Education

LAHS Alum Heads for UN Climate Talks in Warsaw

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Marielle Remillard is a LAHS graduate working on her PhD at Harvard. Courtesy photo

SustainUS News:

Marielle Remillard who graduated from Los Alamos High School in 2005, spends most of her time working on her PhD in environmental engineering at Harvard. Her studies keep her busy but not too busy for activism when it comes to a topic she knows a lot about, climate change.  

Next week Remillard will travel to Warsaw, Poland as part of a delegation of nearly two-dozen exceptional young leaders from across the US to take part in this year’s round of UN negotiations on climate change, which will lay Read More

LAMS Principal Takes Pie in the Face for Education

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LAMS Principal Rex Kilburn takes it in the face in the name of education. Courtesy photo

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN

Vest Orthodontics and the Los Alamos Middle School PTO teamed up for tricks and treats, as the month of October came to an end.

Principal Rex Kilburn, with a little help from his Parent Teacher Organization and Vest Orthodontics teamed up for some fundraising fun, all in the name of education. The fundraiser was a no selling, no door to door, no hassle attempt to fill some coffers without the pressures of sales competition with scouts, elementary aged kids and more.

PTO members asked families Read More

Rebuilding in Full Swing at Aspen Elementary

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Construction work underway this morning at Aspen Elementary School. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

A major overhaul of Aspen Elementary School’s aging buildings is in full swing this morning at 2182 33rd St.

The project is possible from the community’s approval of a $20 million bond last January, which provides funds necessary for the rebuilding at Aspen Elementary School as well as upgrades to utilities and maintenance to other schools in the district.

With passage of Read More

Letter to the Editor: The School Employee with Low Expectations

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By DAVID STRAATE
Los Alamos

Let me tell you about a woman I know.  She walks through the door each morning and her heart immediately fills the whole room. She smiles, hugs crying children, and runs copy after copy.  When an emergency arrives, she takes over any lesson and executes it so well I fear for my job security. 

She works outside of school hours, coming up with project ideas. She spends some of the little money she has to buy gifts for the students on holidays. The kids love her like an aunt, and run to her when she enters the room.

She adds so much to the life of everybody she touches Read More

Chamisa Elementary Presents ‘Raise the Roof’ Family Literacy Event

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The staff of Chamisa Elementary School prepares to ‘Raise the Roof’ at their family literacy event Thursday. Courtesy photo

LAPS News:

Chamisa Elementary School presents “Raise the Roof,” a free interactive, audience-participation literacy event for families of pre-kinder through third grade children 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 at Chamisa.

Evening events include a book swap and pizza dinner at 5-6 p.m., followed by an engaging family literacy show from 6-7 p.m. Staff will present skits and call up student volunteers to show parents how to do their literacy activities Read More

2014 QNM Learning Summit Dates and Venue Announced

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QNM News:

ALBUQUERQUE—Quality New Mexico’s 2014 Learning Summit will be held April 16-17 at Isleta Resort. The learning program will include keynotes and featured speakers who’ll share “best management practices” on leadership; strategic planning; customer and workforce engagement; measurement, analysis, and knowledge management; and effective and efficient operations.”  

In addition, recipients of the 2013 NM Performance Excellence Awards” will be recognized. Learning Summit sponsorship opportunities are available at www.qualitynewmexico.org or by calling Read More

LANL Foundation Offers $1,000 Awards for NNM Residents Wanting to Return to College

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LANL FOUNDATION News:

Northern New Mexicans wanting to return to college for a certificate or two-year program are eligible for $1,000 awards from the Regional College/Returning Student program of the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund.

The application deadline is Dec. 2 to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation’s Regional College/Returning Student Scholarship Fund. Applications must be submitted on line at www.lanlfoundation.org.

The awards go to students returning to a formal education after an absence, such as business, the military or personal reasons. Candidates Read More

UNM-LA Community Education Offers Adult Watercolor Class

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Courtesy/UNM-LA
 
By Vint Miller
UNM-LA

The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) Community Education department will offer the class, “Watercolors That WOW!” The class runs 6-8:30 p.m., Monday evenings, Nov. 11 through Dec. 16, in room 614 on the UNM-LA campus.

Watercolor artists of all levels are welcome in this class, where they will focus on capturing the motivations for their art and learn a variety of techniques to bring their paintings to life. The tools and concepts that will be taught include the use of the color wheel and creating balance with composition and light.

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Quality New Mexico Targets Performance Excellence

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QNM Chair Bill Wadt of Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Quality New Mexico Targets Performance Excellence
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

Bill Wadt of Los Alamos is chairman of the Board of Quality New Mexico (QNM.) He stopped by the Los Alamos Daily Post’s downtown headquarters recently to talk how about the non-profit organization helps businesses achieve performance excellence.

“QNM is 20 years old and has always had strong bipartisan support,” Wadt said. “Through Executive Order, Gov. Susana Martinez made QNM the official administrator of the New Mexico Read More

Education 101: Who Pays for K-12 Public Education?

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Education 101: Who Pays for K-12 Public Education?
By Save Our Schools Los Alamos

Last week, Save Our Schools Los Alamos wrote about Los Alamos Public Schools’ (LAPS) five year forecast. It predicts significant declines in funding for Los Alamos K-12 public schools driven by declining enrollment.

Because many costs are fixed, when 5 percent of the students leave the system; much less than 5 percent of the costs go away, squeezing the rest of the system. Declining enrollment means decreasing state funding which means decreasing services and opportunities for the remaining Los Alamos children.  Read More