Reading Challenge kicks Rebels into gear
Students raise their hands as comedy magician Mac King, not pictured, speaks during the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including CCSD Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students from Tartan Elementary School cheer during the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rebel Girl Jackie Hansen, left, throws a ball to students as the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event begins in the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students from Gehring Elementary School cheer during the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students make their way to the Thomas & Mack Center for the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students dance to music as the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event begins in the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students make their way to the Thomas & Mack Center for the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV basketball coach Dave Rice is introduced during the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students react as Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky speaks during the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including CCSD Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students from Edwards Elementary School stomp their feet during the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students from Beckley Elementary School cheer as the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event begins in the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Comedy magician Mac King, second from left, enters the court area during the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including CCSD Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students are seen as the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event begins in the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students make their way to the Thomas & Mack Center for the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV Runnin' Rebels coach Dave Rice, from left, Lady Rebels coach Kathy Olivier, Softball coach Lisa Dodd, and Track and Field coach Yvonne Wade sit courtside as the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event begins in the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students watch as comedy magician Mac King, not pictured, magic trick during the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including CCSD Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky speaks during the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including CCSD Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students cheer as the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event begins in the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Fourth grader Nataly Garcia, 9, from Ira J. Earl Elementary School, cheers with classmates as the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event begins in the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Students make their way to the Thomas & Mack Center for the Rebel Reading Challenge launch event at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
In this photo released via Twitter by the City of Dallas Public Information Managing Director Sana Syed, members of Dallas Fire-Rescue Haz Mat Unit tape off a door at the The Village Bend East apartments where a second healthcare worker who has tested positive for Ebola lives, in Dallas, on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital was monitoring herself for symptoms, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said. The unidentified woman reported a fever Tuesday. She was in isolation within 90 minutes, Jenkins said. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Sana Syed/PIO, City of Dallas)
The Rebel Reading Challenge event launched at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. The event, which featured people including CCSD Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky, comedy magician Mac King, and UNLV coaches and student-athletes, among others, included approximately 6,500 4th and 5th grade students from 33 schools.
