Education

Volunteers Needed for Senior Appreciation Night

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SAN News:

Volunteers are needed to help with events for the community-sponsored, all-night senior graduation celebration known as SAN (Senior Appreciation Night) for shifts that begin at 6 p.m. June 1.

SAN was created as a fun, safe alternative to dangerous celebrations for local graduates.

The event is in its 29 year and typically serves 350 students. 

Volunteers are needed to work 2 to 3 hour shifts at times detailed below:
 
  • BBQ & Bouncy Toys / 5:30 to 9 p.m. / 17 volunteers needed;
  • Youth Activity Center / 6 to 9 p.m. and 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. / 4 volunteers needed;
  • YMCA / 7 to 10 p.m. / 4 volunteers
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The Wildlife Center to Hold Annual Open House

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Executive Director Katherine Eagleson of The Wildlife Center with Grace the eagle. Courtesy/TWS

Prairie Rattlesnake. Courtesy/TWS

TWC News:

  • Live snake demonstrations, nature activities and raptor viewing

ESPANOLA – The Wildlife Center, New Mexico’s only wildlife hospital, is holding its free Annual Open House 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5.

The Open House is a great opportunity to get up close and personal with native New Mexico wildlife.

The Wildlife Center is in its 27 year of providing rehabilitation services to native New Mexico wildlife and educational programming Read More

Selvi Viswanathan Receives Butterfly Garden Award

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Selvi Viswanathan enjoys her award-winning butterfly garden. Photo by Hari Viswanathan

The Southwestern Orangetip is one of the many butterflies that can be seen feeding in the Viswanathan garden. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

LAGC News:

Selvi Viswanathan, long-time Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) board member and active Los Alamos Garden Club member, was recently honored with a first-place award from the New Mexico Garden Clubs, Inc.

She received the “Butterfly Gardening across America Award.”

To earn her certificate and a monetary award, Viswanathan’s application Read More

Letter to the Editor: Unequivocal Support for Aspen Principal

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Letter to the Editor

The April 21 story reporting a lawsuit filed by Zeynep Unal against Los Alamos Public Schools and Kathryn Vandenkieboom, principal at Aspen Elementary, was incredibly disheartening. 

The story, particularly the wording in the lawsuit, portrayed Kathryn much differently than the child and family advocate we know. We would like readers to know that Kathryn.

Five years ago, when it was announced that Kathryn would lead Aspen as our principal, cheers of joy rang out! We were thrilled to be working with a woman fresh from the classroom and one we all respected to make decisions, Read More

Innovation Shines at 23rd New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge

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Justin Sanchez of Albuquerque’s La Cueva High School during the finalist team judging at the New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge expo and awards ceremony at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The styrofoam balls represent a word while the sticks that connect them represent a correlation between the words. Courtesy photo
 
LANL News:
 
Los Alamos High School freshman Cole Kendrick took second place in the 23rd New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge for his computer simulation project of Saturn’s ring structure.
 
Kendrick, who won the New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge’s
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Young Scientist Describes Project to Kiwanis Club

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Holly Erickson spoke to students in December to encourage them to participate in the County Science Fair. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Special to the Los Alamos Daily Post

It was no surprise that Holly Erickson won the top cash prize given by Kiwanis in the senior division of this year’s Los Alamos County Science Fair—and then went on to be one of the stars at the State Science Fair, where she was chosen to be a competitor in the International Science Fair.

Erickson comes from a dynasty of scientists and Science Fair winners, and her own outstanding ability was more Read More

School Board Holding Three Meetings on 2013/2014 Budget

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LAPS News:

The Los Alamos School Board has scheduled three Special School Board Meetings to discuss the 2013/2014 budget on the following dates:

  • Wednesday, May 1, at at 3:30 p.m. in the LAHS Speech Theater;
  • Wednesday, May 8, at 3:30 p.m. in the LAHS Speech Theater; and
  • Monday, May 15, at 3:30 p.m. in the LAHS IMC.

The 2013/2014 budget will be the only agenda item at these meetings. Read More

Los Alamos Ranking Rises on ‘US News & World Report’ Best High Schools List

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LAPS News:

US News & World Report has selected Los Alamos High School for a “Silver Medal” ranking in 2013 as one of America’s Best High Schools.

From a review of 21,035 U.S. public high schools, Los Alamos ranked 556 in the nation. Los Alamos ranking was up significantly from the 2012 “Silver Medal” ranking of 638.            

Rankings of high schools are largely determined by participation in Advanced Placement courses. This past year, 49 percent of the 1,124 of the students at Los Alamos High School enrolled in AP courses. Read More

LANL: Seventy Three New Mexico Students Receive Scholarships

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Gold Scholarship Winners Kevin Gao, Danielle Harrier and Micaela Lucero. Courtesy/LANL

LANL FOUNDATION News:

Seventy-three students from seven Northern New Mexico counties are recipients of this year’s scholarships through the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund.

Funding for the scholarships comes from $411,500 in donations from Los Alamos National Laboratory employees and Los Alamos National Security, LLC.

Los Alamos High School senior Kevin Gao, Micaela Lucero of St. Michael’s High and Danielle Harrier of Pojoaque High School share this year’s gold scholarship, which provide Read More