Education Notebook

HUGHES CENTER ACCEPTIM
SCHOOL SUPPLIES DONATIONS

Donations of school supplies will be accepted through Wednesday at the Hughes Center concierge desk in the lobby of the Wells Fargo tower at 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, near Flamingo and Paradise roads.

The supplies will be donated to needy students at Rowe Elementary School, 4338 S. Bruce St.

Needed items include notebook paper, writing tablets, backpacks, pencils, pens, rulers, glue, calculators, dictionaries, art supplies and more.

For more information or to schedule a pickup, call Jaci Zweig at 697-6805.

WIN YOUR SCHOOL A SHARE
OF $20,000 ON FACEBOOK

Nevada State Bank will donate $20,000 to three public schools in the state that receive the most votes on the bank's Facebook page.

The Nevada State Bank $20K Giveaway: You Vote, Schools Win campaign is open through Oct. 14. To vote, "like" the Nevada State Bank page and you will be directed to a voting page. Voting is open to anyone with a Facebook profile, and there is a limit of one vote per day.

First prize is $10,000, second is $6,000 and third is $4,000. The winning schools are set to be announced during the week of Oct. 24.

HELP PROMOTE LITERACY IN SCHOOLS THROUGH BUCKS FOR BOOKS CAMPAIGN

All Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf locations in the valley will accept donations through Sept. 18 as part of the Bucks For Books fundraising campaign to benefit the Public Education Foundation's literacy initiative, Clark County READS.

In exchange for a donation, the customer or employee may write his name on a card that is displayed in the store. The proceeds will support libraries and classrooms throughout the school district.

All Southern Nevada Jamba Juice locations also are participating in the campaign. Jamba Juice will accept donations through Sunday from customers and employees.

The Public Education Foundation is a Las-Vegas-based nonprofit group started in 1991 to improve schools. For more information, visit thepef.org.

Parents can register their kids for school bus transportation on the Clark County School District's website, ccsd.net, or by calling 799-8111 from 7:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Parents need their children's student identification number and date of birth to register, and eligibility can be determined on the website by street address.