PEEC: Watch ‘Interstellar’ And Explore The Science Behind The Film June 27-28
Watch ‘Interstellar’ tonight at the Los Alamos Nature Center. The movie is part of the nature center’s Suds & Shows summer movie and beer night series. Beer and wine are available from Pajarito Brewpub starting at 6 p.m. and the movie starts at 7 p.m. Guests are welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy outside before the show. Then, join Peter Polko at 6 p.m., Friday in the planetarium to explore the science behind the film. Courtesy/PEEC
How University Of Arizona Guided Men To The Moon
Moon samples collected by the Apollo astronauts a half-century ago hold answers to questions that weren’t even on scientists’ minds at the time, as new technological tools provide insight into some of the oldest mysteries about the moon, the earth and the solar system.Kiwanis Club Supports Local Robotics Team
Kiwanis Club President Philo Shelton presents a $600 check to Rita Bronson for ‘The Quadrumaniacs’, a local robotics club competing in July at the Mountain State Championship in Fairmont, W. Va. Photo by Don Casperson
Los Alamos Kiwanis President Philo Shelton presented Rita Bronson a $600 check from the club June 25 to support “The Quadrumaniacs, First Lego League Team 146” comprised of seven Los Alamos students competing July 11-15 at Fairmont State University in Fairmont, W. Va.
The team includes three boys and four girls. Read More
Highlands University School Of Education Offering $525,970 In Teacher Education Scholarship Funds
NMHU News:
LAS VEGAS, NM – The New Mexico Highlands University School of Education is offering $525,970 in teacher education scholarships, thanks to awards from two New Mexico Higher Education Department programs.
In its 2019 session, the New Mexico State Legislature approved $10 million for the Teacher Preparation Affordability Scholarship Act, with Highlands receiving $479,853.
Also in 2019, the legislature approved $510,000 for the new Grow Your Own Teacher Act, with Highlands receiving $46,117.
“With both these scholarship programs we want to recruit, prepare and support Read More
NMEW Hosts Ethics In New Mexico Event July 15
NMEW News:SFCC And SFHEC Closed Independence Day
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LAPS: Get Out & Active With Summer Challenge Card
By KURT STEINHAUS
Superintendent of School
The Los Alamos Public Schools have been working with Los Alamos County and our community partners to promote getting out and getting active this summer.
As part of the campaign – an engaged and connected community is a thriving community – we have developed a Summer Challenge Card, which lists a number of places and events within Los Alamos County. We are inviting families to visit and engage with these community locations.
Here’s how it works: visit six or more locations listed on the card. Show your card to a volunteer or staff member at Read More
NEA Grant Recognizes Transformative Words Without Walls Program Tailored For Prison Inmates
Words Without Walls is a collaborative project between Chatham University, the Allegheny County Jail and Sojourner House. Courtesy photoNEA News:
Chatham University has been awarded an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), recognizing the 10th Anniversary of Words Without Walls, a collaborative project between Chatham University’s MFA in Creative Writing program, the Allegheny County Jail and Sojourner House.
The NEA received 1,592 Art Works applications for its second major funding round of fiscal year 2019, and it approved more than $80 million in grants Read More
LAESF: 116 Northern NM Students Receive $773,500 From Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund
Gold scholarship award winner Estrella Torres from Nambé Pueblo is interning in the Materials Science Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANLLAESF News:
Graduating seniors Estrella Torres of Pojoaque Valley High School, Zachary Ginn of Taos High School and Leina Gries of Santa Fe’s Desert Academy will head to college in the fall with an extra $5,000 per year in scholarships provided by the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF).
These three recipients of the top-level $20,000 Gold Scholarship are among the 116 students in Northern New Mexico receiving 122 awards Read More
PEEC: Meet Adult And Baby Goats At Los Alamos Nature Center 6:30 P.M. Wednesday June 26
Meet goats of all shapes and sizes at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 26 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Del Norte Credit Union is sponsoring this evening of fun! Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The community is invited to meet adult and baby goats at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 26 at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
This Summer Family Evening program features Debbie Wood of Second Bloom Farm, Jessie Ross of Gypsy Mountain Ranch and their goats.
Attendees will have the opportunity to see goats up close, learn about how goat milk is used and hear about what goats need to live happily on the Pajarito Plateau. Del Read More
Enterprise Bank & Trust Hosts Reception For Seven Scholarship Recipients And Their Families
Gathered for a special reception honoring scholarship recipients Thursday, from left, Enterprise Private Banker Elizabeth Bailey, Enterprise President – Los Alamos Region Liddie Martinez, EVHS students Amadeo Suazo and student Ryan Trujillo, PVHS student Haley Perez, LAHS students Phoenix Dendera and Anna Lemke and PVHS student Estrella Torres. Not pictured is McCurdy Charter School student Isaiah Trujillo. Courtesy photoLos Alamos Makerspace Launches New Training, Collaboration And Hiring (MaTCH) Pilot
Alexandra De Lucia, a gifted LANL post-baccalaureate intern, learning how to solder and taking a stab at building hardware at the local makerspace. De Lucia researches machine learning-based monitoring tools on the LANL High Performance Computing Design team. She has been a seasonal volunteer with Los Alamos Makers since the summer of 2017. At that time, she mentored teens during the summer Coder Dojo. She has come back this year and led a weekly Python Club for teens and adults. Next year, she will study natural language processing, as a PhD student at Johns Hopkins Read More
LAPS: Kindergarten Online Registration Now Open
LAPS News:
Online registration for kindergarten at Aspen, Barranca, Chamisa, Mountain and Piñon elementary schools is now available through the Los Alamos Public Schools website.
Registration is an important step to ensure your student has a spot in an elementary school for the upcoming school year.
For more information on how to enroll, go to https:////laschools.net/home/registration/.
Children who turn five before 12:01 a.m. Sept. 1, 2019, are eligible to be enrolled in kindergarten for the 2019-2020 school year. The first day of school is Aug. 15.
Direct questions to Read More
NMED Launches Technology Transfer Assistance Grants
NMED News:Human Rights Day Camp For Kids July 1-19
Moving Arts Española News:
ESPAÑOLA––Kids and youth from across the Española Valley will converge for a Human Rights Day Camp at La Tierra Montessori School this summer to learn about their own human rights.
“Less than 1 percent of juveniles throughout the world know anything about their human rights and neither public nor private schools are doing much to rectify the situation. This is a major reason current human rights abuses against children have reached an all-time high.” –Kids for Global Peace
In a move toward promoting self-advocacy and empowering the youth of Española Valley, Moving Read More
Taste Of Knowledge Offers Two Opportunities This Year
Scenes from the 2018 Taste of Knowledge event. Photo by Leslie Bucklin
Scenes from the 2018 Taste of Knowledge event. Photo by Leslie BucklinNew Mexico Game & Fish: Conservation Officers Graduate From Law Enforcement Academy
New Mexico Department of Game & Fish conservation officer graduates Kayla Brauer, Travis Bessett and Montana Tidwell. Courtesy/NMG&FSANTA FE ― Three New Mexico Department of Game & Fish conservation officers graduated June 14 from the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy in Farmington.
The department’s graduates of the 20-week law enforcement training academy:
- Kayla Brauer;
- Travis Bessett; and
- Montana Tidwell.
Notably, Brauer earned the title of class valedictorian and the exemplary performance award in a class of 30.
In addition to attending
‘Jesus Prayer’ Summer Study At Saint Job Of Pochaiv
Saint Job of Pochaiv News:Local Actress Nora Cullinan On Broadway Monday!
Los Alamos actress Nora Cullinan will perform on the Broadway stage Monday, June 24 in the Jimmy Awards. Courtesy photo