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LAHS Seniors Honored During NAPAC Sash Ceremony - 7:39 am
LAPS Native American Parent Advisory Council hosted the 3rd annual Sash Ceremony last Wednesday to recognize Native American students who are members of the Los Alamos High School Class of 2021. Courtesy/LAPS
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The Los Alamos Public Schools Native American Parent Advisory Council (NAPAC) hosted the 3rd annual Sash Ceremony last Wednesday to recognize Native American students who are members of the Los Alamos High School Class of 2021.
Each student was presented a handmade sash made by Cris Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo and Jicarilla Apache, which they will wear for the graduation ceremony May 29. Velarde has made sashes to honor graduating seniors for the past three years. “It is a privilege to create these sashes each year,” he said. “Every year I make them unique and different, just like the students.”
FARMINGTON The Indian Health Service has started giving shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents ages 12-15.
The IHS posted on its Facebook page on May 12 that its facilities can vaccinate those who are ages 12 and older with the Pfizer vaccine. The action follows approvals from the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week. Check with your local IHS, tribal health program or urban Indian health program for more information, the post stated.
Brian Johnson, acting deputy director of the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, said on May 13 that the IHS headquarters gave the greenlight for facilities to distribute the vaccine, an action that providers had been anticipating.