Education

PEEC Adds Fourth Camp to Summer Outdoor Adventures

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Last year’s Medicine Hawk’s Mountain School participants learn about primitive camouflage. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s Summer Outdoor Adventure Programs consist of two weeks of day programs for students entering 4-6th grades, one week for students entering 7-8th grades, and now, a four-day overnight survival skills camp for adults and families with children 12 or older.

The new camp, titled Medicine Hawk’s Summer Survival Skills, will be run by Rourke McDermott, and will be held Thursday, June 6 through Sunday, June 9 in the Jemez Read More

School Board Approves $1,000 Reward for Information on Vandals

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School Board President Kevin Honnell and Board Member Judy Bjarke-McKenzie discuss vandalism at Piňon Elementary. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
By Kirsten Laskey

On Saturday evening, Jan. 25, Piňon Elementary School was “tagged” by vandals. The graffiti consisted of a number of vulgar and inappropriate words and phrases.

The Los Alamos Public School Board is working to make sure the Piňon Elementary School vandals are caught.

During a special meeting Wednesday, Jan. 30, the board unanimously approved a $1,000 reward for anyone who will provide information that

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Change the Date for INCAA/NAA Athletic College Eligibility Presentation

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LAPS News:

The date has changed for the INCAA/NAA Athletic College Eligibility Presentation being held for any student/parents (incoming 9th thru 11th grade) who think their child will participate in college athletics.

  • Speech Theater
  • 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 6

For more information, call the Los Alamos High School Athletic Office at 663-2531.

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Aspen Art Teacher Receives LAPSF Grant

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Britt Williams

LAPSF News:

Britt Williams, art teacher at Aspen Elementary School, received a Great Ideas Grant from the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation. 

Williams’ grant will impact 55 6th grade students. The students will learn about the Empty Bowls events from Gillian Sutton. 

Then, they will learn about clay process, see examples from other artists and do the preliminary sketches of their bowls. 

After constructing their bowls using slabs and forms, the students can add texture to their bowls or build up features on the bowl’s surface. 

Once their pieces have Read More

Canvassing Board Officially Approves Bond Election Count

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Members of the canvassing board this morning at the Los Alamos County Clerk’s Office reviewed vote tabulations from Tuesday’s School Bond Election before signing documents to render the final count – 4,283 For and 1,784 Against as official. The canvassing board learned that of the 7,378 ballots/envelopes received, 40 were rejected because they were unsigned, 4 were rejected because the outer envelope was received with no ballot inside and another one had no name. Also, 1,259 were returned by the post office as undeliverable and another seven were rejected because Read More

Letter to the Editor: Thank You for Resounding Endorsement!

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By Kevin Honnell
LA School Board President

On behalf of your School Board, I would like to thank the citizens of White Rock and Los Alamos for their resounding endorsement of our public schools in the recent referendum.

Whether you voted yea or nay, we appreciate that you took time to contemplate the future of your schools and provide us with direction, by way of your ballot.

From the Ranch School days, though the Manhattan Project and into the present, Los Alamos has always been a community that values education.

This endorsement of the schools-revitalization program by our citizens underscores Read More

School Bond Passes By Wide Margin

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Members of the ballot counting committee were hard at work in the County Clerk’s Office late Tuesday afternoon tallying more than 6,000 ballots for the Los Alamos School Bond Election, which ended at 7 p.m. Tuesday. From left, John Puckett, Linda Fox, Ken Thomas, Norma Puckett, Elections Manager Gloria Maestas, Kim Thomas, Deputy Clerk Naomi Maestas, County Clerk Sharon Stover and Cookie Halsted. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Warren Houghting cast his vote Tuesday afternoon for the School Bond. How did he vote? ‘Both my wife and I voted for the bond,’ he told Read More

Sumners Foundation Supports Española YMCA Teen Center Program

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Teens work on projects at the  Española YMCA Teen Center. Courtesy/Family YMCA

FAMILY YMCA News:

Española –The Española YMCA Teen Center is launching a middle school mock-government program thanks to a $15,000 grant from the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation.

The grant is also supporting life-skills classes and tutoring.

“We’re in the process of finding the right person to engage the kids,” Teen Center Director Ben Sandoval said. “We have the kids, we have a model program, we just need a dynamic mentor to facilitate meetings once a week. We’re paying well, and it might be a great opportunity Read More

Mariel Nanasi Speaks on ‘Securing a Future Without Coal in NM’

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Mariel Nanasi

LASE NETWORK/SIERRA CLUB News:

Executive Director and President of New Energy Economy Mariel Nanasi will be speaking on the topic “Securing a Future Without Coal in NM” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6 in the UNM-LA Media Room (Room 203, Bldg.) in the UNM-Los Alamos Student Center.

Her talk is sponsored by the LASE (Los Alamos Sustainable Energy) Network and the Sierra Club.

New Energy Economy’s Native Power Initiative, located in Santa Fe, is bringing community-scale energy efficiency and renewable energy to the Navajo Nation and New Mexico’s Pueblos.

In addition to the immediate Read More

FAFSA Fast Five Grant Workshop at LAHS Thursday

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LAPS News:

A representative from the New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation will be at Los Alamos High School to help students and parents complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at the FAFSA Fast Five Grant Workshop from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31 in the MacLab.

By attending a FAFSA Workshop and completing the FAFSA, students could win a $500 grant to help them with their college expenses. 

To reserve a space, contact Connie Goettee at 663-2595 or c.goettee@laschools.net.

Parents and students will need to bring several important documents to complete Read More