News & Updates

SFPS Board Questions Science Curriculum Proposal

September 20, 2017

Photo: Gabriela Campos, Santa Fe New Mexican By Robert Nott | The New Mexican | Sep 19, 2017 New Mexico’s dramatic overhaul of science education standards, which is drawing criticism from across the state and around the...

Early Childhood Pueblo Outreach Project

August 30, 2017

Above: Pueblo Outreach Project team (left ot right): RJ Martinez, Jovanna Archuleta and Anna Marie Garcia LANL Foundation Works with Eight Northern Indian Pueblos to Strengthen Early Childhood Support Systems The Los...

16 Nontraditional Students Receive $1000 Scholarships

August 30, 2017

LANL Foundation awarded Regional College/Returning Student scholarships to 16 Northern New Mexico students. These $1000 awards from the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund help local, nontraditional students return...

Mihaela Popa-Simil Honored by Albuquerque Business First

August 15, 2017

Photo: Kim Jew Photography Mihaela Popa-Simil, LANL Foundation Vice President of Finance and Operations, is honored as one of Albuquerque Business First's 2017 C-Suite finalists. Executives were nominated by the public...

7th Annual ISEC Teachers’ Institute

August 4, 2017

About 100 teachers were in attendance at the 7th annual ISEC Teachers’ Institute. Teachers new to Inquiry Science Education Consortium schools or those changing grades attend a four-day summer professional development...

Cultivating Coders Española Demo Day

August 3, 2017

Twelve Española high school and middle school students went back into the classroom this summer to learn new programming skills during an eight-week Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp hosted at Northern New Mexico...

$61,298 Awarded in 2nd Quarter Education & Community Grants

August 1, 2017

The LANL Foundation awarded 26 grants totaling $61,298 to support education and community programs in Northern New Mexico during the 2017 second-quarter grantmaking period. Sixteen programs received $37,000 in Education...

2017 Staff Retreat - Our Time for Learning & Reflection

July 24, 2017

Breaking into Tech

June 27, 2017

This article was written by the Santa Fe Reprter about the Cultivating Coders program funded by the LANL Foundation as part of the K-12 Programming initiative. Youth learn coding at a free summer program aimed at...

Coding Camp for High School Students

June 12, 2017

This article was written by the Albuquerque Journal about the Cultivating Coders program funded by the LANL Foundation as part of the K-12 Programming initiative. ABQ startup launches free coding summer camps...