Education

Sumo Robots Rumble at the Hive Saturday

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Staff Report

The Hive is holding its first ever Mini-Sumo Robot Rumble starting at noon Saturday, July 13 and continuing until there is a winner.  The public is invited to visit the Hive and watch the competition. The Hive is at 134 N.M. 4, in White Rock just east of Metzger's Do it Best Hardware. 

Mini-Sumo Robots are electronic gadgets that are fun to build and program without extensive technical knowledge. The Hive plans to offer more Mini-Sumo Robot building classes along with Arduino Microprocessor instruction. The Hive will periodically hold Mini-Sumo Robot battle competitions, Read More

Governor Announces 2013 A-F School Grades

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The 2013 statewide A-F school grading results. Courtesy illustration

 

STATE News:

 

Gov. Susana Martinez Announces 2013 A-F School Grades

  • High schools show strongest grade improvements, driven by higher graduation rates, increased reading proficiency and greater participation in career/college readiness programs

 

ALBUQUERQUE – Today, Gov. Susana Martinez announced this year’s letter grades for New Mexico’s 839 elementary, middle, and high schools. 

 

More than 70 percent of New Mexico schools maintained or improved their school grade, with high schools Read More

One Day Archaeology Exhibit and Talk at Mesa Public Library

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LIBRARY News:

Project Director for the Museum of New Mexico Chuck Hannaford. Courtesy photo

Back by popular demand for his third visit to Mesa Public Library, Chuck Hannaford, Project Director for the Museum of New Mexico’s Office of Archaeological Studies, returns with this popular and award winning hands-on archaeology outreach program so fitting for this year’s summer reading theme of “Dig In to Reading!”

Hannaford will set up his array of archaeological artifacts from early New Mexico history, all touchable, for visitors to explore in the Mesa Public Library lobby.

Everything from Read More

PEEC Captures Bear On Camera!

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Critter Cam at PEEC: We got the bear! It looks like (s)he has visited almost every night in the past four days. To recap, our bee hive was trashed around July 6. The bear first walked in front of our critter camera at 1 a.m. July 8, then it snapped photos at 2 a.m. 3 a.m.and 11 p.m. July 9. The last sighting was around 4 a.m. July 10. After almost every bear visit, a coyote followed, most likely picking up any scraps left by the bear. Certainly some excitement going on after hours at PEEC! Courtesy/PEEC
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TODAY: Udall to Speak on the Floor About Keeping Student Loans Affordable

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U.S. SENATE News:
            
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico will deliver remarks on the Senate floor about the need to find a comprehensive solution to keep loans affordable for college students in New Mexico and across the country.
 
The Senate is voting today on the Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013. On July 1, because of Senate inaction, a temporary measure to keep interest rates low expired. As a result, the interest rates on new federal Stafford loans doubled from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
 
Udall is a cosponsor
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New Mexico School for the Arts Announces New Chair

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NMSF News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico School for the Arts is proud to announce the appointment of the new Music Department Chair Neil Swapp.

“Not only does Neil bring to NMSA a distinguished career of 24 years as a professional music educator,” says NMSA-Art Institute Director, Riis Gonzales, “his life history mirrors our charter school initiative to provide young students from around the state an opportunity to develop their artistic talents – an opportunity many of them, especially those from smaller New Mexico towns, might not otherwise have.”

“Being a native of New Mexico and growing up Read More

Presentation on UNM-LA Mil Levy at JJAB Meeting

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JJAB News:

The Juvenile Justice Advisory Board will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 17 in Building 1, Camino Entrada Road, Pajarito Cliffs Site.

Members of the UNM-LA Advisory Board will give a presentation, which will include financial and programmatic information in anticipation of the decision on a mil levy increase, which will be put before voters in September. Wednesday’s meeting is open to the public. Read More

Learn How to Get Your MPA at UNM-LA Thursday

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UNM-LA News:

Earn your Master of Public Administration degree from UNM in Los Alamos.

Attend an information session 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, July 11 at the UNM-Los Alamos Campus, Building 6, Room 626.  

An MPA degree opens doors for careers in non-profit organizations, government agencies, health/medical industry, education and more.

For questions, call 505-662-0335. Refreshments will be served.

Visit https:////labgp.unm.edu to learn more about bachelor and graduate opportunities at UNM-LA. Read More

Kiwanis Club Presents Scholarship to Dallin Parker

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The Los Alamos Kiwanis Club presented Dallin Parker with an educational scholarship recently. Parker will attend Brigham Young University in Utah to study nursing. From left, Parker’s mother Marsha Parker, his father Robert Parker, Dallin Parker and Kiwanis Club Vice President Karen Kendall. Parker was selected because of his active involvement in the community through Boy Scouts of America, his church and National Honor Society, as well as helping the disabled and young. Kiwanis meets each Tuesday at noon in Kelly Hall at Trinity on the Hill Church. Kiwanis was founded in
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