Mountain Elementary Classes Canceled For Monday
LAPS News:
Mountain Elementary School classes are canceled for Monday, March 30 due to plumbing issues.
Mountain students and staff will NOT have class on Monday, March 30. School officials apologize for the inconvenience and short notice. Mountain Principal Jennifer Guy is asking for help in spreading the word to friends and colleagues who have Mountain students.
All after school programs are canceled as well including the YMCA program. The bathrooms in the school are not operational. These should be repaired by Monday afternoon but the school is forced to cancel classes Monday.
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RE/MAX Associate Broker Teddie Sue Mooday Inspires 4th Graders To Take Pride In Community
RE/MAX Associate Broker Teddie Sue Mooday. Courtesy PhotoLocal RE/MAX Associate Broker, Teddie Sue Mooday, supports the Fourth Grade Foresters of New Mexico Tree Project; and nurtures a growing connection between replanting our forests and inspiring 4th graders to care about their community.
Fourth Grade Foresters was kicked off in 2006, and was created to revitalize the celebration of Arbor Day.
Thanks to 2,591 sponsors, more than 604,600 trees have been distributed to fourth graders in 6,800 schools across the country.
“I found out about
Los Alamos NJROTC Takes Home Seven Trophies From Texas Tech University Drill Competition
Los Alamos NJROTC front row from left, Jared Rodriguez and R. Michael Purdy, middle row from left, Thomas Hanlon, Derek Janetzky, Gianna Maggiore, Leander Murphy, William Whitman, Ben Hanlon and Lauren Partin. Back row from left, Jonathan Schueler, John Valdiviez, Austin Estrada, Andres Maestas, Rigel Baron, Sam Wolfe, Madison Gaetjens and Mikyla Smith. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos NJROTC Color Guard from left, Ben Hanlon, Rigel Baron, Gianna Maggiore and Lauren Partin. Courtesy photoPiñon Elementary School Students ‘Read Forward’ For National Reading Month
‘Gregor’s friends’ pose in the Piñon Elemtary School Library in White Rock Thursday. All of these students have finished the book ‘Gregor the Overlander.’ Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Librarian Julie Goen with a copy of ‘Gregor the Overlander’ poses near the poster listing the ‘Friends of Gregor.’ Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comPiñon Elementary School Librarian Julie Goen has created an exciting way to get students reading. It’s called Read Forward. Read More
Kindergarten Roundup At All Los Alamos Elementary Schools April 1
LAPS News:
Kindergarten Roundup is Wednesday, April 1 at all Los Alamos Elementary Schools.
Children who turn five by Sept. 1, 2015 are eligible to be enrolled in kindergarten for the school year 2015/2016. The purpose of kindergarten roundup is to give parents and children an idea of what to expect for kindergarten.
Parents and students will get to meet kindergarten teachers, principals, school nurse, school counselor and other key school personnel. The kindergartners to be will visit a kindergarten classroom and see all the learning materials, toys and books.
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SFI: Cooperation In Complex Stateless Societies…
SFI News:
Santa Fe Institute (SFI) holds ‘Cooperation in Complex Stateless Societies: The Archaelogical Evidence’ seminar at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 31 at the Collins Conference Room in Santa Fe.
Abstract: The key to understanding the development of complex societies is to determine how groups solved collective action or free-riding problems.
By examining the earliest complex, stateless societies in the archaeological record in any region, we can detect the kinds of strategies
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Sue WattsRotary Student Of The Month: Madison Foley
Rotarian Bethany Douglas, right, presents LAHS student Madison Foley with a Student of the Month certificate. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.comThe Rotary Club of Los Alamos recognized Madison Foley as its newest Student of the Month during the regular club meeting Tuesday at the Manhattan Project Restaurant.
The Rotary Club’s motto is “Service above Self” and the organization reaches out to students who exemplify this motto throughout the academic year. Rotarian Bethany Douglas explained why Foley deserves to be the newest Student Read More
Del Norte Credit Union Makes Award-Winning Financial Literacy Program Free For Local Classrooms
EDUCATION News:
Local students are getting a free education in how to manage their money. Del Norte Credit Union is working with Banzai, a national award-winning financial literacy program, to make curriculum available to Los Alamos, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe county schools completely free.
“Banzai is a web-based financial literacy program. Kids get their own accounts, and they work through assignments that are based on real life,” Banzai co-founder Morgan Vandagriff said. “But because Del Norte Credit Union is sponsoring it, local schools get it for free. More than ever, Read More
SFI: The Saga of NP-Intermediate Problems …
Eric Allender of Rutgers University- Graph Isomorphism; and
- MCSP (the Minimum Circuit Size Problem).
Culinary Students Serve at Senior Center
Chef Fred Ortiz works with students in the kitchen providing multiple meals per day. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
Often we hear about the athletes, the mathletes and the like, but how often do we hear about the youth that do good things to benefit their fellow man all for education and an opportunity to serve?
Recently Los Alamos High School teacher Louise Majorey took her Culinary 2 class to the Betty Ehart Senior Center (BESC) to bring the classroom learning to the community as students worked with Chef Michael Mason and Chef Fred Ortiz.
“We let them know that Read More
Fun Run A Great Success
Runners leave the starting line. Photo by Kateri Morris
Lucky the Leprechaun (aka Brad Skidmore) on the run. Photo by Kateri MorrisThe 4th annual Piñon Elementary PTO Fun Run Saturday, March 21 was a great success.
The annual event promoted a morning of family fun, friendship and fitness for both the families at Piñon and the community. Runners and walkers of all abilities were welcomed to enjoy a fun, fast and scenic run benefiting Piñon School.
Folks had a great time running and walking the 1 mile and 5K as “Lucky” the Leprechaun (aka Brad Read More
LAHS Junior Coleman Kendrick Earns Best Of Show And Qualifies For Intel ISEF
LAHS News:
Los Alamos High School Junior Coleman Kendrick earned Best of Show at the Northeastern New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair March 7 at New Mexico Highlands University.
The grand award also qualified Kendrick to compete at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF). The Intel International Fair is May 11-15 in Pittsburg, Pa. Kendrick will compete in the Physics and Astronomy category, the same category he placed 2nd in at the Intel International Fair last year in Los Angeles. This is Kendrick’s third time qualifying for the International Science Read More
LAHS Student Directs Robot To Douse Butts
Los Alamos High School junior Isaiah Lang took a moment to assist in prevention efforts at LAHS to drown out tobacco as part of National Kick Butts Day last Wednesday. Lang has advanced to participate in the upcoming state competition with his firefighter robot. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen Chamisa Shares PARCC Testing Lessons Learned
Chamisa Principal Debbie SmithThe window will soon come to a close after the first round of PARCC testing made an entry into Los Alamos schools in recent weeks.
The wisdom of the students was shared with their upper classmen before the testing session began.
“Third graders reflected after the testing and indicated they liked the computer format – liked the tools available for their use to highlight, flag, review, and go back to other questions,” Chamisa Principal Debbie Smith said. “Fourth graders did a written response about Read More
Cybersecurity Fun Day For Teen Girls June 20
Los Alamos Middle School Student Nora Cullinan Places 4th At State Spelling Bee
Nora Cullinan with her Los Alamos County Spelling Bee trophy. Courtesy photo
Education News:
Los Alamos County Spelling Bee Champion Nora Cullinan tied for fourth place at the New Mexico State Spelling Bee this Saturday. This is the highest state finish for a Los Alamos speller in recent memory.
An eighth grade student at Los Alamos Middle School, Cullinan took second place in the Middle School Bee to advance to the County Bee, which she won with the word “hippopotamus.”
To prepare for the State Bee, Cullinan studied a list of more than 1,100 words provided by Scripps, the organizers
LAHS Senior Sarah Criscuolo Represents Los Alamos Key Club
Los Alamos Key Club member Sarah Criscuolo speaks at the March 14 mid-year conference for the Southwestern District of the Kiwanis International at the Courtyard by Marriott in Farmington. Courtesy photo
KIWANIS News:
Los Alamos High School Key Club member Sarah Criscuolo spoke March 14 at the annual mid-year conference for the Southwestern District of Kiwanis International at the Marriott in Farmington.
Carl Mueller also spoke at the event. He is the father of Kayla Mueller, 26, of Prescott, Ariz., who was killed by the Islamic State in Syria last month. She had spoken to the Prescott Read More
State Of Chamisa School Discussion Tuesday, March 24
School Board Vice President Matt Williams
LAPS News:
Join Los Alamos Board of Education Vice President Matt Williams for an informative discussion about the current issues facing Los Alamos Public Schools. Williams will present information from the recent Budget Committee meetings and the 20 Year Facilities Plan.
One important consideration is that within five months, the School Board will likely need to commit to which elementary school will be rebuilt and how that rebuild will affect the other school sites.
Other topics that will be discussed are enrollment trends, out of District enrollment Read More
