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Sponsors want to teach kids about healthy living
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Nominations sought for excellence in teaching math and science
The Nevada Department of Education is seeking outstanding teachers to be nominated for the 2011 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The PAEMST program was established in 1983 by the White House and is sponsored by the Nationals Science Foundation.
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Sparks Elks announce scholarship programs
The Sparks Elks announced its available programs for the 2010-11 school year.
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School district scores in top 10 to receive federal grant fu...
After competing against 96 other school districts and education organizations for funding through the Teacher Incentive Fund grant program (TIF), the Washoe County School District placed near the top of the list and will be receiving more than $9 million during the next five years to implement new programs that promote excellence in teaching.
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Brown baggin' with the super
RENO — Questions, answers and dialog will be the order of the day as Washoe County School District Superintendent Heath Morrison hosts one of his monthly “Brown Bag Lunch” discussions on Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Brown Center, 14101 Old Virginia Road. Participants are welcome to bring their own lunch. Interpretation in Spanish will be available. The sessions are designed to allow parents and other interested citizens to ask question...
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School briefs
For June 14, 2010
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Lake Tahoe Cruises to host students to celebrate Earth Day
Lake Tahoe Cruises and Zephyr Cove Resort, managed by Aramark Parks and Destinations, is hosting South Lake Tahoe fourth grade students and their teachers aboard the MS Dixie II for a special Earth Day celebration on April 22.
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Sparks students earn place on Dean’s List at Berklee College...
Berklee College of Music has announced the Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2009 academic year.
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Depoali students have CAN-do attitude to help hungry
What would you do with 4,000 cans of tuna?
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Obama seeks money, interventions to stem dropouts
President Barack Obama took aim Monday at the nation's school dropout epidemic, proposing $900 million to states and education districts that agree to drastically change or even shutter their worst performing schools.
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Tourism scholarship is available to seniors
Cowboy Country, the tourism organization that promotes northeastern Nevada, is seeking high school seniors in Nevada who plan to pursue a degree in a tourism-related field to apply for a $1,000 scholarship.
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Schools in brief
District offers financial class Thursday The Washoe County School District will offer the three-hour class, “Building Your Financial Portfolio on $25 a Month” on Thursday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.  For more information call WCSD at 353-5780 or 1-800-929-7889 or e-mail bookssmerica@aol.com. Best Investments For 2010 While the average pension plan lost 50 to 60 percent during the recession, people investing in safe companies lost less than 10 per...
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TMCC hosting open house night Thursday for high students
Truckee Meadows Community College will host a spring open house on Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the TMCC Dandini Campus in the student center at 7000 Dandini Blvd.
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Washoe District School Board President Estela Gutierrez
Gutierrez elected WCSD board president
Estela Gutierrez is the first minority to head a local elected body.
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Courtesy Chris Case - Juanita Ydiando, senior director of Educational Options of the Washoe County School District, makes two new friends in China. Four district staff members were invited with other American school staff to travel to China to participate in a discussion about bringing Chinese language learning programs to the United States.
China trip spurs talk to bring Chinese to Washoe's children
Four district employees among American educators to foster interest in Mandarin language learning in U.S.
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Nevada students chosen for Senate Youth Program
Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign recently announced the names of two students who have been selected as delegates to the 48th annual U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP) to be held March 6 through 13 in Washington, D.C.
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Schools in brief
Student contests, staff recognition
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<a href= mailto:dreid@dailysparkstribune.com>Tribune/Debra Reid</a> - Thousands of donated books will be delivered to the new library at Marvin Piccollo School said Whitney Lee, Director of Public and Campus Relations for the Associated Students of the University of Nevada (ASUN).
School for disabled builds its first library
In all its 34 years, Marvin Picollo School in Reno has never had a place for students to hear stories for recreation or personal edification – until this month.
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<a href= mailto:dreid@dailysparkstribune.com>Tribune/Debra Reid</a> - Jesse Howell demonstrates his upgraded catapult at the Coral Academy of Science last week. Howell refined the instrument's accuracy for the Science Olympics Trajectory competition.
Coral students using Web fundraising to go to Science Olympics
RENO – Jesse Howell spends time at school and at home perfecting his catapult for an upcoming Science Olympics competition. Last year, he used a hook to throw a ping pong ball several feet into the air, recording and graphing the distances to tweak it and improve its velocity. This year, he’s attached a pin mechanism that launches the ball with more precision and strength. He still records the data so he can direct the ping pong ball more accu...
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Donors fulfill Reno teacher’s online plea for art supplies
RENO – Generous donors have fully funded a project request for classroom materials submitted by Ms. Velazquez, a ninth grade teacher at Reno’s Rainshadow Community Charter High School, online education charity DonorsChoose.org announced Tuesday. The project is titled “Impacting Lives through Visual Arts!” and it will provide visual arts resources and experiences for 80 students. Twenty-five generous donors contributed $2,908 to the project, wh...
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