Ensemble Arts Academy, 4040 N. Tenaya Way, has seen its summer program grow from a handful of students to a total of nearly 50. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the facility’s Camp Rocks! Summer Music Day-Camp.
Education
Last school year, the Clark County School District launched an unprecedented campaign to intervene with credit-deficient high school seniors, nearly half of whom were on track to not graduate. The district identified more than 7,000 seniors in academic trouble and implemented programs to help them catch-up on credits and prepare for the state proficiency exam.
Hyde Park is one of the top-performing middle schools in the Clark County School District. After 55 years of use, it is also one of the oldest. Hyde Park is one of 19 schools in line for “major modernization” if voters approve a property tax rate increase Nov. 6.
A UNLV team is researching ways to combat American foulbrood disease: a widespread, destructive illness affecting honeybees. The team is working on a virus to kill American foulbrood bacteria in infected beehives.
The Nevada State Education Association describes it as “union busting at its finest,” but the conservative think tank that emailed 12,000 Clark County School District teachers Friday about the summer drop period for union members contends its purpose was simply informational.
Clark County school students challenged to make the grade achieved something rare last school year.
Art classes are open across the Las Vegas Valley in a variety of mediums and catering to a variety of age groups. Art From the Heart, an artist co-op and gallery at 4020 N. Tenaya Way, offers daily classes.
They were new to the country, with little or no understanding of the English language. The Clark County School District met 3,367 kids in that situation last school year.
For two years the College of Southern Nevada has helped dozens in the community achieve naturalization by offering free educational courses.
Many Summerlin-area residents know the name Molasky because of Irwin and Susan Molasky Junior High School at 7801 W. Gilmore Ave. Irwin Molasky and business partner Merv Adelson founded the Paradise Development Co., creating the Paradise Palms neighborhood, The Boulevard Mall and Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. They also donated land to help start UNLV.
British theater students are teaming up with those in Las Vegas to offer five musical performances this weekend at the Clark County Library and Cashman Center as part of a student travel program organized by the Las Vegas International Performing Arts Exchange.