Los Alamos Safety Town graduates incoming kindergartners
Ninety-nine incoming kindergartners completed Los Alamos County's annual Safety Town program, learning a range of safety skills before the start of the school year.
Students received certificates during a ceremony attended by family members, Safety Town staff and members of the Los Alamos Police Department. They also performed safety-themed songs and watched a slideshow highlighting activities from the week, according to a news release.
The weeklong program covered water, animal, hearing, fire, police and transportation safety. Children learned emergency preparedness, toured police and fire vehicles, met a police K-9 team, practiced safely crossing streets, rode a school bus and learned bicycle safety while wearing helmets donated by Century Bank and the Los Alamos Schools Foundation.
Safety Town is sponsored by Los Alamos Public Schools, the county and the police department. More than 900 children have participated since the program began in 2015.
Los Alamos students earn scholastic art honors
Eight Los Alamos High School artists earned regional recognition in the 2026 New Mexico Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, receiving five Gold Keys, seven Silver Keys and eight honorable mentions.
Recent graduate Catherine Price earned two Gold Keys, two honorable mentions and a Silver Key for her art portfolio, which also came with a $1,000 scholarship. Hannah Waldschmidt received a Gold Key in comic art, a Silver Key in editorial cartooning and four honorable mentions.
Other Gold Key winners included Blue Engeman for drawing and Sophia Saunders for ceramics and glass. Saunders also earned a Silver Key in drawing.
Kaidance Amburgey received two Silver Keys for drawing, while Azure Honnell and Ariela Rittner each received Silver Keys. Honnell and rising senior Hailee Sarellano also got honorable mentions.
Gold and Silver Key winners exhibited their work at the Orpheum Community Hub in Albuquerque.
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards recognize outstanding creative work by students in grades 7-12.
St. John's launches partnership with Cambodian university
St. John's College has partnered with the Cambodia University of Technology and Science to create a new pathway allowing Cambodian undergraduates to earn a master's degree in liberal arts through the college's Graduate Institute.
The "3+1" agreement enables eligible CamTech students, who complete bachelor's degrees in three years, to spend a fourth year at St. John's studying in its discussion-based Great Books program before completing a master's degree.
The partnership was formalized this year, and the first students are expected to enroll in 2027.
St. John's, which has campuses in Santa Fe and Annapolis, Md., offers master's degrees in liberal arts, Eastern classics and Middle Eastern classics.
State offers free back-to-school vaccination clinics
New Mexico families can receive free childhood vaccinations at 69 locations statewide through Aug. 29 as part of the state Department of Health's annual Got Shots campaign.
The clinics serve children from birth through age 18 regardless of insurance status. Parents are encouraged to bring vaccination records and insurance cards if available, though no child will be turned away because of a lack of coverage.
Go to tinyurl.com/7jy55ftj for information on childcare, preschool and school requirements.
Some participating providers will offer evening and weekend clinics. Visit vaccine.doh.nm.gov to find a shot clinic near you.
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