Balderas: Convicted Teacher Gets 108 Years In Prison
Scenes From LAMS Spring Music Festival
The Los Alamos Middle School Music Department held its third annual Spring Music Festival Thursday in the school courtyard. The LAMS concert bands, choir, orchestras and jazz bands performed songs including ‘Hey Jude’, ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and ‘A Hard Day’s Night’. Courtesy photo
Scene from LAMS music department third annual Spring Music Festival Thursday in the school courtyard. Courtesy photo
Scene from LAMS music department third annual Spring Music Festival Thursday in the school courtyard. Courtesy photo Read More
Registration Open For ‘Night With A Nerd’ June 13
The community is invited to join Dr. Mel Strong for “Night with a Nerd” 6-8 p.m., June 13 at ProjectY cowork, 150 Central Park Square in downtown Los Alamos.
New Mexico’s “monsoon season” is responsible for about half of its annual precipitation. But why does New Mexico have a monsoon? Why does it start and end at particular times of the year? Why does it vary? How is it changing?
This talk will address these questions and more as the mechanisms behind the monsoon are explored. Mini lessons in meteorology will be distributed throughout the talk, and beautiful time-lapse Read More
Daily Postcard: Which School Is This?
Daily Postcard: Which elementary school is this? Can you spot the bird in the photo? Photo by Mary Snow Read More
More Scenes From Emergency Management Active Shooter Based Full-Scale Exercise At UNM-LA Saturday
The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) hosted an active shooter based full-scale exercise Saturday, May 18 at UNM-Los Alamos. Los Alamos Police, Fire, Emergency Management and Classic Air Medical all participated in preparing for and responding to an active shooter event. The exercise provided valuable rescue task force training for those involved and gave each entity several ideas on how to improve their preparation and response. Photo by Jenn Bartram
Scene from the OEM hosted active shooter based full-scale exercise Saturday at UNM-LA. Photo by Kateri Morris
Scene from the OEM hosted Read More
Scenes From Emergency Management Active Shooter Based Full-Scale Exercise At UNM-LA Saturday
Scene from the OEM hosted active shooter based full-scale exercise Saturday at UNM-LA. Photo by Jenn Bartram
Scene from the OEM hosted active shooter based full-scale exercise Saturday at UNM-LA. Photo by Kateri Morris
Scene from the OEM hosted active shooter based full-scale exercise Saturday at UNM-LA. Photo by Jenn Bartram
From the Office of Emergency Management:
The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) hosted an active shooter based full-scale exercise Saturday, May 18 at UNM-Los Alamos.
Los Alamos Police, Fire, Emergency Management and Classic Air Medical all participated in preparing Read More
LAPS Honors Retirees And Outstanding Employees
Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus welcomes teachers, staff and guests to the Los Alamos Public Schools 2019 Retirement Party and Employee Recognition Ceremony Wednesday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
LAPS Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus with the 2019 Classified Employee of the Year nominees from left, Diana Bequette-Central Office, Lea Ann Alison-Pinion, Gretchen Graves-Mountain, Robin Dinkel-Chamisa, Joyce Haven-Barranca and Jacqueline Salazar-Aspen. Nominees not pictured include Karyn Murphy-Central Office, Warapha Prime-Central Office,
Mini-Lectures At Demo Garden Fair & Plant Sale June 8
- Perennial Selections at 9 a.m.;
- Insects and Disease at 10 a.m; and
- Annual Color in the Flowerbeds at 11 a.m.
Scenes From ‘They Changed The World: People Of The Manhattan Project’ Book Signing At Bradbury Museum
NHCC Childrens Bilingual Book Festival Image Shortlisted For The World Illustration Awards
LAPS Board Approves 6 Percent Raise For All Staff
Scenes From Community Bike Party
From left, Rhiannon Laakso-McIntyre of Beanie’s Bike Shop, Public Works Senior Engineer Desirae Lujan and Julie Aldersebaes take part in the Los Alamos County’s Community Bike Party Friday afternoon at Ashley Pond Park. The event was part of Bike to Work Week, which started Monday. The bike party featured a bike rodeo, refreshments and a demonstration of how to use a bike rack. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Co+Op Market Outreach Coordinator Kate Gallaugher stands beside the Honesty brand bike the co+op raffled during the Community Bike Party. Photo by Read More
Indian Affairs Department Congratulates Senator John Pinto On His Honorary Degree Of Doctor Of Public Service From Navajo Technical University
PEEC: Two Community Events This Weekend
Los Alamos Municipal Court Hosts Elementary School Students For Mock Trial Experience
The Los Alamos Municipal Court hosted 64 5th and 6th graders from the Aspen and Chamisa Elementary Safety Patrol and the Pinon Elementary Upstander Group for a mock trial experience May 10. After the trial, the students were divided into four different juries – who all came to different conclusions regarding the outcome of the case. Courtesy photo Read More
Norma Libman: Crypto-Jews And Conversos June 2
Chamisa School Creates Kindness Rock Garden
Chamisa Counselor Michaelangelo Lobato shows his rock. Photo by Samantha Mortimer
CHAMISA News:
LAPS Partners With Rio Rancho, Farmington Districts To Implement Ed-Fi Data Standard & Technology Suite
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools has partnered with Rio Rancho and Farmington Districts to secure grant funding to modernize their IT architecture, opening opportunities for increased use of data to more effectively support educators, parents and students.
Through coordinated efforts, the three school districts will implement the Ed-Fi Data Standard and Technology Suite, giving teachers easy and secure access to student data in real time through a data dashboard.
With this dashboard, LAPS will be more easily able to address questions like, “Are students improving over time?” Read More