Mary Drago Hayes founded Seton Academy 50 years ago after her dad suggested that she and her sister start a school for young children. They were both teachers at the time, but her sister ended up moving to California. Hayes and her husband, Anthony Drago, decided to go ahead with her dream and opened a nursery school, the first Seton Academy. Although Drago has since died, Hayes still serves as Seton Academy executive director.
There was a time when after-school activities meant riding bikes, shooting hoops in the backyard or even a neighborhood game of hide-and-seek that went on until dusk.
College expenses are staggering and going up. Financial aid in the form of scholarships, which are usually merit based, and grants, which are usually needs based, are free money for college that, unlike loans, don’t have to be paid back. The application process should start no later than the student’s junior year in high school. If you missed that window, there may still be some scholarships available.
They want gardens because if they binge on candy, they can reverse their sugar highs by crunching on veggies. They want to be healthy, attract bees and animals, and beautify their surroundings. They want strawberries.
Nevada higher education officials grapple to extend the lives of aging buildings at the state’s colleges and universities. But the cost estimate of deferred maintenance at most college campuses throughout the state is snowballing.
Without rendering an opinion one way or the other, the Nevada attorney general’s office has closed its investigation into allegations the Clark County School Board violated the open meeting law on May 21.
Western Nevada College President Carol Lucey announced Tuesday she will step down from her position, saying she is unwilling to serve as president through another legislative session.
Creech Air Force Base drone crews operate unmanned aircraft in war zones from their Indian Springs location.
The U.S. Geological Survey plans to use less sophisticated drones to spy on Southern Nevada’s mule deer and bighorn sheep later this year.
Twin brothers Malcolm and Marcus Allen were co-valedictorians at Centennial High School. They started for their varsity basketball team and went to the state tournament, losing narrowly to Bishop Gorman High School. They received full scholarship offers from several colleges.
They marched through humidity, heat, sweat, exhaustion and nerves.
When is a book more than just words on paper? When it is sitting in a Little Free Library.
Two retired military officers recently presided over a conference in Las Vegas to address the fact that although the U.S. boasts a highly skilled and professional force of soldiers, airmen and Marines, there are problems lurking in future recruitment.
Frank Lamping is the namesake for Lamping Elementary School.
What are the most expensive colleges? That depends what you mean by “most expensive.”
