Education

LAMS Robotics Team Takes Second at Regional Qualifier

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Some of the members of the Los Alamos Middle School Hawk FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Team 7813 pose with their robot. From left, Jaryn Newman, Jesse Cooke, Summer Bronson, Joseph Thompson and Erin Scott. Courtesy/Daphne Thompson

HAWK FTC Team 7813 News:

Some of the members of The Los Alamos Middle School Hawk FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Team 7813 From left: Jaryn Newman, Jesse Cooke, Summer Bronson, Joseph Thompson and Erin Scott .Photo courtesy of Daphne Thompson

The Los Alamos Middle School Hawk FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Team 7813 advanced to the final round on Saturday during the first FTC Read More

Students Learn Computer Coding From LANL Employees

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Students at Chamisa Elementary School learn about computer coding from Los Alamos National Laboratory employees as part of Computer Science Education Week’s Hour of Code. Courtesy photo

LAPS News:

Students at Chamisa and Pinon Elementary Schools and the Los Alamos Middle School are participating in Computer Science Education Week’s Hour of Code.

Several Los Alamos National Laboratory employees are helping kindergarten through sixth grade students at the elementary schools learn about computer programming (coding) during one hour sessions.

By 4:30 p.m. Monday, 3.4 million Read More

Reclaim the Promise Bus Tour Comes to Los Alamos

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Staff Report

Earlier this fall, Keep the Promise for New Mexico’s Future heard from thousands of New Mexicans from different regions, different backgrounds and different cultures who share one thing in common: they want to see public education in New Mexico thrive.

Keep the Promise for New Mexico’s Future launched a statewide bus tour to build upon this vision and will come to Los Alamos 3:15-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 at Sullivan Field parking lot.

The public is invited to attend to support improving public education in New Mexico. Visit https:////www.promisefornewmexico.org/ to learn Read More

NJROTC Wins First Place at Championship Meet

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LAHS NJROTC competing at the Area 9 West Academic Fitness & Drill Championship Meet. Courtesy photo
 
NROTC cadets with their trophies. Courtesy photo

NJROTC News:

Saturday Dec. 7, the Los Alamos high School NJROTC took 40 cadets and traveled to West Mesa High School in Albuquerque for the Area 9 West Academic Fitness & Drill Championship Meet.

Leaving LAHS at 6 a.m., they competed in their first event at 9 a.m., the Academic Test, which consisted of 50 naval science related questions with 30 seconds to answer each question.

They then hustled to the Unit Personnel Inspection where Read More

Students Sell Crafts and Coffee to Fund European Tour

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Staff Report:

Los Alamos High School students taking an education tour of Europe this summer are having a Holiday Craft and Coffee Sale in the lobby of Los Alamos National Bank from 1:30-5 p.m. Wednesday. 

The 15 high school seniors touring Europe with local teacher, Lynn Ovaska, next summer have used their artistic talent over the past few weeks to make beautiful holidays crafts. Stop by LANB to purchase beautiful ornaments, candles, picture frames, treats, and earrings as well as tasty Fair Trade, organic coffee. 

As with past tours, the goal of Europe 2014 is to expand the Read More

Revised Notice of School Board Meetings

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LAPS News:

The Los Alamos School Board will hold a Special School Board Meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 at Los Alamos Middle School, Room 149.

The agenda items are: approval of agenda, presentations, recommendations and information for the Board including a Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) construction update and LAMS Modification Change Requests.

There will be a motion to go into closed executive session in the Los Alamos Middle School library’s conference room for a meeting with the School District’s attorney pertaining to potential litigation involving a contractor’s Read More

Education 101: It Can’t Be That Bad; What About the $8 Million in Federal Funding?

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Education 101: 
It can’t be that bad; What About the $8 Million in Federal Funding?
By Save Our Schools Los Alamos

Los Alamos Public Schools have received supplemental funding from the federal government for operating expenses since the town was created in the 1940s. The federal government fully funded the schools until 1950, when the schools became part of the New Mexico system. From 1950 to 1997, the federal government contributed 35 percent of operating costs; which had risen to $8 million by 1997. Since then, under various federal laws, the schools have received a flat $8 million Read More

Special School Board Meeting and Executive Session Thursday

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LAPS News:

The Los Alamos School Board will hold a Special School Board Meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 at Los Alamos Middle School, Room 149.

The agenda items are: approval of agenda, presentations, recommendations and information for the Board including a Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) construction update and LAMS Modification Change Requests.

There will be a motion  to go into a closed Executive Session for a meeting with the School District’s attorney pertaining to pending or threatened litigation in which the School District is or may become a participant, according to NMSA Read More

Udall Presents Two New Mexico Consortium Outstanding Achievement Awards for Mentored Research

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Sangeeta Negi works with Dr. Richard Sayre, a joint NMC-LANL scientist. Courtesy/LANL

Loreen Lamoureux of UNM. Photo by Ann Kuiper 

LANL News:

  • Sangeeta Negi of the NMC and Loreen Lamoureux of UNM to receive awards for their work in Algal Bio-technology and Bio-medical Engineering.

Senator Tom Udall will recognize Dr. Sangeeta Negi of the New Mexico Consortium (NMC) for achieving a two-fold increase in bio-mass productivity in algae this Friday. Loreen Lamoureux, a graduate student at the University of New Mexico (UNM) will be recognized for her work on rapid E. coli detection methods. Read More

School Board Meets Tuesday

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LAPS News:

The Los Alamos School Board will hold a School Board Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 at the Los Alamos High School Speech Theater 1300 Diamond Dr.

The agenda includes:

  • Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes from past meetings
  • Approval of Budget Adjustment Requests Ratification of November Cash Disbursements
  • Request for Proposal Update Disposal of Fixed Assets
  • November Journal Entry Report
  • Resolution Authorizing the Issuance and Sale of Los Alamos Public Schools District’s General Obligation Building Bonds
  • Technology Department Review as Part of the Strategic
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