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Private school in Las Vegas offers financial need scholarships

Students who qualify for the Meadows School aid are locked in for a 12-year education as long as they maintain good grades, otherwise remain in good standing and continue to show a financial need.

 
Las Vegas architecture instructor is Nevada Teacher of the Year

Richard Knoeppel, an architectural design instructor at Advanced Technologies Academy in Las Vegas, received the 2019 Nevada Teacher of the Year award from Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday.

 
UNLV hosts first Make-A-Thon

At UNLV’s first Las Vegas Make-A-Thon, 68 students worked in teams to shape business plans, develop programming and buid prototypes ranging from a kitchen thermometer that told jokes to a compressor bin that turns scraps of meat into dog food.

 
Las Vegas girl, 15, asks pope’s help to prevent mom’s deportation

Alessandra Nava Granados, a sophomore at Coronado High School, joined 10 other children of U.S. immigrants with temporary protected status (TPS) on a trip to the Vatican to seek the pontiff’s help keeping their families intact.

 
Clark County schools’ diverse grading policies penalize some students

At least 16 local high schools use alternative grading systems designed to encourage struggling students to work harder. But critics say the variants penalize students at schools using traditional grading and inflate graduation rates.

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