Education

New Teachers and Staff Gather for Orientation

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New Los Alamos Public School teachers and staff gathered Wednesday for orientation at Los Alamos High School. Front row from left, Angelic Martinez, David Parsons, Elizabeth Radcliff, Rene Mitchy, Eleanor Simons, Sarah Syzmanski-Blom, and Patricia Wilson. Back row from left, Nathaniel Bates, Valerie Collins, Renee Dunwoody, Katherine Herring, Jaclyn Lefon, Lim Miel and Michaelangelo Lobato. Not shown, Michael Baxter, Marion Flemming, Noonday Neese and Bradford Parker. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

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Los Alamos Middle School Fall Sports Registration CANCELLED!

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LAMS News:
 
Tomorrow’s Los Alamos Middle School Fall Sports Registration has been CANCELLED!

The registration night originally scheduled for 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8 at the LAMS gymnasium has been cancelled. 

Access to the LAMS gym is not allowed at this time due to construction. All fall athletes should plan to be at the first day of practice Aug. 12, with paperwork in hand. Stay tuned to the Team Pages of the LAPS Athletic website for specific information about your sport. Read More

Allison Rooney Receives Jay Wechsler Scholarship

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From left, Brain Rooney (Allison’s father), Cindy Rooney, (Allison’s mother), Allison Rooney, Becky (Wechsler) Oertel, Kiwanis President Don Casperson and Kiwanis Key Club Advisor Morrie Pongratz. Courtesy photo.

Kiwanis News:

The Los Alamos Kiwanis Club presented Allison Rooney with the Jay Wechsler Scholarship recently. Rooney will attend the University of New Mexico to study neuroscience and biology.

Rooney was selected because of her active service to Key Club since 2009. She was also active in Natural Helpers and Café Scientifique. Rooney led and participated in many community Read More

Show Me The Money: Learn From Proven Expert at UNM-LA

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Entrepreneurial expert Nicholas Seet. Courtesy photo

By MANDY MARKSTEINER

  • In 2005, Seet won the Rice University Business Plan Competition and received $1.1 million in cash and prizes

Nicholas Seet is an expert at navigating the small business funding process. When his first startup, Auditude, was funded for $1 million, he quickly left his job at Deloitte Consulting and dove into entrepreneurship.

In 2005, Seet won the Rice University Business Plan Competition and received $1.1 million in cash and prizes, over 100 other competitors. In 2011 he sold Auditude to Adobe for a low-nine-figure Read More

Los Alamos High School Class of 1963 Reunion Oct. 3-6

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LAHS News:

The Los Alamos High School Class of 1963 will celebrate its 50th reunion here in Los Alamos Oct. 3-6.

Classmates and their spouses and guests will be able to enjoy a wide variety of activities including a mixer, wine and cheese party, dinner/dance and picnic at various venues around town.

In addition, tours of Los Alamos and the Bradbury Science Museum, a golf tournament, a hike, a bird-watching excursion, lunch at the ski lodge, a memorial for deceased classmates, a tour of the new high school, and of course, the Hilltopper homecoming football game are all on tap.

In addition to classmates, Read More

Game Warden Shares Bear Stories Aug. 20 at PEEC

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PEEC News:

“Everyone has a bear story or at least has heard a bear story,” said Manny Overby, an instructor at the Advanced Training Bureau of the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy. “Often times these stories are of a brief sighting in the forest or perhaps a camping trip encounter. More and more these stories consist of bears in our neighborhoods, our backyards or digging through our trash.”

Overby will share his stories of handling hundreds of bears in New Mexico and speak about what to do if encountered by a bear in a presentation at 7 p.m., Aug. 20 at the Pajarito Environmental Education Read More

Letter to the Editor: UNM-LA a Great Resource for Seniors

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UNM-LA a Great Resource for Seniors
By Colleen Hanlon
Los Alamos

I am a believer in the value of education. I am going to support the upcoming UNM-Los Alamos mil-levy, and I have been encouraging the people I meet to join me in this effort.

Why do I support the mil-levy increase for UNM-LA, and how have I benefited directly from UNM-LA?

About six years ago I registered (at the $5 Senior Rate) to audit a class in Native American Film Studies. I was a little timid about who my classmates would be, and how they would feel about an almost 70 year old in their class.

Well, it was a memorable experience. We enjoyed Read More

Letter to the Editor: We Are Using Too Many Pencils

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We Are Using Too Many Pencils
By HAILEY MCDOWELL
Third grader at Aspen Elementary School

How many pencils do we use in each school and how many pencils do we need? 

On this year’s school supply list, third graders were asked to bring 48 pencils. Is that too much? I think so! 

I think we could each use just two pencils and sharpen them when they get dull. I wonder, how many trees can be saved if each student would bring only two pencils to school rather than 48.

You can make about 300,000 pencils out of one tree. If there are 400 students in a school and each brings 48 pencils, that is 19,200 pencils Read More

LAHS Principal Commends Students on Grade ‘A’ Performance

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Principal Sandra Warnock shows her appreciation to Los Alamos High School students for achieving an ‘A’ grade on the recent state report card. ‘Kudos to the staff and parents who support their students,’ Warnock said. ‘This coming year,  I challenge the students and staff to improve our scores and see just how good we can be!’ Courtesy photo Read More

Homeschooled Student Finds Challenges and Rewards at UNM-LA

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Andrew Hollis. Courtesy photo

 

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Andrew Hollis began attending UNM-Los Alamos two years ago, when he was 16. Hollis is a homeschooled student who is entering the equivalent of his senior year in high school this fall.

“UNM-LA gives me classroom experience, which is important for homeschoolers. I appreciate the experience of meeting deadlines and doing homework on time,” Hollis said.

“My college courses look really good on college applications, too,” he said. “As a homeschool student, I don’t have AP classes on my transcripts, but college courses Read More