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Schools in Los Alamos
Strong academic and cultural focus, an active sports community, and a small town environment combine to make Los Alamos increasingly attractive to those wishing to relocate.
Los Alamos Schools Win Praise
The growing interest in the Los Alamos Public School system is well deserved. Each year our students score well above the national and state averages on standardized achievement tests, including National Merit competition. Our graduating seniors qualify for many academic scholarships at major universities throughout the United States. Our academic strength is also shown in the number of advanced level courses offered in English, math, science, computers, history, and foreign language. The broad-ranging curriculum also includes first-rate programs in the arts and physical activity. Teacher salaries are among the highest in the state as is the per student operational expenditure.
Achievements
Diversity in education is very evident in the Los Alamos school system. Some of the more noteworthy recent accomplishments follow.
- The Los Alamos High School’s literary magazine, Pegasus 2006, has been selected to receive a ranking of Superior in the 2006 NCTE Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literacy Magazines.
- Eleven New Mexico public schools that made Adequate Yearly Progress for two consecutive years and 18 school districts where all schools in the district met AYP requirements were honored on Friday, January 19th, 2007, by Secretary of Education, Dr. Veronica C. García at the Schools on the Rise celebration in the Capitol Rotunda. Los Alamos Public School District was named a School on the Rise and a Quality School District.
- For saving enough energy in less than two years to effectively plant more than 60,000 trees, Los Alamos Public Schools present with the Award for Energy Stewardship from Energy Education, Inc. recognizing the district’s efforts to implement an innovative people-oriented energy conservation and management program.
- Seven Los Alamos High School seniors have been invited to participate in the Academic section of the 2007 Presidential Scholars Program.
- The LAHS NJROTC participated in the annual National Academic Competition. Out of 1379 schools nation wide our team placed 98th which is higher than the 130 placing last year. The team also finished 6th in our area of 56 schools.
- LAHS has been cited by ACT as one of 382 high schools across the country that have proven that core courses can be made rigorous and that rigorous content can be effectively taught to students.
- Los Alamos High School ranked 637 nationally, according to a Newsweek article based on a “challenge Index” that was used to rank schools.
- The Department of the Navy for the 2007-08 school year has designated the LAHS NJROTC as a Distinguished NJROTC Unit.
- Only sixteen percent of the nation’s 15,571 public school districts (2,516) have been recognized for meeting the needs of families choosing schools. The nation’s largest school selection consulting firm, School Match of Columbus, OH selected eight of New Mexico’s public school districts to receive their 16th Annual “What Parents Want” Award including Los Alamos Public Schools, Albuquerque Public Schools, Cloudcroft Municipal Schools, Farmington Municipal Schools, Las Cruces Public Schools, Ruidoso Municipal Schools, Santa Fe Public Schools and Taos Municipal Schools.
- Los Alamos High School had eleven National Merit Semifinalists and eight National Merit Commended Students.
- U.S. News & World Report has named Los Alamos High School one of “America’s Best High Schools”. 16 New Mexico high schools received silver or bronze awards. Los Alamos High School was awarded the silver recognitions along with Sandia High School and La Cueva High School, both of Albuquerque.
Guidance and Counseling
The guidance program is focused on prevention counseling, individual conflict resolution, life skills curriculum delivered in classrooms, and individual problem solving. Each school is assigned at least one counselor.
Health Services
Each school has at least one nurse assigned to manage direct services such as emergency first aid, medications, health education, and record keeping for all students. A school physician is on contract with the district to provide various consultations.
Special Education
Exceptional children benefit from the services provided for numerous situations including autism, hearing impairment, mental retardation, learning disabilities, and many others. Service levels are determined by individual student needs. Adaptive equipment (such as low vision and Braille equipment, computerized scanning/reading devices, and Alphasmarts) are provided as needed to allow special education students to participate in the general curriculum.
Student Services
The Student Services division of the Los Alamos Public Schools system offers a host of services to support the general education program.
Students who desire a different approach to education at LAHS can apply to the School of Choice, a project oriented, cooperative learning, interdisciplinary program.
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