As of May 25, Rebekah Solorzano, 18, completed her senior year at Chaparral High School. That same day, Solorzano was named grand prize winner of the Every Kid in a Park art contest sponsored by the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Forever Resorts, the National Park Service concessionaire donating the prizes. Solorzano will have her artwork featured on a collectible sticker in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area gift store.
View rounds up education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley, including school news and scholarship information.
Students at Bonanza High School are set to perform “Little Shop of Horrors” March 26-28. With the help of prop technicians from Sin City Scenic, the students learned how to make the high-quality plant puppets needed for the show.
Its first decade was an arduous one for Nevada State College. The Henderson-based school plans to mark its 10th anniversary this fall with two events, but when the school started in 2002, it had only 177 students.
Five local teens are mingling this week with representatives in Washington, D.C., and receiving leadership development training as part of Bank of America’s Student Leaders program, which offers paid internships to high school juniors or seniors at local nonprofit organizations.
