LOS ALAMOS PONY CLUB News:
There’s a fundraiser car wash from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 28 at the Del Norte Credit Union.
The event is being held to benefit the youth leadership and athletics program of Los
Alamos Pony Club.
Bring cars, trucks and even horse trailers for a good scrubbing for a good cause! Read More
By Carol A. ClarkAs the Aug. 15 start of the new school year draws near, a hiring committee has narrowed down a pool of applicants vying to replace Mountain Elementary School Principal Gerry Washburn.
“We had internal and external candidates apply and we’re hoping to bring this search to a close well before school starts,” Washburn said Tuesday.
Washburn is a non-voting member of the hiring committee who helped coordinate the process.
He left Mountain June 19 after serving three years as principal to become Coordinator of Human Resources for Los Alamos Read More
OTOWI STATION News:
Otowi Station, Los Alamos Rotary Club and Self-Help, Inc., have partnered to provide free books to 500 local disadvantaged schoolchildren through this summer’s “A Book of My Very Own” campaign.
The campaign, which ends Aug. 1, is now halfway to its goal.
The books will be distributed with school supplies for the neediest elementary school children in Los Alamos and surrounding communities, as designated by school counselors.
The project is part of Self-Help’s “Tools for Schools” program.
“We’ve been delighted with the response so far,” said Ellen Read More
There are many reasons to oppose the governor’s plan for teacher evaluation: The tests used are unreliable; the states where similar “reforms” have been implemented have not seen success; huge sums of money have been diverted from schools to publishing companies; curriculum narrows to only those things measured and measurable on a standardized test.
The list is long. For teachers, one of the most devastating consequences of over-reliance on test scores is the impact on their relationship with Read More
Anna Grothaus received a scholarship from the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos. Don Casperson hands Anna her check while her parents, Debbie and Mike, look on. Anna will attend Texas Tech University to study psychology in the fall. Photo by Karen Kendall
Photo: Barranca K-Kids Winning Float. Courtesy photo
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos First Vice President Don Casperson carried a float made by students from Barranca Mesa Elementary School K-Kids Cub to New Orleans earlier this month.
The float was an entry in a contest for all K-Kids Clubs around the world in support of “Project Eliminate.”
The Los Alamos float took second place at the international convention. First place went to a float from a Kiwanis Club in Malaysia.
The Barranca K-Kids constructed their entry from a standard size shoebox.
Their float depicts the flags of the 34 Read More
BRADBURY News:
Entrepreneur’s will be at the Bradbury Science Museum from 5-9 p.m., today to network and share details of their business ventures.
Members of the Los Alamos Entrepreneur’s Network (LAEN) will be out in force.
The event is free and open to the public and part of the museum’s “Friday Nights @ the Museum” in which the Museum remains open until 9 p.m. Fridays during June and July offering different movies, speakers and demos free of charge to the public. Read More
The Santa Fe Institute presents a talk by Marc Lipsitch, Director, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University; SFI External Faculty called:
The Paradox of the Plankton Meets Public Health: How do So Many Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Coex
• 12:15 p.m. • Friday, July 20 • Noyce Conference Room
Marc Lipsitch
Abstract: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen, responsible for ~800,000 deaths annually and much additional morbidity worldwide.
Conjugate vaccines, introduced in 2000, provide Read More
Los Alamos Federation of School Employees President, Ellen Mills, center, LAFSE Vice President and State AFT Vice President Ryan Ross and LAFSE Treasurer Virginia Kachelmeier joined Colleen Goddard, Addie Jacobson and Karyl Ann Armbruster of Los Alamos and several hundred people from across the state protesting Santa Fe Wednesday against a teacher evaluation proposal in play at the governor’s office. Photo by Karyl Ann Armbruster
By Karyl Ann Armbruster
Hundreds of teachers, instructional assistants, parents, retirees, students, legislators and other community members Read More
Bandelier’s Chief Ranger Tom Betts will talk Monday at Mesa Public Library about his life and times as a bush pilot in Alaska. Courtesy photo
MESA PUBLIC LIBRARY News:
Celebrate America’s national treasures with a talk and slide show by Bandelier National Monument’s Chief Ranger Tom Betts about his life and times as a bush pilot in Alaska 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, July 23.
This National Parks Night event is in conjunction with the current exhibit of photographs of national parks in the Mesa Public Library Art Gallery, Enchanted Parks: A Photographic Tale of Life in Our National Parks by Read More