Venna Blasco, sixth grade winner, takes a photo with her cousin Ryleigh Yanke at the Las Vegas Review Journal’s Academic Excellence Awards ceremony and luncheon at the Strip View Pavilion at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Sunday, May 19, 2024. The annual event honors a student from each grade who shows academic excellence, leadership, service and character. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae