Many Elk Spotted During PEEC’s Valles Caldera Tour
Participants in the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s latest Take Wing event traveled Thursday to see elk moving around the Valles Caldera National Preserve at dusk. The group heard many elk bugling, saw several males with large racks and many females during the special event for people who have contributed $150 for the new Nature Center. For more information, click here. Photo by Rick Wallace
Photo by Rick Wallace
Laura Loy and her daughter. Photo by Felicia Orth
Linda Doolen. Photo by Felicia Orth
Victoria LeDuc. Photo by Felicia Orth
Guide Jim Trout. Photo by Felicia Read More
School Board Work Session At Pinon Thursday
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board will hold a Work Session at 5:30 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 25 at the Pinon Elementary School Library.
The agenda includes:
- Pinon Elementary School Report;
- Transition of Aspen School;
- Visions Inventory update;
- School Board Committee Reports;
- RFP process for superintendent search;
- Salaries Study; and
- School Board Policy Review.
The meeting is open to the public. Read More
Homecoming Parade 2014 … Go Toppers!
Topper spirit was fierce at today’s Los Alamos High School Homecoming Parade on Central Avenue. The Toppers play against the Kirtland Central High School Broncos tonight at Sullivan Field. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Go Toppers! Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
It was a balmy 80 degrees as spectators lined Central Avenue to cheer on the entries in today’s Homecoming Parade and participants handed out candy and Topper tee shirts. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Superintendent of Schools Dr. Gene Schmidt, right, and Assistant Superintendent Read More
Letter to the Editor: Thanks LAPSF For Science Classroom Makeover
Barbara MusgraveDuring the summer of 2014, the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation chose my classroom (E113) at Los Alamos High School as a classroom make-over. And boy did it need it! I had a room full of really old, broken sinks and lab tables with carvings from the Jurassic Period!
I also had an asbestos floor and several species happily breeding in the old lab tables (mice and cockroaches). The workmen told me they found papers from 1968!
I did not have an adequate white board for teaching and none of the tables were movable, so last year when I took video footage to complete Read More
PEEC: Discover Super Secret Slot Canyon 1.5 Miles From Downtown Los Alamos
Discover a super-secret slot canyon only 1.5 miles from downtown Los Alamos. Courtey/PEEC
PEEC News:
Visit a slot canyon so secret that most townies know nothing of it, or get off the beaten path at Tsankawi to explore little known caves, petroglyphs and visits.
In both cases, you will be guided by experts – County Open Space Specialist Craig Martin to the slot canyon, and Bandelier Superintendent Jason Lott through Tsankawi.
These are two of the many Take Wing events that PEEC is offering exclusively to those who donate $150 or more to its capital campaign. The Tsankawi tour is 10 a.m., Sept. 29
Learn How Hand in Hand Schools Build Community Between Arabs and Jews in Israel in Talks Today and Thursday
Arab and Jewish kids learn together at a Hand in Hand School. Courtesy/Hand in HandIn Israel, most Arabs and Jews lead separate lives. They live in separate neighborhoods and attend separate schools, and of course, they speak different languages.
Surrounded by conflict, it’s hard to bridge the gap, but 1,200 students at five Israeli schools are doing just that. Hand in Hand was founded with the idea that by educating Arab and Jewish children together, a community of neighbors could be built where before, there were only perpetual strangers.
Lee Read More
UNM-LA Census Shows Fall Enrollment Increase
Dr. Wynn Goering, CEO, UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
Bucking a statewide decline, the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) recorded a significant increase in its unofficial census numbers after the first 21 days of the fall semester.
Fall 2014 totaled 870 students, an increase of 14 percent over the same period in 2013. UNM-LA students are taking a total of 5,515 credit hours, which is a 4.2 percent increase from fall 2013 and a 21 percent increase from fall 2012.
“With fall enrollment numbers down at virtually every other campus in New Mexico, we see clearly how successful UNM-LA has been in providing Read More
NJROTC Takes Shooters To CMP Cup Match In Texas
Stephanie Nielsen, Holly Hayes, Samantha Miller, Samuel Wolfe and David Murphy. Courtesy/NJROTC
Samantha Miller and Samuel Wolfe at the final round. Courtesy/NJROTC
NJROTC News:
Los Alamos High School’s NJROTC Precision Air Rifle team consisting of David Murphy, Holly Hayes, Samantha Miller, and Samuel Wolfe, and Sporter shooter, Stephanie Nielsen, traveled to a CMP (Civilian Marksmanship Program) Cup match Saturday, Sept. 13 in Lubbock, Texas.
Despite the six hour long drive, the team did extremely Read More
Scenes From PEEC’s Roadside Geology Tour
Geologist Patrick Rowe led a Roadside Geology Tour last weekend stopping along the Main Hill Road, Valle Caldera and Overlook as one of the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s Take Wing events. The group learned about nested calderas, the earlier caldera was the Toledo, and the original path of the Rio Grande running under the Townsite. Rowe’s essential point was that the landscape of the Pajarito Plateau was formed in a dynamic but elegant fashion. Photo by Felicia Orth
Geologist Patrick Rowe points to locations on his map during the tour with Karl Anderson, left,LAHS Homecoming Parade Information And Map
Courtesy/LAHS
LAHS News:
Los Alamos County is going to open up the nearly completed construction area on Central Avenue for Friday’s Los Alamos High School Homeconing Parade and will close this area shortly after the parade finishes.
This year’s Homecoming Parade theme is “Banish the Broncos.”
Staging:
Begins at 1:30p.m. at 4th Street and Central Avenue at the Canyon School parking lot. The parade send-off will begin promptly at 2:30 p.m.
Walkers:
Walkers should be dropped off in the old Smith’s parking lot and walk to Canyon School on 4th Street. There will Read More
Annual Homecoming Bonfire At 7:30 p.m., Wednesday
Seen from the 2013 homecoming bonfire event. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Seen from the 2013 homecoming bonfire event. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
LAYL News:
Los Alamos Youth Leadership (LAYL) is proud to bring to the community the annual homecoming bonfire at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday in the Sullivan Field parking lot.
Everyone is welcome to stop by, support the football team, and roast s’mores while enjoying a nice evening full of music and Topper spirit. The event won’t go past 9:30 p.m. and the Los Alamos Fire Department and Fire Chief Troy Hughes will be standing Read More
State Farm Gives $4,000 To Support Youth
The Española YMCA Teen Center receiving a $4,000 regional State Farm Good Neighbor grant Sept. 3. Courtesy photo
YMCA News:
- Grant Supports Programs at Española Teen Center
The Española YMCA Teen Center received a $4,000 regional State Farm Good Neighbor grant Sept. 3 during a presentation at local State Farm agent Lou Santoro’s office.
Teen Center Director Ben Sandoval and Y Executive Director Linda Daly accepted the grant that will support tutoring, health education and life skills classes offered at the Espanola Teen Center.
“The timing is perfect,” Daly said. “We have under-funded classes Read More
NJROTC Welcomes MSgt. Phil Carter To Program
LCDR Wes Shumaker traveled to Camp Perry, OH with three female precision air rifle marksmen who call themselves ‘Commander’s Angels.’ From left, JoAnna O’Neill, Shumaker, Holly Hayes and Samantha Miller. Also competing were David Murphy and Sam Wolfe. Courtesy photo
MSgt. Phil Carter and Cadet Gianna Maggiore inspect Cadet Sarah Steinman’s uniform last week at the unit. Courtesy photoAs Los Alamos High School Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Read More
School Board Swears In Nan Holmes Tuesday
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board will hold a Special Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16 at the School Board Room, 2075 Trinity Dr.
The agenda includes the swearing in of new school board member Nan Holmes and discussion of the timeline and expectations for the search for a new superintendent. Read More
ScienceFest Mixes Learning With Fun
Young builders create sturctures in the Geodesic Dome Make-a-Thon Saturday at Ashley Pond Park during the final day of this year’s weeklong ScienceFest event. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Youngsters participate in an experiment at the Krazy Science booth. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Team Y High School Robotics group puts on a demonstration. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
ScienceFest crowd fills Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Girl Scout Troop 116 offered face painting at ScienceFest.Bradbury Science Museum Hosts ScienceFest Events
The Bradbury Science Museum has hosted events all week long as part of the Los Alamos ScienceFest, which ends this evening. The audience listened Friday evening to a talk called, Hidden in Plain Sight: Augmented Reality. Augmented reality used to be ‘science fiction’, but it’s not fiction anymore. Imagine the ability to look at an object and, with augmented reality, open hidden information with special ‘eyes’ that let you see amazing things. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Chick Keller has been on the forefront of climate change science, educationLos Alamos County Airport Hosts ‘Science of Flight’
Thomas Spickermann of the Experimental Aircraft Association is assisted by Mariam Tracy in demonstrating how airplane flight works during the Civil Air Patrol and EAA presentation of ‘The Science of Flight’ this morning at Los Alamos County Airport as part of ScienceFest. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Visitors check out personal aircraft and talk with pilots this morning at the Los Alamos County Airport. Some of the planes on display were built by their owners. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Civil Air Patrol cadets with their plane. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comUNM-LA and JJAB to Hold Six-Class Series on Parenting
Cyber Safety and Technology will kick off the six-class series on parenting Sept. 18. Photo/iStock
UNM-LA News:
The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) has joined forces with the Los Alamos Juvenile Justice Advisory Board (JJAB), to put on a six-class parenting series called Raising Children in a Challenging World: A Series for Parents.
Kristine Coblentz, Coordinator and Facilitator of the program said, “This new class series is designed for parents and caregivers of elementary school aged children. It promises to be a great place to gather information, ask questions of the experts, Read More
Funding for LAMS Speech and Debate Team Draws Crowd to Tuesday’s School Board Meeting
Members of the Hawk Talkers Middle School Speech and Debate Team and their supporters packed Tuesday’s School Board Meeting to ask the Los Alamos School Board for help in paying for travel to tournaments. They currently have no funding and are therefore unable to compete. The Los Alamos Hill Talkers High School team has been helping them with funds, but the LAMS program has become so successful (around 90 students are involved) they need $3,000-$7,000 to travel to competitions. Although sports teams at Los Alamos Middle School have a travel budget, this popular activity does not. PhotoNancyAnn Holmes Tapped For School Board Vacancy
NancyAnn Holmes, new District 3 School Board Member, gives her opening statement during Thursday evening’s selection process. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Board members Jim Hall, center, and Kevin Honnell congratulate NancyAnn Holmes on her selection as the District 3 representative on the School Board. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comThe Los Alamos School Board has chosen NancyAnn (Nan) Holmes to serve the remainder of David Foster’s term representing District 3 on the Board.
Foster resigned because Read More
