Deming school board approves 2021-2022 school calendar
Students will start school in July
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DEMING – Deming Public Schools Board of Education approved the 2021-2022 School
Calendar on Thursday, April 15, 2021 during their regular board meeting. New Mexico State Legislature provided funding through the K-5 Plus program and the Extended Learning Time program, to add 25 days of instruction for Elementary Schools and 10 days of instruction for Secondary Schools.
The first day of school for Elementary Schools (K-5) is Friday July 2, 2021 and for Secondary Schools (6-12) is Monday, July 26, 2021. All students are expected to attend and start school on these dates, as schools will be providing class schedules and school information. If your family has plans or a vacation scheduled during this time, please contact your school so they can work with you during these planned absences.
Los Alamos National Laboratory 2020 Year In Review
By CAROL A. CLARK
caclark@ladailypost.com
Looking back over 2020, Director Thom Mason said it is the 13,000 Laboratory employees that he is most proud of … how they have stepped up and met the challenges of a global pandemic.
LANL Director Thom Mason
Just shifting that large number of employees from working onsite to working remotely was quite an endeavor and Mason commended the employees on having adapted so well.
“Those employees that had to be onsite were safer by not having more people here,” he said during a recent interview with the Los Alamos Daily Post.
15 Ways LANL Made An Impact In 2020 COVID-19 And Beyond
While COVID-19 dominated headlines in the science world, Los Alamos National Laboratory made its mark on 2020 with successes across the board. Photo Courtesy LANL
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From innovation in education to nonreactive nuclear energy, COVID-19 forecasts to jet fuel produced from corn, the Laboratory spent the year impacting the nation and New Mexico
1: Front-line fighters in the war against COVID-19
Beginning in March and still going strong, Laboratory experts in computer modeling and disease forecasting have been some of our most-quoted scientists of 2020. Computational epidemiologists Sara Del Valle, David Osthus and Carrie Manore, theoretical biologists
Headlight s beam: 2020: Put a fork in it
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Checked the oven. The red pop-up button is out. 2020 is done.
And it couldn t have basted in a better way with local first-responders and health care workers receiving the initial batch of vaccine in the fight against COVID-19. These are the frontline workers who are treating and caring for your loved ones through this global pandemic.
While we put a wrap on 2020, we are reminded that this is not a cure-all. The virus will continue to thrive, but the recent developments in finding and distributing a vaccine is sure to slow the number of infections as we take a personal responsibility to protect others.
High school students from 33 schools will be competing for $5,000 in prize money from 18 employers in the second New Mexico Governors STEM Challenge. Hosted and organized by New Mexico State University, the Los Alamos National Labs Foundation, New Mexico Department of Public Education and New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, this event will be entirely virtual Saturday, Dec. 12.
Ten-person student teams have submitted solutions to the NMSU formulated question, How can you combine New Mexicos natural resources with technology to address regional/global needs? Employer partners have provided judges who will rate the solutions based on quality, creativity, presentation, and how they match up with skills that employers need for future hires in their own industries. Selected teams will receive $500 per student in cash.