Success Stories

NGSS Training for Middle & High School Teachers

November 30, 2018

During the 2018 fall semester, the LANL Foundation K–12 Program team answered calls for support related to New Mexico’s newly adopted version of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The NM STEM Ready Standards...

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Viviana Martinez Espiricueta

2018 Scholar Viviana Martinez Espiricueta

June 6, 2018

Viviana Martinez Espiricueta pictured in The MASTERS program atrium. Education has opened up a world of possibility for her. Photo courtesy of the LANL Foundation, Andrea Multari Viviana Martinez Espiricueta, 2018...

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2018 Scholar Veronica Trujillo

May 31, 2018

Photo and story courtesy Los Alamos National Laboratory When Veronica Trujillo was a child, her father—a mechanical engineer—taught her physics and calculus using his old college textbooks, which filled an entire...

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2018 Scholar Caleb Hatler

May 31, 2018

Photo and story courtesy Los Alamos National Laboratory As a high school junior, Caleb Hatler took Advanced Robotics I and II at the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos. There, he became so fascinated with additive...

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Cadie Carrillo, Tierra Amarilla Elementary School Teacher

ISEC Teachers Cadie Carrillo & Myra Ulibarri

May 3, 2018

Over the last year, Inquiry Science Education Consortium (ISEC) Professional Development (PD) Specialist Doris Rivera, PD Coordinator Danielle Gothie, and ISEC Program Manager David Call have spent time supporting...

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Tim Martin Memorial Scholarship

February 15, 2018

Commemorating a Loved One – The Tim Martin Memorial Scholarship After Tim Martin passed away, his family wanted to commemorate him in a meaningful way. They researched several possibilities for creating a scholarship in...

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Trina Allander-Lujan, 2017 Rio Arriba County Excellence in Teaching Award winner

Honoring Rio Arriba Teachers 2017

January 17, 2018

Above: Centerra Director of Protective Force Operations & Training Lennie Upshaw congratulates San Juan Elementary School 5th–6th grade teacher Trina Allander-Lujan on winning the Rio Arriba County Excellence in...

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El Camino Real Academy students houses

Lightbulbs of Learning Go on Outside the Classroom

November 29, 2017

Fourth grade teachers at El Camino Real Academy followed ISEC lessons in electricity with a make-at-home project for enhanced learning. Students worked with parents to build incredibly detailed model houses that...

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Empowering Teachers, Cultivating Talent

August 16, 2017

So often the message in education is that students are failing and it's all the fault of teachers. Professional development is sent in to “fix” us and save our students from our shortcomings as educators. This is a...

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