Letter to the Editor: Frustration With Mandated Testing
By DARREN MEADOWSI thought I would share a note from a friend of mine regarding the state’s flawed teacher/student evaluation plan and encourage all of the community to get involved, informed and evaluate the opt out option.
Dear Mrs. Skandera and Governor Martinez: I am a level 3, National Boards Certified Teacher in my 14th year teaching high school English. I score AP essays each summer and write curriculum.
As one of the highest paid teachers in the state, I am also a divorced mother of two children who can hardly pay rent without side work. So on top of grading 150 essays a week, attending Read More
UNM-LA Advisory Board Candidates Present Views At League Of Women Voters Forum
League of Women Voters President Barbara Calef moderates Wednesday’s forum with UNM-LA Advisory Board candidates, from left, Michael D. DiRosa, Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes, James Nealy Robinson and incumbent Stephen Boerigter. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
UNM-LA Advisory Board candidates field questions from the audience Wednesday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Meet UNM-LA Advisory Board Position 3 Candidate James Robinson
By JAMES ROBINSON, CandidateIt is hard to believe that we are only three weeks from another election. It seems just like yesterday that I was filling my candidacy forms and gearing up for the holidays.
With the holidays behind us, I would like to take some time to explain what I would like to do if I am elected to Position 3 of the UNM-LA Advisory Board.
I would first like to thank The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos for inviting me to talk to and meet their chapter last week. It was a great pleasure to meet the members, and enjoy a great lunch.
As I have said before, UNM-LA holds Read More
Hargraves: Middle Level Students
By BILL HARGRAVES, Candidate
Mountain Science Fair Features Nearly 100 Exhibits
Community turns out for Wednesday’s science fair at Mountain Elementary School. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
A large crowd attended Wednesday’s annual science fair at Mountain Elementary School where nearly 100 exhibits were on display.
“I’m very impressed with the high caliber of projects this year,” Mountain Elementary Principle Jennifer Guy said. “I think many of these exhibits will be very competitive at the County Science Fair and some will go as far as state.”
“Nearly two-thirds of the exhibits seen Wednesday
Los Alamos High School’s Deanna Gutierrez Selected For United States Senate Youth Program
Deanna Gutierrez of Los Alamos High School
U.S. SENATE News:
Students Headed to Washington, D.C.; Receiving $5,000 Scholarship
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich have announced the names of the two students who have been selected as delegates to the 53rd annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) set for March 7-14 in Washington, D.C.
Deanna Gutierrez of Los Alamos and Jonathan Salazar of Albuquerque were chosen from across the state to be part of the group of 104 student delegates who will attend the program’s 53rd annual Washington Week.
Gutierrez attends Los Read More
Work Turns Inside On New Nature Center; Time Is Running Out On Naming Opportunities
The Los Alamos County Nature Center exterior this morning on Canyon Road. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Exhibits are being fabricated for the new nature center. Courtesy photo
PEEC News:
With the new year comes a new focus on the Los Alamos County Nature Center. The building, now nearly completed, sits ready for the next phase of construction: installing the professionally designed and developed exhibits and planetarium projector.
Meanwhile, finishing touches are being made on the exhibits in a fabrication facility in Albuquerque. Soon they will be transported up to Los Alamos Read More
Bjarke-McKenzie Withdraws From School Board Race
Judy Bjarke-McKenzie
POLITICAL News:
Los Alamos School Board President Bjarke-McKenzie just told the Los Alamos Daily Post that she is withdrawing from her bid for re-election.
“I regretfully have withdrawn due to personal and medical reasons and I don’t want people to vote for me and waste their vote,” she said.
Early voting began this morning for the Feb. 3 election so it is too late to remove Bjarke-McKenzie’s name from the ballot.
“The other candidate in my district, Jenny McCumber, is perfectly capable and a good choice for school board,” Bjarke-McKenzie Read More
Los Alamos High School Graduate Becomes First Woman President Of Croatia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
A Los Alamos High School graduate has been elected the first woman president of Croatia.
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, 46, graduated from Los Alamos High School in 1986.
“This is a wonderful story of success by one of our alumni to realize this great achievement – it speaks to her character to take on this kind of challenge,” LAPS Superintendent Dr. Gene Schmidt said. “Mrs. Dorothy (Dee) Wilson was her counselor and describes her as very enthusiastic, a fun person who was not shy and who wanted Read More
LAPS Superintendent Issues Weather Announcement
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Superintendent of Schools Dr. Gene Schmidt announced he is monitoring the approaching storm.
“School administration is in contact with LANL and Los Alamos County,” Schmidt said. “We will continue to monitor the weather through the night. Be watching our website later this evening or early tomorrow morning for updates on the status of school for tomorrow. Decisions about delaying or closing school are made in collaboration with LANL and Los Alamos County.”
Schmidt added that in the event of a school delay or closure, local media and television Read More
Hargraves: Taking Our Schools From Good To Great
By BILL HARGRAVES, CandidateArtist Sasha Scully Donates Painting To Aspen School
The 4’x6′ oil painting of aspen trees created by Los Alamos artist Sasha Scully hangs on the wall in the stairway at Aspen Elementary School. Scully donated the painting to the school when it reopened in November following major renovations. Photo by Vint Miller
Sasha Scully. Courtesy photoSchool Board Meets 5 p.m. Tuesday
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board will hold a Regular Meeting and a Special Session at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13 in the School Board Room at the School Administration Building.
Following roll call and the Pledge of Allegience, the Board will go into Executive Session to discuss threatened litigation. The Regular Meeting will resume afterward, with presentations, regular business and reports.
The Regular Meeting is open to the public.
UNM-LA Class Targets Marketing Basics
Laura Loy
UNM-LA News:
Do you feel your business or organization could benefit from a new approach to marketing, or perhaps you are curious about this fun and interesting field? UNM-LA will be offering an Introduction to Marketing (MGMT 222) course this semester, in which course participants will not only learn the basics of marketing, but also put what they’ve learned to use by writing a real marketing plan.
The three credit hour course meets 10-11:15 a.m., Mondays and Wednesdays beginning Jan.12 through May 9. Local businesswoman and UNM-LA instructor Laura Loy will teach the course.
In this Read More
Masonic Breakfast Benefits McCurdy Charter School
Students and family members came from McCurdy to cook and serve waffle breakfasts for their fundraiser this morning as Pajarito Masonic Lodge No. 66 (Los Alamos) and Valley Masonic Lodge No. 69 (Espanola) joined forces to host a charity breakfast in Los Alamos. This month’s breakfast benefits the McCurdy Charter School in Espanola, which is sending 19 mid-school students to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Close Up Program. Close Up is a civic organization that informs, inspires, and empowers young people to exercise the rights and accept the responsibilities of citizens in a democracy.
School Board And UNM/LA Advisory Board Candidate Forum Wednesday At Fuller Lodge
LWVLA News:
The League of Women Voters of Los Alamos will hold a forum for Los Alamos Public Schools and UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board candidates in Fuller Lodge, 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, (with refreshments at 6:30 p.m.).
Members of the Los Alamos High School Hilltalkers debate team will assist at the event as timekeepers and microphone facilitators.
School Board Candidates:
- District 3: Nancy Ann Holmes, William Hargraves, Sheryl Nichols;
- District 4: Andrea Cunningham, Michael Fassbender; and
- District 5: Judy Bjarke-McKenzie, Jennifer McCumber.
All three LAPS districts are Read More
Common Cause Official Discusses Campaign Financing, Ethics In Government At Thursday’s Legislative Preview
Common Cause New Mexico Executive Director Viki Harrison, right, discusses the issues at Thursday’s Legislative Preview in Fuller Lodge. Listening from left, Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, Sen. Carlos Cisneros and Rep. Jim Smith. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Community members turn out for Thursday’s Legislative Preview in Fuller Lodge. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
STAFF REPORT
- Editor’s Note: Read the discussion by Sen. Carlos Cisneros, Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard and Rep. Jim Smith in Saturday’s edition of the Los
Learn To Publish Using Adobe InDesign At UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
Have you ever wanted to publish your own book, magazine or company newsletter and get professional looking results that other desktop publishing software packages can’t deliver? Learn to use Adobe InDesign, the industry leading page layout software on the market today.
UNM-LA is offering Digital Media Arts 203 (DMA203), Introduction to Desktop Publishing (Adobe InDesign). The three credit hour class will meet 9-11:30 a.m., Mondays and is taught by UNM-LA adjunct faculty member John Halliday.
The class will cover the basics of how to compose flyers, brochures, magazines, Read More
LANL Foundation Offers Monthly Grants That Strengthen Teaching And Learning
LANL Foundation News:
The LANL Foundation offers Educational Outreach Small Grants to school districts and nonprofits with programs that strengthen teaching and learning.
Grants of up to $1,500 are available monthly to support public schools and nonprofits working in education in Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe and Taos counties.
Previously, grants were limited to programs related to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). The grants are now available to more nonprofit programs focused on teaching and learning.
The nonprofit focus should be Read More
Local Student Talia Ben-Naim Helps Her Community
Los Alamos Middle School student Talia Ben-Naim presents checks for $840 each to Self Help, Inc Director Ellen Morris Bond and YMCA Youth and Family Director Jeremy Smith from her very successful Rock on Climbathon. The proceeds raised from her fundraising event assist the YMCA in providing scholarships and assist Self Help, Inc. in providing consultation and advocacy, emergency financial assistance and seed money grants to area residents. The Rock on Climbathon is part of Ben-Naim’s ‘passion project’ in LAMS seventh grade GATE class, in which she is a student. ‘Passion Read More
