Governor Signs Bill To Help Pay Off Student Loans For Nurses Who Go Back To School
STATE News:
LAS CRUCES — Today, Gov. Susana Martinez signed legislation that will help pay off student loan debt for nurses who go back to school to become educators in their field.
Senate Bill 341, sponsored by Sen. Pete Campos, D-Las Vegas, allows eligible nurses to enter into loan-for-service agreements through the Nurse Educators Fund. Currently, only faculty are eligible to receive aid from this fund. This legislation helps address the state’s shortage of nurses by encouraging nurses to enter the classroom and teach the next generation in their field. The House version of this legislation, Read More
SFI Seminar: Darwinian Neurodynamics
Harold de VladarThe Santa Fe Institute presents a seminar on Darwinian Neurodynamics by Harold de Vladar at 12:15 p.m., Tuesday in the Collins Conference Room in Santa Fe.
Abstract: Theoretical models of neuronal function consider different mechanisms through which networks learn, classify and discern inputs. A central focus of these models is to understand how associations are established amongst neurons, in order to predict spiking patterns that are compatible with empirical observations.
Although these models have led to major insights and
Los Alamos High School Graduate Anna Scott Named 2015 Goldwater Scholar
Anna Scott. Photo by Don Taylor
EDUCATION News:
Anna Scott was named a 2015 Goldwater Scholar last week. She is a 2013 graduate of Los Alamos high school and is currently a sophomore at Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont.
She also was a 2014 summer student at Los Alamos National Laboratory (she worked in the Materials Science and Technology Division for Dr. Ken McClellan).
From the press release at https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/yyschrel.php:
Mrs. Peggy Goldwater Clay, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation,
Governor Appoints Ted Barela To Fill Senate Vacancy
Newly Appointed Sen. Ted Barela
STATE News:
SANTA FE — Gov. Susana Martinez announced Friday the appointment of Ted Barela to fill the vacancy in Senate District 39 created by the resignation of former Sen. Phil Griego.
Griego represented a portion of Los Alamos prior to redistricting. He resigned in March after drawing scrutiny for his involvement in the real estate transaction of a state-owned building in Santa Fe. He was one of several lawmakers who approved the sale of the building after which he was hired to manage the sale.
Barela was recommended by the Torrance County Commission. He is a Read More
LAHS Special Education Staff Recognized
Members of the Los Alamos High School Special Education team, from left, Carol Moore, Sherri Smith, Colby Holland, Renee Dunwoody, Brent Collom, Mary Head and Rachel Smale. Photo by Kurt Steinhaus
LAPS News:
Members of the Los Alamos High School Special Education team responded to an invitation by Superintendent Gene Schmidt to celebrate their school year Thursday with a pizza lunch..
The staff recently received praise from the New Mexico Public Education Department for achieving 100 percent compliance with paperwork and protocols for students transitioning from high school to college Read More
Becky Cai Is Rotary Student Of The Month
Rotarian Bethany Douglas, right, honors Los Alamos High School student Becky Cai as Rotary Student of the Month Tuesday at the Manhattan Project restaurant. Photo by Kirsten Laskey
ROTARY News:
Rotarian Bethany Douglas described the standards the Rotary Club of Los Alamos uses to select its students of the month as “pretty steep.” However, the criteria was not an obstacle for Los Alamos High School student Becky Cai; in fact, she was honored as the newest Rotary Student of the Month Tuesday at the Manhattan Project restaurant.
Cai maintains an impressive amount of civic services. She serves Read More
Los Alamos Nature Center Featured In April Edition Of New Mexico Magazine
The Los Alamos Nature Center opens April 22 and hosts PEEC’s annual Earth Day Festival April 25. /New Mexico Magazine
Editor’s note: New Mexico Magazine features the Los Alamos Nature Center in its April edition and has granted the Los Alamos Daily Post permission to publish the piece.
Over the decades, the residents of Los Alamos have basked in the region’s spectacular natural attributes, from Bandelier National Monument to Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. It makes perfect sense, then, that the town’s latest architectural Read More
Aspen Students Observe Chicks Hatch In Classroom
Teacher Joanna Manard shows newly hatched chicks in an incubator to second grade classes Wednesday at Aspen Elementary School. One chick hatched as the second graders watched. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Four chicks that hatched first in the Aspen Elementary School classroom. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Two newly hatched chicks in an incubator with unhatched eggs. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Aspen Elementary School second graders say watching chicks hatch and grow is ‘exciting’. Teacher Brittney Vollans,Explore The Civil War In New Mexico
Unidentified girl in mourning dress holding framed photograph of her father as a cavalryman with sword and Hardee hat. Courtesy/Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-36863
NMHM News:
Fading Memories: Echoes of the Civil War
An exhibit and collaborative programming series
Santa Fe—Civil War battles raged across America’s northern and southern states as Texas Confederates launched a plot: Head north and west through the New Mexico Territory with hopes of seizing California’s goldfields and sea ports.
In 1862, battles erupted in Mesilla, Valverde, and Glorieta. Confederate Read More
Community Capacity Building Meeting April 2
By BERNADETTE LAURITZENCommunity capacity building may be a running theme for an April 2 meeting on resiliency, sponsored by Los Alamos Public Schools and Los Alamos County.
“Los Alamos Public Schools, in collaboration with Los Alamos County, is proud to be a joint sponsor for this event,” LAPS Superintendent Dr. Gene Schmidt said. “Building our community’s resilience is important to the mental and physical health of our residents. It is my hope that this meeting will build on the good work that has been done and set the stage for even greater services in the future.”
The event was designed Read More
Youth Mental Health First Aid Class April 24
COMMUNITY News:
Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack — even if you have no clinical training — Youth Mental Health First Aid helps you assist a young person experiencing a mental health related crisis.
In the Youth Mental Health First Aid course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help.
This pioneering program, taught by certified trainers, gives people a tangible way to help others. It recognizes the resiliency and strength Read More
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: The Reemergence Of Rhinogrades
The specialized forms of animal adaptation are remarkable. Charles Darwin obtained some of his insights for evolution from the different kinds of finches in the Galapagos Islands. The finches have different shaped bills, reflecting adaptations to the different kinds of food available on the different islands.
Courtesy photoThere also are subspecies of Galapagos tortoise that have different shaped shells. A saddle shaped shell permits one subspecies of the tortoise to more easily reach upward for food compared Read More
U.S. Dept. Of Education Grants Four-Year Extension To New Mexico’s ‘No Child Left Behind’ Waiver
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
- NM one of only five states to receive fast-tracked NCLB waiver extension
SANTA FE — Today, the U.S. Department of Education approved a four-year extension to New Mexico’s “No Child Left Behind” waiver, allowing the state to continue implementing reforms to help struggling schools and students.
New Mexico is just one of five states to receive the extension, which recognizes the state’s success in implementing strong education reform and accountability efforts.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
“Today’s recognition proves that with hard work and the Read More
Mountain Elementary School Reopens Tuesday
LAPS News:Los Alamos High School FIRST Robotics Team 4153 Competes In Hub City Regional
Los Alamos High School FIRST Robotics Team 4153. Courtesy photoLAHS News:
The Los Alamos High School FIRST Robotics Team 4153 competed with is robot “Fermi” in the Hub City Regionals this past weekend and made it all the way to the elimination rounds.
They finished the qualifying rounds in 14th place (and with an offensive power rating, which put the team in the top 10) going into the final elimination rounds. They were chosen and went to battle with two teams that just happened to be right next to them in the pits in the end.
“We had an awesome first match working well as an Read More
More Than 100 Los Alamos Volunteers Show Youth How Fun Science, Engineering And Math Can Be
Students peeking into the world of an ecologist through microscopy. Courtesy photo
EDUCATION News:
And the best part was … “the learning part!”
This was the kind of feedback organizers received from students attending the March 6 “Expanding Your Horizons 2015” Student Technical Workshop.
More than 100 volunteers from Los Alamos traveled down to the Santa Fe Convention Center to volunteer their talents to show Northern New Mexican youth how fun science, engineering, and math can be.
Activities included an engaging Career Fair, an inspiring keynote address by Read More
Española Students Present Inventions At Annual White House Science Fair
President Obama with students at the annual Science Fair at the White House. Courtesy photo
Española students with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Courtesy photo
JRES News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Last Monday a sixth grade team from James Rodriguez Elementary School (JRES) in Española were part of an exclusive group of 100 elementary, middle and high school students from throughout the nation invited to present their inventions to President Obama at the annual White House Science Fair.
The 2015 Science Fair highlighted the importance of encouraging more women and minorities in science, Read More
Chamisa School Public Meeting Draws Parent Input
Emphasizing that he is hosting last Tuesday night’s ‘State of Chamisa’ public meeting as a private citizan and not in his role as a school board member, Matt Williams proceeded to lay out the issues related to refurbishing the three elementary schools deemed most in need among Los Alamos Public Schools. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Chamisa parent Tadeusz Raven, back row center, shares his ideas during public comment. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
During a public meeting last Tuesday at the Chamisa
