Education

Meet PEEC’s Featured Volunteer: Michele Altherr

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PEEC volunteer Michele Altherr. Courtesy photo

PEEC News:

Michele Altherr of Los Alamos had no idea how PEEC would change her life when she attended a meeting at Fuller Lodge in the fall of 1999, calling for anyone interested in having a nature center in Los Alamos.

Altherr recalled that there was a good turn out at the meeting and much interest when there was a call for volunteers. Altherr herself felt compelled to become involved because she cares about children’s futures and feels that kids can’t grow to care about something to which they feel no connection. She thought having a nature Read More

Governor Joins New Mexico Kindergarteners in World Record Reading Attempt

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STATE news:

Santa Fe – Gov. Susana Martinez will join students in Santa Fe today to participate in the national “Read for the Record” Event.

Martinez and the students will join millions of others in reading the same book, on the same day to promote literacy and attempt to break the current world record.

For the last two years, Martinez and students in New Mexico have participated in breaking the world record for adults reading to children in a single day. Read More

Scenes From Hilltoppers Homecoming Bonfire

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Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
Staff Report
 

Monday kicked off this week’s Homecoming events including the annual bonfire.

 

Los Alamos Youth Leadership (LAYL) hosted the hotly popular event in the Sullivan Field parking lot Monday evening.

 

The Los Alamos Fire Department kept everything cool as the LAHS football team, students, teachers, coaches and community members roasted s’mores, listened to music and participated in Topper spirit.

 

Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

 
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Expert Discusses Water Quality Effects From Las Conchas, Thompson Ridge Fires

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Dr. Clifford Dahm

PEEC News:

The effects of major wildfires such as those suffered in the Jemez mountains in recent years can be long-reaching and long-lasting.

Dr. Clifford Dahm, a professor in the Biology Department at the University of New Mexico and director of BioAnnex Analytical Laboratories, has been studying water resources in the state for nearly three decades.

At a PEEC program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, Dahm will discuss changes in stream water chemistry after the recent Las Conchas and Thompson Ridge fires in the Jemez Mountains. Dahm will also address the way water quality changes Read More

NM Academic Librarians Hold Ribbon Cutting in Los Alamos

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NMCAL News:

The New Mexico Consortium of Academic Libraries (NMCAL) will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony at Mesa Public Library in Los Alamos at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 to celebrate an initiative five years in the making.

The event will celebrate the new collaboration between universities and colleges in the state to use General Obligation funds to collectively purchase a set of databases that will provide every student, as well as all patrons of academic libraries, with access to reliable, quality information.

As well as ensuring high-quality Read More

Battle Over Teacher Evaluations Heads To Court

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Los Alamos Federation of School Employees (LAFSE) President Ellen Mills briefed teachers Sept. 25 on the statewide teachers union plans to battle new teacher evaluation system. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
New Mexico President Stephanie Ly of the American Federation of Teachers addressed Los Alamos teachers at a Sept. 25 meeting. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Things are heating up in the battle between teachers unions and New Mexico Secretary of Education-Designate Hanna Skandera. A writ of mandamus was issued Read More

UNM-LA Students to Attend Accelerate Workshop at UNM-Taos

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UNM-LA News:

On Friday, Oct. 4, 14 students from the UNM-LA Accelerate Technical Training program will attend a job placement workshop hosted by the University of New Mexico-Taos. The workshop, entitled “Unleashing Your Super Powers” will help students identify their unique strengths, hone their networking abilities, and build professional readiness skills.

The Accelerate Technical Training program provides students with resources and opportunities to be more successful in college, graduate on schedule, and gain an edge in their chosen careers. Funded by a Department Read More

LAHS Homecoming Week Events

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LAYL News:

 

Los Alamos Youth Leadership (LAYL) is proud to bring the community the annual homecoming bonfire at 7:30 p.m. today in the Sullivan Field parking lot.

 

Everyone is welcome to stop by, support the football team, and roast s’mores while enjoying a nice evening full of music and Topper spirit. The event won’t go past 9:30 p.m. and the Los Alamos Fire Department and Chief Troy Hughes will be standing by, to ensure everyone’s safety at the bonfire.

Spirit Week Events:

  • Monday: Crazy hat and hair day, 4:30 p.m. JV Football vs. Hope Christian at Sullivan Field, 7:30 p.m. Bonfire
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UNM-Los Alamos Class Teaches Stress Management Techniques

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UNM-LA News:

The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Community Education program will offer a four-week class in stress management. The class, taught by UNM-LA Professor Victoria Erhart, focuses on physical, mental and emotional stress and the techniques that can be used to mitigate and lower each of these.

The class starts Oct. 1 and meets 6-8:40 p.m., Tuesdays in room 627 on the UNM-LA campus. The cost is $145 for all four sessions and may be eligible for tuition reimbursement or professional development units.

According to a 2007 American Psychological Association poll, stress impacts Read More

PEEC’s Jemez Mountain Herbarium Goes Global

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Dorothy Hoard assists a child with the microscope in the Jemez Mountain Herbarium at PEEC. Courtesy photo

PEEC News:

An organization in Arizona, the Southwest Environmental Information Network (SEINet), has been gathering the most important southwest databases into a single website.

SEINet recently accepted the Jemez Mountain Herbarium, which is housed by the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), and has about 3,000 species from Los Alamos County and the Jemez Mountains. Anyone in the world can query SEINet.

For years botanists have been collecting native plants in Read More