Education

LAHS Olions Melodrama Previews Thursday

LAHS Olions are rehearsing for its latest production, LAHS Melodrama, which begins at 7 p.m. Thursday in LAHS Black Box Theater. Cast members include, from left, Eben Bold, Mateo Cardiel, Sarah Russell, Lauren Partin, Josh Vigil and Donald Poston. Photo by Rosemary Vigil
 
OLIONS News:

Los Alamos High School Olions Thespian Club is gearing up for its first melodrama, LAHS Melodrama, which begins with a preview at 7 p.m., Thursday in the Black Box Theater.

The melodrama, which was written by the cast and is directed by Rosemary Vigil, tells the story of an evil villain who comes to town to put

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LAMS Football Team Helps Beautify Campus

The LAMS football team helps ready planters to receive more plants this week. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
 
LAMS News:
 
The Los Alamos Middle School football team assisted with the next phase of their Keep New Mexico Beautiful project.
 
Coach Daren Jones allowed for some community service Monday to help the school progress on their “Hawks Landing” project. The rock removal makes way for Student Council and WEB Crew leaders to add more plants to the Memorial Garden later this week.
 
The LAMS PTO will assist with acquiring dirt for the planters to be combined
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UNM-LA English Class Polishes Workplace Writing Skills

A case of the blank screen blues. Photo/iStock

UNM-LA News:

If facing a blank computer screen at work or in the classroom causes you stress, UNM-LA has scheduled a course to erase your writing fears and polish your skills. The late-starting, three-credit course, English 220, begins Tuesday, Oct. 14.

Classes are noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in UNM-LA Building 2, Room 220.

UNM-LA English 220 instructor Betty Katz has faced many blank screens and demanding deadlines herself as a writer and editor for several national and international publications. She is enthusiastic about sharing Read More

LAMS Art Projects Celebrate Peace And Friendship

Middle school student Celeste Chandler works on her project for Pinwheels for Peace. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN

Los Alamos Middle School teacher Laura Parkison recently brought real life, world events into the classroom through art recently.

Pinwheels for Peace and friendship bracelets were two projects done by middle school students, during the week of Sept. 11.

“The friendship bracelets are a part of our textiles and fiber arts unit, and I timed it so that they tied in with the Pinwheels for Peace,” Parkison said. “I have seen several students wearing their Read More

LAHS Hall Of Fame Inductees Recognized

Several of the inductees of the first Los Alamos High School Hall of Fame were recognized at Friday’s Homecoming game at Sullivan Field including from left, Anthony Sandoval, Steven Craven, Carol Cady, Lynn Bjorklund, Bob Cox’s daughter Nancy, Bill Hudson, Morrie Mongratz, Gene Mortensen and Tara and Catie McDonald accepting for their grandfather Louie Cernicek. Check ladailypost.com later for scenes from this weekend’s Hall of Fame ceremony. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com Read More

Vendors Sought For Chamisa’s Fall Arts And Crafts Fair

CHAMISA News:

Chamisa Elementary School 2014 Fall Arts and Crafts Fair is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 and will be done in conjunction with the Pinon Pumpkin Patch.

Early bird tables can be purchased for $35 before Oct. 1, after which the price increases to $40. The fee includes a 3×6 foot table and 4×8 foot space. Electricity is available for booths. This year, vendors have the option of setting up 6-8 p.m. Friday or starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

For registration forms or questions, contact Trisha Conlin, fundraiser chairperson at trishaconlin@gmail.com. Read More

LAHS Offers Bus Service To RMACAC College Fair

LAHS News:

Los Alamos High School is offering bus service to the Rocky Mountain Association for College Admission Counseling (RMACAC) College Fair at UNM “The Pit” Arena Sunday, Oc. 5. 

The bus will leave LAHS at 10  a.m. and return at approximately 5 p.m. The cost for the bus ride is $20. A minimum of 20 students is needed or the bus will be cancelled. 

Interested students should register with Ms. Goettee in the Career Resource Center by Friday, Sept. 26.

The annual RMACAC College Fair attracts more than 100 colleges and universities from all over the country. Students who are planning Read More

Share Your Nature Bloopers At Nature On Tap

Jonathan Creel

PEEC News:

We all have blunders in life, but when they occur in nature, we usually walk away with interesting stories. This will be the topic of the next installation of Nature on Tap, hosted by PEEC, which is part of an informal discussion series started by the Los Alamos Creative District.

The talk is at the Manhattan Project Restaurant at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25. PEEC’s new Director of Interpretation Jonathan Creel will facilitate the discussion.

Have you witnessed unique animal behavior or been stuck on a camping trip where nothing could go right, despite your best planning?

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Pinon Elementary School Celebrates 50th Birthday

Pinon Elementary School Principal Jill Gonzales shows off the school’s 50th birthday cake Friday during the school’s celebration. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Elvis the Pinon Panther shares high fives with students. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Pinon Alumni share their favorite memories of their days at the school including Los Alamos Municipal Judge Alan Kirk, left. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Students play a parachute game at Pinon’s 50th Birthday Celebration. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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Many Elk Spotted During PEEC’s Valles Caldera Tour

Participants in the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s latest Take Wing event traveled Thursday to see elk moving around the Valles Caldera National Preserve at dusk. The group heard many elk bugling, saw several males with large racks and many females during the special event for people who have contributed $150 for the new Nature Center. For more information, click here. Photo by Rick Wallace

Photo by Rick Wallace

Laura Loy and her daughter. Photo by Felicia Orth

Linda Doolen. Photo by Felicia Orth

Victoria LeDuc. Photo by Felicia Orth

Guide Jim Trout. Photo by Felicia Read More

School Board Work Session At Pinon Thursday

LAPS News:

The Los Alamos School Board will hold a Work Session at 5:30 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 25 at the Pinon Elementary School Library.

The agenda includes:

  • Pinon Elementary School Report;
  • Transition of Aspen School;
  • Visions Inventory update;
  • School Board Committee Reports;
  • RFP process for superintendent search;
  • Salaries Study; and
  • School Board Policy Review.

The meeting is open to the public. Read More

Homecoming Parade 2014 … Go Toppers!

Topper spirit was fierce at today’s Los Alamos High School Homecoming Parade on Central Avenue. The Toppers play against the Kirtland Central High School Broncos tonight at Sullivan Field. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Go Toppers! Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

It was a balmy 80 degrees as spectators lined Central Avenue to cheer on the entries in today’s Homecoming Parade and participants handed out candy and Topper tee shirts. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Superintendent of Schools Dr. Gene Schmidt, right, and Assistant Superintendent Read More

Letter to the Editor: Thanks LAPSF For Science Classroom Makeover

Barbara Musgrave
LAHS Science Teacher

During the summer of 2014, the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation chose my classroom (E113) at Los Alamos High School as a classroom make-over. And boy did it need it! I had a room full of really old, broken sinks and lab tables with carvings from the Jurassic Period!

I also had an asbestos floor and several species happily breeding in the old lab tables (mice and cockroaches). The workmen told me they found papers from 1968!

I did not have an adequate white board for teaching and none of the tables were movable, so last year when I took video footage to complete Read More

PEEC: Discover Super Secret Slot Canyon 1.5 Miles From Downtown Los Alamos

Discover a super-secret slot canyon only 1.5 miles from downtown Los Alamos. Courtey/PEEC

PEEC News:

Visit a slot canyon so secret that most townies know nothing of it, or get off the beaten path at Tsankawi to explore little known caves, petroglyphs and visits.

In both cases, you will be guided by experts – County Open Space Specialist Craig Martin to the slot canyon, and Bandelier Superintendent Jason Lott through Tsankawi.

These are two of the many Take Wing events that PEEC is offering exclusively to those who donate $150 or more to its capital campaign. The Tsankawi tour is 10 a.m., Sept. 29

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Learn How Hand in Hand Schools Build Community Between Arabs and Jews in Israel in Talks Today and Thursday

Arab and Jewish kids learn together at a Hand in Hand School. Courtesy/Hand in Hand
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

In Israel, most Arabs and Jews lead separate lives. They live in separate neighborhoods and attend separate schools, and of course, they speak different languages.

Surrounded by conflict, it’s hard to bridge the gap, but 1,200 students at five Israeli schools are doing just that. Hand in Hand was founded with the idea that by educating Arab and Jewish children together, a community of neighbors could be built where before, there were only perpetual strangers.

Lee Read More

UNM-LA Census Shows Fall Enrollment Increase

Dr. Wynn Goering, CEO, UNM-LA

UNM-LA News:

Bucking a statewide decline, the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) recorded a significant increase in its unofficial census numbers after the first 21 days of the fall semester.

Fall 2014 totaled 870 students, an increase of 14 percent over the same period in 2013. UNM-LA students are taking a total of 5,515 credit hours, which is a 4.2 percent increase from fall 2013 and a 21 percent increase from fall 2012.

“With fall enrollment numbers down at virtually every other campus in New Mexico, we see clearly how successful UNM-LA has been in providing Read More

NJROTC Takes Shooters To CMP Cup Match In Texas

Stephanie Nielsen, Holly Hayes, Samantha Miller, Samuel Wolfe and David Murphy. Courtesy/NJROTC

Samantha Miller and Samuel Wolfe at the final round. Courtesy/NJROTC

NJROTC News:

By STEPHANIE NIELSEN, Assistant Public Affairs Officer
Los Alamos NJROTC

Los Alamos High School’s NJROTC Precision Air Rifle team consisting of David Murphy, Holly Hayes, Samantha Miller, and Samuel Wolfe, and Sporter shooter, Stephanie Nielsen, traveled to a CMP (Civilian Marksmanship Program) Cup match Saturday, Sept. 13 in Lubbock, Texas.

Despite the six hour long drive, the team did extremely Read More

Scenes From PEEC’s Roadside Geology Tour

Geologist Patrick Rowe led a Roadside Geology Tour last weekend stopping along the Main Hill Road, Valle Caldera and Overlook as one of the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s Take Wing events. The group learned about nested calderas, the earlier caldera was the Toledo, and the original path of the Rio Grande running under the Townsite. Rowe’s essential point was that the landscape of the Pajarito Plateau was formed in a dynamic but elegant fashion. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Geologist Patrick Rowe points to locations on his map during the tour with Karl Anderson, left,
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LAHS Homecoming Parade Information And Map

Courtesy/LAHS

LAHS News:

Los Alamos County is going to open up the nearly completed construction area on Central Avenue for Friday’s Los Alamos High School Homeconing Parade and will  close this area shortly after the parade finishes.

This year’s Homecoming Parade theme is “Banish the Broncos.”

Staging:

Begins at 1:30p.m. at  4th Street and Central Avenue at the Canyon School parking lot. The parade send-off will begin promptly at 2:30 p.m. 

Walkers:

Walkers should be dropped off in the old Smith’s parking lot and walk to Canyon School on 4th Street.  There will Read More

Annual Homecoming Bonfire At 7:30 p.m., Wednesday

Seen from the 2013 homecoming bonfire event. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

Seen from the 2013 homecoming bonfire event. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

LAYL News:

Los Alamos Youth Leadership (LAYL) is proud to bring to the community the annual homecoming bonfire at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday in the Sullivan Field parking lot.

Everyone is welcome to stop by, support the football team, and roast s’mores while enjoying a nice evening full of music and Topper spirit. The event won’t go past 9:30 p.m. and the Los Alamos Fire Department and Fire Chief Troy Hughes will be standing Read More

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