Education

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

Two Lady Hilltopper Wrestlers Represent State Of New Mexico At Turf Wars In Farmington, Utah

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Gala Nelson, left, and Claire Bullock represented the LAHS Lady Hilltopper Wrestling Team and the state of New Mexico at the Turf Wars in Farmington, Utah. Courtesy Photo 

SPORTS News:

Two members of the Los Alamos High School Lady Hilltopper Wrestling team earned the opportunity to represent the state of New Mexico this past week at Turf Wars in Farmington, Utah.

“Both Gala Nelson and Claire Bullock learned a lot from the experience,” Coach Emily Tew said. “It was a tough competition, but they conducted themselves well and the coaching staff looks forward to the future of these two motivated

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Leger Fernández Passes Bill To Support Programs To Prevent Alcohol And Substance Use On College Campuses

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Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández

STATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thursday, the House of Representatives passed U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández’s bipartisan Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act (H.R. 6493).

The bill was introduced in January alongside Representatives Dusty Johnson (SD-At Large), David Trone (MD-06), Michael Guest (MS-03), Chris Pappas (NH-01), John Joyce (PA-13), and Lucy McBath (GA-06).

This bill helps higher education institutions develop prevention and recovery programs to prevent alcohol and substance use and support students with substance Read More

LAHS Teacher’s Simple Act Of Kindness Inspires Students

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LAHS teacher Lynn Ovaska during an interview June 9 at the Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK and BONNIE GORDON 
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos High School teacher Lynn Ovaska was deeply touched by Holocaust Survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein and the inspirational story told in her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, “All But My Life”.

“I first learned about Gerda from my high school teacher Jan Heyerdahl 30 plus years ago,” Ovaska said during a recent interview at the Los Alamos Daily Post. “I went with Ms. Heyerdahl to Europe in the late 1980s, and we visited Read More

High Schoolers Invited To Apply To FBI Teen Academy

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Scenes of teens participating in a previous FBI Teen Academy. Courtesy/FBI

FBI News:

High school sophomores, juniors and seniors throughout New Mexico interested in spending a day with the FBI in Albuquerque are encouraged to apply for the agency’s FBI Teen Academy, which will be held Tuesday, July 26.

The deadline to apply is July 7, 2022.

The FBI Teen Academy allows rising 10th, 11th and 12th graders for the 2022-23 school year an opportunity to get a peek into the inner workings of today’s FBI.

FBI special agents and support personnel will provide lively presentations on a range of timely topics, Read More

Scenes Of LAHS Teacher Lynn Ovaska & Students During 2022 Summer Educational Tour Of Paris, Barcelona, Madrid

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Scene of Los Alamos High School teacher Lynn Ovaska, front row right, and 14 of her students in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France during their recent 11-day 2022 summer educational tour. Courtesy/Lynn Ovaska

Scene of LAHS teacher Lynn Ovaska, left, and her students in Paris, France during their 2022 summer educational tour. Courtesy/Lynn Ovaska

Scene of LAHS teacher Lynn Ovaska, left, and her students in Paris, France during their 2022 summer educational tour. Courtesy/Lynn Ovaska

Scene of LAHS teacher Lynn Ovaska, back row left, and her students in Madrid, Spain during their recent Read More