A drive to collect enough books for the elementary school students at Clark County’s 78 Safekey sites was successful thanks to the efforts of the Henderson and Summerlin Barnes & Noble stores, UPS stores of Las Vegas, Toys for Tots and Las Vegas-area residents.
Communities In Schools of Nevada and Wynn Resorts presented Inspiration Oasis Oct. 5 with speaker Misty Hyman, Olympic gold medalist and former world record-holding swimmer.
The Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Medicine has been approved as a candidate for accreditation, a key step in the process of the school’s goal of admitting 60 medical students each year starting in 2017.
Opposition continues to grow against the local teachers union’s proposal to overhaul health benefits for 18,000 educators and their dependents, even as union officials prepare to open enrollment for a plan the Clark County School District hasn’t yet approved.
Students rarely run, yell or jostle for space at their lockers in the hallways of Fertitta Middle School. Instead, on a recent Thursday morning, students at the southwest valley campus calmly and quietly walked to class and lunch, with some stopping to greet and politely shake hands with Principal Lisa Burkhead.
Students across the Clark County School District this week have signed pledges against bullying, created public service announcements to encourage their peers to stand up to bullies and popped balloons with intolerant words written on them to “stomp out bullying.”
