Aspen PTO Hosts Spring Fling Carnival Friday March 17
Aspen School News:
The Los Alamos community is invited to join Aspen Elementary School 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, March 17 for a fun night for the family.
This carnival-style event is geared toward elementary aged kids however there are many games suitable for younger and older children.
There will even be a bouncy house and cake walk. Games cost 2-4 tickets, which can be purchased that evening ($10 for 50) or a “play all night” bracelet for $30.
Even The Hillstompers will be making an appearance.
There also will be a silent auction full of generous donations from local companies and beyond. Some items Read More
LAPS Elementary School Music Teachers Host Spring Choir Workshop At Chamisa
Elementary students from across the district performed during the spring choir workshop held Wednesday at Elementary in White Rock. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS Elementary music teachers, from left, Valerie Collins, Barranca Mesa; Nic Montoya Valdez, Piñon; Megan Tholen, Chamisa; Jacob Lucero, Aspen and Galina Austin, Mountain. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools elementary students met at Chamisa Elementary School for the Spring District Elementary Choir Workshop hosted by the LAPS elementary music teachers. Students from all LAPS elementary choir clubs were invited to Read More
LANL: Attention All New Mexico Girls – Apply For Free Summer Physics Camp In Santa Fe!
Women scientists and engineers at Los Alamos National Laboratory teach the free Summer Physics Camp for Young Women. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
New Mexico middle- and high-school students who identify as female or non-binary are encouraged to apply for the free, two-week Summer Physics Camp for Young Women, taught primarily by the women scientists and engineers of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), June 5-16.
The application deadline is April 1, 2023.
New this year: After three years of virtual camp during the pandemic, the 2023 camp is in person, held at the New Mexico School for the Arts Read More
New Mexico Supreme Court To Resume Civics Education Program By Hearing A Case In Española
Members of the state Supreme Court speak to students at Organ Mountain High School in Las Cruces in 2022 as part of the Rule of Law Program. Standing at left is Justice David K. Thomson and seated from right to left are then Chief Justice Michael E. Vigil and Justices C. Shannon Bacon and Julie J. Vargas. Courtesy/AOC
AOC News:
SANTA FE — The state Supreme Court will hear legal arguments in a criminal case appeal next month in Española as part of a civics education program for students.
This marks the third year for the Court’s Rule of Law Program. The justices traveled to Las Cruces last year for an oral Read More
Holland: Extended School Year Bill Advances, FY ’24 Budget Heads To House For Concurrence, Captive Audience Ban Stalls On House Floor
By WHITNEY HOLLAND
President
AFT New Mexico
We are down to just four and a half days left in the 2023 Legislative Session and both legislators and our union were busy throughout the weekend to continue to work to advance our supported legislation and ensure that we keep our legislation on track to the best of our ability.
We are thankful to report that our preferred approach to extended learning (HB 130) is continuing to advance, with a small amendment, and the FY ’24 budget (HB 2) heads back to the House or Representatives for concurrence with the changes made by the State Senate.
Unfortunately, a Read More
Mesalands Professor Discovers New Fossils In Quay County
A collection of MCC Croc Fossils. Courtesy photo
Crocodylomorph at MCC Dinosaur Museum. Courtesy photo
Femur bones of Ancestral Crocodiles. Courtesy photo
MCC News:
Dr. Axel Hungerbuehler, Professor of Paleontology at Mesalands Community College, and field class students discovered new fossils on the edge of the caprock in Quay County. The specimen of primary interest was determined to be a left femur or thigh bone. It was an unusual find due its size and a deep natural groove crossing the lower end of the bone. The indentation is a characteristic not found in many animals from the Late Triassic Read More
Community Invited To Multicultural Festival March 15
LAPS News:
The community is invited to attend the10th annual Multicultural Festival, Around the World in White Rock. This year the event is 5 p.m. Wedensday, March 15 at Piñon Elementary School.
Presented jointly by Chamisa Elementary and Piñon Elementary Schools, the festival features dance, music, games, crafts and food tastings. This year will feature Brazil, Chile, China, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Korea, Norway, Uzbekistan and Cochiti Pueblo.
There also will be performances by Elias Davila, a hoop dancer from San Ildefonso Pueblo, Dance Arts Los Alamos Scottish Highland Read More
Senate Confirms New Mexico State Land Trusts Advisory Board Appointments
Newly appointed SLTAB members from left, Dr. Heather Miller, Beverly Allen, Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard and Mayane Barudin. Courtesy/SLO
STATE News:
- Board members provide feedback to Commissioner of Public Lands on state land issues
SANTA FE – New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard announced today that the Senate has confirmed three of her nominees to serve on the State Land Trusts Advisory Board (SLTAB).
Under state law, members serve in an advisory capacity, meeting three times per year to provide feedback and insights to the Commissioner Read More
Three LAHS Students Qualify For Biolympiad Semifinals
LAHS students from left, Willow Chartrand, Linnhtet Htoon and Mary Couture met or exceeded the score to become semifinalists in the 2023 USA Biolympiad. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Three Los Alamos High School (LAHS) students qualified for the semifinals for the 2023 USA Biolympiad (USABO):
- Senior Mary Couture;
- Junior Willow Chartrand; and
- Sophomore Linnhtet Htoon.
It has been eight years since any LAHS students have qualified for the semifinals in the USABO.
The open exam cutoff scores are 24 to 50 for semifinalists; 21 to 23 for Honorable Mention certificates; and 19 to 20 for Certificates Read More
Op Ed: Revamp New Mexico’s Colleges Of Education
By MANDI TORREZ
Think New Mexico
(2020 New Mexico Teacher of the Year)
Quality teachers not only raise student performance through skilled instruction and engagement practices, but the best teachers are also capable of transforming lives.
Developing such excellent teachers requires exemplary foundational training that is hands-on, practical and that addresses the many challenges teachers will face daily in their classrooms.
This is why we must enact House Bill 460, to ensure that new teachers are equipped with the best research-based practices throughout their preparation. The bill Read More
Art Camp Students Have Lunch With Oppie And Groves
Students attending art camp at the Fuller Lodge Art Center Wednesday take a break for lunch with Oppie and Groves. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
LAPS To Host Community Meeting Monday March 20
Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) invites the public to attend a community input and information session about the LAPS budget for the upcoming fiscal year and the 2023-2024 School Calendar.
The community input and information session is 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, March 20. Click here for a link to the meeting.
The session will begin with a summary of legislative actions impacting the LAPS budget for the 2023-2024 school year. Building the budget proposal is a collaborative process involving many stakeholders. The objective is to develop an Operational Budget that supports Read More
PRC To Host Workshop With Investor-Owned Utilities On Resource Adequacy For Upcoming Peak Energy Demands
PRC News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) will hold a special workshop 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, to hear from the state’s three investor-owned utility companies (Public Service Company of New Mexico, El Paso Electric Company and Southwestern Public Service Company).
The state’s three investor-owned utility companies will discuss resource adequacy in preparation of upcoming energy demands:
- In the summer of 2023;
- The winter of 2023-2024;
- The summer of 2024;
- The winter of 2024-2025; and
- The summer of 2025.
This workshop will be held in person and online. Read More
Scenes From EAA Chapter 691 Young Eagles Workshop Saturday At Los Alamos County Airport
Will Fox speaks to Young Eagles at a locally sponsored Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 691 workshop Saturday at the Los Alamos County Airport Terminal Building. The goal of the workshop is to introduce the kids to the world of aviation and the opportunity that awaits them. They are introduced to how airplanes fly and are controlled. They also learn about various forms of navigation and how pilots communicate with each other and Air Traffic Control. They learn how aircraft are built and each build a wooden rib for a wing. There is another EAA Chapter 691 workshop in the works for Read More
New Mexico Breaks Another Enrollment Record Continuing Trend Following Passage Of Opportunity Scholarship Act
STATE News:
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Friday that spring enrollment at New Mexico’s public colleges and universities is up by 6 percent compared to last spring, continuing an upward trend following the passage of the Opportunity Scholarship Act.
According to preliminary data provided by the state’s public colleges and universities and compiled by the New Mexico Higher Education Department, overall college enrollment for the Spring 2023 semester increased by more than six percent over the same time last year. Prior to this year, spring-to-spring enrollment declined annually Read More
Los Alamos Historical Society Hosts Lecture On Groves And Oppenheimer With Historian James Kunetka March 14
Historian James Kunetka
Los Alamos Historical Society News:
Historian James Kunetka, a familiar face around the Los Alamos Historical Society and author of The General and the Genius, will present a lecture titled “Groves and Oppenheimer, Friends and Foes?” March 14 in Fuller Lodge.
Kunetka, who grew up in Los Alamos after his father joined the Laboratory in 1948, has authored three popular books on America’s nuclear weapons development.
The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer – The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atomic Bomb, brought out in 2015, chronicles the extraordinary Read More
One More Week To Shower LAPS Teachers With Love!
LAHS teacher Lynn Ovaska received a coffee urn to have hot water in her classroom for her students. Courtesy/LAPS Foundation
By Jenny McCumber
Executive Director
LAPS Foundation
Have you fulfilled a teacher’s wish yet? Go to https://showerlove23.givesmart.com and check out all the items teachers need for their students and classrooms.
This spring the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation (LAPS Foundation) is sponsoring a community-wide campaign to “Shower” Los Alamos teachers with things they need for their classrooms. We’ve already purchased materials for 30 teachers but there are Read More
UNM-LA Advisory Board To Meet Monday March 13
UNM-LA News:
The UNM-Los Alamos Advisory (UNM-LA) Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 13 in the Lecture Hall, Building 2, on the UNM-LA campus at 1000 University Drive.
Agenda items will include administrative reports from each member of the UNM-LA executive team.
The meeting is open to the public. Read More
Chamisa & Pinon Present Multicultural Fair March 15
ATF NM Legislative Re-Cap: Higher Healthcare Coverage + Supplemental Wage Increase Advance At Roundhouse
AFT NM News:
With just over a week to go in the 2023 Legislative Session, legislation continues to move forward, with three bills making progress Wednesday, HB 533, SB 521 and HB 245.
Things continue to move quickly, and soon floor debates will stretch well into the morning hours. As the session heads toward adjournment March 18, ATF NM continues to advocate for its members, profession and communities every day in the Roundhouse.
Wednesday, March 8:
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Bill 521, carried by Sens. Muñoz and Stewart, would add an additional 1% to the proposed salary increases to the FY Read More