Los Alamos Public Schools

Los Alamos Public Schools is a school district based in Los Alamos, NM, USA. Los Alamos Public Schools serves the Los Alamos County area including the communities of Los Alamos and White Rock. 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.[2]

Location
Los Alamos, New Mexico Northern New Mexico Los Alamos County United States
District information
Type	public
Motto	We prepare confident, life-long learners.
Grades	K-12
Established	1943
Superintendent	Dr. Kurt Steinhaus
Students and staff
Students	3,626[1]
Other information
Website	laschools.net

Schools

High schools

• Topper Freshman Academy
• Los Alamos High School

Middle schools

Los Alamos Middle School
Address
2101 Hawk Drive Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544 United States
Information
School type	Public, Middle School
Motto	"Healthy Atmosphere Where Kids Succeed"
Founded	1984
School district	Los Alamos Public Schools
Principal	Brian Easton
Enrollment	594 (2008)
• Grade 7	294
• Grade 8	300
Average class size	16
Color(s)	Blue, and Silver
Team name	Hawks
Website	http://www.laschools.net/lams/site/default.asp

Los Alamos Middle School is the only middle school for the Los Alamos Public School District.[2]

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 1986. 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

• Aspen Elementary
• Barranca Mesa Elementary
• Chamisa Elementary
• Mountain Elementary
• Piñon Elementary

Los Alamos Public Schools Administrative Offices.

References

1. "2010 SY 40D Enrollment by District" (PDF). New Mexico State Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
2. "Los Alamos Public School Sites". Los Alamos Public Schools. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.