Atomic Flying Pickles Meet with Fire Retardant Manufacturers
The Atomic Flying Pickles, back row from left, Coach Susannah Rousculp, Catherine Rousculp, Summer Bronson, Jillian Bennett, Haylee Richardson, Elyse Richardson, Indy Warrior, Risa Bridge. Front row from left, Valdo Calvert and Randy Wahl from TetraKO. Photo by Sherry Hardage
An up close look at fire retardant gel. Photo by Sherry Hardage
From left, Risa Bridge, Jillian Bennett, Haylee Richardson, Elyse Phillilps, Indy Warrior, Catherine Rousculp and Timothy Rousculp check out the slime. Photo by Sherry HardageThe Atomic Flying Read More
Los Alamos School Board Holds Special Meeting, Executive Session and Work Session Thursday
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board has scheduled a Special School Board Meeting, School Board Executive Session and School Board Work Session for 5 p.m. Thursday, May 22 at the District’s Administrative Offices, 2075 Trinity Dr., Ste. V.
The Special School Board Meeting agenda includes:
- Closure of meeting to an Executive Session
- Reconvening of Special School Board meeting
- Approval of Budget
- Adjustment Requests for May 2014
- Approval of Cash Transfers for May 2014
- Approval of State Mandated Raise of 3 percent for Certified, Classified, Non Classified/Non Certified Personnel
School on the Hill: Artists and Outsiders
Visual artists Lydia Coe and Craig Mortensen, center, and musician Corbin Pfeffer share their experiences attending school in Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Craig Mortensen displays his archtypal clothing designs at the Senior Thesis Show May 9 at the Santa Fe Institute of Art and Design. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comEditor’s Note: This is part of a continuing series of stories exploring the two-edged sword of the “challenging” nature of the education students receive in Los Alamos.
Craig Read More
Brainology Mentorship Makes an Impact on LAPS Students
LAHS Psych Mentors lead Mountain Elementary School 6th graders through a dissection of sheep brains. Courtesy photo
Mountain Elementary School students with their LAHS AP Psych student mentors. Courtesy photo
LAPS News:
Mountain Elementary School students learned all about about the brain this semester from a group of dedicated Los Alamos High School students in AP Psychology.
For 12 weeks this semester, 11th and 12th grade students in Lynn Ovaska’s AP Psych partnered with 6th grade students in Sarah O’Brien’s class to teach them what they know about the brain. This
Hawk to Hilltopper Famous Shaving Cream War, Lunch, Fun @ Urban Park May 30
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Parks, Recreation & Open Space Division announces that the Hawk to Hilltopper event is set for noon to 3 p.m., May 30 at Urban Park.
This annual event is a celebration for 8th grade students transitioning to high school. Students are treated to a barbeque lunch, inflatable toys and the famous shaving cream war. The event will end with the Los Alamos Fire Department hosing off the students after the shaving cream war.
The event typically ends around 3 p.m. with parents picking up students at the park.
A parent permission form is required to participate in the Read More
New Data Tool Shows New Mexico Among Top in Science & Engineering Categories
HSNW News:
Homeland Security News Wire (HSNW) reports that a newly updated, online, interactive state data tool allows policymakers, educators and other users to discern trends in education, science and research in each of the 50 states and New Mexico is among the top three.
The three states with the highest scores in the number of science and engineering bachelor’s degrees awarded, share of a state’s workforce employed in science and engineering occupations, and the amount of R&D performed, as a share of a state’s gross domestic product (GDP), are Vermont, Virginia and New Mexico. Read More
Elementary ‘Specials’ Teachers Express Concern Over Proposed Pilot Drama Program
LAPS Director of Curriculum and Technology Pam Miller explains the proposed pilot program to bring drama instruction into the regular classroom at Pinon Elementary. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Many of those filling the LAPS Administration Building conference room for Tuesday’s School Board Meeting were teachers concerned over a proposed elementary school drama program that would take funds from other arts and physical education projects. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
A number of Los Alamos elementary Read More
Los Alamos School Board Meeting Highlights
Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard presented the Los Alamos Middle School Science Bowl team and its coach, LAMS science teacher Naomi Unger, with certifictes from the N.M. Legislature commemerating their performance at the Nationals in Washington D.C. The team was 16th in the nation out of 4,000 teams. The team actually beat the second place finishers during an earlier round. Only six teams were made up of students from only a single public school rather than a combination of the best students from a number of schools in a given district, which makes the achievement of the LAMS team School Board Moves Closer to Finalized Budget
LAPS Chief Financial Officer John Wolfe presents the almost-completed Los Alamos Public Schools budget to the School Board Tuesday. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com The Los Alamos School Board moved closer to approving a 2014-15 budget at Tuesday’s meeting, held at the School Administraton Building Conference Room. The final budget will be presented to the Board May 22.
“I’m very happy with the way the budget is shaping up,” Board Vice President Kevin Honnell said.
Budget highlights include the hiring of three new teachers. The cost Read More
Recognition of 2014 Teacher of the Year for New Mexico
From left, LAPS Superintendent Dr. Gene Schmidt, New Mexico Teacher of the Year Carolyn Torres, Paul Aguilar of the Public Education Department, Third Grade Team Teacher Sharon Jiron and Debbie Smith Chamisa Elementary Principal. Torres’ husband David Torres also attended the special event. Courtesy photo
LAPS News:
Carolyn Torres of Los Alamos was honored at the 2014 Teacher of the Year luncheon at UNM in Albuquerque. The award was presented by Paul Aguilar New Mexico Public Education Department.
The New Mexico Teacher of the Year Program began in 1963. Each year, all New Mexico school Read More
Governor Signs Executive Order to Grant Leave for State Employees to Attend Parent-Teacher Conferences
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
- Governor Also Encourages Local Governments, Businesses to Provide Similar Accommodations
Albuquerque—Gov. Susana Martinez signed an executive order Wednesday directing state agencies to provide administrative leave for employees with school-aged children, so that they can regularly participate in parent-teacher conferences in the fall and spring of each school year.
The Governor also encouraged other public bodies not covered by her executive order (such as independent state agencies, local governments, and universities), as well as private Read More
Wesley Skidmore is Rotary Student of the Month
Wesley Skidmore. Courtesy photo
Wesley Skidmore, a junior at Los Alamos High School (LAHS), was recently honored as Rotary Student of the Month. Skidmore is the son of Wendy and Cary Skidmore and the brother of Bradley, Gregory, Jeffrey and Stephanie.
The Rotary Club of Los Alamos selects one student each month of the school year to honor as a Student of the Month. This year’s recipients reflect a combination of both LAHS seniors and juniors; next year, only juniors will be recognized in hopes of inspiring their interest in Rotary programs that fall during Read More
Rotary Supports LAHS DECA Student
State Farm Insurance Agent Abe Dispennette thanks the Rotary Club of Los Alamos for its support of his intern Kaylen Pocaterra of Los Alamos High School to travel to a national DECA conference. They were joined at a recent Rotary meeting at the Manhattan Project Restaurant with LAHS DECA teacher Tammy Seidel. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Mountain School’s Green Team Wins State Competition!
Mountain Elementary School Green Team are the state champions in the Trex Plastic Film Recycling Challenge. Courtesy photo
Mountain Elementary School Green Team state champions with their sponsors Michele Altherr and Karen Henderson. Courtesy photo
MOUNTAIN SCHOOL News:
This past year Mountain School’s Green Team took up the Trex Plastic Film Recycling Challenge. The 15 club members rallied the school and community and turned in a final count of 67,469 plastic bags and overwraps!
They won the New Mexico competition. The school will receive a bird-nesting box and a bench made of Trex Read More
Senior Appreciation Night Needs 30 More Volunteers
Friends share a moment during 2013 Senior Appreciation Night at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
SAN News:
Thirty volunteers are still needed to chaperone the community-sponsored, all-night senior graduation celebration known as SAN (Senior Appreciation Night) for shifts that begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 31.
SAN was created as a fun, safe alternative to dangerous celebrations for graduates. The event is in its 30th year and typically serves 350 students.
Volunteers are needed to work a two to three hour shift at the Youth Activity Center, Read More
UNM-LA’s Student Housing Will Close This Fall While Campus Ponders Options for Aging Buildings
UNM-LA Advisory Board and staff ponder student housing options at Monday’s Advisory Board meeting held at the campus. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
UNM-LA Executive Director Cedric Page catches the ball as Team Y, the LAHS robotics team, demonstrates its robot at Monday’s UNM-LA Advisory Board meeting. The team uses UNM-LA facilities to build its robots each year. This year, the team took second place in the regional competition in Lubbock, Texas – the best the team has ever done in competition. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comNamesake Honored With Painting in Griffith Gymnasium
Attending the unveiling of ceremony of the Thurston ‘Turk’ Griffith painting were classmates Lt. Col. Trevor Dupuy (US Army Retired), Lt. Col. Fred Sheaffer (US Army Retired), Lt. Col. Robert Wells (USAF Retired), Colonel Joe Gross (US Army Retired), and Colonel Jerry Janicke (USAF Retired). Attending, but not pictured, was Lt. Col. Andy Andrews (US Army Retired – West Point Class of 1964). Courtesy photo
LAPS News:
How many residents in Los Alamos know how Griffith Gymnasium got its name? Thanks to his West Point classmates of 1962, residents and visitors entering the foyer Read More
Rotary Club Seeks Young Leaders for Week-long Camp
ROTARY News:
The Rotary Club of Los Alamos is seeking young leaders with an interest in attending a week long camp in the Manzano Mountains in July.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a program that originated with Rotary International and has subsequently been specifically designed by Rotary District 5520 for the students in New Mexico. RYLA 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 select young Read More
LAHS’s Sopahn Kellogg Selected For Yale Global Young Scholars Program
Sopahn Kellogg is selected for Yale Young Global Scholars Program. Courtesy photo Los Alamos High School junior Sopahn Kellogg has been selected for the Yale Young Global Scholars Program. She will be in the Studies for Grand Strategy for students with interests in international relations and security and learning historical lessons about leadership.
“I was very surprised to be accepted since my test scores are not nearly that of my peers,” Kellogg said. “The committee said they liked my essays and interest in global studies, thanks in part to Mr. Androski
Public Invited to LAMS’ Production of ‘Hoodie’
LAPS News:
Director Mimi Adams will launch her production of Hoodie, written by Lindsay Price at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 16 in room 163 at Los Alamos Middle School on Hawks Drive.
The play also will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17. The production is free. Everyone is invited.
Directed by Adams and produced by Dana Kline, LAMS student Katelyn Skeen is the stage manager. Adult actors are Noonday Neese and Dana Kline.
Student actors include:
- Madison Peterson
- Sebastian Chavarria
- Thomas Chadwick
- Michael Clark
- Joseph Sarrao
- Allegra Dougherty
- Anna Lemke
- Kristen Pimentel
- Caleb
