Education & Schools

Students Plant Tree at Northwest Park

Submitted by Natalie Cullen, Online Editor

Monday, May 20th, 2013, 3:35pm

The City of Las Vegas and a third-grade class from Kay Carl Elementary School worked together to plant a tree at a northwest park in honor of Arbor Day.

The students and city officials gathered Monday to plant a tree at Polly Gonzalez Memorial Park, 5425 Corbett Street, at the corner of West El Campo Grande and North Bradley Road.

Besides the Raywood ash tree that was planted, the kids placed a time capsule in the spot that includes short essays from the students about what is happening environmentally in Las Vegas and around the world.

"We had a time capsule where we did research on environmental issues in Las Vegas and Nevada and we planted them so that when we open up the time capsule in 50 or 100 years, they will know exactly the environmental issues of the day," Sue Rodrigues from Carl Elementary School said.

The city has had a program in place since 1950 to plant trees at parks around southern Nevada.

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Southern Nevada Students Earn iPads in Essay Contest

Submitted by Natalie Cullen, Online Editor

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 8:55am

Southern Nevada Students Earn iPads in Essay Contest

Twenty high school students are enjoying the new iPads they earned by reducing their carbon footprint and writing a great essay about it.

The students were part of an essay contest held by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, Coca-Cola, Mariana's Supermarkets and the Clark County School District.

The 20 winners were chosen out of the 200 entries from 40 high schools around the Las Vegas valley. They all wrote a 500-word essay describing how they used transit services provided by the RTC to reduce the amount of carbon they personally use.

The winners for the 2013 contest are:

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Fallen Officer To Be Honored at School Ceremony

Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 12:47pm

Local law enforecement and school district officials will remember a fallen officer at a ceremony Friday.

Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie and other law enforcement officials will take parrt in the annual Marc Kahre Honor Day celebration at Marc Kahre Elementary School, 7887 West Gowan Road.

Parents and families are invited to attend the featured event of the day, the annual parade of officers that will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Kahre Field. School personnel will be available to guide those in attendance to the proper location for the event.

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Six Students Get College Scholarships from Silver State Schools Credit Union

Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Monday, May 13th, 2013, 12:47pm

Students from across the valley receive awards to help them further their education.

Silver State Schools Credit Union has handed out its 2013 college scholarships to six seniors in the Clark County School District. Each scholarship awards $2,000 annually, renewable for up to four years, and is awarded to seniors who are credit unions members and who excel in academics, athletics and community service.

Read more at the Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Martin, Academy Students Win RTC Art Contest

Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 12:58pm

Martin, Academy Students Win RTC Art Contest

Rudy Amaya of Roy Martin Middle School and Jessica Judd of Las Vegas Academy earned top honors in the RTC’s Earth Day art contest.

The annual contest, sponsored by the RTC and Vector Media, invited local students in grades six through 12 to create artwork that celebrates Earth Day and the RTC’s sustainability initiative, “quicker, cleaner, greener.”

More than 300 students from 17 schools across the valley participated in this year’s contest. The artwork of the two winners will be displayed on the outside of RTC transit vehicles and will travel valley streets for up to a year.

Runners-up were also recognized with certificates of achievement. They included:

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School Board Hosting Community Meetings for Input on Superintendent Search

Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013, 1:14pm

The board delayed a planned national search and wants to continue discussing options. A list of meetings is included.

The Clark County School Board is hosting 12 community meetings in April and May to get public input on the search for a new superintendent.

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GOP Bills Target Education Reforms

Submitted by Natalie Cullen, Online Editor

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013, 5:42pm

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Two Republican-backed bills introduced in the Nevada Senate seek to impose new education reforms affecting under-performing schools and teacher layoffs.

SB195 sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson would allow parents of students in under-performing schools to petition the school board to make specific changes, including changing the governance structure to an empowerment school.

SB193, sponsored by Sen. Greg Brower, would require school districts to consider the evaluations of teachers and administrators when determining layoffs. Under existing law, evaluations can be considered when layoffs are implemented. Brower's bill would require performance evaluations be factored when layoff decisions are made.

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