NNMC Nursing Students Recognized For Vaccination Clinics Service; College Receives NMDOH Community Partner Excellence In COVID-19 Response Award
Richenda Fox, left, and Michah Trujillo display the Certificates of Appreciation they received from NNMC to recognize their work with NMDOH vaccination clinics on the NNMC campus. Courtesy/NNMC
Richard Roose, Richenda Fox, RN; Michah Trujillo, RN; Dr. John Ogren, NMDOH Regional Health Officer for the Northeast Region; Dr. Ana Malinalli x Gutiérrez Sisneros NNMC’s Nursing Department Clinical Coordinator/Associate Professor; Nick Boukas, MPA, NMDOH Public Health Division Northeast Region Director and NNMC President Dr. Rick Bailey. Courtesy/NNMC
NNMC News:
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County Zero Waste Team: Start 2022 Recycling Right!
COUNTY News:
Zero Waste Tip: Help our community recycle right by following these guidelines and be sure to download Recycle Coach app!
There are many dedicated recyclers in our community. Recycling is important but recycling correctly is not always easy. The little “recycle triangle” with the number in the middle does not mean the product is recyclable; rather, it indicates what kind of plastic the object is made of. This triangle is mandated to be on products but can confuse recyclers.
Remember, if you are not sure if an item can be recycled, it is better to throw it away. “Wishcycling” contributes Read More
Los Alamos Family Council CountUP! Week 9
LAFC News:
Each year Los Alamos Family Council (LAFC) serves hundreds of individuals at its Counseling Center.
Prior to 2021, Los Alamos Family Council averaged nine new clients each month. During 2021, LAFC was able to increase services by adding additional therapists – expanding its monthly average to 17 new clients served.
“With the relocation of our offices to Museum Parke, we are excited about 2022,” LAFC Executive Director Jordan Redmond said. “The larger office will allow us to further expand our services, for which we have seen a steadily increasing demand for during these last few Read More
Child Advocacy Group Announces New ED Amber Wallin
Amber Wallin
NMVFC News:
ALBUQUERQUE —The Board for Directors of New Mexico Voices for Children (NMVFC) hired Amber Wallin, MPA, as executive director of the child advocacy organization, effective Jan. 1.
The group’s former executive director, James Jimenez, MPA, retired at the end of 2021.
Wallin joined NM Voices in 2012 as a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities fellow. She has worked in the public sector at the municipal, state, and federal levels, including in the government department at New Mexico State University and the budget department at the city of Las Cruces.
“We were pleased Read More
Governor’s FY23 Executive Budget Recommendation Calls For Increasing Investments In NM Tribal Communities
NMIAD News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) released the FY23 Executive Budget Recommendation from the Lujan Grisham Administration Thursday, totaling $8.4 billion in recurring spending, up 13.4 percent from the previous fiscal year.
This year’s Executive recommendation increases the Indian Affairs Department (IAD) budget by 63.3 percent for FY23, allowing the department to continue to build upon the progress the administration has made in New Mexico tribal communities.
“The FY23 budget recommendation would enable the department to build Read More
Los Alamos Public Schools: 2022 Spelling Bee Results
Barranca Elementary winners from left, Carmen Cawkwell, 1st place; Payton Sutherland, 3rd place; Chloe Blackburn, 2nd place and Amelia Inglis, runner-up. Courtesy/LAPS
Winners of the Chamisa Elementary Spelling Bee, front row from left, Jeremiah Gutierrez, runner-up; Melody (Emily) Gutierrez, 3rd place; Dorian Finn, 2nd place and Patrick Ito, 1st place. Back row from left, Chamisa Spelling Bee Coordinator Cindy Richard and judges Nancy Brugh and Craig Washnok. Courtesy/LAPS
Mountain Elementary School winners from left, Silas Iverson, 1st place; Leah Herrera, 2nd place and Hannah Read More
Los Alamos High School Senior Robert Strauss Named Scholar In Regeneron Science Talent Search 2022
2022 Regeneron Science Scholar Robert Strauss
SCIENCE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Los Alamos High School senior Robert Strauss is among the 300 scholars named today in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors.
Strauss submitted the project, Neuromorphic Computing: Simulating the Brain’s Visual Cortex for More Efficient Computation.
The 300 scholars and their schools will be awarded $2,000 each.
The Regeneron Science Talent Search scholars were selected from 1,804 applications received Read More
Amateur Naturalist: A Windblown Tree
Picture 1: The flacking sheets of bark of a ponderosa tree. Photo by Robert Dryja
Picture 2: A fallen ponderosa tree with its ring of roots pointed skyward. Photo by Robert Dryja
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
Picture 1 is of a fallen ponderosa tree. A count shows 86 rings from the center of its trunk to its outside. This trunk has a radius of 9 inches from its center to outer edge. This is nearly ten rings per inch representing ten years of growth. The distance between rings varies somewhat depending on how much growth occurred from year to year, reflecting weather conditions.
The bark is composed of nine Read More
UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board Meets Monday Jan. 10
UNM-LA News:
The UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board will meet 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10 in Wallace Hall, Building 5, on the UNM-LA campus.
Agenda items include the installation of recently elected board members, the election of officers, recommendations for Tuition and Fees for 2022-23 and administrative reports on ongoing UNM-LA operations.
This meeting is open to the public. Read More
2021 Highlights In Education In Los Alamos
Former LAPS Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus and student greeters welcome Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham April 5 to Aspen Elementary School. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Public Schools opened 2021 with elementary students back in the classroom and middle and high school students still learning virtually. In January, Melanie Colgan took over as school board president from Ellen Specter, who became vice president.
At its first meeting of 2021, the Board unanimously approved the proposal to develop educational Read More
Los Alamos Community Foundation Hosts Virtual Workshop On Diversity Equity And Inclusion Practices For Nonprofits
By LINDA DALY
Los Alamos Community Foundation
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are inherently interrelated, but are also distinct concepts. DEI matters in the workplace, especially in New Mexico where we have many diverse populations, and our work often involves community engagement that will impact diverse communities.
The Los Alamos Community Foundation is offering a free interactive virtual workshop 9-10:30 a.m. Jan. 20, that is designed to support you creating deeper self-awareness and to help you chart a path for where you and your organization would like to go.
Everyone has Read More
SFCC: Applications Open For Gene Haas Scholarship For Engineering Machining Technology AAS Students
Professor Miguel Maestas in the SFCC Machining Lab. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) and SFCC Foundation announce the Gene Haas Scholarship is now available for SFCC Engineering Machining Technology AAS students.
Part-time students (6-11 credits) can receive a scholarship of $300 per semester, and full-time students (12 or more credits) can receive $500. New students are eligible, and continuing students must maintain a semester and cumulative GPA of 2.5.
In addition, students must:
- declare a major in the Engineering Machining Technology AAS
- be
LAPS Issues Back To School COVID-19 Update
Interim Superintendent Jennifer Guy
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) Interim Superintendent Jennifer Guy has issued the following COVID-19 update:
Los Alamos Public Schools welcomed back students and staff at all school sites this week for the start of the second semester of the school year.
In light of the current situation with COVID, LAPS continues to monitor case counts and absences closely and follow enhanced safety measures including limiting non-essential visitors, providing adequate spacing at lunch, limiting large gatherings and ensuring that students and staff Read More
New Mexico 2022 Teacher Of The Year Announces Her Platform To Focus On Expanding Pathways To Graduation
Lorynn Guerrero shown here Oct. 22, 2021 accepting the New Mexico 2022 Teacher of the Year at New America School-Las Cruces will focus her platform this year on expanding pathways to graduation. Photo by Nathan J Fish/Sun-News
NMPED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) announces that New Mexico 2022 Teacher of the Year Lorynn Guerrero will focus on expanding pathways to graduation to create a more individualized experience during her one-year tenure representing the state’s teaching profession, which began Jan. 1.
“The traditional pathway can’t be the only Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: Jan. 7-13, 2022
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.
For information, email pac8@losalamos.com, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.
PAC 8 Television schedule for Jan. 7-13:
Friday, Jan. 7, 2022
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. — The Tom Hartman Program
- 11 a.m. — County Council Replay 1-04-22
- 3 p.m. — Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. — Los Alamos Senior Center – “Wake up and Move with Natalie”
- 7 p.m. — PAC 8 Summer Media
Santa Fe Community College & Santa Fe Higher Education Ctr Closed Jan. 17 In Honor Of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Courtesy/history.com
SFCC News:
- Registration encouraged before holiday weekend
SANTA FE – Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) and the Santa Fe Higher Education Center will be closed Monday, Jan. 17, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
No classes will be held, and no student services will be available. SFCC’s child development center, Kids Campus will be closed.
Both campuses will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, which is the first day of classes for the spring semester for SFCC. The fitness center will re-open at 7 a.m. Jan. 18.
SFCC has a mask mandate for everyone when Read More
Notice Of Possible Quorum: School Board Training
LAPS News:
Members of the Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) Board of Education may attend school board training provided by Walsh Gallegos.
This meeting will be held 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6 in person at the LAPS Board Room at 2075 Trinity Dr.
A quorum may be present, however no action will be taken. Read More
Los Alamos Public Schools Nurses Assist Premier Medical Group Today With COVID-19 Testing For Staff And Students
Los Alamos Public Schools nurses from left, Amy Yost, Mountain Elementary; Michele Wright, Chamisa Elementary; Minsung Chae, Los Alamos Middle School; Celia Holmes, district nurse and Sheila McClees, Barranca Elementary, teamed up with Premier Medical Group today to help provide COVID-19 testing for 250 staff members and students. COVID testing will be available to any LAPS student or staff member 8:30-11:30 a.m. each Monday through Friday at 2075 Trinity Dr. To register, visit https://pmg.app.perseus.id/div/laps. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS nurses assisting today with Premier Medical Read More
SFCC 12-Week ESL Session Jan. 31-April 28
SFCC News:
Do you want to learn English as a Second Language? Whether you speak no English at all, or you only know a little, or even if you know a lot of English, SFCC has classes for you.
Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) will offer a 12-week English as a Second Language session from Jan. 31 to April 28 to any adult who wants to learn English. New students must attend an orientation session prior to registration.
The orientation session will include testing and placement as well as registration for the courses. The $25 registration fee is being waived for the upcoming Spring 2022 term. Classes will Read More
Skolnik: Keeping Schools Open In The Face Of Omicron
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos
In an unfortunate twist of fate, schools in New Mexico are set to reopen just as the Omicron variant has dramatically appeared. The number of COVID cases in the US is climbing rapidly. Many states have also seen a major increase in pediatric cases and in the hospitalization of children due to COVID-19. Cases have begun to rise again in New Mexico.
In this light, we should be especially concerned about how we can safely reopen our schools and keep them open in the face of this new variant. This is especially important since students will also be returning to school shortly Read More
