Education notebook

UNLV undergrad admission deadline set for Monday

Monday is the application deadline for undergraduates interested in attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for the fall semester. The deadline for tuition and fee payments is Aug. 26 for in-person payments and Aug. 28 for online payments.

For more information, visit unlv.edu/admissions or call 774-8658.

Women’s Research Institute to host fundraiser at the Rio

The Women’s Research Institute of Nevada’s annual leadership award dinner is scheduled from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road. The fundraising event will recognize community leader Jan L. Jones, senior vice president at Caesars Entertainment Corp. The event will feature silent and live auctions, a prize drawing, entertainment and a dinner. Seats are $125, and tables are $1,000.

Various ads and sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact Kelly Lewis at 895-4931 or email wrin@unlv.edu.

Host families wanted for foreign exchange students

Program of Academic Exchange, or PAX, is looking for host families for foreign exchange students for the 2011-12 school year. Families may choose to host a student for one semester or a school year. For more information, contact local PAX community coordinator Margaret Hoppe at 203-5255 or glanz3@aol.com, or visit pax.org.

The Center for Cultural Interchange is looking for host families for foreign exchange students for the 2011-12 school year. All exchange students are 15 to 18 years old and are proficient in English. The CCI hopes to place more than 1,000 students from more than 50 countries. The deadline for families to apply is Aug. 15. For more information, email ayp@cci-exchange.com or call 800-634-4771.

Help college-bound students by donating laptops, business attire

The Epicurean Charitable Foundation Las Vegas is accepting donations of new and gently used laptops and new professional business attire for outgoing high school seniors attending college this fall. ECFLV will collect laptops and clothing through July at the following locations: Epicurean Charitable Foundation, 3765 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 1; Wicked Creative, 6149 S. Rainbow Blvd.; and Sting Systems, 5 Longevity Drive in Henderson.

Any remaining supplies will be donated to children at other foundations. For more information, visit ecflv.org.

Spread the Word Nevada hosting annual fundraising gala

Spread the Word Nevada is scheduled to host its 10th Anniversary Storybook Gala at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at The Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South. The Storybook Gala, "One Enchanted Evening," is the foundation’s largest annual fundraising event. The event will feature silent and live auctions, prize drawings, entertainment and dinner. Spread the Word Nevada is a nonprofit group that donates books to disadvantaged children to help them create home libraries. Since 2001, nearly 200,000 local students have received more than 1.7 million books. Individual seats are $250, and various sponsorship levels are available. For reservations and sponsorships, call Sherry Walker at 715-5699. For more information about Spread the Word Nevada, visit spreadthewordnevada.org.

Design scholarship available for architecture students

Three V Enterprises is accepting applications for the Student AquaTekture Design Competition and Scholarship. The scholarship is open to students enrolled in a college, university or vocational school. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 1.

Three V Enterprises hosts the annual Global AquaTekture Visionary Awards that recognizes individuals and companies that use water creatively as a main architectural feature.

The scholarship "will be awarded to the student who demonstrates a promising future in integrative design or architecture and has a genuine interest in architecture, interior design, engineering, landscape design, (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), product or (Computer-aided Design) relating to AquaTekture."

The winner will receive a monetary scholarship and other prizes, and the design will be showcased at the Global AquaTekture Visionary Awards. The monetary value of the scholarship was not available. For an application and guidelines, visit gavaawards.com.

School district provides online resources for summer learning

Summer educational activities for kids are available at ccsd.net/learn.

The online guides provide grade-appropriate activities for parents and children to work on together to help reinforce the previous year’s lessons. The guides provide recommendations for reading, math and online resources and are available in English and Spanish.

School district seeking scholarship funds for students

The Clark County School District is seeking local donors to help more students pay for college next year. Any businesses or individuals interested in providing scholarship funds for students are asked to call Kim Boyle of CCSD’s Curriculum and Professional Development office at 799-8441 or Kelly Grimm of the Public Education Foundation at 221-7421.

Local graduates received nearly $150 million in scholarship offers this year, not including the Millennium Scholarship fund.

Nevada Virtual Academy enrolling for fall

Nevada Virtual Academy, an online public charter school, is enrolling students for the 2011-12 school year.

NVVA offers curriculum for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. English, math, science, history, music and art courses are at the elementary and middle school levels. The high school program offers more than 200 core, elective and Advanced Placement courses, including foreign language.

For more information, visit k12.com/nvva.

Post reunion information on school district’s website

Clark County School District alumni who are planning a high school reunion may post information on the Clark County School District’s website, ccsd.net/schools/reunions.

Email any important reunion information to dsheehan@interact.ccsd.net, and it will be posted.

Kids to learn second language at camp sessions

Full-immersion language camp for kids ages 4 to 12 is set for this week at Town Square Las Vegas, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South.

Camp Lango runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday, and the cost is $229. Extended care is available from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. for an additional $50 per week.

Camp activities include games, music, arts and crafts, story time and drama. The drama portion allows children to dress up and act out fairy tales in the target language. Campers also visit the Town Square children’s park and are guided through the hedge maze by instructors speaking the target language.

The sessions take place behind Borders and across from Barre Las Vegas. To register or for more information, call 526-4658 or visit langolv.com.

Arbor View High School band fundraising to play in nation’s capital

The band from Arbor View High School, 500 Whispering Sands Drive, has been invited to march in the May 2012 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., and play at Carnegie Hall in New York City the same month.

The AVHS Band Boosters is asking the community for donations to help send the more than 100 band members on the trips.

For more information or to donate, visit avhsbands.org.

New private school to host enrollment event Thursday

The Goddard School, 2680 Pecos Ridge Parkway, is scheduled to host an enrollment event from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at JumpFit Kids, 10950 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 110. Parents will receive 50 percent off the first month’s tuition if they enroll at this event.

The school can accommodate about 130 kids from 6 weeks to 6 years old and will offer flexible schedules from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For more information, call 566-0255 or visit goddardschool.com.