Success Stories

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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2017 Scholar Charlyna Gonzales

August 15, 2017

On the scenic High Road to Taos sits Vadito, NM. The small village is best known as the home of Sipapu Ski Resort, but to locals it’s a place of rich tradition and community.  Charlyna Gonzales spent a lot of time...

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2017 Scholar Khaled Khweis

August 15, 2017

For Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship winner Khaled Khweis, growing up with three sisters and two brothers brought a spirit of competition. They had lively dinner discussions with their parents, asserted their points of...

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2017 RCRS Scholar Jinelle Scully

August 16, 2017

Did you know that the LANL Foundation offers support for adults returning to education? Scholarships offered through the  Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarships Fund (LAESF) for Northern New Mexicans seeking higher...

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2017 Scholar Wilbur Wang

August 16, 2017

Wilbur Wang, Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund award winner, is driven by curiosity. Growing up in Los Alamos meant being surrounded by exploration, open-ended questions, research, and above all science. “This...

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2017 Scholar Joseph Estrada

August 16, 2017

A Small, Local Library Opens Up a World of Learning Joseph Estrada is a voracious learner and reader. He calls the Embudo Valley Library the center of the community, but for him it was like a second home. The library...

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2017 Tribal Business Scholar Justina Coriz

September 7, 2017

My name is Justina C. Coriz, and  I am a tribal member of the Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos. I am a student/athlete at Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) in Lawrence, Kansas. I am beginning my fourth year at...

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ISEC Teacher Rachel Barber

August 24, 2017

Above: ISEC teacher Rachel Barber and her class at Pojoaque 6th Grade Academy start a lesson in a Meaning Making Circle.   Synthesizing Complex Concepts  After just returning from spring break, and in anticipation of...

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