For a group of about 200 high school students, their Nov. 15 breakfast was certainly the most important meal of the day. Students from across the Las Vegas Valley met with teachers and public officials for the 2012 Mayors Prayer Breakfast at Texas Station.
Wright Elementary School was built to hold about 800 students, but today it has an enrollment of more than 1,200. If something doesn’t change, it will be forced to turn back to year-round schooling.
In 2004, only 7 percent of students at Williams Elementary School passed the state’s reading test. Only 8 percent were proficient in math. Last school year, those numbers were up to 43 percent and 61 percent, respectively, leading to Williams being named a National Title I Distinguished School by the National Title I Association.
A new system of 4,541 solar panels is expected to save Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School about $140,000 on its annual power bill.
What can Liberace’s clothing tell us about Las Vegas history? That is what some University of Nevada, Las Vegas students are exploring in a new exhibit at the Nevada State Museum at the Springs Preserve.
Kids asked adults the tough questions Oct. 16 during public forum at Las Vegas City Hall hosted by Leaders in Training. Ninth- and 10th-graders posed questions directly affecting them to challengers running for seats on the Nevada State Board of Education and the Clark County Board of School Trustees.
Students in Lisa Gioia-Acres’ Nevada history class at the College of Southern Nevada are learning the subject from the area’s primary sources.
About 20 longtime Las Vegans recently visited and met one-on-one with students to record interviews, which the students will use to write a research paper and make a presentation putting that person’s life in a historical context.
