Henderson Libraries is planning to bring a taste of the Hawaiian and the Pacific Island culture to the community with the Asian Pacific Dreams Festival on May 25.
Education
On April 30, members of the Las Vegas High School Alumni Association unveiled the Senior Squares Monument at Las Vegas Academy, 315 S. Seventh St., the former site of Las Vegas High School.
Keeping your business afloat in a tough economy is one thing. Keeping your business afloat in a tough economy while finding time to volunteer at an animal shelter, compete in triathlons, help a child through a kidney transplant or battle cancer? That’s another level of achievement altogether.
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.
College can be difficult and expensive, but James Wood knows it’s even tougher when you’re a single father of two.
Clark County School Districts students have a new place to go for health care, as the Casey Jones Health Center is open at 5630 Coley Ave., near Wynn Elementary School.
If it weren’t for the Clark County School District’s mariachi music program, Krystal Reyes would have never considered college. Her professional aspirations would have tapped out with a front desk position at the casino where she now works. And, her musical interests would have never surpassed the tween tingles she got while listening to a Britney Spears album.
Mark Yoseloff spent a career designing, developing and manufacturing electronic games.
Students at the College of Southern Nevada will need to stay on track or will soon risk not being able to attend school for a semester.
James Guthrie resigned without explanation a month ago, but the former superintendent of Nevada public schools is now opening up about reforms that, he says, Gov. Brian Sandoval told him to forget.
There were no techniques taught in this April 10 art class at Innovations International Charter School of Nevada. Students were learning more important things from guest teacher and professional artist Alexander P. Huerta.
When Irene C. Smith found out that her 14-year-old son had Type 1 diabetes, she vowed not to sit around and feel sorry for herself. When problems arose at her son’s school in New Jersey, she realized the disease itself was only the beginning of the struggle.
A private university plans to establish a medical school in Southern Nevada, officials said on Friday.
Rainbow Dreams Academy received a six-year contract renewal Thursday from Clark County School Board members, who unanimously agreed to continue sponsoring the K-5 charter school serving predominately black students in West Las Vegas.