Education

Los Alamos Public Schools On 2-Hour Delay Due To Snow

LAPS News:

Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) will be on a 2-hour delay this morning due to winter weather.

Buses will run 2 hours after their regular time.

Please drive safely and be aware that there may be ice in places.

LAPS Inclement Weather Procedures:

Two-hour Delayed Start: 

  • Buses will arrive at bus stops two hours later than the usual pickup time.

School start times:

  • Elementary schools – 10:30 am
  • Mid School – 10:00 am
  • High School – 9:50 am

School telephone information lines:

  • Aspen Elementary: 505-663-2277, 
  • Barranca Mesa Elementary: 505-663-2732, 
  • Chamisa Elementary:
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LAHS Graduate Carson Hick To Compete In NCAA Division 1 Men’s Swimming National Championships

Carson Hick swimming in the Consolation Finals of the 500 yard freestyle during the SEC Championships. Courtesy/University of Kentucky Photography

SPORTS News:

Los Alamos High School 2023 graduate Carson Hick has qualified for the NCAA Division 1 National Swim Championships scheduled for March 27-30, 2024 in Indianapolis, Ind.

This meet is the premier competition in the U.S., where the top 30 athletes in each event of the NCAA are invited to compete. National Championship time standards are more difficult than the Olympic Trials.

A freshman at the University of Kentucky, Hick recently Read More

LAPS Possible Quorum Notice: New Mexico School Board Association Region 2 Spring Meeting March 19

LAPS News:

Members of the Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) Board may attend the New Mexico School Board Association Region 2 Spring Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2024 in the Los Alamos High School Speech Theater.

A quorum may be present; however, no action will be taken. Read More

AAUW To Host Talk By Regional Development Corporation 6:30-7:30 PM Today At Mesa Public Library

AAUW News:

Are you interested in learning what a regional non-profit economic development organization is doing to diversity and build the economy in northern New Mexico?

You are invited to join the American Association of University Women, (AAUW) Los Alamos Branch, 6:30-7:30 p.m. today, March 14 at Mesa Public Library. Carla Rachkowski, Director of Operations for the Regional Development Corporation (RDC), will present on the non-profit economic development organization’s four key areas of focus, success stories, challenges and future plans.

The RDC’s four key areas of focus are: Read More

Santa Fe Community College’s Student Biofuels Team Are Finalist In National AlgaePrize 2023-2025 Competition

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s student biofuels team, Just AD Algae, is one of 15 finalists in the national AlgaePrize 2023-2025 Competition. The announcement came from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) in a Feb. 1 press release.

As one of 15 finalists, selected from 49 entries by a panel of industry experts, the SFCC team will spend about 15 months working on their research project. Each finalist team will receive $10,000 to fund their research project. In the spring of 2025 all the finalists will participate in the AlgaePrize Competition Read More

JROMC: Free Eclipse Glasses And Talk Tonight At SALA!

LANL Fellow and astronomer Steve Becker has witnessed 13 solar eclipses across the globe. He will share information, including why they occur and how people have reacted to them; photographs and a travelogue on eclipses he has seen; and viewing tips for how to safely observe these rare and fascinating events. Courtesy/JROMC Read More

LANL: New Mexico Students Invited To Apply For Free Summer Physics Camp For Young Women 2024

Women scientists and engineers of Los Alamos National Laboratory lead the two-week camp in Santa Fe. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

New Mexico middle and high school students are encouraged to apply for the free, two-week Summer Physics Camp for Young Women, taught primarily by women scientists and engineers of Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, which runs June 10-21, 2024.

The application deadline is April 1, 2024.

Hosted at the New Mexico School for the Arts in Santa Fe, the camp will explore topics related to energy and energy security (reliable, affordable access to all fuels and energy Read More

Heinrich Introduces Legislation To Level Playing Field For New Mexico’s Children And Improve Student Literacy

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) March 7 introduced the Literacy Improvement for Transformation (LIFT) Act, legislation that aims to improve literacy outcomes for all students by ensuring that every K-12 public school has at least one full-time reading or literacy specialist on staff.   

More than 8 million low-income K-5 students in America are not proficient in reading. According to data provided by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, children who struggle to read proficiently by fourth grade are four times more likely not to graduate from high school Read More