Thousands of school bus drivers and custodians who have been worried for months that the Clark County School District might outsource their jobs can start to breathe a sigh of relief.
Education
Alan Peterson, a member of the William B. Keith Camp No. 12 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, spends his days circulating Helen Smith Elementary School, 7101 Pinedale Ave., to help students and teach them a little U.S. history.
The Las Vegas Academy Paws for Change club plans to host a Puppy Pow Wow fundraiser Saturday to raise funds to help spay and neuter cats and dogs for families at Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas, which recently started its own Paws for Change club.
Officials from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, are doing what they can to increase interest in post-secondary education in at-risk schools. The Clark County School District’s 34th annual college fair at Cashman Center Oct. 25 was preceded by pep rallies at Canyon Springs, Desert Pines and Rancho high schools.
A fire engine from Las Vegas Fire Station No. 6 can routinely be seen parked outside Bonanza High School. The school does not have a faulty alarm system or overzealous pyromaniacs. The nearby station’s firefighters often volunteer at the school, giving hands-on education to students in the fire science classes.
Six months ago, Todd Jones was fighting for his department’s life. He was chairman of the philosophy department at UNLV when the unthinkable happened: The entire department was put on the chopping block.
Fifteen-year-old Jared Smith sat in a high school classroom for the last time on Monday. No, he’s not a Doogie Howser kind of genius graduating early. He’s not being home-schooled by his mom. And he’s not dropping out.
Nevada students continue to trail the rest of the United States in math and reading on this year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, also called the nation’s report card.
Denise Tatum once spent nine weeks at Vermont’s Middlebury College speaking only in Mandarin Chinese. After spending four summers in China and earning a bachelor’s degree in Asian studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, she now teaches Chinese and English at Liberty High School.
Clark County School District programs such as Reading Through the Holidays, along with the All People Promoting Literacy Efforts program in the Henderson area, are some of the ways area students are being exposed to reading outside of the classroom.
The Ray of Hope Foundation, a nonprofit group providing support to Manch, Parson, Lowman, Bunker and Clyde C. Cox elementary schools, is accepting holiday donations through Dec. 12.