“We need your help.” That is the Clark County School District’s stance. The district launched the Watch Us Grow campaign and website this month in conjunction with Superintendent Dwight Jones’ State of the District address Jan. 5 at Chaparral High School.
All the wonderful flavors and spices that we have come to expect from outstanding Thai and Asian foods are on display at this family restaurant, where the house specialty is Thai barbecue chicken with papaya salad and sticky rice.
FORUM ON EMPLOYER-ASSISTED HOUSING PLANNED AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Metal theft is not new to the Las Vegas Valley, but the number of abandoned homes due to the foreclosure crisis has thieves hopping. From July to September of 2011, there were 76 incidents with a total value of $735,000 documented by the Metropolitan Police Department.
Home repairs can be costly, especially for low-income residents. But Rebuilding Together Southern Nevada, 611 S. Ninth St., aims to assist these residents by providing no-cost repairs to veterans, the elderly and low-income homeowners.
Eleven students at Hyde Park finished in the top 1 percent in the Mathematical Association of America’s American Mathematics Contest 8, an international competition held in November. One Hyde Park student, Ian Johnson, got a perfect score for the second year in a row. Hyde Park is one of the Clark County School District’s magnet schools.
Three uniformed figures guide the craft carefully out of its protective structure. Two wear green flight suits, the third wears gray and blue attire; all wear dark aviator sunglasses. Their inspection of the Cessna is organized and procedural, though they trade jokes in the relaxed manner of a crew intimately comfortable with its vehicle. What makes the members of this aircrew different than other private or commercial Cessna crews is that they collaborate with the Air Force on humanitarian missions. These flyers are civilians who serve in the Civil Air Patrol (CAP).
Angela Urquiaga is on the phone, trying to track down one of her babies. That’s what she calls the roughly 150 Rancho High School students who don’t have a permanent place to live.
For kids new to the country and the English language, a 3,000-student high school and class sizes of 40 to 50 probably do not make for the most effective learning environment. A small campus in the Sunrise area caters especially to such students.
This week’s event highlights include a performance by the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West Winds, ScoutQuest at the Springs Preserve and Transit(ion) Trilogy: Emigration Transformation, a UNLV Dance show about Eastern European Jews’ immigration to America.
