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LAHS Sophomore Lillian Petersen Wins First Place In Category At 2018 International Science Fair
Scene from the International Science and Engineering Fair at which LAHS sophomore Lillian Petersen takes top award in her category. Courtesy photo
LAHS sophomore Lillian Petersen takes top award in her category at the International Science and Engineering Fair. Courtesy/Mark Petersen
LAPS News:
Los Alamos High School sophomore Lillian Petersen took the top award in her category Friday, May 18 at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, PA.
Petersen’s project, “Predicting Food Shortages in Africa from Satellite Imagery,” won her the top placement in the Earth and Read More
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Local Expert Chick Keller Leads Wildflower Walk
Wildflower expert Chick Keller is leading a wildflower walk for PEEC at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 21. Attendees will meet at the nature center and carpool to the trailhead. Photo by Thomas Graves
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s Jemez Mountain Herbarium Curator Chick Keller is leading his second Wildflower Walk of the season at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 21.
These monthly outings are easy walks to identify some of the wildflower beauties found in and around Los Alamos. Each month Keller picks a different trail, depending on what is blooming at the time. The walks Read More
Los Alamos Art Teachers Find Inspiration At National Convention
Vatos Rugby Captain Nominated For Life Of Significance Award
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Crumbling Adobes, Weathered Vigas Still Tell A Remarkable Story
By Sharon Snyder
Los Alamos Historical Society
Many cars pass over the Rio Grande at the Otowi Crossing each day. The drive has most likely become routine for more than a few of the drivers who are on their way to the Lab in the morning or on the way home from work in the evening.
They Read More
Udall Presses Bureau Of Indian Education Director On School Safety
McDonald’s Restaurants Expect To Hire 1,500 Workers In New Mexico This Summer
UNM President Garnett Stokes Visits Los Alamos
President of the University of New Mexico Dr. Garnett S. Stokes spent today visiting Los Alamos. She met with officials at Los Alamos National Laboratory, toured the town and talked with staff, students and faculty at UNM-LA. UNM-LA held a community reception for Stokes this evening on campus.
Stokes, Read More
Scenes From ‘Math is Fun’ Event At Pinon School
A group of students work on a mathematic game during the ‘Math is Fun’ event this morning at Pinon Elementary School. Teacher Lana Martin said the sixth grade students organized the event and set up different stations to teach their younger peers math skills in a fun and entertaining way. Stations included three-dimensional tick-tack-toe, fractals and square bubbles. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Angelique Schappert, left, and Arinna Martinez create designs using mosaic tiles during the ‘Math is Fun’ event this morning at Pinon Elementary School. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
Explore Ancient Astronomical Myths And Discoveries With Paul Arendt At Los Alamos Nature Center
Paul Arendt presents a talk Friday in the planetarium. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The community is invited to join Paul Arendt to discover ancient ideas and myths that early cultures created to explain the patterns and behaviors of the sky. This planetarium show is 7 p.m. Friday, May 18 at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road.
Arendt also will examine how Babylonian and Greek astronomers determined specific properties of the Earth, Moon and Solar System. He will explain astronomical theories that originated in the Western World up to the time of Newton.
Arendt has a Ph.D. in Physics Read More
U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce Joins Agriculture Secretary To Discuss Tribal Education
Matt Davenport Receives 2018 Brown Award From NMT; Named 2018 Engineering Student Of The Year
Matt Davenport receives the 2018 Brown Award Saturday from President Stephen G. Wells at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos High School alumni Matt Davenport has received the 2018 Brown Award at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro.
Davenport, who graduated with a with a degree in chemical engineering, received a plaque and a $1,000 prize at Saturday’s commencement ceremony. He also was named Engineering Student of the Year for 2018.
The prestigious Read More
Former Sen. Dede Feldman In Los Alamos To Share ‘Grassroots Solutions’ May 24
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LAHS Alumni Rick Whittemore Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Graduates Northern Arizona University
Los Alamos High School alumni Rick Whittemore was commissioned as a U.S. Army second lieutenant May 11 and graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in Sociology. Whittemore is headed to Explosive Ordinance School at Fort Lee, Va., and Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. He is the son of Steve Whittemore of Los Alamos and Audry Barick of Mesa, Ariz. Courtesy photo Read More
AG Balderas Announces Free Financial Literacy Classes Around New Mexico
Los Alamos School Board Protests Public Education Department Student Retention Proposal
After failing to win legislative approval several times, the New Mexico Public Education Department is moving ahead with a proposal that would direct New Mexico public schools to hold back third-grade students who can’t read at grade level.
Some lawmakers have questioned the Martinez administration’s authority to carry out Read More