Few college-bound kids lose their shot, and their slot, at their dream school once they get in, but it happened at one of the world’s most elite institutions and for a reason that has, until recently, hardly registered in the university admissions process: social media.
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Public clashes over extent of electronic communication between students, teachers during roundtable discussion Thursday night on the Clark County School District’s first-ever social media policy.
Fourth-graders from Rainbow Dreams Academy, Victory Mission Baptist Church, 100 Academy of Excellence and Booker, Kelly and Wendell Williams elementary schools were invited to Zion National Park along with a small group of children from Child Protective Services.
About 150 uniformed officers clapped and cheered as Daxton Alyn Beck, the son of fallen officer Alyn Beck, walked across the stage at The Thomas & Mack Center to receive his high school diploma Saturday afternoon.
Ten local students were awarded 2017 scholarships in memory of Las Vegas police officers Igor Soldo and Allyn Beck, who were gunned down while on duty three years ago this week.
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