Social Distancing … Dance Arts Los Alamos Style!
DALA dancer Elise Chávez joins her ballet class taught by Director Jonathan Guise Monday evening via internet. Courtesy photo
DALA Director Jonathan Guise Monday evening teaching his ballet students via internet. Courtesy photo
DALA News:
Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) Director Jonathan Guise has found a way to reach out to ballet dancers, promote community within the DALA family and keep everyone safe and happy while complying with social distancing during the public health emergency.
DALA will be closed until April 6 but but Monday evening Director Jonathan Guise began teaching a live ballet Read More
Canceled: School Board Work Session March 19
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board work session scheduled Thursday, March 19 at Los Alamos High School is canceled due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Read More
LAPS Employee Newsletter, COVID-19 Resources
Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus
This is the next in a series of information Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus is sending to parents and staff about COVID-19 and the schools closure for the next three weeks.
Greetings from the Superintendent’s Desk!
Thanks for your flexibility as we all adjust to what people are calling the new “normal”.
Since electronic communications are increasingly important, I encourage everyone to “opt in” to the LAPS text messaging service.
Simply send the text message “Y” to our short number 67587.
Thanks in advance for choosing to participate. Read More
PEEC Launches Take It Outside! Beginning Today
PEEC launched a new online series today called Take It Outside! to help the community get outside, have fun and continue to learn about nature while the schools and Los Alamos Nature Center are closed. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) has launched a new online series to help the community get outside, have fun and continue to learn about nature while the schools and Los Alamos Nature Center are closed.
Take It Outside with PEEC!
Each week, PEEC’s staff and volunteers will focus on a different nature-related theme. They will provide daily activities Read More
State Website Contains Information For Families On School Meals … Lists Feeding Plans By District During Closing
STATE News:
The newwmexico.gov website is state government’s one-stop shop for information about the COVID-19 pandemic that led Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to close schools for three weeks beginning today, March 16.
(Updates to the number of confirmed cases in the state will continue to be posted to cv.nmhealth.org.)
The newmexico.gov website is being updated and finalized in real Read More
LASCU Creates COVID-19 Relief Program
LASCU News:
Los Alamos Schools Credit Union has created a COVID-19 Relief Program for school district employees and their families during the three week shutdown of the Los Alamos Public Schools.
LASCU is offering 0 percent loans, loan payment extensions and financial counseling for those affected by the shutdown.
The Credit Union wants District employees to know this help is available. Visit lascu.org for more information. Read More
Los Alamos High School Student Lillian Petersen Among 2019-20 Cutler-Bell Prize Winners
Lillian Petersen, Los Alamos High School
ACM News:
NEW YORK — The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) announced four high school students were selected from among a pool of graduating high school seniors throughout the U.S. for the Cutler-Bell Prize.
Eligible students applied for the award by submitting a project/artifact that engages modern technology and computer science. A panel of judges selected the recipients based on the ingenuity, complexity, relevancy, and originality of their projects.
The Cutler-Bell Prize promotes Read More
AFT-NM Responds to Statewide School Closures
AFT President Stephanie Ly
AFT News:
Albuquerque – American Federation of Teachers New Mexico (AFT) President Stephanie Ly released the following statement:
“The announcement of temporary statewide school closures from March 16 through April 6 is a prudent decision for the health and welfare of our students, families, and education professionals across New Mexico. Worldwide data shows that proactive decisions such as mass closures help to stem the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
“Gov. Lujan Grisham and the leadership of the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) will be issuing additional Read More
Canceled: Polaris Charter School Community Meetings
EDUCATION News:
Responding to New Mexico Department of Health recommendations, Polaris Charter School Community meetings scheduled for March 18 at the Los Alamos Steam Lab and April 14 at Family Strengths Network are canceled. Read More
Santa Fe Community College And Higher Education Center Closed Through April 5 … Events Canceled Through April 10
Santa Fe Community College at 6401 Richards Ave., in Santa Fe. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC News:
SANTA FE – Santa Fe Community College and Santa Fe Higher Education Center are following Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s recommendation to reduce the spread of Coronavirus and have closed.
SFCC, Kids Campus and the Higher Education Center are closed for spring break through Sunday March 22. Both campuses will be closed Monday, March 23 through Sunday April 5 to further prevent the virus from impacting community members.
All events are canceled; there is no access to either campus.
After spring break, beginning Read More
Enterprise Bank & Trust Announces Scholarship Program
Enterprise Market President Liddie Martinez
ENTERPRISE BANK News:
Enterprise Bank & Trust has developed the new Enterprise Bank Scholarship Program, and graduating seniors from Los Alamos High School are encouraged to apply for the scholarship.
The deadline to apply is 5 p.m., April 1, 2020. Applications are available through the school’s guidance counselor.
Applicants will be evaluated by the scholarship committee based on academic excellence, leadership experience and community volunteer work.
“This is our first year for the program, and we are excited to support the educational Read More
Homeland Security News Wire: COVID-19 Virus Isolated … Better Testing, Treatments, Vaccines Are Near
Researchers from left, Dr. Robert Kozak, Dr. Samira Mubareka and Dr. Arinjay Banerjee have isolated the agent responsible for the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. Courtesy/McMaster University
A team of researchers from Sunnybrook Health Science Center in Toronto, McMaster University, and the University of Toronto(opens in a new window) has isolated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent responsible for the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19.
Sunnybrook says that the team was able to culture the virus from two clinical Read More
PEEC Updates Public On Response To Coronavirus
PEEC offers updates on programming due to COVID-19 outbreak. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is dedicated to keeping our visitors, volunteers, and staff healthy and safe.
Due to recent guidelines from the New Mexico Department of Health regarding COVID-19, PEEC staff are making changes to their operating policies and canceling all large events for the time being.
Current Event Cancellations:
- Tonight’s scheduled Universe in Six Strings concert has been canceled for the safety of our guests. If you have already purchased tickets, we are
UNM-LA Announces Three Week Cancellation Of Face-to-Face Classes But Campus To Remain Open
UNM-LA News:
UNM-Los Alamos, in coordination with UNM, will not conduct face-to-face classes during the period of March 14 through April 5.
This will extend the “spring break” period by two weeks.
The campus will remain open. We are working with supervisors to help employees navigate the need to address child care issues caused by K-12 closures, the need for social distancing, and the importance of protecting our students’ educational futures.
During this three week period, instructors will be working to modify delivery systems to provide learning environments that necessitate Read More
New Mexico Closes K-12 Public Schools For Three Weeks To Prevent Potential Spread Of COVID-19
STATE News:
‘Our goal is to be so effective at containment that three weeks is all we will need.’ –Gov. Lujan Grisham
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced today that New Mexico K-12 public schools will close for three weeks, effective Monday, March 16, to mitigate the risk of community spread of COVID-19.
The order closing all public pre-schools and K-12 schools will be effective through April 3 and may be extended as conditions warrant. Schools will not be required to make up the missed instructional days at the end of the academic year, the Public Education Department said.
“This Read More
COVID-19 Update From Los Alamos Public Schools
Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus
LAPS News:
Greetings from the Los Alamos Public Schools!
Here is the latest information from the Governor’s press conference this morning:
The Public Education Department will waive the instructional hours requirement; thus, LAPS will not make up the two weeks of missed school (March 16-12 and March 30-April 3).
NM hotline for health questions: 1-855-600-3453; and
NM hotline for everything else: 1-833-551-0518.
Here is additional information from the Los Alamos Public Schools:
- Beginning March 16 and ending April 3, grab and go lunches will be provided for
On The Job In Los Alamos: Speaking To First Responders
On the job in Los Alamos Tuesday evening is Hospital Chaplain S.S. SarbSarang K. Khalsa, speaking to the Los Alamos County Chaplain Corps. and Behavioral Health Response Team gathered at the Los Alamos Fire Administration Training Room, 999 Central Ave. Khalsa shares information about the Sikhs faith to give first responders a greater understanding when assisting people of the Sikhs community. She explains about the Five Articles of Faith, which includes a steel bracelet (Kara) that represents self-restraint and a link to God. #worklosalamos #where discoveriesaremade. Photo by Jenn Read More
UNM-LA Offers ‘Designing Your Life’ Course
Dr. Nicole Lloyd-Ronning, a continuing faculty member at UNM-LA and also a staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory, will teach ‘Designing Your Life’, FYEX1110 this spring at UNM-LA. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-lA
UNM-LA News:
UNM-LA will offer “Designing Your Life”, course beginning March 23, meeting noon to 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
The course is based on the book, “Designing Your Life” by Stanford University professors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. Burnett and Evans developed a series of exercises to help students engage in “design thinking”, a strategy typically used to improve Read More
Los Alamos County Explores Food Composting Options
Environmental Services Division Manager Angelica Gurule
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Food waste not only effects the environment but people’s wallets. Los Alamos County Environmental Services Division is planning to embark on an education program aimed at helping people to not carelessly toss food and their money away.
Environmental Services Division Manager Angelica Gurule said the food waste education campaign is expected to kick off in April.
During the Feb. 18 Los Alamos County Council work session, Councilor Katrina Martin asked what the education Read More
PED Issues Memo To School Superintendents On COVID-19
NMPED News:
Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus shares the following memo he and other superintendents just received from the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED).
COVID-19 Briefing Call for All Superintendents and Charter School Leaders
Today we anticipate that Gov. Michelle Luján Grisham and the New Mexico Department of Health will issue a public health order prohibiting congregations of more than 100 people after announcing that four New Mexico residents tested presumptive positive for COVID-19, the first confirmed cases in the state. This order was Read More
