Education

LAHS English Lit Students Learn About Journalism During Field Trip To Meet Los Alamos Daily Post News Team

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Los Alamos Daily Post Photographer John McHale discusses sports photography with Los Alamos High School students from English Teacher Lori Thompson’s Sports Lit class during their field trip in October to visit the news team to learn about journalism, photography and the newspaper business. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos High School students from English Teacher Lori Thompson’s Sports Lit class take a field trip in October to visit the news team at the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

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And More Scenes From LAHS Teacher Lori Thompson’s Sports Lit Class During Visit To Justice Center

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Los Alamos Police Cpl. Joey Robinson answers questions from students in Los Alamos High School English Teacher Lori Thompson’s Sports Lit class Nov. 5 at the Justice Center. The students will be writing articles from their interviews. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Counce takes questions from Los Alamos High School students outside her office on Nov. 5 at the Justice Center. The students are in English Teacher Lori Thompson’s Sports Lit class. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

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More Scenes From LAHS Teacher Lori Thompson’s Sports Lit Class Conducting Interviews At Justice Center

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The Honorable Los Alamos County Municipal Court Judge Elizabeth Allen speaks with Los Alamos High School Students from English Teacher Lori Thompson’s Sports Lit class in early November as they interview her in her office at the Justice Center. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com 

Los Alamos High School students from English Teacher Lori Thompson’s Sports Lit class interview the Honorable Los Alamos County Municipal Court Judge Elizabeth Allen in her office recently at the Justice Center. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com 

Los Alamos High School students from English Teacher Read More

DPU AND PEEC To Hold Home Energy Management In-Person & Live-Streamed Talk Monday

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Courtesy/OpenEnergyMonitor

COUNTY News:

The community is invited to join the Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities (DPU) and Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) for a practical talk on simple tools to track and manage home energy use, from energy monitoring apps like Sense to smart plugs and device scheduling.

Scheduled for 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, at Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road, the talk will also explore more advanced automation with Home Assistant, including a live demo of how it runs an off-grid solar system.

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County Lifeguard Instructor/Trainer Recertification Nov. 30

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Lifeguard Instructor/Trainer Recertification is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30 at the Aquatic Center, 2760 Canyon Road.

The purpose of this course is for certified American Red Cross Lifeguarding Instructors to maintain their skills and certification.

All participants must register with a personal email address to access the Red Cross Learning Center.

Participants who complete this course will receive a certification for Lifeguarding Instructor valid for 2 years.

To participate in the Lifeguarding Instructor Course, individuals must:

  • Be at least
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Pajarito Opens Master The Mountain Skiing Lessons

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Master the Mountain, the multi-week, Sunday only lessons for anyone ages 7+. CourtesyPMSH

PAJARITO SKl HILL News:

Want to level up your skiing or riding skills? Join Master the Mountain, the multi-week, Sunday only lessons for anyone ages 7+.

New this year, Master the Mountain will offer two four-week sessions.

Pajarito’s new Master the Mountain Clinics offer specialized instruction on Sundays to take Green Zone and higher level skiers and snowboarders all over the mountain to level up their skills!

Master The Mountain is an 8-week, 2.5-hour Sunday program.

SESSION I:
Jan. 18-Feb. 8

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SFWAF Lunch Discussion With Anastasios Kioses On ‘Afghanistan Land Of Conflict & Beauty’ At SFCC Dec. 4

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Anastasios (Tasos) Kioses

SFWAF News:

The community is invited to a Santa Fe World Affairs Forum (SFWAF) lunch program discussion with Anastasios (Tasos) Kioses, 12-2 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 4, in the Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) Board Room (Room 223).

Alexander the Great is thought to have said, “May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the revenge of the Afghans”. Winston Churchill wrote in 1897, “Financially it is ruinous. Morally it is wicked. Militarily is an open question and politically it is a blunder”.

This is not a talk that involves analyses of the Read More

Alpha Zeta Adopt-A-Family Program Seeks Local Sponsors

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By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

Alpha Zeta, a local Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, is collaborating with local schools to identify families who could use a little extra love over the holiday season. Their Adopt-A-Family program for 2025 has received 54 applications, with 13 families looking for sponsors.

Families who remain include families with grandparents in the home, single parents with multiple children, and single-child families. The biggest family remaining is a family of seven, and the smallest is a family of two.

“About 80 percent of the families in the program live in Los Alamos County; Read More

Rabbi Jack: Pilgrims And A Jewish Pilgrimage Festival

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Rabbi Jack Shlachter in front of a Sukkah (temporary booth). Courtesy/Beverly M. Post

By Rabbi Jack Shlachter
Los Alamos Jewish Center

If you’re like me, you are probably still trying to work off some of the extra calories that you consumed over a Thanksgiving meal. Rather than exercise, however, I thought I’d address a question that came up recently regarding whether or not Thanksgiving is truly a secular holiday. As the sole rabbi in Los Alamos (I jokingly sometimes say that I’m the Chief Rabbi of Los Alamos), I therefore recently reexamined the origins of the holiday of Thanksgiving. 

I Read More