Kids danced, played basketball and competed in track and field events Sept. 6, all in the name of fighting childhood obesity as part of Vegas PBS’ Keeping Kids Fit program at the Donald W. Reynolds Clubhouse of the Las Vegas Boys & Girls Club.
Education
Las Vegas High School ninth-grader Alyssa Khamvongsa recently reported for her new after-school internship at Goldfarb Elementary School. She is one of 20 high school students interning for Leaders in Training, a new nonprofit organization started by former Goldfarb teacher Erica Mosca.
Less than a third of Clark County schools made the grade under No Child Left Behind in the 2011-12 academic year, marking a new low for the country’s fifth-largest district.
In any other circumstance, the array of items blanketing the table would be harmless, picked up in a family trip to the grocery store. A canister of Pringles, a bottle of water, Visine eye drops, a can of Dr Pepper, Tootsie Rolls, a pacifier, children’s chewable vitamins, WD-40. Even a rock.
The deluge that engulfed much of the UNLV campus earlier this week was much like the college’s recent history – underwater, President Neal Smatresk said Thursday.
Teacher John Stalmach, accused with a female teacher of committing sex acts with a 16-year-old Basic High School girl, is once again under scrutiny over allegations of improper conduct involving a different teenage girl.
UNLV recently announced formation of a new Office of Economic Development as part of its continued effort to connect emerging research with business and spur economic recovery in Nevada, officials said Tuesday in a statement.
One of two teachers arrested this week on allegations of having sex with a 16-year-old Basic High School student was previously investigated and suspended for having an inappropriate relationship with a freshman girl, a Henderson police report released Tuesday said.
Julienne Paraiso, a graduate of Durango High School and a senior at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was one of 15 undergraduate students who participated this summer in the Dr. Ronald E. McNair Scholars Institute. She and other students paired with professors in their fields of interest to carry out research projects.
A U.S. Department of Education official plans to pick the brains of Las Vegas teachers and students in a warm-up to a cross-country bus tour that starts next week in California.
The Clark County School Board gave permission for officials to apply for $40 million in federal grant money that would help bring back several special education and at-risk programs that were recently cut while looking to boost student achievement where it’s lacking.