Breaking News: No Injuries as Wind Damages Barranca Elementary Roof
BREAKING News:
Early reports indicate that severe wind damaged a portion of the roof in the 200 wing at Barranca Mesa Elementary School a short time ago.
There have been no injuries reported. Emergency responders are on scene as is Superintendent Gene Schmidt.
The Family YMCA After School Program has been canceled for today.
Check back for more details and photos from this developing story.
Roof damaged from wind today at Barranca Mesa Elementary School – no injuries reported. Courtesy/Gene Schmidt
A window was shattered on this car in the parking lot at Barranca Mesa Elementary School Read More
Los Alamos High School Surrounds Beloved Teacher Marilyn Fabry In Her Favorite Shades of Orange
Students, faculty and staff surprised Los Alamos High School teacher Marilyn Fabry Monday with a massive gathering featuring her favorite color orange. Fabry is ‘crushing’ her cancer and everyone got together for a rally in the commons area to show their support for the beloved teacher. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos High School teacher Marilyn Fabry is overcome with emotion Monday at the outpouring of love and support for her as she battles cancer. Courtesy photo
During a surprise rally Monday, Los Alamos High School teacher Marilyn Fabry is surrounded by enthusiastic supporters Read More
LAHS Honors Four Special Moms for Years of Service
Topper Parent Organization outgoing officers honored at LAHS Wednesday by Principal Sandy Warnock, far right. From left, Janine Tulenko, Gloria Dunning, Laura Bohn and Diane Harte. Courtesy photo
LAHS News:
Los Alamos High School today expressed appreciation to four Topper Parent Organization (TPO) mothers for their years of volunteering at Los Alamos Public Schools.
Chamisa Book Fair to Benefit Oklahoma Victims
CHAMISA News:
Today is the last day of Chamisa Elementary School’s Buy One Get One (BOGO) free Book Fair.
Chamisa is keeping the book fair open until 3 p.m. today for community members who wish to stop by and purchase books to help Moore, Okla., which was hit by a devastating tornado that leveled two elementary schools.
Chamisa does not make any money from this book fair and has two staff members with family in Oklahoma who have volunteered to take the books to Moore.
Chamisa also will be collecting school supplies until the end of the school year for Moore. Community members can drop off school Read More
Barranca Students Shine in Nationwide Math Test
BARRANCA News:
Two Barranca students placed first and second in a nationwide math test called “Kangaroo math.”
Danielle Ensberg placed first in the state and Leah Wolfsberg placed second. Both girls happen to be in the same class at Barranca Mesa being taught by Mrs. Ladino.
The mission of Kangaroo math is to encourage students to:
- Master their mathematical knowledge;
- Give them confidence in their ability for comprehending mathematics;
- Help them understand how mathematics applies in nature’s laws and human activities;
- Develop their ability to derive pleasure and satisfaction
Los Alamos Students Traveling to National History Day Competition
Los Alamos Middle School students celebrate their achievements at the state National History Day Competition. Second from left, Ruby Selvage and second from right, Kathryn McClenahan, placed first in junior group performance with a play on the development of the Soviet Atomic Bomb. Miriam Wallstrom, center, placed second with her junior individual website on the 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Courtesy photo
LA HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:
Students from the Los Alamos Public Schools won 11 awards at the recent statewide National History Day (NHD) contest, and eight of those students Read More
Susanna Lucido: The Reality of Suicide
The Reality of SuicideBy SUSANNA LUCIDO
Did you know that one in four Americans will experience depression at some point in their life? That just about guarantees at least one of your family members or friends suffers from depression.
In 2010, suicide was the number one cause of death from a mental illness. So why aren’t we fixing this problem?
Granted, counseling and medication are expensive, but there are ways around that. Schools, health insurance, and clinics all provide cheap therapy, but In the end, the reason we ignore this giant problem is because it is taboo in our Read More
LAHS Students Place in Grand Awards Ceremony
LAHS Award winners from left, sophomore David Murphy, senior Holly Erickson, and freshman Coleman Kendrick. Courtesy photo
LAHS News:
All three Los Alamos High School students attending the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair earned Grand Award Places during the Awards Ceremony Friday May 17.
Holly Erickson, Coleman Kendrick and David Murphy competed at the ISEF last week in Phoenix against 1,400 students from 70 countries, provinces and states for $3 million in prizes and awards.
Holly Catherine Erickson, 17, Los Alamos High School, Project Titled; An Read More
Isaac Hayden Memorial Service 3:30 p.m. Wednesday
LAHS News:
The Los Alamos High School Student Council is holding a remembrance service for Isaac Hayden at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22 at the memorial garden at the high school.
“Isaac was a sophomore at LAHS who died back in March,” Student Body President-Elect Soumyo Lahiri-Gupta said. “The Los Alamos High School Student Council felt it right to have a remembrance service for Isaac at our memorial garden in order to make sure he is not ever forgotten at our school.”
The LAHS Student Council invites the public to attend this service. Read More
Caring and Sharing at New Horizons
The two and three-year-old class on the playground at New Horizons Center. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Buddies eat lunch together at New Horizons Center. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comIt’s all about caring at New Horizons Center, a faith-based preschool and afterschool care center housed at White Rock Methodist Church. Children are taught to care for themselves, to care for each other and to care for the environment,” Center Director Darlene Tanski said.
“We serve the spiritual, social, emotional and intellectual Read More
SAN: Enjoy it, This Only Happens Once a Year…
SAN 2012 rubber ducky speed competition. Photo by Sal Zapien/ladailypost.com
YMCA News:
Los Alamos has a rich, public night life once a year, and local adults are being asked to be a part of it. Each year, volunteers help at a community-wide, downtown celebration for Los Alamos High School graduates known as Senior Appreciation Night or SAN.
Graduates tell us the event is the highlight of their year, and volunteers tell us it is a great time and they enjoy the festivities. SAN is in need of 13 community members or parents who are up for a few grins to help chaperone a few events with 2 or 3 hour shifts that Read More
LAHS Hires Ainsworth as Boys Head Golf Coach
HILLTOPPER News:
Anders “Andy” Ainsworth has been hired as the Boys Head Golf Coach for Los Alamos High School.
He takes over for Ann Stewart (who was hired as Head Girls Basketball Coach.)
Ainsworth served as a volunteer this past year and is a math teacher at Los Alamos Middle School. He was an assistant golf coach for the Men’s and Women’s Golf Team at Western New Mexico from 2008-2010, and has been a boys and girls basketball coach (both assistant and head) and an assistant volleyball coach at Coronado High School.
Los Alamos Athletics looks forward to having Coach Ainsworth Read More
Rotary STARS Trivia Competition To Support Youth Fitness Program
STARS News:
A newly-formed satellite group of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos called STARS (Service to All Rotary Satellite) will hold a fundraising event 4-7 p.m. Sunday, June 2 at the Dixie Girl Restaurant.
The theme of the event is “Are You Smarter than a Fourth Grader?” and all members of the community are invited to join. The evening’s events will include a trivia quiz competition that will be fun for all ages, as well as an all-you-can-eat pasta buffet with salad, drinks and dessert.
Funds raised at the event will benefit a program to provide four weeks of swim lessons to all fourth graders in Los Read More
Special County-Sponsored Dark Night May 26
Courtesy/EarthSky.org
TPA/PEEC News:
The Pajarito Astronomers, in conjunction with PEEC, will hold a special County-Sponsored Dark Night starting at 8 p.m. (sunset) Sunday, May 26 at Spirio Soccer Field, Overlook Park.
Weather permitting, the public is invited to come out, wander among the telescopes and star gaze. The main event of the evening will be looking at the tight grouping of three planets in the west: Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter.
The three planets will form a triangle that will fit inside a small, 2.5 degree circle above the western horizon. After the three planets set, there will Read More
School Board Schedules May 23 Executive Session
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board has scheduled an Executive Session for 5 p.m. Thursday, May 23 at the Los Alamos High School Speech Theater to discuss a specific personnel issue per Section 10-15-1-H(2) of the Open Meetings Act.
The meeting is closed to the public and the media. Read More
School Board Offers Budget Recommendations
A large crowd attended the May 14 School Board meeting. A number of students, staff and community members were honored at the meeting and the Board decided on its recommendations to the LAPS Budget Committee. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
LAPS Superintendent Gene Schmidt gives a budget overview to the School Board Tuesday. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comThe Los Alamos School Board made its final 2013-2014 school year budget recommendations to Los Alamos Public Schools staff at its May 14 meeting.
Staff will present Read More
School Board Honors Award Winners
District Science Fair winners were honored at the May 14 meeting of the Los Alamos School Board. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Bernadette Lauritzen has been chosen as the Los Alamos Public Schools 2013 nominee for the New Mexico School Board Association Excellence in Student Achievement Award. School Board President Jim Hall, right, presented her with a certificate at the May 14 meeting. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comSchool Board Holds Two Meetings May 23
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos Board of Education has scheduled a Special School Board meeting for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23 at the Los Alamos High School Speech Theater.
Special School Board Agenda:
- 4.1 Master Ground Lease Amendment
- 4.2 Trinity Site Update by Steve Lynne
- 4.3 Trinity Revenue Projections
- 4.4 LANL Request to use School Facilities for 70th Anniversary Celebration
- 4.5 Approval of Certified Contract for 2013/2014
- 4.6 Approval of Classified Contract for 2013/2014
- 4.7 Approval of Salary for 2013/2014 for Administrative Staff not represented
Los Alamos Students Style ‘Gatsby’ Era Apparel
More than 40 Los Alamos High School students from Catherine Puranananda’s AP Literature and Composition class gathered in period costume Monday to parade through downtown Los Alamos ending at the Reel Deal Theater to view ‘The Great Gatsby.’ The students and and a couple of syblings enjoyed bringing the Roaring Twenties to Los Alamos, Puranananda said. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos High School students dressed in ‘Gatsby’ attire stroll along Central Avenue Monday on their way to view ‘The Great Gatsby’ movie now playing atGrease is the Word at 7 p.m. May 20!
Grease is the word! Since the start of year, the dance students of Los Alamos High School have been learning and perfecting the art of ballroom dance and will perform at 7 p.m. Monday, May 20 in the Dwayne Smith Auditorium. LAHS teacher Natasha Barkhudarova teaches her students the fundamentals of dance and performance and in this case, the dances were inspired by the musical Grease. The students dance everything from the convivial quickstep to the passionate rumba. There will be singing and dancing and everything in between during the show. Anyone who hasn’t seen Grease will find not only Read More
