ECECD Launches New Partnership To Grow High-Quality Licensed Child Care In New Mexico
ECECD News:
SANTA FE — In partnership with WESST, Civitas Strategies, and Growing Up New Mexico, the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD), launched CRECER (Capacity Resources for Enhancing Care, Excellence, and Resilience), a childcare business support initiative for providers that want to grow stronger businesses and increase the quality of their programs.
The CRECER initiative, named after the Spanish verb for ‘growth,’ provides robust business development resources to increase the supply of high-quality licensed childcare in New Mexico, through three Read More
LAHS Science Bowl Team Are 2024 Regional Champions!
Los Alamos High School Science Bowl A team members, from left, Anna Simakov, Jack Harris, Linnhtet Htoon, Minhtet Htoon and Drew Bacrania took first place in the New Mexico Regional Science Bowl and are advancing to the National Finals. Courtesy/LAPS
Members of the Los Alamos High School Science Bowl teams pose with their first place trophy last weekend after the A team won the Regional Science Bowl competition. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos High School Science Bowl team of Drew Bacrania, Jack Harris, Linnhtet Htoon, Minhtet Htoon and Anna Simakov are the 2024 Regional Champions Read More
Los Alamos Police Department’s School Resource Officers Accept ‘Read Across America’ Challenge
Los Alamos Police Cpl. Samantha Terrazas reads to 3rd graders recently in Ms. Brown’s class at Barranca Mesa Elementary School. Courtesy/LAPD
LAPD News:
Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) School Resource Officer (SRO) Cpl. Samantha Terrazas has taken on the “Read Across America” Challenge. Cpl. Terrazas is challenging her fellow SRO’s as well as other professionals to get out and read to the youth. A huge part of the School Resource Officer Triad is to be a mentor and teacher to the students they interact with.
The “Read Across America” Challenge has allowed Cpl. Terrazas to enter the classroom Read More
PEEC: Eclipse Stories With Chick Keller At Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium Friday March 8
Dr. Chick Keller
PEEC News:
Dr. Chick Keller will share stories of eclipse missions in the 1970s during his talk this Friday, March 8 in the Los Alamos Nature Center planetarium. Dr. Keller will share insights about the 1970s airborne studies of the sun’s corona during total solar eclipses – conducted at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL). By taking the airborne eclipse observations, lab scientists, including Keller and Art Cox, could extend their totality study and reduce interference from the atmosphere. He will talk about the successes and failures of some of these missions, sharing Read More
Christian Science Society To Host Free Talk On Saturday
By Mary Langworthy, Clerk
Christian Science Society
Hello friends. It’s been over 20 years since the Christian Science Society in Los Alamos hosted a talk on Christian Science for the community. That changes at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 9.
We hope you’ll join us for “Moving past fear – to healing” – a talk by Lisa Troseth at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Lisa has spoken to groups around the world and is a Christian Science practitioner and teacher. She’s also a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.
It promises to be an inspiring and thought-provoking hour. Admission is free. Read More
Los Alamos Mountaineers Announce Jim Straight Scholarships For Spring 2024 Climbing School
Scholarship honoree Jim Straight on Glacier Point Apron at Yosemite National Park, demonstrating the cool nerves and proper balance required to climb run-out friction slabs. Courtesy/Mountaineers
By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers
The Los Alamos Mountaineers are pleased to announce a new scholarship program for their spring 2024 climbing school, in honor of Jim Straight, 1940-2024. Thanks to a generous donation from Suzy Miller and William Straight in honor of their father, the Mountaineers are offering 2 scholarships to help climbing students with their enrollment fees. Read More
Dr. Richard Honsinger Honored For Exemplary Contributions
Dr. Richard Honsinger
LAMCC News:
Dr. Richard Honsinger of Los Alamos Medical Care Clinic was honored on Feb. 25, 2024, at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology meeting in Washington, D.C. for exemplary contributions as an outstanding reviewer. He was one of five reviewers recognized by the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.
Dr. Honsinger has conducted more than 400 reviews of research manuscripts for the major U.S. allergy and immunology journals. In November 2023, he completed his term on the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology editorial board. Read More
LAHS NJROTC Cadets Host Food Drive For LA Cares
Los Alamos High School NJROTC cadets with the results of their annual food drive for LA Cares. Topper Company set a goal for themselves to donate 1,000 items, which they greatly exceeded by donating more than 3,200 items for the community. Courtesy/NJROTC Read More
State Offers $1.6 Million+ To 8 Companies For Job Training
BlueHalo EVP and Sector President, Mary Clum, spoke to 35 middle school students from Southwest Secondary and Prep Learning Center Charter School in Albuquerque. They discussed the significance of pursuing careers in STEAM and she encouraged the students to start their careers in New Mexico. Courtesy/BlueHalo LLC
EDD News:
SANTA FE — The Job Training Incentive Program Board approved $1,628,287 of funding in February to assist eight New Mexico companies in the training of 94 employees, New Mexico Economic Development Department Acting Cabinet Secretary Mark Roper announced Thursday. Read More
Dannemann: A Little Change For Better Schools
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
Back in the era of Susanna Martinez’ governorship, there was a push for a law that would allow New Mexico public schools to hold students back in third grade if they couldn’t meet reading criteria.
I wondered why there was any need for that to be in legislation, when such matters should be handled locally by the school. Somebody told me teachers or principals who tried to hold students back received death threats from parents.
I never tried to verify that claim, but the story was a sharp reminder that for some New Mexico parents, Read More
Regulation And Licensing Department Offers Financial Education Workshops For New Mexico’s Native Communities
NMRLD News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department’s (NMRLD) Financial Institutions Division (FID) extends its financial education workshops, train-the-trainer seminars, and technical assistance services to Native communities for another year.
These services are free of charge and customized and conducted by Vickie K. Oldman, a Diné organizational practitioner, facilitator, and trainer with more than 25 years of expertise in finance, planning, training, and executive coaching to Native and rural communities.
“Our Native communities have had a long history, Read More
NMAA Foundation To Award $75,000 In Student Scholarships
NMAA News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Activities Association has announced the recipients of the 2023-2024 NMAA Foundation Scholarships.
The NMAA Foundation will recognize most of the students receiving these scholarships during the Nusenda Credit Union State Basketball Championships. Some will also be honored during the NMAA State Spirit or Spring Championships.
Approximately 450 students submitted applications, with a total of $76,000 being distributed through 68 different scholarships. There were 22 scholarship categories, with one being the special Together We Read More
LAPS Jazz Faculty Perform For LAHS Students
Ryan Finn and the Los Alamos Jazz faculty performed at Los Alamos High School during lunch Wednesday, featuring the music of Thelonious Monk. The performance was a part of the school’s celebration of Black History Month. Thelonious Monk was a Black American jazz pianist and composer. Monk’s compositions and improvisations feature dissonances and angular melodic twists and are consistent with his unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of switched key releases, silences, and hesitations. Monk’s distinct look included suits, Read More
Learn About Diné & Ndé At Bosque Redondo Ranger Tours
NMHS News:
New Mexico Historic Sites (NMHS) announces that Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site is offering a new series of ranger-led tours.
Join Ranger Lily and Instructional Coordinator Rebekha on Saturdays for a guided tour of the new permanent exhibition, “Bosque Redondo…A Place of Suffering…A Place of Survival” and exterior grounds at Fort Sumner Historic Site, 1-3 p.m., Saturdays, March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2024.
Directions:
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site, I-40 to Santa Rosa, south on US 84 to the village of Fort Sumner. Take Hwy 60/84 3 miles east Read More
Los Alamos High School Literature Students Participate In African America Read-In At Mesa Public Library
Students from LAHS’s AP Literature classes at Mesa Public Library last week participating in the African American Read-In. Courtesy/LAPS
Students from LAHS’s AP Literature classes participating in the African American Read-In. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
This past week students from Los Alamos High School’s AP Literature classes took a field trip to Mesa Public Library to participate in the African American Read-In, a nationwide movement begun in 1990 by the National Council of Teachers of English. The read-ins foster community celebration and engagement in works written and illustrated Read More
LAPS: Registration For 2024-25 School Year Opens Monday
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) will open online registration for the 2024-2025 school year at 8 a.m. Monday, March 4, 2024, for students planning to attend LAPS in the fall. This includes new students, kindergarten and preschool.
Registration for returning students will open later in the week.
Go to www.laschools.net/registration for more information and to register beginning March 4 using either a computer or smartphone.
LAPS is using PowerSchool Enrollment for registration. The district has streamlined this process for parents to minimize the time it takes for parents Read More
ENMU Presents ‘University Juried Art Exhibition’
ENMU News:
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) presents the “University Juried Art Exhibition” through Thursday, March 21, at the Runnells Gallery in the Golden Student Success Center.
“Art often serves as an active lens through which identity and time are explored and expressed. Artists navigate myriad choices to anchor their creative expression, ranging from color, narrative, material, depiction of ancestry, evolution, personal growth, traumas, and triumphs,” Jurist and Professional Artist Alyssa Eble said. “In curating this exhibition, I have selected a range of artworks, Read More
City On The Road To Recruitment At NNMC
Mayor Tim Keller and city leaders at NNMC. Courtesy photo
ONE ALBUQUERQUE News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Friday, Feb. 23, Mayor Tim Keller and City leaders from various departments visited Northern New Mexico College to engage with students and share job opportunities with the City of Albuquerque at an on-campus job fair.
ABQ RIDE also provided the college with a bus that will be used to start a brand new CDL training program at the school, helping to build a needed workforce of drivers and mechanics. This visit was part of the City’s statewide higher education roadshow, aimed at bolstering the local workforce Read More
Officials Cut Ribbon On Bilingual Montessori School Los Alamos Campus
Participating in Tuesday’s ribbon cutting on the Bilingual Montessori School Los Alamos campus, from left, NNSA Los Alamos Field Office Manager Ted Wyka, Vice President of the University of California Office of the National Laboratories Craig Leasure, Laboratory Staff Director Frances Chadwick, LANL Director Thom Mason, Triad Board Chair Jay Sures and Bilingual Montessori’s Odalys González Fernández, Juan Carlos Fernández, Rebekah Seitz and Dora Gonzalez. Courtesy/LANL
Attendees gather in a room at the new Bilingual Montessori School Los Alamos campus. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
