School Board Mulls Future of Facilities
ARC’s Sayre Gerhart presents preliminary report on LAPS Five Year Facilities Master Plan. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comLos Alamos Public Schools is moving forward with planning for the future of its facilities.
Community members of the 20 Year Facility Committee were announced at Thursday’s School Board Work Session including Grant Stewart, Scott Crocket, Kurt Steinhaus, Wayne Kohlrust and Larry Goen.
The committee will examine all school facilities and make recommendations for rebuilding and renovations, Read More
Hilltopper Marching Band Music Fills Sullivan Field
The Los Alamos High School HilltopperMarching Band is playing and marching Thursday at Sullivan Field on the UNM-LA campus. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
‘Nature on Tap’ Tackles Bears and Trash Issue Aug. 28
A bear roams in Los Alamos. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Join Los Alamos County Environmental Services Division Manager Angelica Gurule, for the next “Nature on Tap.”
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will host this installation of “Nature on Tap,” which is part of an informal discussion series started by the Los Alamos Creative District. The talk is 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28 at the Blue Window Bistro.
There have been a number of bears sighted around town this summer, searching for trash in bins and dumpsters, and many citizens are concerned for their own safety as well as the Read More
Applicants Sought For School Board Position 3
From left, LAPS Superintendent Gene Schmidt, former school board member Dave Foster and School Board President Judy Bjarke-McKenzie presenting Foster with an appreciation plaque for his four years of service on the board. Foster represented School Board Position 3, which is now in need of a representative. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
With the recent resignation of Los Alamos Board of Education member Dave Foster School Board, school board position 3 is in need of a representative.
To fill this position, an applicant must be a registered voter and resident living within School Board Boundary Read More
Beta Sigma Phi Hosts Ice Cream Social Saturday
BETA SIGMA PHI News:
The local council of Beta Sigma Phi sorority will hold its annual Ice Cream Social 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 at East Park in Los Alamos, under the pavilion near the swings.
The Ice Cream Social is hosted by the Preceptor Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi and is open to all members and any prospective members. Come to the social to learn more about the sorority. Members are invited to come and renew friendships, as well as catch up with sorority sisters and their summer activities.
Beta Sigma Phi is an international group of women who care about each other, their community and the world. Read More
This Year’s First Café Scientifique Sept. 25
Poster designed by a Café Youth Leadership Team member. Courtesy/CS
Café Scientifique News:
This year’s first Café Scientifique in Los Alamos is set for 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25 in the second floor conference room of the Los Alamos Research Park.
Bandelier Birding Interns Discuss Biological and Cultural Diversity in their Home Country of Mexico
Fernando Mayani and Jessica Thompson, both from Mexico, and currently working as interns in Bandelier’s bird banding program. Courtesy/PEECPEEC NEWS
Mexico is one of the most biologically and culturally diverse countries in the world. These two categories, culture and nature have gone hand-in-hand throughout history in Mexico, nature being fundamental to Mexican cultural development and vice versa.
In a free presentation at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, two interns from Mexico, currently working at Bandelier, Read More
Atomic City Children’s Theater Holds Auditions For Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr.
ACCT News:
Atomic City Children’s Theater (ACCT), the Los Alamos Public Schools’ after-school theater program, is excited to announce auditions for its elementary school production of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr., a two-act musical play based on Dahl’s children’s book and full-length movie.
Registration begins at 1 p.m. and auditions are 2-4 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 27 in the Mountain Elementary School gymnasium. The auditions are open to any 5th or 6th grade students in the Los Alamos area.
ACCT also is looking for students interested in participating as student directors/choreographers Read More
Girl Scout Troop 116 Ramps Up For RocketDay
Girl Scout Troop 116 at Aspen Elementary School Aug. 12 distributing model rocket kits. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
Girl Scout Troop 116 is made up of 12 seventh grade girls from Los Alamos and White Rock who are working toward earning their Girl Scout Silver Award.
The project they have undertaken is RocketDay, which is the kick-off event for the Los Alamos ScienceFest. RocketDay celebrates the rockets launched into space that carried instruments built by Los Alamos National Laboratory over the years. It is a partnership between Troop 116, the local chapter of the National Association Read More
Senate Majority Whip Requests Audit Results On PED Scoring
Tim Keller
ALBUQUERQUE – Senate Majority Whip Tim Keller, D-Bernalillo, sent a letter last week to Public Education Department (PED) Secretary-Designate Hanna Skandera requesting audit results that pertain to the A-F school scoring and teacher evaluation scoring.
Keller’s request comes as the new school year begins for most New Mexican children and following significant public debate surrounding the models for scoring.
“The scores we use to gauge the effectiveness of our teachers and our schools have significant impact over the distribution of education funding and therefore quality Read More
LANL Foundation Hosts Annual First Born® Conference Featuring Dr. Bruce Perry Sept. 23
Dr. Bruce Perry
LANLF News:
How do we foster brain development and create safe and healthy environments for children to thrive?
Dr. Bruce Perry, a nationally known psychiatrist who has served as a consultant in the Columbine school shootings and other traumatic events, will present on “The Power of Early Childhood” at the annual First Born® Conference 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Sept. 23 at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort at Santa Ana Pueblo.
Perry is Senior Fellow of the ChildTrauma Academy in Houston, Texas and an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Read More
Los Alamos School Board Meets 5:30 p.m. Thursday
Image of a commemorative plaque to be installed at Aspen Elementary Schools. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board will hold a work session at 5:30 p.m., Thursday in the School Board Room at the Administration Offices, 2075 Trinity Dr.
Architectural Research Services will present a preliminary report of its 5-Year Facilities Master Plan of Los Alamos Public Schools. Also, scheduled for Thursday’s work session is an update on enrollment at the schools, a commemorative plaque for Aspen Elementary Schools, introduction of a 20-year Facilities Committee and initial Read More
Rotary Exchange Students Spend School Year With Los Alamos Families
Inbound exchange students, from left, Frederiek Gerretschen of the Netherlands and Markus Essl of Austria and outbound student Faith Koh of Los Alamos who is spending a year with a Rotarian family in France, attended Tuesday’s Rotary Club of Los Alamos meeting at the Manhattan Project. The inbound students will live with a variety of Rotary families throughout the 2014-15 school year before returning home next June. For more information about Rotary Exchange, email losalamosrye@gmail.com. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
SFI: Design Principles of Biological Growth Control
Arthur D. Lander
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute will host a seminar at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21 in the Collins Conference Room, 1399 Hyde Park Road.
Arthur D. Lander, University of California, Irvine; SFI External Professor, will speak on “Design Principles of Biological Growth Control.”
Abstract:
Our bodies arise through a process of controlled growth that can exhibit great speed and precision. That this happens is remarkable given that the basic units of growth—cells and parts of cells—are self-reproducing, and therefore naturally increase in an exponential Read More
School Board Work Session Thursday
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board will hold a Work Session at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21 at the School Administrative Office Conference Room, 2075 Trinity Dr.
The agenda includes a preliminary report on the Five Year Facilities Master Plan, an enrollment update, Commemorative Plaque for Aspen School and introduction of the 20-year Facility Committee.
The public is welcome to attend. Read More
Smith’s Marketplace Donates $5K to PEEC’s Capital Campaign
Smith’s Marketplace Director Erik Boehm presented a $5,000 check this morning to Executive Director Katie Watson of the Pajarito Environmental Education Center for their Capital Campaign, which is helping support the new Nature Center on Canyon Road. Watson explained that Smith’s Marketing Vice President Marsha Gilford told her that everywhere she went in the community during a July visit, people told her how much they loved PEEC and this donation is the largest among the many the new store has contributed to community organizations. Boehm added that he was pleased to present Read More
Arson Did Not Damage Pinon Elementary’s Spirit
Police are searching for the person or persons who set fire to playground equipment at Pinon Elementary School Wednesday night. ‘We are all sad here about what happened but did not let it ruin our spirits and the so many positive celebrations in the students’ first day of school,” teacher Christine Peters told the Los Alamos Daily Post. ‘We are a family at Pinon and will overcome this and we will continue to provide our students an outstanding educational experience.’ Anyone with information on this case is urged to contact police at 505.662.8222. Photo by Chrstine Read More
Retirees Celebrate ‘NOT Back to School’ Thursday
Celebrating Thursday’s ‘NOT Back to School’ breakfast, Inez Ross and Bill Hudson gather with other retired educators. Hudson founded the annual event 40 years ago. He called a few retirees and they called others, and it grew into the big event it is today. Many thanks go to retiree Judy Crocker who has been the organizer of this annual event for years. The retirees share breakfast at Kelly Hall at Trinity on the Hill, meet new retirees and visit after their no agenda, no dues, no obligation meeting. Photo by Karyl Ann Armbruster
Pinon Elementary School Playground Vandalized
LAPS News:
Los Alamos School Superintendent Gene Schmidt announced moments ago that the school district has posted a $1,000 reward for information leading to the identification of the person(s) responsible for the vandalism overnight to the Pinon Elementary School playground on Grand Canyon in White Rock.
Police and members of the Los Alamos Fire Department responded to a call of a fire on the Pinon playground that came in at approximately 1:28 a.m., today from a resident who called Fire Station 3 on N.M. 4.
Police Cpl. Sheldon Simpson, Det. Joey Robinson and firefighters from Engine 10 responded Read More
School is Back in Session!
Aimee Morrison is Piñon Elementary School’s favorite crossing guard. Her smiling face and happy waves have greeted students and parents for several years at the Sherwood/Grand Canyon intersection. She enjoys wearing silly hats for the kids, and today’s hat says, ‘Welcome Back!’ in honor of the first day of classes for the 2014-15 school year. Photo by April Nolan Read More
