Education

Kiwanis To Hear From LAHS Principal Eric Ziegler Jan. 12

LAHS Principal Eric Ziegler

KIWANIS CLUB News:

The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos will hear from Los Alamos High School Principal Eric Ziegler at its dinner meeting on Monday, Jan. 12.

The dinner begins at 5:30 p.m., with the meeting to be called to order at 6 p.m. at Trinity on the Hill Church.

To learn more about the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos, visit kiwanis.org. Read More

LANL Foundation Opens Applications For Career Pathways Scholarship

LANLF News:

ESPAÑOLA — The LANL Foundation is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Career Pathways Scholarship, an opportunity designed to support Northern New Mexico students and adult learners earning an associate degree, certificate, or professional trade credential in pursuit of a specific career goal.

“The Career Pathways scholarship is about expanding access to education that leads directly to opportunity,” said Mike Ammerman, LANL Foundation Scholarship Program Director. “This scholarship helps remove financial barriers for students and adult learners Read More

UNM-LA Advisory Board To Meet Monday, Jan. 12

UNM-LA News:

The UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) Advisory Board is holding a board meeting at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 12, in the Building 2 Lecture Hall (Room 230) on the UNM-LA campus located at 4000 University Drive, Los Alamos, NM 87544.

The meeting will also be virtual via Zoom. You can join the meeting by following this link: https://unm.zoom.us/j/95145966954.

Agenda items include swearing in three board members and discussion of tuition and fees.

The board generally meets on the Monday preceding the second Tuesday of each odd calendar month except in July, unless otherwise directed. The board Read More

Los Alamos High School Graduates Reuben Goettee & Samantha Grow Perform In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Los Alamos High School 2022 graduates and Northern Arizona University students Reuben Goettee and Samantha Grow perform in the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Courtesy photo

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

While many Americans could be found seated around the dinner table Thanksgiving Day, two Los Alamos High School graduates – Reuben Goettee and Samantha Grow – found themselves on national television in front of millions of viewers.

Goettee and Grow are members of the Northern Arizona University marching band, which earned Read More

Learn A Living Tradition – Make Traditional New Mexican Straw Appliqué Art At Los Luceros Historic Site

Los Luceros Historic Site News:

Create one of Northern New Mexico’s most enchanting arts, straw appliqué, with Northern Río Grande National Heritage Area (NRGNHA) at Los Luceros Historic Site this month.

What: Learn how to make straw appliqué art using wheat straw to decorate wooden decorative items. The workshop begins with participants carefully selecting wheat straw and preparing it by splitting, flattening, and burnishing it to enhance its natural golden sheen.

Participants will arrange the prepared straw into intricate designs such as flowers, vines, stars, sacred symbols, and Read More

Los Alamos Members Of IWF-NM Celebrate Start Of 2026

Several Los Alamos members of the International Women’s Forum-New Mexico (IWF-NM), gathered for lunch Tuesday at Blue Window Bistro to celebrate the start of a new year. From left, Retired Bradbury Science Museum Director Linda Deck. Los Alamos Historian Nancy Bartlit, Enterprise Bank & Trust Regional President Liddie Martinez, County Administrative Services Department Director Helen Perraglio, and not pictured Los Alamos Daily Post Publisher Carol A. Clark. IWF-NM celebrates women by advancing leadership across careers, cultures and communities, connecting the state’s most Read More

SFCC Library And Creative Writing Program Offers Free Online Spring 2026 Writing Generation Series Begins Feb. 18

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s Library and Creative Writing program present the free online Spring 2026 Writing Generation (Wri-Gen) Series beginning Feb. 18 led by esteemed authors.

Each author will read at an introductory session. In a follow-up Zoom meeting the author will engage the participants in a writing exercise/creative session. Attendees can go to any of the sessions by registering just once at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SFCCWriGenSpring26.

The sessions begin at 6 p.m., Wednesdays, beginning Feb. 18 and will feature these writers: Jamie Figueroa Read More

Los Alamos High Flyers Competitive Gymnastics Teams Shine At Start Of New Season

The Los Alamos High Flyers Gymnastics Level 4 Girls team winning the 3rd place Team Trophy at the Rio Rancho competition, from left, Coach Svetlana Shurikhin, Aly Lppez, Cece Gulsby, Harmony Cutter, Lucy Meierbachtol, Ava Zadina, Grace Waters, Nina Gyrya, Zoie Romero and Coach David Vosburgh. Courtesy/LAHFG

SPORTS News:

The Los Alamos High Flyers competitive gymnastics teams are off to a great start this season. The competitive teams, comprised this year of 60 athletes ranging in age from 5 to 17, are collectively expected to compete in 19 competitions over the course of the competitive season. Read More

Pajarito Environmental Education Center Celebrates 11 Year Milestone As Nationally Certified Community Wildlife Habitat

The certification process for Los Alamos began with an email PEEC’s Selvi Viswanathan, right, sent to Luisa Grant of the National Wildlife Federation. More emails followed and a local Community Wildlife Habitat Team was formed that included Viswanathan, her son Hari Viswanathan, Michele Altherr, Hedy Dunn, Laura Loy, Yvonne Keller and Bob Walker. Other community members as well as students pitched in to work toward obtaining the certification. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

This month, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is celebrating an exciting milestone: Los Alamos has Read More