Education

LAPS News:

Los Alamos Public Schools announces the retirement of the following staff members:

CERTIFIED STAFF

• Roger Scot Carmody is retiring after 16 years of service as an elementary teacher at Chamisa and Pinon elementary schools. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Notre Dame in English.

• Carol Hermes is retiring after 19 years of service as an elementary and special education teacher at Pinon and Chamisa elementary schools. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from New Mexico State University in Elementary & Special Education and earned her Master’s Degree from

Julie Parkinson is seen here assisting a student with a paper; the two are seated at one of the Writing Lab’s new desks. Courtesy photo

LAPS FOUNDATION News:

Funded by a grant from the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation, Los Alamos High School Writing Center Instructor and In-School Tutor Julie Parkinson joined a large contingency of English teachers and educators from across the country for the annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC).  

Held during the week of March 18 in Tampa, Fla., this event, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers

LAPS News:

The Los Alamos School Board is holding a Special School Board Meeting 5-8 p.m. Thursday May 21 in the Administration Building School Board Room.

The purpose of meeting is to provide an orientation for new school board members.

The meeting is open to the public.

LAPS Chief Operations Officer Joan Ahlers and Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus speak on bond issues and the possible construction of a new school. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

The Los Alamos School Board is gearing up for the approaching bond elections, one in 2016 to fund maintenance, technology and small projects and a second election in 2017 to fund construction of a new school. Neither bond election will raise taxes, as older bonds are being retired.

“These bonds are critical to the school district,” Board Chair Jim Hall said.

The

NJROTC News:

Samuel Wolfe of Los Alamos High School NJROTC in Los Alamos has received the 2015-2016 CMP Youth Scholarship, presented by the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP).

He will receive a one-year, $1,000 scholarship from CMP based on marksmanship participation, grade point average and merit, to be used toward a pursuit of higher education. The scholarship selection meeting was held in April. CMP staff and board members carefully reviewed hundreds of applications from across the country to determine which exceptional students would receive the scholarships.

Out of 256 applications