Education

LAPS Foundation Announces 2022 Sophia Feldman Memorial Scholarship Awarded To Elise Chavez, Isabella Manzanares And Jason Pieck

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2022 Sophia Feldman Memorial Scholarship recipients: Los Alamos High School graduating seniors Elise Chavez, Jason Pieck and Isabella Manzanares. Courtesy/Jessica Booton Photography

Sophia Feldman, in whose honor scholarships are awarded to students for their exemplary academic and personal conduct combined with participating in mentoring, anti-bullying, social justice or related activities. Courtesy photo

LAPS Foundation News:

The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation (LAPS Foundation) announces Los Alamos High School graduating seniors Elise Chavez, Isabella Manzanares Read More

LANL Foundation Seeks Nominations For Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund Advisory Committee

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LANL Foundation News:

ESPAÑOLA — Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation is accepting nominations for community members from Northern New Mexico to serve on the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF)  Advisory Committee.

The Committee seeks to attain a diverse composition of members, taking into account county of residence, experience, gender, professional background, and other factors deemed relevant, with the goal of building a Committee that reflects the diversity of the donor population and the Northern New Mexico communities served. 

The Committee operates Read More

2022 Española Valley High School Graduate Melaki Jones Selected For National Jackie Robinson Scholarship

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National Jackie Robinson Scholarship recipient Melaki Jones

JRF Scholarship News:

2022 Española Valley High School (EVHS) graduate Melaki Jones has been selected for the national Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship – a four-year, $22,800 scholarship.

The scholarship also includes all-expense paid travel to participate in the JRF’s mentoring/leadership conference in New York City, internship, permanent job placement and an international service trip.

Of the more than 3,000 students who applied for the prestigious scholarship, 70 were selected.

Established in 1973 by Rachel Read More

N3B Los Alamos Awards Scholarships To Local Students With Eye For Legacy Environmental Cleanup

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Arianna Romero was recently awarded an N3B scholarship to pursue academic fields related to the U.S. Department of Energy’s environmental management mission. Courtesy/N3B

Dylan Romero was recently awarded an N3B scholarship to pursue academic fields related to the U.S. Department of Energy’s environmental management mission. Daniel Gallegos (not pictured) also received an N3B scholarship. Courtesy/N3B

N3B Los Alamos News:

Three University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) students each recently received $1,300 in N3B scholarships to pursue their academic interests in the energy, Read More

Kristin Kosiewicz Annual Memorial Scholarship Awarded To LAHS Graduating Seniors Camille Romero And Brianna Nieto

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Kristin Kosiewicz Annual Memorial Scholarship recipient LAHS graduating senior Camille Romero. Photo by Jessica Booton Photography

Kristin Kosiewicz Annual Memorial Scholarship recipient LAHS graduating senior Brianna Nieto. Photo by Jessica Booton Photography

LAPS Foundation News:

The Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) Foundation announces Camille Romero and Brianna Nieto as the graduating seniors selected for the Kristin Kosiewicz Annual Memorial Scholarship. 

These $1,000 scholarships are awarded in memory of Kristin Kosiewicz, a 1993 graduate of Los Alamos High School who Read More

Stansbury Urges Congress To Fund Indigenous Schools

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From the Office of U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — During a joint oversight hearing of the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States and the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) continued to lead calls for Congress to fully fund Indigenous schools.

Rep. Stansbury recently led a push to increase Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) school construction funding in the FY2023 federal budget in a bipartisan letter signed by 25 of her colleagues to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Read More

Highlights From June 23 School Board Meeting

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School Board Vice President Christine Bernstein, left, conducted the June 23 meeting in the School Boardroom. Also pictured are Board Secretary Antonio Jaurigue and Board member Ellen Specter. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

The School Board met Thursday, June 23 in the School Board room and via Zoom.

Vice President Christine Bernstein led the meeting in the absence of Board President Melanie Colgan. 

Michael Sharp, of Research and Polling, Inc., provided an update on redistricting, which is required every ten years. He stressed that this is redrawing board member districts, not attendance Read More

Retired Educators In New Mexico Now Eligible To Return To Work Without Losing Pension Benefits

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From the Office of the Governor:

SANTA FE — New Mexico’s 48,000 retired K-12 and higher education educators now have the opportunity to return to the classroom without losing their retirement benefits thanks to a new law enacted by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham this year.

Retired teachers and college faculty receiving pension benefits from the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board can now return to teaching for an additional three years within a New Mexico public school district, college, or university without forfeiting their retirement benefits.

“This is a win-win for New Mexico teachers Read More

LAPS Reminder About Preschool Program For 2022-23

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Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

There are still openings in the Los Alamos Public Schools Preschool Program for the 2022-2023 school year. Preschool classes will be available at all elementary sites. In addition, the program will add another 3Y classroom at Mountain Elementary, and an additional 4Y classroom at Chamisa Elementary.

LAPS is making adjustments to the Pre-K schedule next year. Beginning in August, students in the preschool program for 4-year-olds will attend school four days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Students will not attend school on Wednesdays. LAPS is working with the YMCA Read More

Registration Opens For Family Y’s Earth Service Crew Environmental Education And Volunteer Service Program

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YMCA News:

Registration is open for The Family YMCA’s Earth Service Crew (YESC) environmental education and volunteer service program for middle-school aged youth.

YESC meets 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Thursdays, from June 20-July 29. Registration, on a weekly basis, closes when spaces are filled. 

The program empowers youth to be effective, responsible global citizens by providing opportunities for environmental education and action, leadership development and cross-cultural awareness.  

During the summer, youth learn tool safety, trail maintenance, ecological restoration, Read More