Bagpipes Mark St. Patrick’s Day at Los Alamos High School
LAHS Senior Tristan Goodwin celebrated St. Patrick's Day at the High School by playing a few songs on his bagpipes. Goodwin has been playing the instrument for more than nine years. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
St. Patrick's Day Pipes. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com Read More
Lecture On 16th Century New Mexico March 29
Alan Osborne. Courtesy/CIR
SFCIR News:
Santa Fe Council on International Relations presents a public lecture by Alan Osborne, co-founder of Southwest Seminars. The lecture is titled “Crisis and Confrontation in 16th Century New Mexico: People of Stone and People of Steel.”
The event is 3 p.m. Saturday, March 29 at the Forum, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, 1600 St. Michael’s Dr. The cost is $10 for non-members and free to CIR members.
Osborne, a native of Oklahoma, was educated at Oklahoma State University and completed his master’s coursework at the University Read More
Y Offers Camps for Learning and Outdoor Play
Kids learn about gardening at last year’s iCARE Day camp. Courtesy/YMCARegistration is open for Y summer programs. Camp registrations completed by April 30 save a $25 registration fee. Summer options for teens and elementary-school aged youth are available.
The Y has two camp choices for youth in kindergarten through seventh grade.
Y Camp offers a traditional day “camp” experience for elementary age youth featuring arts and crafts, drama, sports, assembly, swimming, hikes, field trips and the opportunity to create friendships with other Read More
Chloe Keilers is Rotary Club Student of the Month
Rotary student of the month Cloe Keilers with the teachers she credits with having the most positive influence in her life Kathy Boerigter, left, and Margo Batha. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Chloe Keilers, a junior at Los Alamos High School (LAHS), was recently honored as Rotary Student of the Month. Keilers is the daughter of Chuck Keilers and Marjorie Madsen Keilers.
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 Read More
Education 101: Budget Committee Starts Work on 2015 Budget
Education 101: Budget Committee Starts Work on 2015 BudgetNow that Gov. Martinez has signed the state budget, local school districts are beginning to work on their budgets for the coming school year. The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) will provide each school district with its share of state K-12 funding after its March 26-28 budget workshop. State funding typically provides about 70 percent of K-12 funding for Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS).
LAPS has formed a Budget Committee, made up of administrators, teachers, and a few community members, Read More
Los Alamos Students To Kick Butts Next Week
Dr. Eric Bernstein. Courtesy/LAPS
The Los Alamos Public Schools Prevention Office has enlisted the assistance of local oncologist, Dr. Eric Bernstein, MD, MPH, to help high school youth kick the nicotine habit or better yet, never start in the first place.
The annual Kick Butts campaign is set to take place in Los Alamos all of next week, with Bernstein featured as a guest speaker on the actual day, Wednesday, March 18.
The “Stand Up, Speak Out and Seize Control” activities will be used as a partial fundraiser for the program and also to benefit Read More
School Board to Discuss Litigation in Executive Session
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board will hold a Special School Board Meeting at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at the Los Alamos Middle School Library, 2101 Hawk Dr.
The Special School Board Meeting will go into a closed Executive Session in the Los Alamos Middle School Special Education conference room for the purposes of attorney client privilege/pending litigation matters, to discuss the settlement conference in employee litigation pursuant to Section 10-15-1-H(7) of the Open Meetings Act.
After the closed Executive Session is over, President Judy Bjarke-McKenzie will reconvene the Read More
LAMS Second at State MATHCOUNTS Competition
LAMS MATHCOUNTS team from left, Connor Rittner, Do Vo, Antonio Dowdy, Christopher Koh, Duncan Fuehne, Donald Poston, coach Jane Lataille and coach Phuong Nguyen. (Not shown Dylan Ma.) Courtesy photoLAMS News:
The Los Alamos Middle School MATHCOUNTS team placed second March 8, at the state MATHCOUNTS competition.
The state contest was held at Albuquerque Academy. The team was made up of Do Vo, Donald Posten, Antonio Dowdy and Christopher Koh.
Vo placed second overall. Posten placed 5th overall. Fuehne and Dowdy each placed in the top 16. In addition, Connor Rittner placed Read More
SBDC-Los Alamos Holds Free Workshops on Government Contracting
SBDC-LOS ALAMOS News:
The Small Business Development Center-Los Alamos, in association with the Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP), will conduct two free workshops to help businesses get started with selling to the government. The workshops are Thursday, April 3, on the UNM-Los Alamos campus.
The first workshop Government Contracting Basics for Small Business will cover such topics as whether the government purchases a particular product or service, how to get started selling to the government, whether government certifications are necessary, available resources Read More
Los Alamos Cadet Earns General Billy Mitchell Award
Members of the Los Alamos Composite Squadron at the airport Monday. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Col. Mark Smith presents C/2nd Lt. Justin Dunn of Los Alamos with the General Billy Mitchell Award. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
CAP News:
At the weekly Los Alamos Composite Squadron Cadet meeting Monday, March 10, Col. Mark Smith presented the General Billy Mitchell Award to C/2nd Lt. Justin Dunn.
Following the presentation, Col. Smith, the Commander of the New Mexico Wing of Civil Air Patrol, shared remarks about the life and career of General Billy Mitchell and
Letter to the Editor: Having Trouble Understanding School Board’s Decision
By SUE and RUDY HENNINGERTo Dr. Kevin Honnell
March 13, 2014
Dear Kevin,
This letter has taken so long to compose because I was so angry about our school board’s treatment of Dr. Schmidt that I have needed time to be more civil. You are our representative, and having worked with you on the Barranca Mesa Pool Board I have seen that you have the capacity to consider things carefully. I am therefore hoping that you will take our comments to heart and consider what we have to say.
When we look at the last five years we see so many positive things that have happened in the schools due to Dr. Schmidt’s Read More
Pi-rates Celebrate Pi Day at Los Alamos Middle School
Alleah Garcia, custodian (and Pi-rate) Alfredo Tena, Assistant Prinicpal Anna Vargas-Gutierrez. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen.
Pi Day t-shirt. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
Student Ruby Selvage celebrates Pi Day with a piece of pie. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen.Internships Target Migrant/Seasonal Farmworking Students
NMSHSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five migrant/seasonal farmworker college students will be selected to live and work in Washington, D.C. for an intensive eight week internship and professional mentoring program. The goal is to provide life altering experiences and networks to help students make the intellectual, cognitive, and emotional transition from agricultural life to that of a professional.
Instead of youth working in the fields harvesting fruits or vegetables in the sweltering summer heat, they will live with host families, be placed in positions from the Department of Read More
Kids Become Inventors and Engineers at Build It!
The youngest Big Sky campers build working boats at last year’s Los Alamos Build It! camp. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
A camper puts her robot through its paces at the 2013 Build It! camp in Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comBig Sky Learning Build It! Summer Camps will return to Los Alamos this summer for three weeks of fun and learning this July. Art meets science in thee one-week sessions, divided into nine camps.
Campers can attend all three weeks or one or two weeks as they choose. Each week, three Read More
LAHS Color Guard: ‘Try It Night’ March 20
LAHS News:
Calling all high school students (home schooled included).
- Want to be in a sport but wanted more self expression?
- Ever thought that being in a Marching Band would be cool, but don’t play a Marching Band instrument?
- Looking for a new and fun way to display those moves?
- Like to travel and compete as part of an award winning group?
- Just want to learn something new?
- Looking for a way to fill one of the LAHS arts credit?
Well, here is your chance…
The LAHS Color Guard is looking for students to join them in the 2014-15 school year. Everyone is welcome.
As an integral section of the Topper Read More
Finalists Announced For Los Alamos High School Principal
LAPS News:
The selection process for the next principal of Los Alamos High School is proceeding according to schedule. A committee of parents and teachers screened nine applicants for principal and made their recommendations for finalists for the position. A student committee also screened the applicants and made their recommendations. Based on this process the following candidates have been selected to interview for the position Monday, March 24:
- Deborah Belew-Nyquist, Silverdale, Wash.,
- Callie Jacobs, Woodbury, Minnesota; and
- Michael Johnson, Los Alamos.
Belew-Nyquist has 14 Read More
Five LAMS Students Win Regional National History Day Competitions
From left, Caroline Haagaenstad, Antonio Dowdy, Thomas Chadwick, Zoe Hemez, Miriam Wallstrom, Ruby Selvage and Julia Agnew. Courtesy photo
LAMS News:
Five students from Los Alamos Middle School participated in the recent National History Day regional competitions and each one placed in his or her category. All five students are moving on to compete again at the statewide competition April 25 in Albuquerque.
The National History Day competitions allow several types of entries including websites, documentaries, papers, performances or exhibits. Each entry is thoroughly researched Read More
Aspen Students Create Rubik’s Cube Mosaics
Aspen Elementary School Librarian Jeff Lloyd with a mosaic of Principal Kathryn Vandenkieboom on display in the school’s library. Courtesy/LAPSFLAPSF News:
Did you ever solve a Rubik’s Cube? It’s not as easy as it looks. Before Suzy Koehn started teaching a unit on the Rubik’s Cube, she had only ever solved one side, but the novel toy intrigued her as a teaching tool.
A Rubik’s Cube mosaic created by Suzy Koehn’s GATE students at Aspen Elementary. This Abraham Lincoln mosaic was recently on display at Mesa Public Library. Courtesy/LAPSF
As a GATE teacher at Aspen Elementary Read More
LAHS Students to Compete at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles
From left, Coleman Kendrick, team members Esteban Abeyta and Ashvini Vaidya and second alternate Devon Conradson are heading for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 11-16 in Los Angeles. Courtesy photo
LAHS News:
Los Alamos High School students qualified last weekend at the Northeastern New Mexico Regional Fair for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 11-16 in Los Angeles.
Coleman Kendrick and the team of Esteban Abeyta and Ashvini Vaidya won Grand Awards and both projects qualified for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Devon Read More
