Education

Registration Opens for Summer Video/Animation Classes

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PAC 8 News:

PAC 8 is offering Summer Video and Animation classes for children in second through ninth grades.

New, this summer, will be a Beginning Video session, open to second through sixth graders, called “A Peek at PEEC” in which the students will create a short documentary at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center.

Also new this summer, are two sessions (session 1 and 2) geared towards the home-schooled students in town.

All classes arefocused on fun. Students make music videos, news shows, documentaries, commercials and comedies.

Beginning Classes learn basic camera Read More

Pajarito Astronomers Hosts Dark Night April 13

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PA News:

The Pajarito Astronomers will hold a County-sponsored Dark Night starting at 7:45 p.m. (sunset), Saturday, April 13 at Spirio Soccer Field, Overlook Park in White Rock.

Weather permitting, the public is invited to come out, wander among the telescopes and star gaze.

A crescent moon will be visible, as will the planets Jupiter and Saturn. There will be a tour of the winter and spring constellations, and there will be telescope views of double stars, star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies.

The public is invited and encouraged to attend. Viewing will end before midnight. Call Steve Becker Read More

Restorative Justice Training at LAHS

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Circle Time – Los Alamos Teen Center Team Leader Daniel Yamada was one of 45 in attendance at a restorative justice training, held at Los Alamos High School. The training was hosted by JJAB, Los Alamos County and CYFD for programs statewide. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN

Last month, the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board hosted a training in the area of restorative justice, to enhance  programs across the state with a valuable tool.

“Our directive from CYFD was to open up our trainings at least regionally if not state wide,” said Ellen Ben-Naim, JJAB Co-coordinator, Read More

GED Spells Success for Local Students

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UNM-Los Alamos Adult Learning Center Manager Michele Worley spoke to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos Tuesday about the GED preparation program. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

UNM-Los Alamos provides GED (General Education Development) test preparation classes for those who did not graduate from high school and would like to study for the GED.

UNM-Los Alamos Adult Learning Center Manager Michele Worley spoke to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos Tuesday about the program.

“In the Los Alamos community, there is not much awareness of what Read More

Great Conversations Reveals Two More Conversation Guides

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LAPSF News:

Great Conversations is an afternoon of delicious appetizers and desserts and an in-depth conversation with a subject area expert. 

This is the 4th Annual Great Conversations hosted by the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation.

It will take place from 2-5 p.m., April 28 at Los Alamos High School in the new building.

This is the third in a series about the conversations that will take place at this year’s event.

Reading into the Change in Books: Kindle, Nook & iPad

Steven Thomas

How is the nature of the publishing industry being fundamentally altered? Steven Thomas, Read More

LAPS Superintendent Shares News in Open Letter to Staff

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LAPS News:

Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Gene Schmidt is sharing updates about the district in the following open letter to his staff:

April 4, 2013

Open Letter to the Staff:

I am pleased to share that the final touches are being placed on the district’s Strategic Plan.

I have presented two different drafts of the plan to the School Board over the past week.

There is still clean up and detail to add, but the plan is close enough to completion that I will begin allocating resources into the upcoming budget to reinforce Strategic Plan goals.

I will be meeting with each school staff before the Read More

Rotary Student of the Month for March: Judy Lee

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Judy Lee

ROTARY News:

Judy Lee, a junior at Los Alamos High School (LAHS), was recently honored as Rotary Student of the Month for March. 

Lee is the daughter of Myung Choand Sang Yoon Lee and the sister of Dong Hun Lee.

Lee, an exceptional student, is a member of the National Honor Society, as well as Natural Helpers, a national program through which she was selected by her peers as someone with a natural skill for helping others. 

Lee’s sensitivity to others is also marked by her service to the Retired Seniors Volunteer Program where, for four years, she has assisted director Irene Powell Read More

Sprout Technological Shoots and Tame Your Smart Phone

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UNM-LA News:

Does your smart phone still emit unsolicited squeaks before dawn? 

Are you envious of friends who get driving directions from their Droid? 

No need to worry. This month, UNM-Los Alamos Community Education offers a series of classes on smart phones that will help you eliminate unwanted settings and take advantage of the phone’s best features. 

Topics covered include synching calendars, setting up media, using the Internet and downloading and installing apps.   

Classes begin April 10 and meet 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday mornings for three weeks.  Read More