Smartboard, May 5, 2025

Those seeking more information or a full list of the district’s summer programs are asked to visit www.sfps.info/page/summer-programs.

SFCC to host digital access training program

Santa Fe Community College’s Continuing Education and Workforce Development is offering a free, weekly digital training series which begins May 21 and ends June 25.

The online program is a collaboration between the college and Accessible New Mexico LLC., and is aimed at web administrators in higher education institutions, nonprofits and small businesses, with training focusing on improving digital accessibility and ensuring compliance with digital platforms, according to a news release.

Each session will be 30 minutes — 20 minutes of instruction and a 10-minute question-and-answer session — and will range from topics like legal and policy frameworks to web accessibility for websites and apps.

Any New Mexico resident can enroll for the free course at https://tinyurl.com/5434dtwb.

Those interested can also seek more information from Monique Anair by email at Monique.anair1@sfcc.edu or by phone at 505-428-1060.

APS partners with museum for nuclear program

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History is hosting a partnership with Albuquerque Public Schools to teach nuclear science.

“Mission Fission,” as the educational program is called, will engage over 4,500 Albuquerque eighth graders through the partnership, which is in part funded by a grant from the Sandia Foundation, according to a news release issued by the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History.

The program, designed in a partnership between the museum and Albuquerque educators, will invite students to explore nuclear history across subjects, through scientific, mathematic and historical applications.

The program’s first pilot field trip will take place Monday.

LAHS gearing up for this year's graduation

Los Alamos High School will host its yearly graduation starting at 9 a.m. May 24 at the high school’s Sullivan Field, 1300 Diamond Drive.

Tickets are not required to attend the graduation ceremony. The gates open at 8 a.m.

Families with last names beginning with “A to Lo” are asked to enter through the gates closest to the United Methodist Church, while the rest are asked to enter through the gates closest to Mesa Field, with seating provided on a first come, first served basis.

The parking lot will be reserved for accessible parking, with other spaces available at Griffith Gym, Duane Smith Auditorium and one of the nearby churches.

The ceremony will be livestreamed beginning at 8:30 a.m., with the link posted on the Los Alamos High School website.

The graduates, joined by one guest each, are invited afterward to Senior Appreciation Night at 6 p.m.

In preparation for the event, Sullivan Field and its track will be closed May 22 through May 27 — and on May 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. for “Senior Sunset.”

Study released on out-of-school programs

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has released a study on learning and development of K-12 low-income youth in out-of-school-time settings, finding the programs play a valuable role in youth development, serving as a safe space, an academic aid and a means of support for working families, according to a news release issued by the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy organization.

The study additionally issued recommendations, including to support funding stability of out-of-school programs, advance efforts to ensure quality, spread awareness about them and ensure the programs are supportive career pathways for youth development practitioners.

The full study is available at https://tinyurl.com/7dyar99v.