Education

Scenes: 2022 Los Alamos ScienceFest ‘Discovery Day’

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A First Team 4153 project Y robot lines up a shot and lobs the ball into the basket Saturday during 2022 ScienceFest Discovery Day at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Hendrix Deschamp shows off his solar car that will be raced later on in the solar race. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

A young visitor mesmerized by the dog shaped robots as they went through several routines. The robots are used by LANL to preform dangerous or tedious jobs. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Bob Hauser of ISR-2 explains Earth Radiation Belts to Eli Erpenbech. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

LANL Hosts Summer Physics Camp For Young Women

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The sixth annual Summer Physics Camp for Young Women gave 40 students from New Mexico and beyond hands-on science experience and mentorship, thanks to 104 volunteer presenters, 75 percent of whom were women. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Volunteers empower regional students through 2 weeks of STEM education and mentorship

The sixth annual Summer Physics Camp for Young Women gave 40 students from New Mexico and beyond hands-on science experience and mentorship, thanks to 104 volunteer presenters, 75 percent of whom were women.

“It takes a village,” said camp organizer Anna Llobet-Megias, a Read More

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