CCSD welcomes over 1,500 teachers during orientation event — PHOTOS

By Jacob Kepler Las Vegas Review-Journal

9 years ago

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, speaks to more than 1,500 new teachers and 400 long-term substitutes during the Clark County School District‘s New Teacher Onboarding orientation event at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, August 12, 2015.(Jacob Kepler/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Pat Skorkowsky, Superintendent of schools for the Clark County School District, speaks to more than 1,500 new teachers and 400 long-term substitutes during the Clark County School District‘s New Teacher Onboarding orientation event at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. (Jacob Kepler/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Dr. Adolph Brown gives the keynote address to more than 1,500 new teachers and 400 long-term substitutes during the Clark County School District‘s New Teacher Onboarding orientation event at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. (Jacob Kepler/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Michael Kershaw, a teacher at Rancho High School, and 1,500 other new teachers and 400 long-term substitutes participate in the Clark County School District‘s New Teacher Onboarding orientation event at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. (Jacob Kepler/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Dr. Linda Young, Clark County School District trustee, speaks to more than 1,500 new teachers and 400 long-term substitutes during the Clark County School District‘s New Teacher Onboarding orientation event at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. (Jacob Kepler/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

More than 1,500 new teachers and 400 long-term substitutes participate in the Clark County School District‘s New Teacher Onboarding orientation event at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Teachers were introduced to a variety of informational and training sessions that will help them prepare for the 2015-16 school year. (Jacob Kepler/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Leena Barikzi, a teacher at Twin Lakes Elementary School, and 1,500 other new teachers and 400 long-term substitutes participate in the Clark County School District‘s (CCSD) New Teacher Onboarding orientation event at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Teachers were introduced to a variety of informational and training sessions that will help them prepare for the 2015-16 school year. (Jacob Kepler/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Some of the informational materials 1,500 new teachers and 400 long-term substitutes were given in the Clark County School District‘s New Teacher Onboarding orientation event at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. (Jacob Kepler/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

More than 1,500 new teachers and 400 long-term substitutes were invited to participate in the Clark County School District’s (CCSD) New Teacher Onboarding (orientation) event Wednesday, Aug. 12 at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas.

Teachers were introduced to a variety of informational and training sessions that will help them prepare for the 2015-16 school year.

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