Education

Youth Exchange Students Visit Local Rotary Club

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Rotary Youth Exchange students Hana Raby, a junior, and Caleb Langenbrunner, a senior, were congratulated at a recent meeting by Laura Loy, the Youth Exchange coordinator for the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. Raby will study in Brake, Germany; Langenbrunner will study in Tournon Sur-Rhône, France. Not pictured: Teresa Austin, a Los Alamos High School junior, will study in Helsinki, Finland. Photo by Sandy Tobin

Elise Delgado, a Los Alamos High School junior, spoke in May at the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. Her Rotary Youth Exchange studies will take her to Kanazawa, Japan. Photo by Linda Hull

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NMT: Master’s In Engineering Mgmt. Garners Top Honors

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NMT News:

SOCORRO — New Mexico Tech’s graduate program in engineering management, recently highlighted by a national online higher education magazine, will host an information session 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, on Zoom. Intelligent.com recently ranked Tech’s engineering management graduate program as the “Best for Synchronous Classes” in 2022 across the country.

According to Intelligent.com, out of the top 56 Master’s in Engineering Management programs, Tech ranked 22nd overall. 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of Tech’s Master of Engineering Management (MEM) program. Read More

Gessing: Think Twice About Universal Pre-K

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By PAUL J. GESSING
President
Rio Grande Foundation

As we move beyond a contentious series of primaries in both parties and look to the fall election, one of the big issues on the fall ballot is the plan to “tap” New Mexico’s permanent fund to provide universal preschool.

For years this has been an agenda item for the State’s left-leaning interest groups. But it only received legislative support with the retirement of Senate Finance Committee Chairman John Arthur Smith. 

This November voters will decide whether to: “allocate 1.25 percent of the five-year average of year-end market values of the Read More

SFCC, Kids Campus, Higher Ed Center Closed July 4

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SFCC News:

Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) and the Santa Fe Higher Education Center will observe Independence Day Monday, July 4.

No classes will be held, and no student services will be available. SFCC’s child development center, Kids Campus will be closed.

Summer credit and noncredit classes will resume July 5 after the holiday. Staff at SFCC main campus (6401 Richards Ave.) and the HEC (1950 Siringo Road) will resume services beginning 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 5. Kids Campus will be closed July 4 for observance of Independence Day and will resume summer operations July 5.

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PED: NM Course Consortium Launches Online Catalog

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PED Secretary Kurt Steinhaus

PED News:

SANTA FE – A new online course catalog will help the New Mexico Course Consortium expand in the 2022-23 school year after helping 245 students take courses previously unavailable to them this year, including 35 who completed a class online that helped them graduate.

In its inaugural year, the consortium provided online courses ranging from art to space science to 34 elementary school students, 110 middle-school students and 101 high school students in 17 school districts and charter schools.

The New Mexico Course Consortium is a growing, state-led network Read More

Los Alamos Public Schools Hires 4 Assistant Principals

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Katherine Herring, Shannon Trujillo, Jennifer Kieltyka and Audrey Juliani have been named assistant principals for the upcoming school year at Los Alamos Public Schools. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) has announced the hiring of four assistant principals for the upcoming school year.

New Assistant Principals:

  • Shannon Trujillo, Aspen Elementary School;
  • Audrey Juliani, Barranca Mesa Elementary School;
  • Katie Herring, Mountain Elementary School; and
  • Jennifer Kieltyka, Piñon Elementary School.

“On behalf of all instructional leaders at LAPS, I would like Read More

ECECD: Internship Program Graduates First Cohort Of Young New Mexico Parents

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ECECD Cabinet Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky

ECECD News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) Home Visiting Division, in collaboration with local nonprofit Future Focused Education and parent advocacy program Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors, graduated its first cohort of young parents from its X3 Home Visiting Internship program.

The innovative, 10-week paid internship program provides training to 15 young parents, all of whom have children from 0-5 years old. The group engaged in weekly professional development from mentors in ECECD’s Read More

Los Alamos High School Hosts Summer PE Classes

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A firefighter challenge with the local fire dept. is one of the many activities being offered at the summer physical education classes at Los Alamos High School. Courtesy/LAHS

Rock climbing is one of the many activities being offered at the summer physical education classes at Los Alamos High School. Courtesy/LAHS

LAHS News:

After a two-year hiatus, students are once again participating in summer physical education classes at Los Alamos High School (LAHS).

Participants earn .5 credit and a grade on their transcript for completing a three-week session. Those who complete both sessions fulfill Read More

LAHS Hilltalkers Compete At National Tournament

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Hilltalkers celebrate being at the National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament in Louisville, Ky. Front row from left, Philippa Fung, Yunseo Kim, Uxue Sansinena and Talyor Kanzleiter. Back row from left, Luke Favorite, Maximus Posada, Rylee Mechum and Keturah Sherrill. Courtesy/LAPS

Yunseo Kim with Hilltalkers Coach Margo Batha, finished 7th out of 235 competitors in the Program Oral Interpretation event. This is the strongest finish the Hilltalkers have ever had in Interpretation Events. Courtesy/LAHS

LAPS News:

The Los Alamos High School Hilltalkers Speech and Debate Read More

2022 June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship: Kate Whitley

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2022 June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship recipient Kate Whitley. Courtesy/Jessica Booton Photography

LAPS News:

The Friends of the Los Alamos County Libraries, in partnership with the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation, have awarded the 2022 June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship to Kate Whitley for her review of the book Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains, edited by Robert Julyan and Mary Stuever.

The scholarship was created to honor those who love books. Applicants were asked to write a personal narrative concerning an age-appropriate book that was not required for school and that has Read More