Education

New Mexico School For The Arts Percussion Ensemble Joins All State Conference Honor Ensemble

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NMSA Music students and Music Department Chair, Jesse Parker at the All State competition in 2025. Courtesy photo

NMSA News:

The New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) Percussion Ensemble has been selected as an Honor Ensemble for the New Mexico Music Educators Association (NMMEA) All-State Conference.

Chosen through a highly competitive audition process from ensembles across the state, the NMSA Percussion Ensemble earned this distinction for its exceptional artistry and performance.

The ensemble will perform at Popejoy Hall during the conference, representing the NMSA music program Read More

LAHS And LAMS Launch Sources Of Strength Program

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LAHS Peer Leaders participate in team building activities. Courtesy/LAPS

LAHS Peer Leaders participate in team building activities. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Los Alamos High School (LAHS) and Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) are implementing Sources of Strength, an evidence-based, strengths-focused, upstream wellness and suicide prevention program.

Now in its second year at LAHS and first year at LAMS, both schools are engaging Peer Leaders and Trusted Adults to spread messages of Hope, Help, and Strength while building a culture of belonging.

“Sources of Strength brings together Read More

2025 District NE-I Honors Auditions Results

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Los Alamos Music Teachers Association also hosted a Halloween Masquerade Recital on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Unitarian Church, featuring performances by 40 students, including several District Honors winners. Courtesy/LAMTA

Los Alamos Music Teachers Association News:

The 2025 District NE-I Honors Auditions took place on Saturday, Oct. 18, on the University of New Mexico–Los Alamos campus. Talented young musicians from Los Alamos and Santa Fe, ages 7 to 17, participated in this year’s event, showcasing their artistry and dedication.

Students represented the studios of Aejin Chang, Read More

Mountaineers: Get To Know The Santa Fe To Taos Thru-Hike With Author Pam Neely Presentation At Oct. 28 Meeting

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Pam Neely’s Thru-Hike guidebook. Courtesy/LAM

By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaneers 

The Oct. 28 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Pam Neely, the creator of the Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike. In this presentation, she will introduce this new hike, which has been over a decade in the making.

We call all adventurers to learn about this new long-distance trail in New Mexico. The Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike goes from Santa Fe Plaza to Taos Plaza – 132 miles over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

The route is now extensively documented in a new guidebook. Come find out more about the trail and

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Life After 50: Homecoming 2025!

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Angela Aldrich, Pharm D Class of 1995, top right, Sylvester Jones ISU football receiver and running back 1989-1992, top left, and their daughter Amelia Jones, center, with friends, at the ISU Bengals game Sept. 6 at UNM in Albuquerque. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

ISU Class of 1991 graduate Bernadette Lauritzen and her husband and Navy sidekick Chad represented USU at a Sept. 6 game in Albuquerque. ISU holds its homecoming game today in Pocatello, Idaho. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions

I graduated in 1986 from Edgewater Read More

County Congratulates Transit Operator 1 Jerry Dudley

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Transit Operator 1 Jerry Dudley

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County congratulates Transit Operator 1 Jerry Dudley for completing one year of service and all his exams for CDL Entry Level Driver and Bus and Route Training.

Dudley is out driving on routes and ready to support the community with transit services.

The community is encouraged to take the time to greet Dudley when out and about riding the Atomic City Transit buses.

The County looks forward to working with Dudley for many more years and thanks him for your service. Read More

Demolition Scenes Wednesday At Old Chamisa School

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Demolition of the 60+-year-old Chamisa Elementary School is wrapping up, as shown here on Wednesday on Meadow Lane in White Rock. A portion of the new school can be seen at right. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen 

Another view of demolition wrapping up on the old Chamisa Elementary School, as shown here on Wednesday on Meadow Lane in White Rock. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen  Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

Another view of demolition wrapping up on the old Chamisa Elementary School, as shown here on Wednesday on Meadow Lane in White Rock. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen  Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen Read More

Inside Michael Ham’s Mind: How AI Could Win Wars – And Kill The Internet By 2030

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Michael Ham

By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailypost.com

Step into a conversation with Michael Ham, and within minutes you’re ping-ponging between the history of semiconductors, the future of warfare, and the chilling possibility that by 2030, the internet might be more bot than human.

Ham, director of the Mission Data Stewardship Alliance at Los Alamos National Laboratory, was the keynote speaker for the members of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) this month. His presentation, titled “Agentic AI for National Security”, explored the intersection of technological Read More

SFCC To Close Nov. 11 In Honor Of Veterans Day

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Santa Fe Community College Campus in the fall. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

  • The Santa Fe Higher Education Center, 1950 Siringo Road, will remain open

SANTA FE – Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Ave., will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day.

No classes or activities will be held, and no other student services will be available. The college’s early childhood development center, Kids Campus https://www.sfcc.edu/kidscampus/, and the William C. Witter Fitness Education Center https://www.sfcc.edu/offices/fitness-education-center/ will also be closed.  Read More