day Event
HD3 News:Profile: Alex Zubelewicz of Leadership Los Alamos
LLA 2014-15 Leadership Los Alamos graduate Alex Zubelewicz. Photo by Martha Katko
LLA News:
Enrollment is open through June 26 for the Leadership Los Alamos Class of 2016 and everyone is welcome to apply.
Between now and then, the Los Alamos Daily Post is publishing a series of Q&A profiles on recent LLA graduates who talk about their experience in the program.
Leadership Los Alamos is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3), tax exempt organization founded to identify current and emerging leaders in the Los Alamos community, enhance their leadership skills, and deepen their knowledge of the challenges Read More
Rotary Donates $1,500 To Family Strengths Network
Carie Fanning, left, incoming executive director of Family Strengths Network, accepts a check from Rotarian Peggy Durbin and Rotary Club President Troy Hughes. Durbin and Rotarian Judy Goldie (not pictured) co-chaired the club’s literacy program and received a matching grant from Rotary District 5520 in order to make a $1,500 donation to FSN. Photo by Hal DavisProfile: Leadership Los Alamos Graduate Lucy G. Foma
LLA participant Lucy Gent Foma performs during a session of the 2014-15 class. Photo by Martha Katko
LLA News:
Enrollment is open through June 26 for the Leadership Los Alamos Class of 2016 and everyone is welcome to apply.
Between now and then, the Los Alamos Daily Post is publishing a series of Q&A profiles on recent LLA graduates who talk about their experience in the program.
Leadership Los Alamos is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3), tax exempt organization founded to identify current and emerging leaders in the Los Alamos community, enhance their leadership skills, and deepen their knowledge
John Rees Is Rotary Student Of The Year 2014-15
The Rotary Club of Los Alamos selects Los Alamos High School 2015 graduate John Rees as the 2014-15 Student of the Year. Rees received a monetary award from the club and was applauded by Rotarians and his parents, Amy and Dan Rees, left, for his impressive community service. Rees named LAHS AP biology teacher Stephanie Mitchell, third from left, his most influential teacher. The presentation was made Tuesday by Rotary Committee Chair Bethany Douglas. Photo by Hal DavisLAPS Announces Prizes In State Reading Challenge
LAPS News:
Los Alamos School Board has announced additional student incentives to help address the “summer slide” in reading skills.
The idea began at an Aspen Elementary School kickoff when Gov. Susana Martinez announced a statewide reading challenge encouraging students to read more books over the summer break. Reading is the foundation for learning and when our students read well, they are better positioned to succeed academically, in the workplace and in life.
Los Alamos Public Schools, Los Alamos County, Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation, LANL Foundation and Los Alamos Read More
Profile: Leadership Los Alamos Graduate Tony Fox
LLA participant Tony Fox falls backward from a ladder during a team building exercise at last September’s first session of the 2014-15 class. Photo by Martha Katko
LLA News:
Enrollment is open through June 26 for the Leadership Los Alamos Class of 2016 and everyone is welcome to apply.
Between now and then, the Los Alamos Daily Post is publishing a series of Q&A profiles on recent LLA graduates who talk about their experience in the program.
Leadership Los Alamos is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3), tax exempt organization founded to identify current and emerging leaders in the Los Alamos community, Read More
Terry Wallace Presents Jeannette O. Wallace Memorial Award At Kiwanis
Terry Wallace, left, son of the late State Rep. Jeannette O. Wallace, attended Kiwanis June 16 to participate in the presentation of the Jeannette O. Wallace Memorial Award to Luke Kachelmeier, center. Luke’s mother, Andrea Kachelmeier is on the right. Photo by Don CaspersonTerry Wallace, left, son of the late State Rep. Jeannette O. Wallace, attended Kiwanis on June 16 to participate in the presentation of the Jeannette O. Wallace Memorial Award to Luke Kachelmeier, center.
Wallace said it was a “great pleasure” to see the award go to “a young man who is both an excellent Read More
Discover New Mexico Birding Hot Spots
Birding Hot Spots of Santa Fe, Taos and Northern New Mexico Book Cover. Photo by Lou Feltz
PEEC News:
Whether one is a new or experienced birder, it is always helpful to have more insight into what bird species live nearby and when is the best time of year to spot them.
Instead of only reading about local birding hot spots, Tuesday, June 23 visitors to the Los Alamos Nature Center can join local authors Judy Liddell and Barbara Hussey as they share information about some of the more than 30 birding sites included in their second book, Birding Hot Spots of Santa Fe, Taos and Northern New Mexico, published Read More
UNM-LA: Upside Down About How To Spend Summer?
American Federation Of Teachers New Mexico Reacts To 1st District Court Denial Of PED Motion
AFT News:
Ruling is a Victory for All New Mexico Educators, Parents and Students
ALBUQUERQUE – American Federation of Teachers New Mexico President Stephanie Ly released the following statement:
“Today’s ruling from Judge Thomson is a victory for all of New Mexico’s educators, parents, students, and our communities. In denying Secretary Skandera and the Public Education Department’s request to dismiss this lawsuit, an explicit acknowledgement was made that this case, in fact, brings a challenge to the PED’s evaluation system which must be heard.
“Judge Thomson made the correct assessment Read More
School Board Meets Thursday, June 25
LAPS News
The Los Alamos School Board will hold a Special School Board Meeting and Work Session at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 25 in the School Board Room at the District Administration Building.
Various contracts and reports from staff are on the agenda.
The meeting is open to the public. Read More
Lecture On Language Learning And The Brain June 26
ELTS News:TOTH Invites Children To Everest Vacation Bible School
Scene from a previous VBS. Courtesy/TOTH
