Education Notebook
VEGAS PBS WRITING CONTEST OPEN TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
Clark County students in kindergarten through fifth grade can submit their original stories and illustrations as part of Vegas PBS' annual PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest.
The top submissions will win free enrollment in the 2013 Southern Nevada Writing Project Summer Camp, be published in Vegas PBS Source magazine and receive other prizes. Local winners will also be entered into a national contest. The local contest is sponsored by Easy Student Publishing and the Southern Nevada Writing Project.
For more information or to enter, visit vegaspbs.org/rtl.
SUMMERLIN CHURCH TO HOST LITERACY PROGRAM WITH PETS
Desert Spring United Methodist Church, 120 N. Pavilion Center Drive, plans to offer a monthly literacy program, Reading With Rascal, beginning Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon and continuing every second Saturday of subsequent months.
Members of the church will bring their dogs for children to play with and help them with reading.
To register, email dsumcpetministries@gmail.com.
For more information, call Billie Oathout at 702-561-4143.
CIMARRON-MEMORIAL HELPS HOMELESS ON CHRISTMAS
Staff members and students from Cimarron-Memorial High School, 2301 N. Tenaya Way, volunteered Dec. 25 at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, 1501 Las Vegas Blvd. North, serving meals to the homeless. This is the school's first time volunteering on Christmas Day at the charity, but it expects to make it an annual tradition. The school also hosts meals for low-income families on Thanksgiving.
RANCHO HIGH SCHOOL TO HOST MATH AND SCIENCE CONFERENCE
Rancho High School, 1900 E. Searles Ave., is scheduled to host the 2013 Southern Nevada Math and Science Conference Jan. 18 and 19. The conference will offer informational sessions and activities for teachers.
Registration is $60. For more information or to register, visit snvmath.org/conference.
