Education

PSAT Testing Scheduled for Oct. 16

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LAHS News:

Los Alamos High School will administer the PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test) 7:45-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16.

In accordance with the New Mexico Public Education Department mandate, all sophomores attending Los Alamos High School are required to take this test. It is optional for juniors.

The PSAT/NMSQT measures verbal, math and writing aptitude, and is recommended for juniors who will be taking the SAT later in the year.

In addition, it is the National Merit Scholarship qualifier when taken in the junior year and is also used to select minority students for several Read More

Letter to the Editor: Education in Los Alamos

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By ANITA SCHWENDT
Los Alamos

I am concerned about the lack of funding for education in the state, and how it affects the quality of education in Los Alamos.

The community is committed to strong education, but the funding is not supportive of the quality that this town has come to expect. Considering that, for the last few decades, the great schools in Los Alamos have attracted and kept many families in this town, the quality of education is not just a concern for current parents, but for LANL, the county, as well as other community members. It is a source of recruiting and retention for LANL. LANL supports Read More

Special School Board Meeting Thursday

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LAPS News:

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

The agenda items for the Special School Board Meeting include Aspen Construction Update, LAMS Construction Update, LAMS Material Change Request, LAMS Landscape Credit, LAMS East Parking Lot Rock, LAMS Start of School in New Building Sept. 17 and Central Office remodel, including the Board Room. Read More

Fun and Learning Join Hands at Children’s Montessori

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Students at Children’s Montessori Pre-school find out about outer space and robots by using classroom materials to learn through play. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
A young student takes her turn being the doctor while teacher Shelli Petty plays the patient. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Now in its 19th year, Children’s Montessori Pre-school offers a morning preschool class 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., with extended child care offered 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and children may attend the school three, four or five Read More

UNM-LA Community Education Classes Target History of Science

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Los Alamos Gatehouse in the early days of the laboratory. Courtesy/LANL

UNM-LA News:

UNM-Los Alamos Community Education will offer two classes in September focusing on the history and popularization of science in Los Alamos.

Heather McClenahan, executive director of the Los Alamos Historical Society, will lead a class in the “History of the Manhattan Project.” The class will cover the compelling story of the individuals, institutions and forces that came together in Los Alamos during the development of the atomic bomb. 

“This is a fascinating topic and a great class,” said UNM-LA Read More

Memorial Fund Honors Los Alamos Teacher Jean Nereson

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Jean Nereson. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

Los Alamos Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and the Nereson Family are offering an opportunity to honor Jean Nereson, an elementary school teacher for 50 years in Los Alamos County Public Schools and active AAUW member. 

Nereson was respected and loved by her students and she dedicated her 50 plus year career to their education and well-being. To honor her, a memorial fund has been established through the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation, which will collect and administer the fund at no cost to the fund. The Read More

Athletic Officials Urge Community to Support Hilltoppers

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Los Alamos High School Athletic Director Vicki Nelms briefed Rotarians on the Hilltopper athletic program Sept. 3. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos High School Athletic Director Vicki Nelms and four of her coaches spoke to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos Sept. 3 at the Dixie Girl.

The athletic officials urged the community to come out and support the Hilltoppers this season. Nelms gave an overview of the LAHS athletic program saying more than 20 sports are played competitively at the high school, which has more than 100 coaches Read More

Travel to Area Known for Cretaceous Age Shark Teeth

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Fossilized shark teeth. Courtesy photo

PEEC News:

It’s hard to imagine New Mexico was once under the sea, but during the Cretaceous Period, between 145.5 and 65.5 million years ago, much of the state was.

Because of this, remains of sharks’ teeth can be found at a site aptly named Shark’s Tooth Ridge near Cabezon, N.M.

Local Geologist Patrick Rowe will lead a Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) trip to the site Saturday, Sept. 28. The group will meet at PEEC just before 8 a.m. to carpool to the site. Those who live in Santa Fe or Albuquerque can alternatively meet the group at 9:30 a.m. in

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UNM-LA to Host Fall Film and Lecture Series

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UNM-LA News:

The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) English Department will host “Composition Cinema I: A Film and Lecture Series,” beginning Sept. 12 and running through Nov. 14.

The five films in the series were selected for their relevance to composition and comparative literature courses being taught at UNM-LA. The films will be hosted by a UNM-LA faculty member and will include a five to 10 minute talk discussing the film, its voice in the course’s theme and how it relates to life beyond the classroom. Afterwards, the host will take questions or open the floor to discussion.

The Read More