What Is Los Alamos Youth Earth Team All About?
LAPS News:NMSA Hosts Open House, Audition Workshop Today
The New Mexico School for the Arts. Courtesy/NMSA
The New Mexico School for the Arts. Courtesy/NMSAFree Alzheimer’s Presentation In Santa Fe Jan. 15, 2020
Alzheimer’s News:Spencer: Why Would You Be Interested In Joining A Gun Club, Anyway?
By KHAL SPENCERLos Alamos, New Mexico, is home to one of the best gun clubs in the state, the Los Alamos Sportsman’s Club, a 501.c4 nonprofit. If you are ambitious, you can drive up to the Whittington Center but that is hours away.
Here at home you can find two full archery ranges, a rifle range with sheltered benchrests and targets ranging out to 300 yards, trap, skeet, and both indoor and outdoor pistol ranges.
The club also has a clubhouse used for meetings and training sessions. Not to mention, you can also find over a thousand outgoing club members Read More
Nature Center Family Fun Evening Tuesday
Family Star Party and Family Night Tuesday at Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Head to the Los Alamos Nature Center Tuesday for an evening of family fun:
- 5:30 p.m. with a Family Star Party in the planetarium; and
- 6-7 p.m. The Family Night.
Both of these programs take place on the second Tuesday of every month and are free thanks to PEEC’s sponsors! New Mexico Bank & Trust sponsors Family Star Parties and Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos sponsors Family Nights.
Family Star Party participants will explore Venus, which is now visible in the night sky, and Read More
LAHS Winter Dance Show Wednesday Dec. 11
LAHS News:
Los Alamos High School students sure know how to jingle bell rock around the clock tonight.
After a semester filled with hard work and fun, they can’t wait to show everyone our smooth groove from Tango to Waltz, Swing to Cha-cha.
Watch them perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11 in Duane Smith Auditorium.
Free admission! So come on down for Los Alamos High School’s Winter Dance Show!
County Announces Peoples Ecochallenge 2019 Winners
COUNTY News:SFIS To Host Hour Of Code Week Kickoff Monday
SFIS News:Los Alamos Jazz Project Performs At Pig+Fig Tonight!
Thirty-one musicians in four student-combos from the Los Alamos Jazz Project will perform 7-9 p.m. today at Pig+Fig in White Rock on Sherwood Blvd. Everyone is invited so bring the family to Pig+Fig and enjoy a fantastic dinner and incredible desserts all while listening to jazz performed by talented young musicians. Courtesy photo Read More
Forty-six High School Teams Compete For $95,000 In First-ever New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge
Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Dec. 7 event showcases the ‘ingenuity and passion’ of students in solving real-world problems with science, technology, engineering, and math.
More than 600 people will convene at Los Lunas High School this Saturday, Dec. 7, for the first-ever New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge, a competition testing students’ ability to use science, technology, engineering, and math to solve real-world problems.
Led by the Office of the Governor, the Challenge is a collaboration with the Department of Public Education, the Department of Workforce Solutions, Los Alamos National Read More
NMAA Board Approves Classification & Alignment Breakdown For Member Schools For 2020-2022
NMAA News:Jingle Bell Rock ‘N Run 5K & Kids 1 Mile
The Los Alamos Band Boosters is hosting the Jingle Bell Rock ‘N Roll Run fundraiser Sunday, Dec. 15. Courtesy photo
LA Band Booster News:
The Los Alamos Band Boosters is hosting the Jingle Bell Rock ‘N Roll Run Sunday, Dec. 15 to raise money for the LAHS band program and the LAMS Music Program.
The fun run includes a 5K and a kids 1 mile run for age 13 and under. The run is modeled after the popular Rock and Roll marathons by featuring live music along the routes. Students from the Los Alamos Hight School and Los Alamos Middle School Bands will be playing holiday tunes for the runners.
The 5k Read More
Sangre De Cristo Chorale: A Celebration of Women
Sangre de Cristo Chorale will present its concnert, A Celebration of Women, Friday and Saturday. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
As part of its 42nd season, the Sangre de Cristo Chorale will present its December concert, A Celebration of Women, 7 p.m. Friday at the United Church of Los Alamos and 4 p.m. Saturday at St. John’s United Methodist Church at 1200 Old Pecos Trail, in Santa Fe.
From poets to music to subject matter, women are at the center of this holiday-themed concert, which includes works by contemporary women composers Carol Barnett, Williametta Spencer, Nancy Grundahl, Gwyneth Read More
LAPS Confirms LAHS Student’s Death In Canyon
Editor’s note: Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus has released the following letter about a tragic event that occurred Tuesday:Dear Los Alamos Community,
It is with profound sadness that I write to you with tragic news. We have received confirmation that Carson Cannon, a Los Alamos High School junior, died yesterday from a fall in a canyon near White Rock. This news comes as a shock and the loss will raise many concerns, questions and emotions for our school community. In times of crisis, Read More
LWVNM: Legislative Process Training Saturday
Leadership Los Alamos Class Of 2020 Discuss Youth
Leadership Los Alamos participants Nathan Romero and Beverly Purtymun during the youth session Nov. 15 at the Los Alamos Teen Center. Courtesy/LLA
LLA Youth Session facilitators from left, LAPS Healthy Schools Program Director Kristine Coblentz, Los Alamos Teen Center Director George Marsden and Los Alamos Family Council Executive Director Jordan Redmond. Courtesy/LLAConsider The Gift Of Education On Giving Tuesday
Los Alamos High School chemistry students use virtual reality headsets made possible by a grant from the LAPS Foundation. Courtesy photoProjectY Cowork Hosts Interactive Round-Robin Event Connecting Entrepreneurs With Experts Wednesday
BUSINESS News:
projectY cowork is hosting a free Entrepreneurial Round-Robin event 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4.
This is a great opportunity for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs to ask questions about resources available to them locally and statewide.
At the beginning of the event each guest speaker will introduce themselves and explain what resources and benefits they have to offer small businesses. After introductions, attendees will breakout with the speakers and have the opportunity to ask specific questions regarding their needs.
“We encourage all small Read More
LAPS: Transgender 101, 201 Presentations Canceled
LAPS News:
The Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico’s Transgender 101 presentation set for today, Monday, Dec. 2 and the Transgender 201 presentation set for Tuesday, Dec. 3 have been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Presentations will be rescheduled in the spring with information released to the public once dates are set.
LAPS apologizes for any inconvenience.
Direct questions to Kristine Coblentz at 505.663.2263 or k.coblentz@laschools.net. Read More
NASA Awards UbiQD Of Los Alamos Second, Larger Contract To ‘Tailor The Solar Spectrum For Enhanced Crop Yield For Space Missions’
UbiQD’s quantum dot-enabled retrofit greenhouse film, UbiGro™, deployed above rows of tomatoes in a research greenhouse in the Netherlands. Courtesy/UbiQD, Inc.
BUSINESS News:
- The Phase II STTR contract will fund further collaboration with the University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center to develop new light recipes using UbiQD’s quantum dot technology
UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology development company, announced today that it has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Read More