Education

LACF Honors Little Forest Playschool For 75 Years Of Service And Community Impact

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Little Forest Playschool employees, Lena Sanchez and Crystal Roybal, as well as a parade of little feet, accept a check from the Los Alamos Community Foundation. Courtesy/LACF

LACF News:

Los Alamos Community Foundation LACF) has awarded the July 10-for-10 Grant for community impact to Little Forest Playschool.

“As a parent, Little Forest Playschool has been nothing short of life-changing for our family,” Conner Tharp said. “From the moment we joined, we felt welcomed, supported, and truly part of a community. My daughter has blossomed in their play-based learning environment: gaining Read More

Interfaith Los Alamos Delivers Backpacks For Refugees

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Interfaith Los Alamos Don Cobb and Kate Massengale delivered 60 backpacks and extras last Wednesday to Muhammad Munir of Lutheran Family Services, and provided almost $600 in gift cards for shoes, etc., thanks to the generosity of community members in Los Alamos. Courtesy/Interfaith Los Alamos

Refugee children receive backpacks with school supplies delivered last Wednesday by Interfaith Los Alamos and made possible by the generosity of community members in Los Alamos. Courtesy/Interfaith Los Alamos

By KATE MASSENGALE
Interfaith Los Alamos

Despite cuts in federal spending for immigrants Read More

Los Alamos Public Schools Hosts Orientation For New Staff

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Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Jennifer Guy is welcoming 36 new teachers and 20 educational assistants this morning in the Speech Theater at Los Alamos High School, encouraging one and all to ‘Choose Joy!’. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Jennifer Guy, right, is addressing new staff members during an orientation this morning in the Speech Theater at LAHS. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

New staff members in the Speech Theater this morning at LAHS. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Leadership New Mexico Kicks Off 2025 Connect Cohort This Week In Los Alamos

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By DIEGO ESPINOZA
President
Leadership New Mexico

Leadership New Mexico is launching the 2025 Connect New Mexico cohort this week in Los Alamos, bringing together a talented group of emerging leaders from across the state for the program’s opening session.

Connect New Mexico is a statewide, five-month leadership development program designed for professionals aged 25 to 40. Through immersive, place-based learning and hands-on sessions, participants gain a deeper understanding of the systems shaping New Mexico—while building leadership skills and long-lasting relationships that Read More

LAFD Provided Rare Training Opportunity At Empty School

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Los Alamos Fire Department was given the unique opportunity this morning to train in an empty, decades-old school building, at left, as students will be attending classes later this month in their newly completed building, at right. LAFD Training Chief Aaron McNiff thanked Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Jennifer Guy and Assistant Superintendent Mike Johnson for allowing the local firefighters to train at the old Chamisa Elementary School on Meadow Lane in White Rock. ‘This is a rare opportunity for our firefighters to be able to train in a school building that is empty and scheduled Read More

Fr. Glenn: Becoming Royalty

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

I was scrolling through the news the other day and came across a story about a princess from a European royal family soon to be married. The article displayed a file photo of the princess in which she was wearing some jewels which royal families have accumulated over the centuries. Yes, very lovely.

But is true royalty in jewels, a crown, power, a title? Might we define a more  humanistic—a more truly human—royalty of moral goodness rather than through power and possession? All too often we become consumed with what the world teaches that we should want, but neglect that which Read More

Palestine Film Series Continues With ‘Israelism’ Aug. 5

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COMMUNITY News:

The Palestine Film Series continues with the documentary “Israelism” provided to the community free of charge at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at SALA Event Center.

The two previous documentaries provided to the community from the Palestine Film Series, “No Other Land” and “Where Olive Trees Weep”, were created by Palestinians living on the West Bank.

The next film in the series, “Israelism,” is from the point of view of young Jews.

“When two young American Jews, raised to unconditionally love Israel, witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left Read More

PED & LANL Foundation To Host Series Of Regional Community Meetings To Help Shape Future Of Education

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LANL Foundation News:

Beginning next week, the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) and the LANL Foundation will host a series of regional community meetings across the state.

These open-house style events are designed to inform and engage community members in shaping the state’s Action Plan in response to the Martinez/Yazzie lawsuit.

This plan will guide how New Mexico supports:

  • Native American students:
  • English language learners:
  • Students with disabilities: and
  • Students from low-income families.

PED and the LANL Foundation are reaching out to educators, parents, youth, Read More

Pawlak: In For A Penny

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By JOHN PAWLAK
Advisory Board Member
UNM-Los Alamos

Okay, first of all, this letter has nothing to do with a penny. Absolutely nothing. Now, that being said, let’s talk about the penny. Due to the increasing price of copper and production, it costs four cents to mint/distribute a penny. Leave it to our government to lose money by making money, eh? 2025 will be the last year in which we mint the penny. Will this change the meaning of “A penny for your thoughts”?

OK, I didn’t want to talk about the death of the US penny, but rather about something more personal, your death. But let’s be honest, saying “Let’s Read More

Explore The Lives Of Stars With PEEC & Astrophysicist Galen Gisler At Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium

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PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) invites curious minds to journey through the cosmos at the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium for a captivating program: “Stellar Lifecycles:, taking place 7-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12.

Led by PEEC Board Member and astrophysicist Galen Gisler, this family-friendly presentation explores the fascinating question: What can we learn from the light of stars? Using only the light that reaches Earth, scientists over the past two centuries have uncovered the secrets behind the lives of stars — from their formation in stellar nurseries Read More