Los Alamos Public Schools Explained

Motto:We prepare confident, life-long learners.
Type:public
Established:1943
Region:Northern New Mexico
Los Alamos County
Grades:K-12
Superintendent:Dr. Jennifer Guy
Students:3,626[1]
Location:Los Alamos, New Mexico
Country:USA

Los Alamos Public Schools is a school district based in Los Alamos, NM, USA.Los Alamos Public Schools serves all of Los Alamos County, including the communities of Los Alamos and White Rock.[2] The district also has a portion in Sandoval County.[3]

The school district has a total of seven schools, five in Los Alamos, two in White Rock. The district has five elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.[4]

Schools

High schools

Middle schools

Los Alamos Middle School
Motto:"Healthy Atmosphere Where Kids Succeed"
Streetaddress:2101 Hawk Drive
City:Los Alamos, New Mexico
Zipcode:87544
Country:USA
Url:http://www.laschools.net/lams/site/default.asp
Head Name:Principal
Head:Brian Easton
Fundingtype:Public
Schooltype:Middle School
Teamname:Hawks
District:Los Alamos Public Schools
Colors:
Blue, and Silver
Founded:1984
Class:16
Enrollment:594
Enrollment As Of:2008
Grade7:294
Grade8:300

Los Alamos Middle School is the only middle school for the Los Alamos Public School District.[4]

The school was originally founded as Cumbres Junior High School in 1962, the town's second junior high school after (the now defunct) Pueblo Junior High School. When district enrollment declined heavily in 1984 the school board decided to close a junior high to save money. The district chose to keep the newer school, Cumbres, open and closed Pueblo in the summer of that year. The school district wanted to make a clean break from the past and named the amalgamated school simply "Los Alamos Middle School". To address the difficulty of merging the former rival sports teams, the Pueblo Braves and the Cumbres Cougars, the school held an election for a new name, choosing "Hawks".

Facilities

In 2012, construction began on the middle school to replace aging buildings. The original 100 and 500 wings, which held eighth grade and seventh grade classes respectively, were torn down to make way for a new two-story building. The new building was completed in the summer of 2013 and opened in time for the 2013–2014 academic year.

Elementary schools

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 SY 40D Enrollment by District . New Mexico State Department of Education . May 14, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110511183746/http://www.ped.state.nm.us/IT/fs/05/09.10.enroll.dist.pdf . May 11, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
  2. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Los Alamos County, NM. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-07-13. - Text list
  3. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sandoval County, NM. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-07-12. - Text list
  4. Web site: Los Alamos Public School Sites . August 21, 2011 . Los Alamos Public Schools . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006095442/http://www.laschools.net/14591075121535470/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=312567&C=59731 . October 6, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
  5. Web site: Goettee. Consetta. Los Alamos High School. 2021-08-15. Los Alamos Public Schools. en-US.