LAPS Superintendents Attend YMCA’s Red & Black Ball
Los Alamos Public School superintendents Dr. Gene Schmidt, left, and Dr. Kurt Steinhaus together with their wives Wendy Schmidt and Jo Beth Steinhaus Saturday night at the annual YMCA Red and Black Ball fundraiser at Buffalo Thunder. Schmidt is leaving the district at the end of this school year and Steinhaus was hired earlier this month. The two will work together during a transistion period beginning in the near future. Courtesy photo Read More
SFCIR: Dr. Nakhleh To Speak On ISIS And The Aftermath Of The Arab Spring – Threats And Challenges
Dr. Emile Nakhleh
SFCIR News:
The Santa Fe Council on International Relations presents a World Affairs Discussion Event “ISIS and the Aftermath of the Arab Spring: Threats and Challenges” by speaker Emile Nakhleh at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 11.
The event is hosted at the Santa Fe University of Art & Design, in the Forum, 1600 St. Michael’s Dr., and the cost is $15 for CIR members; $20 for non-members and guests, and qualified students with appropriate I.D. are welcome to attend this event for free.
Dr. Nakhlehretired is a Senior Intelligence Service Officer (SIS-3), Research Read More
Applications Open For Annual RYLA Camp
ROTARY NEWS:
Aspiring young leaders are encouraged to attend Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), a week-long camp in July in the Manzano Mountains.
RYLA is a program that originated with Rotary International and has subsequently been specifically designed for New Mexico students by Rotary District 5520, which includes the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. The camp encourages servant leadership in youth by recognizing and rewarding deserving 11th grade students who are chosen to attend RYLA as an award for their past and present leadership and service activities.
These young people attend Read More
SFI Colloquium: From Fourier To Forensics
Michael B. Weissman, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignLANL Foundation ISEC Staff And Students Demonstrate Inquiry Science Kits At Roundhouse
LANL Foundation Inquiry Science Education Consortium (ISEC) staff and student scientists demonstrated inquiry science kits to visitors at the Santa Fe Capitol Roundhouse this week. Young scientist Jakob Warniment assists New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera with a microscope from the Microworlds science kit. Standing in back from left, ISEC Director of Professional Development and Evaluation Gwen Warniment, LANL Foundation CEO Jenny Parks and ISEC Program Director Dorothy Sanchez. Courtesy photo
Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard recognized the success of the Inquiry Science Read More
SFI Seminar: ‘Exploring The Hidden Metric Space Of Complex Networks’
Antoine AllardSFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) presents ‘Exploring the Hidden Metric Space of Complex Networks’ at 12:15 p.m. Monday, March 23 at Collins Conference Room in Santa Fe.
Abstract: Many real world complex networks are embedded in metric spaces. In some cases, such as airport networks, the embedding is explicit, while it is hidden in other cases such as the Internet or metabolic networks.
This talk will present an overview of the theoretical framework developed to unveil the hidden geometry of real complex networks. Among other things, Read More
Paul Arendt Leads PEEC Hike Through Ancho Canyon
Red Dot Trail. Courtesy photoPEEC News:
Join PEEC’s Paul Arendt as he leads an exciting hike through Ancho Canyon Saturday, March 21. The group will meet at 9 a.m., and the hike is expected to last about 5-6 hours.
There are many beautiful canyons to explore in White Rock, and this PEEC outing will give participants the chance to go with an experienced guide and a group of other hikers. The hike will begin down the Power Line Trail into lower Ancho Canyon, and then it will continue on to Ancho Rapids.
From there, the hike will proceed upriver to the Red Dot Trail. Along the way the group will examine Read More
Los Alamos Key Club Elects Officers
Key Club officers for 2015, from left, Vice President Elise Koskelo, President Camille Rousculp, Treasurer Grace Kim, Historian Megan Hemphill and Historian Cody Maggiore. Not shown in the photo is Secretary Faith Koh, who is in France this year on an exchange program sposored by the Los Alamos Rotary Club. Courtesy photoSchool Board Work Session March 26
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board will hold a Special School Board Meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 26 in the Aspen Elementary School Library.
Agenda items include:
- President Hall will ask for a motion to go into a closed Executive Session in the Aspen Conference Room to discuss limited personnel matters, specifically, superintendent’s contract as allowed in the Open Meetings Act NMSA1978, Section 10-15-1-(H)(2); purchase, acquisition or disposal of real property; and matters pertaining to threatened or pending litigation in which the School District is or may become a participant.
UNM-LA: Valles Caldera Landscape Photography Class
Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/IStockWaffle Breakfast Fundraiser At Masonic Lodge March 21
LAPS News:Rotary’s March Student Of The Month: Katherine Wang
Katherine Wang, center, is honored as Rotary Student of the Month at the the March 10 meeting of the club. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.comRotary’s motto is “Service above Self” and to support this the Rotary Club of Los Alamos honors one student each month of the academic year. Los Alamos High School (LAHS) student Katherine Wang is the newest young person to receive this recognition.
She was honored during the regular club meeting Tuesday at the Manhattan Project Restaurant.
Rotary students of the month are first nominated by their Read More
Science On Tap: Engineering Microalgae For Biofuel Production
LACD News:
The Los Alamos Creative District will present the next installment of its On Tap series at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19 at UnQuarked – The Wine Room, 145 Central.
The Bradbury Science Museum hosts this week’s brief presentation and interactive discussion will follow.
Concerns about high-energy prices, finite fossil fuel reserves, rising atmospheric CO2 levels, and energy security have put focus on microalgae as a renewable domestic fuel source. The optimization of microalgae for biomass and lipid production in a biofuel production pond environment would be highly Read More
LADOC: How To Better Understand And Manage Dogs
LADOC News:LAPS Takes Students’ PARCC Test Concerns Seriously
By GENE SCHMIDTOn Thursday, March 11, a group of Los Alamos High School students met for half an hour after school in the LAHS lobby to provide information to the public about their concerns for next week’s state test, called the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. PARCC, as it is known to students and staff, replaces previous years’ Standards Based Assessment.
This marks the first year of the PARCC test, which is a part of the New Mexico state graduation testing requirements. While there are alternative ways to demonstrate proficiency, high Read More
Learn About Wetland Restoration At PEEC Thursday
Southern New Mexico grasslands. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Southern New Mexico has many desert grasslands, which are home to a number of bird and plant species. This important habitat, however, is threatened by historic overgrazing and climate change.
In a free presentation at PEEC at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, Karla Sartor will discuss this topic, including techniques to restore wetland and grassland habitats in southern New Mexico, which can also be applied to the Pajarito Plateau.
Sartor is an ecologist who worked as a restoration and conservation ecologist with The Nature Conservancy Read More
LOL Los Alamos At Smith Auditorium March 27
LAHS News:
Laugh Out Loud Los Alamos, A night of comedy and music to benefit the Los Alamos High School band program is 7 p.m., March 27.
Tickets are $12 for students/seniors and $15 for adults and can be purchased in advance at CB FOX or at the door.
The night of comedy features the Pleasure Pilots – Original N’ Vintage Rhythm and Blues featuring some of New Mexico’s greatest musical treasures:
- David Phillips (Keyboards and Vocals);
- Fred Spencer (Guitar and vocals);
- Ray Griffin (saxophone);
- Terry Bluhm (Bass); and
- Pete Amahl (drums).
Comedy
Headliner: Roger Haak
Haak is a self described “arts Read More
Discover New Mexico Visits Los Alamos Middle School
Dakota Duran and Lucario Chavez show off their tin smithing work. Courtesy photo
A few experts in local culture and history paid a visit to Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) in February.
Students in the Night Hawk school team received a presentation from Jorge Maldonado and Joanie Budzileni of Bandelier National Monument on the history of the national monument and the importance of preservation. Additionally, San Ildefonso Pueblo Gov. James Mountain shared the pueblo’s history and artifacts while LAMS teacher Laura Parkison educated students about the history Read More
LAMS Serving Breakfast During PARCC Testing
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Middle School will be serving breakfast during PARCC testing.
Summit Foods will have items ranging from 50 cents to $3 to help students get a good start to their day. Read More
Northern New Mexico Science Showdown April 19
