NMDOT: National Teen Driver Safety Week Oct. 20-27
NMDOT News:NM Association Of Museums Names ‘Penstemon Whisperer’ Larry Deaven Volunteer Of The Year
Larry Deaven, center, is honored as Volunteer of the Year by the New Mexico Association of Museums for his work in the penstemon gardens at the Los Alamos Nature Center. PEEC staff gathered Sept. 24 at the awards event with Deaven, from left, Marketing Manager Rachel Landman, Executive Director Katie Bruell, Deaven, Director of Interpretation Jonathan Creel and Adventure Programs Manager Beth Cortright. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC volunteer Larry Deaven, a.k.a. ‘The Penstemon Whisperer’, has been growing penstemons for more than 40 years and began gardening in 2015 at the Los Alamos Nature Center.Letter To The Editor: Vote For David Hampton, A New Voice And Vision For UNM-LA
By DONNA MACDONALDI ask the community to vote David Hampton for the UNM-LA Advisory Board, position 3. We need new and fresh voices at the table to move our community forward.
I certainly appreciate his vision to push UNM-LA towards becoming a 4-year Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) university. We keep losing our brightest and best students to out-of-state colleges, and a local 4-year college par excellence could encourage them to stay.
There would be stubborn resistance from UNM Main Campus, of course, so this initiative would require strong community
American Federation Of Teachers Congratulates University Of New Mexico Faculty On Vote To Unionize
AFT News:LANL Waste Management Services Group Leader Speaks At Voices Of Los Alamos Meeting Monday Oct. 28
VOLA News:
Voices of Los Alamos is hosting its next meeting is 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 at the Unitarian Church, 1738 N. Sage Loop.
Guest Speaker Steven Singledecker will present a talk on Los Alamos National Laboratory waste shipments to offsite disposal facilities.
Singledecker is the Waste Management Services Group Leader at LANL and has more than 29 years of experience in the waste management industry. He also worked at Brookhaven and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has been working the last 20 years within the DOE complex on a variety of waste management issues, particularly Read More
Los Alamos Public Safety Association Awards Scholarships To UNM-LA Students Giron And Talachy
The Los Alamos Public Safety Association presented $500 scholarship awards to Eric Giron and Heaven Talachy Thursday at the Los Alamos Fire Administration Building on Central Avenue. Chosen from a pool of seven applicants, Giron is studying Fire Science and Talachy is studying Public Safety at UNM-LA. Giron receives a challenge coin and $500 scholarship from Deputy Chief and LAPSA President Steve Dewald, one of his teachers in the Fire Science Program at UNM-LA. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
LAFD Deputy Chief and LAPSA President Steve Dawald presents a challenge coin and Read More
2019 Girls Discovery Workshop At UNM-LA Nov. 2
UWNNM And LACF Invite Nonprofits To Learn How To Become Part Of Biggest Giving Day Of The Year
LACF News:Chamisa ‘Best Of State’ In Scholastic Reading Challenge
LAPS Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus, back row left, with staff and members of the Los Alamos Masonic Lodge celebrate the top readers in the 2019 Scholastic Read-a-Palooza Summer Reading Challenge who each received bicycles from the Masonic Lodge. Courtesy photo
Chamisa Elementary School students and staff with their 2019 ‘Best of State’ Scholastic ad-a-Palooza Summer Reading Challenge banner. Courtesy photo
CHAMISA News:
Chamisa Elementary School in White Rock is the “Best of State” winner of the Scholastic Read-a-Palooza Summer Reading Challenge.
Chamisa students Read More
Mandi Torrez Of Bernalillo Public Schools Named 2020 New Mexico Teacher Of The Year
New Mexico Public Education Secretary-Designate Ryan Stewart surprises Mandi Torrez today in her classroom at Placitas Elementary in Bernalillo announcing she is the 2020 New Mexico Teacher of the Year. Courtesy photo
STATE EDUCATION News:
New Mexico Public Education Secretary-Designate Ryan Stewart makes surprise announcement at Placitas Elementary in Bernalillo
BERNALILLO—New Mexico Public Education Secretary-Designate Ryan Stewart announced today the selection of Mandi Torrez from Bernalillo Public Schools as the 2020 New Mexico Teacher of the Year.
The announcement was Read More
Los Alamos High School Alumni Challenges Have Raised More Than $16,000 To Date
Class of 1989 at their reunion in August. Courtesy/LAPSF
Class of 1969 at their reunion in September. Courtesy/LAPSF
Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation News:
Members of the Los Alamos High School (LAHS) class of 1989 have started a new tradition, and they have issued a cordial fundraising challenge to other graduating classes.
During the 1989 reunion in August, besides the usual social events, the class undertook a fundraiser in which they raised more than $10,000 for the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation. This fundraising challenge has become a fun and interactive way for LAHS
Letter To The Editor: Time To Improve Our More Than 50 Year Old White Rock Schools
By CRAIG WASHNOK
Principal, Chamisa Elementary School
I have the pleasure of becoming the next principal at Chamisa Elementary School.
It has been a truly amazing experience. The community culture is one of the best aspects of Chamisa. Our community is what makes Chamisa unique. Chamisa Elementary School’s culture is entwined with the community.
The culture of Chamisa has stood the test of time. It’s now time to enhance the culture of Chamisa with structural upgrades.
Both Chamisa and Pinon elementary schools have stood relatively unchanged for over 50 years. Chamisa continues to Read More
Rotary: Espanola Y Teen Center Director Sandoval
Ben Sandoval, director of the YMCA Teen Center in Espanola, recently spoke at the Rotary Club of Los Alamos about Team Intergalactic, the students from the YMCA who traveled to China in July to compete in the Entrepreneurial Challenge Category of the RoboRAVE International robotics competition. The project had to show an application for improving conditions in the world. Sandoval and three students of the eight-person team were able to travel to Guangdong with their project, a robotic, programmable solar-and-wind-powered irrigation system on a track, which had already won at regional Read More
LAHS Graduate And U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Aban Jebbanema Shares Experience With NJROTC Students
U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Aban Jebbanema spent four years in the NJROTC program at Los Alamos High School and graduated in 2004. He returned today to LAHS to speak to students enrolled in the NJROTC program, lead drills and share his experience. Following graduation in 2004, Chief Jebbanema spent two years studying at UNM in Albuquerque before entering the U.S. Navy where he has served for 12.5 years. He is preparing for his fourth deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), which is the fourth Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. Read More
University Of Arizona Astronomer Receives Packard Fellowship To Pursue Black Hole Research
Astronomer Peter Behroozi PEEC: Uncover Secrets Of Milky Way Friday Oct. 18
Uncover the secrets of the Milky Way Galaxy in the Los Alamos Nature Center planetarium at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18 with Dan Reisenfeld. Then, watch the new full-dome film ‘Superpower Dogs’ at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct.19. Courtesy/PEEC
Watch the new full-dome film ‘Superpower Dogs’ at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19, brought to Los Alamos by local sponsor Pet Pangaea LLC. Courtesy/PEECLAHS Student Leaders Target Teen Suicide
The LAHS RAPS Leadership Team. Courtesy photo
Members of LAHS Natural Helpers and RAPS Leadership team Oct. 3 presenting to the Community Health Council. Courtesy photoThe Los Alamos High School Risk and Resiliency Assessment Project for Students (RAPS) Team Leaders and Natural Helpers led a Community Conversation to address the signs of sadness, self-harm and suicide in youth, Sept. 24 at UNM-Los Alamos and gave a presentation Oct. 3 to the Los Alamos Community Health Council.
“The Community Conversation
Letter To The Editor: SGR Endorses Christine Bernstein
By STEPHANIE GARCIA RICHARDLocal Union Endorses Board Candidates And Supports Los Alamos Public Schools Bond
LAFSE News:
The Los Alamos Federation of School Employee’s Committee on Political Education voted unanimously to endorse Julia Baker, Christine Bernstein and Dawn Jalbert for the Los Alamos School Board.
This group of union volunteers voted to endorse Christine Bernstein in the District 3 race. Bernstein has been an educator for more than 20 years and is a teacher in Pojoaque. She is dedicated to helping school staff feel supported in trying new ideas to help our students be the best they can be, and would bring the perspective of a teacher who is currently serving in the classroom.
Julia Baker Read More
Topper Marching Band Practices At Sullivan Field
Los Alamos High School Marching Band Tuesday at Sullivan Field practicing for a New Mexico wide competition, namely the Zia Marching Band Fiesta, which will take place Saturday at UNM Stadium in Albuquerque. Photo by Ken Hanson
Percussion section. Photo by Ken Hanson
Brass section on the move. Photo by Ken Hanson
Guard flags. Photo by Ken Hanson
Final cord. Photo by Ken Hanson
Post-practice review. Photo by Ken Hanson Read More
