Rebecca A. Johnson was at Robert Taylor Elementary School Aug. 3 preparing for the academic year as a new principal at a Title I school. She has five full-time teacher’s positions to fill.
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Elaina Bhattacharyya’s office plant and her printer sat atop a small stack of moving crates July 31 inside the James E. and Beverly Rogers Student Center, one of two new buildings at Nevada State College.
He learned of a need and decided to make it the focus of his entry into a national science competition. Now, Zane Pasha, 13, has been named the Nevada State Merit Winner in the 2015 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge.
When the new mosaic mural was unveiled June 2 at Petersen Elementary School, 3650 Cambridge St., it drew squeals, oohs and aahs from some attendees. The children seemed excited about it, too.
Take a sip for scholarship at UNLVino, Las Vegas’ wine weekend, slated for April 16-18. The event, set to feature celebrity chefs, entertainers, wines, spirits, craft beers and cuisine over three nights, raises funds for UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration.
Students at Green Valley High School are working to put on a production of “Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical” that is practically perfect in every way.
Clark High School senior Monique Turner and three other underprivileged students received new gifts each day from Dec. 6-17 from nonprofit group In12Days.
There is no reason for a child to go hungry this summer. Free breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack are being offered at dozens of locations across the Las Vegas Valley as part of the Summer Food Service Program sponsored by Three Square food bank, the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas and other community partners.
Lucy Keaton helped transform what was one of the lowest performing elementary schools in Las Vegas into an exemplary turn around school, the state’s highest academic designation. During the six years Keaton has been at the school, Hewetson has met adequate yearly progress standards four years running and had gains of at least 10 percent in student achievement on standardized tests every year.
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