Scenes From Saturday’s Little Forest Fall Fiesta
Little Forest Playschool held its annual Fall Fiesta and Silent Auction Saturday. The Fall Fiesta is one of three events held each year to raise funds for Little Forest, which has been part of the Los Alamos community for more than 60 years. The Fall Fiesta was held on the two-acre playground area at Little Forest Playschool at 3880 Villa St., and included a carnival with activities, animals, games, music and food. Hundreds of children brought their parents, and while the kids were playing, many parents browsed the silent auction, bidding on items donated by local businesses and artisans. The Read More
LAHS And Rotary Exchange Student Federiek Gerretschen Describes Life In The Netherlands
Rotary Exchange Student Federiek Gerretschen discusses life in the Netherlands during her talk Tuesday to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos at the Manhattan Project Restaurant. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Bicycles are the transportation of choice in the Netherlands and fill parking lots much more than cars. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Even before she became a Rotary Exchange Student, Federiek Gerretschen had already done some extensive traveling.
During her presentation to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos Tuesday at the Manhattan Read More
School Staff Celebrate College/Military Day
Los Alamos High School staff turned out Friday for the second annual College/Military Day, supporting Assets In Action and Assets Month throughout September. The Annual day allows the community to demonstrate their path of life-long learning. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen 
Mateo Cardiel and Scott Pomeroy pose for the camera for Fancy Friday, celebrating College/Military Day, part of Assets in Action Month, Friday at Los Alamos High School. Staff at Chamisa and Aspen Elementary Schools also participated in the event. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen Lots of Merchandise at LAHS’s Pegasus Parking Lot Swap Meet Today
There was plenty of merchandise on sale at today’s Pegasus Parking Lot Swap Meet at Los Alamos High School. Proceeds went to Pegasus, which is the LAHS art and literary magazine. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
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Los Alamos Students Awarded Grand Prizes in Reading Challenge
LAPS News:
Three Los Alamos students were awarded grand prizes in the 2014 New Mexico True Reading Challenge.
- Grace Xie, a fifth gradeer at Mountain Elementary School;
- Rainy Ferrell, a first grader at Aspen Elementary School; and
- Reyana Naranjo, a first grader at Mountain Elementary School.
Xie won a hot air balloon ride with Gov. Susana Martinez and a family four-pack of admission tickets to the Albuquerque Balloon Museum.
Ferrell has been invited to meet a Lobo head basketball coach and will receive free tickets to a Lobo basketball game. She also was invited to participate in a center-court Read More
LAHS Students Earn AP Scholar Awards
LAPS News:
Eighty-one students at Los Alamos High School have earned AP scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams.
The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams.
About 22 percent of the 2.2 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award. The Read More
Retired State Sen. Dede Feldman Guest Speaker at AAUW Luncheon Sept. 13
Retired N.M. Sen. DeDe Feldman
AAUW News:
The local chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will hold its Fall Luncheon 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 2390 North Road, lower entrance.
The event will be catered by Ruby K’s is catering the event, which costs $15 per person.
Following the business meeting and presentation of interest groups, members and guests will find out the inside story of the New Mexico Senate as described by retired Sen. Dede Feldman. For 16 years Feldman observed the action from a front row seat and fought for Read More
Udall, Heinrich Invite Outstanding N.M. High School Students to Apply for U.S. Senate Youth Program
Courtesy/USSYP
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced the beginning of the statewide application process for the highly competitive United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP), and encouraged outstanding New Mexico high school juniors and seniors to apply.
Two New Mexico students will be selected as delegates to the 53rd annual Washington Week program. They will join 102 student delegates from around the country on an all expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C., March 7-14, 2015, for an intensive educational program about the workings Read More
Tuesday’s School Board Meeting Includes Introduction of Position 3 Applicants
LAPS News:
The School Board will hold a Regular School Board Meeting and Executive Session at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9 at the Los Alamos Public Schools Administration Building, School Board Room.
The agenda items for the Regular School Board Meeting include a motion to go into a closed Executive Session in the School Board Conference Room to discuss the purchase, acquisition or disposal of real property, specifically the expansion of a leased property.
Following the Executive Session, the school board president will reconvene the Regular School Board. Some of the agenda items include: Read More
LAESF Scholarship Committee Holds Annual Retreat
Committee members from left, Randy Erickson, Chair Phil Tubesing, Immediate Past Chair Rebecca Chamberlin and LANL Foundation Scholarship Program Officer Tony Fox. Photo by Andrea Multari/LANL Foundation
The Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund Advisory Committee annual self-assessment retreat. Photo by Andrea Multari/LANL Foundation
LANL FOUNDATION News:
Newly elected Los Alamos Employee’s Scholarship Fund Chair Phil Tubesing led the Advisory Committee’s self-assessment retreat recently at the LANL Foundation offices in Espanola.
The committee annually evaluates outreach Read More
Los Alamos Public Schools Brighten Up State Fair
Art by LAPS students on display at the N.M. State Fair. Photo by Stephanie Rittner
The display of art by LAPS students at the N.M. State Fair. Photo by Stephanie RittnerLAPS News:
Renne Mitsunaga, art teacher from Chamisa Elementary and Stephanie Rittner, art teacher from Pinon, spent the day at the N.M. State Fair. They didn’t ride the Ferris wheel or eat cotton candy. They hung almost 200 pieces of Los Alamos Public Schools student art in the School Arts building.
Every year, school districts from around the state come together at the state fair to display student artwork. It’s Read More
LAHS’s Pegasus Parking Lot Swap Meet Saturday
LAHS News:Atomic City Children’s Theater to Hold Auditions for 2015 Junior Theater Festival Field Trip
ACCT News:
Atomic City Children’s Theater (ACCT), the Los Alamos Public Schools’ award winning after-school theater program, is excited to announce auditions for its Junior Theater Festival (JTF) field trip to Atlanta, Ga.
Auditions will be held 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 and are open to all students between the ages of 8-18 in the Los Alamos or White Rock area. Students wishing to participate in the field trip should come to the Mountain Elementary School gym. Registration begins noon.
JTF activities begin with an adjudicated performance. Afterwards, students receive positive feedback Read More
Meet PEEC Volunteer Natali Steinberg
Featured Volunteer Natali Steinberg. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Natali Steinberg has been giving her time to PEEC for nearly 10 years, and she’s seen many changes along the way.
From the early days in the current building, to planning for the move to the new Los Alamos County Nature Center next spring, Natali has served as a docent, board member, gardener and more. While Natali seems perfectly at home in northern New Mexico, PEEC learned that Natali has spent most of her life in Colorado, raising her family and enjoying the outdoors.
PEEC sat down with Natali to learn more about her love of nature, Read More
Calling All Pinon Elementary Alumni!
PINON News:
If you attended Pinon anywhere from 1964 to present day, please join us as we celebrate 50 years dedicated to the love of learning.
Several events are being held Friday, Sept. 19 to celebrate Pinon’s birthday. You are welcome to participate in a dunk tank at our annual field day, a cookie reception/birthday party prior to dismissal or to walk alongside our celebratory birthday float in the homecoming parade.
If you are interested in any of these events and would like to show off your Pinon pride, contact Whitney Holland (w.holland@laschools.net).
Go Panthers! Read More
Barranca Elementary School Principal and Staff Take ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Wednesday Afternoon
Let It Pour: Folks at Barranca Elementary School took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Wednesday afternoon. Barranca Principal Brad Parker, gray shorts, was challenged by Barranca Secretary Kelly Saeger, black dress, who also challenged Barranca staff members. Courtesy photo
Barranca Elementary School Secretary Kelly Saeger took the ALS Challange and also challenged Barranca Principal Brad Parker, right, and staff members Wednesday at the school. Courtesy photo Read More
Achieve Master of Public Administration From UNM in Los Alamos … Learn How at UNM-LA Sept. 9
Chamisa’s Adelaide Jacobson Attends Robotics Academy At Carnegie Mellon University
Chamisa teacher Adelaide Jacobson is among those who participated in the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Academy. Courtesy photoLAPSF News:
Funded by a Professional Development Grant from the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation, Chamisa Elementary School teacher Adelaide Jacobson joined a diverse group of educators from around the United States, Indonesia, Ireland, Madagascar, Qatar and Viet Nam for a week in July at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Robotics Academy in Pittsburgh, PA..
Of the 24 “teacher students” in the course, Jacobson estimates that about 75 percent teach Read More
PEEC ‘Flyometer’ Reaches 90 Percent
Board member Selvi Viswanathan moves the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) ‘Flyometer’ to 90 percent, as Marketing and Communications Coordinator Laura Loy looks on. Courtesy/PEECPEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center “Flyometer” is now at 90 percent. It measures how close PEEC is to reaching its goal of raising $1.2 million to fund indoor and outdoor exhibits and a professional planetarium projector for the new Los Alamos County Nature Center.
The new center, which will open next spring, is a public-private partnership between the County and PEEC. The Read More
