Education

New Mexico School Meals Remain Free For Most Despite Federal Reversal

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NMPED News:

SANTA FE — About 57,000 New Mexico students who qualify for reduced-price school meals will continue eating for free because of legislation championed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to offset federally mandated co-pays.

House Bill 10, passed in the 2020 regular session, required the Public Education Department to cover co-pays that families in the reduced-price meal program are expected to contribute toward the cost of their children’s school-based meals. The bill came with a recurring $625,000 annual appropriation.

“Gov. Lujan Grisham pushed for this legislation because Read More

Video And Still Shots Of Portable Classroom Moving Along Streets From Mountain Over To Aspen Elementary School

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Video taken this afternoon of an oversized portable classroom being transported from Mountain Elementary School through various streets on its way to Aspen Elementary School. Video by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com and Katie Osburn

Scene of preparations underway this afternoon to transport this oversized portable classroom from Mountain Elementary School over to Aspen Elementary School. Desert Wind Transport and Bradbury Stamm Construction are on the job. Members of the Los Alamos Police Department assisted with traffic control during the transport operation. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com Read More

New Mexico Higher Education Department Breaks Down Barriers For Adults With New Policy & Resources

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NMHED Secretary Stephanie M. Rodriguez

NMHED News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Higher Education Department (NMHED) has announced that adult learners pursuing high school equivalency (HSE) credentials no longer have to pass subject area tests within a three-year time period, making hundreds more adult students eligible to receive their secondary credential.  

As a result of the retroactive policy change, 75 New Mexicans who previously passed required GED® exams beyond the three-year time frame will be awarded a secondary credential, with even higher numbers expected for students who passed Read More

Los Alamos Historical Society To Host 20th Educational Bus Tour To Trinity Site Oct. 14-15, 2022

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Los Alamos Historical Society News:

On July 16, 1945, in a remote high desert basin 220 miles south of Los Alamos, the first atomic detonation signaled a new era. Its success was the culmination of intense secret collaboration and innovation in science and engineering that took place in Los Alamos during the preceding 27 months. The test was code-named Trinity.

Today, the Trinity Site is located within the restricted White Sands Missile Range, but twice a year the army hosts an open house at the Historic Landmark Trinity Site and McDonald/Schmidt Ranch House. The Los Alamos Historical Society Read More

Library Of Congress Names Ada Limón Nation’s 24th U.S. Poet Laureate

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24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Ada Limón

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS News:

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced Wednesday the appointment of Ada Limón as the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2022-2023.

Limón will take up her duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season Sept. 29 with a reading of her work in the Coolidge Auditorium.

“Ada Limón is a poet who connects,” Hayden said. “Her accessible, engaging poems ground us in where we are and who we share our world with. They speak of intimate truths, of the beauty and heartbreak that is living, in Read More

J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee Announces 2022 Scholarship Award Recipients

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Attending the presentation of the JROMC scholarships at LAHS, from left, JROMC member Laura Wolfsberg, Aaron Philip, Phillip Ionkov, Cinyoung Huang, Olivia Koo, Jennie Gao and JROMC member Chris Hazard. Courtesy/JROMC

By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Vice Chair
J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee

The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 scholarship awards for Northern New Mexico high school seniors.

This year’s winners are:
Los Alamos High School

  • Aaron Philip: The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Scholarship, funded by the J. Robert
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Special Day Camp At Bethlehem Lutheran Church Aug. 1-5

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The fun-packed week-long day camp begins on the evening of July 31 with a cook-out dinner for all participants, and continues 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily Aug. 1-5. Courtesy/BELC

COMMUNITY News:

The Bethlehem Lutheran Church will hold a special week-long Day Camp 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Aug. 1–5 for children entering kindergarten through 6th grade.

All children from the community are welcome to attend, and learn about “God’s Boundless Love” for them. The theme is based on scripture found in Ephesians 3:14-21.

This fun-packed week begins on the evening of July 31 with a cook-out dinner for all Read More

Los Alamos ScienceFest 2022 Schedule For July 13

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ScienceFest News:

Los Alamos ScienceFest 2022 has several events scheduled in the community for today, July 13:

  • 1:30-2:30 p.m. – What’s Up Wednesday, “Hivemind,” White Rock Branch Library
    • Create a bee-shaped nature art frame, seed bombs, and play some fun outdoor pollination games. More information is available on the Mesa Public Library website here.
  • 6 p.m. – Panel Discussion: Hydrogen & Clean Energy, Bradbury Science Museum
    • Panel discussion on the facets of Hydrogen and fuel cells, efforts in New Mexico and surrounding region to change our carbon footprint.
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Time Change Update: Oversized Portable Classroom Transport From Mountain To Aspen July 14

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Update: Transport time changed to 2 p.m. Thursday.

COUNTY News:

Desert Wind Transport is working with Los Alamos Public Schools to transport an oversized portable classroom at 10 a.m. July 14 from Mountain Elementary School to Aspen Elementary School.

The contractor is asking residents who live along 38th Street or Villa Street to avoid parking vehicles on the west side of 38th and the south side of Villa July 14.  Rather, it is preferred that vehicles be parked off the streets in residents’ respective driveways to clear a path for the oversized load to move along the route. 

The planned route Read More

ECECD ‘Moments Together’ Public Education Campaign Releases Multilingual Tutorial Videos To Help Parents Apply For Services

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Cabinet Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky

ECECD News: 

SANTA FE — Today, the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) released three videos dubbed in English, Spanish, Vietnamese (and soon Diné) that walks families step-by-step on how to apply for free childcare, early intervention services through the Family Infant Toddler Program, and Home Visiting services.

Each video is only around two minutes long and provides an easy-to-understand walkthrough for accessing important early childhood programs that support children and families.

“A huge priority for Governor Read More