Education

LAPS Welcomes New Teachers

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 10, 2019

Los Alamos Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kurt Steinhaus welcomes new teachers for the 2019-2020 school year last week during a meeting at the LAPS Boardroom. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

LAPS welcomes 23 new certified staff members. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Names, positions and locations of new certified staff members. Read More

TCHS: Public Lecture On White Sisters Legacy

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 10, 2019
Elizabeth White. Courtesy/TCHS photo
 
TCHS News:
 
The Taos County Historical Society announces its 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 public lecture “The Legacy of El Delirio: The White Sisters’ Remarkable Legacy” presented by Nancy Owen Lewis, Scholar in Residence at School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.
 
The lecture is sponsored, in part, by the Historical Society of New Mexico and its Speaker’s Bureau. The program takes place in the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Boardroom, 118 Cruz Alta Road in Taos. The talk is free and open to the public.
 
In the
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Special Kids & Family Day At NM Wildlife Center

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 10, 2019
CourtesyNMWC
 

Courtesy/NMWC

 
NMWC News:
 
ESPANOLA ― Bring the family to play and explore the wild world 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 17 at New Mexico Wildlife Center.
 
Admission is free for the entire family.
 
The event begins with live family-friendly music by award-winning children’s musician Andy Mason (andymasonmusic.org). Offering songs in English and Spanish, Andy will have kids and adults dancing and singing along while learning something, too.
 
The day continues with ongoing, fun and wild hands-on activities involving feathers, bird beaks,
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County On Tips For Zero Waste School Supplies

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 10, 2019
COUNTY News:
 
It is time for back-to-school shopping: backpacks, scissors, filler paper, and pencils by the ton, not to mention new clothes.
 
It’s easy to get caught up in the frenzy, supply list in hand, especially on tax-free weekend.
 
Here is a look at school supplies, the waste they generate and explores some sustainable alternatives.
 
Most kids use a backpack and lunchbox for school. When you go to a store, they have all the kids’ favorite characters on them, and the kids want something new and different. Backpacks and lunchboxes are two items that should be able to
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PEEC: Fun Family Friendly Evening Tuesday Aug. 13

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 10, 2019
At Family Night, participants gather around a campfire (weather permitting), roast marshmallows and enjoy songs, games or crafts Tuesday, Aug. 13 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC
 
PEEC News:
 
The community is invited to attend an evening of family fun Tuesday, Aug. 13 at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
 
The night will kick off at 5:30 p.m. with a Family Star Party, sponsored by New Mexico Bank & Trust. Then, families can join Mesa Public Library’s Melissa Mackey, 6-7 p.m., at Family Night, sponsored by Kiwanis Club. Both events are free to attend and no registration
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High School Students From Across New Mexico Attend Joint Science And Technology Institute

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 9, 2019
ORISE News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — Lexi Alcala and Thilo Roelofs of Los Alamos, were two of 31 high school students attending the Joint Science and Technology Institute, an educational opportunity to expand their knowledge and experience in science, technology, engineering and math.
 
Alcala, daughter of Lisa and Jermain Bracy, and Roelofs, son of Nina and Andreas Roelofs, are students at The Academy for Technology and the Classics in Los Alamos.
 
Alcala and Roelofs collaborated with mentors and conducted research activities on the University of New Mexico campus. Projects included
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New School Year … New Family Member

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 9, 2019
Courtesy photo
 
ASSE News:
 
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs, a highly respected, nonprofit, public-benefit organization, is seeking local host families for high school boys and girls from France, Germany, Italy, Thailand, China and the former Soviet Republics.
 
Students are anxiously awaiting word on who their host families will be for the 2019/20 academic school year. Host families provide room, board and guidance for a teenager(s) living thousands of miles from home. Couples, single parents and families with or without children in the home are all encouraged
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LAHS Lockout Lifted; Class Registration Resumes

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 7, 2019
Registration resumes today following a 30-minute lockout due to a suspicious package spotted across the street on Diamond Drive. Photo by John McHale.ladailypost.com
 
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Police have cleared the area and the Los Alamos High School Lockout has been lifted following the sighting late this morning of a suspicious package across the street on Diamond Drive.

Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus told the Los Alamos Daily Post that Cpl. James Keane contacted the high school after spotting a box on the ground with a wire hanging Read More

Senior Centers Host Presentation On The Five Wishes

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 7, 2019
 
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
LARSO

The White Rock and Betty Ehart Senior Centers will each host a presentation on The Five Wishes.

The presentations, done in conjunction with Tim Rivera of Rivera Funeral Homes and Jenn Bartram of Final Wishes Known, will take place at each center.

The purpose is to foster discussion for those who need a boost to create such documents. Often many find the process time consuming or financially limiting, and these events hope to solve both issues.

“After all the years of meeting with families under what could be described as the worst day of their Read More

Free Science Saturday: Make A Rain Cloud In A Bottle

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 7, 2019
NMMSH News:
 
ALAMOGORDO ― Did you know you could make a rain cloud in a bottle?
 
Join Museum of Space History Education Director Dave Dooling Saturday, Aug. 10 for Science Saturday. He’ll be offering free hands-on demonstrations that show how weather and air conditioning work by putting the squeeze on gases – or by letting them relax.
 
Science Saturday is 10 a.m. to noon in the front classroom of the museum’s New Horizons Dome Theater.
 
Science Saturday is free to the public and happens every second Saturday of the month. It is designed to be a fun and educational program for
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Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation Donates $15,000 To Refresh And Refurbish Staff Lounges

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 7, 2019
The staff of the high school, middle school and all the elementary schools except Barranca (which is under construction) were surprised by newly refreshed and refurnished staff lounges! The LAPS Foundation just completed a $15,000 refresh of the staff lounges, which was meant to be a surprise for teachers and other staff when they returned for their first day on Tuesday. Los Alamos Middle School Principal Suzanne Lynne, left, and Assisant Principal Andy Ainsworth, right, joined, from left, LAPS Foundation Executive Director Laura Loy and LAPS Foundation Board members Louise O’Brien,
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On The Job In Los Alamos: Math Teachers & Coach

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 6, 2019

On the job in Los Alamos this afternoon during lunch at the Blue Window Bistro are a group of Los Alamos High School math teachers, and at right, wrestling coach Lawrence Wilson. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Los Alamos High School Key Club Members Attend Southwest District Kiwanis Convention In Arizona

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 6, 2019

LAHS Key Club members Shena Hand and Andrew Watson meet with Kiwanis Key Club Advisor Morrie Pongratz at the Southwest District Kiwanis Convention over the weekend in Chandler, Ariz. Courtesy photo

KIWANIS News:

This past weekend Los Alamos members of the Kiwanis family braved “Excessive Heat Warnings” to attend the Southwest District Kiwanis convention in Chandler, Ariz.

Attendees included Kiwanis President-elect Cheryl Pongratz, her husband and Key Club Advisor Morrie Pongratz and Builders Club Advisor Don Casperson.

The Southwest District Key Club Board of Directors, including Read More

NM Public Education Dept. Seeks Teacher Mentors For Governor’s 2019-20 STEM Challenge & Showcase

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 5, 2019

NMPED News:

SANTA FE – As New Mexico schools are preparing for the 2019-20 academic year, the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) is reaching out to high school science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educators to encourage participation in the first-ever Governor’s STEM Challenge and Showcase.

Over the course of the 2019 summer break, the PED contacted principals and superintendents in all 89 school districts and charter school directors across the state to share information about this exciting opportunity for New Mexico’s students.

Schools wishing to register a Read More

Local Members Attend International Women’s Forum

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 4, 2019

International Women’s Forum (IWF) members from Los Alamos, Linda Deck, Nancy Bartlit and Carol A. Clark attended the organization’s 3rd quarterly meeting Saturday at CHRISTUS St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe. CHRISTUS St. Vincent CEO Lillian Montoya is a member of IWF and hosted the 4-hour event, which included a program on women and aging. Dr. Trent Sensiba, Dr. Lily Love and Dr. James Green presented talks as part of the program. From foreground center, Montoya, Bartlit, Sandra Evenson visiting from Washington, and Deck, who serves as board secretary for IWF. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Lunch With A Leader: Global Warming Express Aug. 20

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 4, 2019
LWVLA News:
 
The League of Women Voters’ Aug. 20 Lunch with a Leader community event is 11:45 a.m. in Mesa Public Library and will feature Genie Stevens from the Global Warming Express.
 
Stevens was born in New York City and grew up surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, on Cape Cod and then, Nova Scotia. She attended Dalhousie University in Canada, Emerson College in Boston, Harvard University in Cambridge and the University of New Mexico for studies in Theatre Direction, Education, Psychology and Cross-Cultural Communication.
 
Stevens has lived, for the most part,
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