Dads are all around Jydstrup Elementary School these days in the classroom and hallways, on the playground and even in the lunchroom. They’re part of the WATCH Dads of Great Students program.
Education
Kevin Raiford, a business professor at the College of Southern Nevada, was recently ranked third on ratemyprofessors.com’s 2011-12 list of top professors.
Garside Middle School is one of five schools to receive a technology boost this year in the form of iPads for students as part of the Clark County School District’s e3: Engage, Empower, Explore Project.
CARSON CITY – Surrounded by cheerleaders, academicians and mascots Hey Reb and Wolfie, Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday announced an annual “Governor’s Series” pitting UNLV and UNR athletes against each other – on the playing field and in the classroom.
A temporary replacement has been named for a Sparks elementary school principal who was placed on administrative leave after officials learned he’s on parole for embezzling .
Rumors spread after a long-term substitute replaced Advanced Technologies Academy teacher Pat McGuinness in May. Some thought he had been fired, said Zachary Mirman, the school’s 2012 valedictorian. While McGuinness was recovering from a car accident, the Clark County School District fired him. But Mirman and many current students didn’t learn McGuinness was fired until they read a Review-Journal story Monday night. Students reposted the story in the school’s Facebook group.
Kevin Raiford, a business professor at the College of Southern Nevada, was recently ranked third on ratemyprofessors.com’s 2011-12 list of top professors.
Statistically, only one in four of these students would graduate from high school. With the help of the I Have a Dream Foundation, it will be nearly impossible for all of them not to.
He died twice in a rollover car accident. But that night April 29 was only the beginning of Pat McGuinness’ misery.
As it turns out, the graduation rate improved by more than predicted in Clark County high schools in 2011-12, jumping from 59 percent to 66 percent.