University of Nevada, Reno student Hannah Golik, a 2018 Carson High School graduate, last week was named a scholarship recipient by the Gina Rose Montalto Memorial Foundation of Coral Springs, Fla.
The joy and excitement from the residents’ faces at the Eagle Valley Children’s Home lit up the night Sunday as bright as the lights from the motorcade coming to visit them.
The Carson City School Board on Thursday approved opening elementary and middle school campuses for the return of third- to sixth-grade students to in-person learning four days a week Tuesdays through Fridays as of Jan. 19.
For the first time, Carson City School District’s high school graduation rate did not improve in a five-year trend, primarily due to COVID-19, according to district data released last week.
Working out this year’s district budget in a plan showing its age by more than 50 years is one task for Carson City School District chief financial officer Andrew Feuling. Staying on top of the new funding formula through the Nevada Commission for School Funding is reasonably a harder one.
When Carson City native Megan Bottom started taking on writing a book, her children at first thought it was just a crazy project Mom decided to do as a hobby. Then her friends gradually found out.
The Carson City School District Board of Trustees is calling for a special meeting Thursday to potentially take action on opening schools to third- to fifth-grade students at the elementary levels and sixth-grade students at the middle school level four days a week effective Jan. 19.
COVID-19’s impact on the Carson City School District’s fiscal year 2020-21 budget has been more profound than anyone might have guessed in recent months.
Nevada Commission on School Funding chair Karlene McCormick-Lee says she worries as the conversations continue on the Pupil Centered Funding Plan, the proposed K-12 funding formula to replace the Nevada Plan, the public will look at the dollars as a “win/loss.”
Carson City’s annual craft fair is taking place in the Carson Mall with about 25 vendors offering shoppers a chance to browse for their seasonal wares.
An Eagle Valley Middle School teacher has been placed on administrative leave Monday following an incident that included alleged discriminatory remarks made during class, according to a statement released by the Carson City School District.
Carson City School Superintendent Richard Stokes received a “very satisfactory” rating from the Board of Trustees on his annual evaluation Tuesday, with trustees acknowledging the difficulties that have come since COVID-19 first presented in March.
Tracking an English learner’s progress already varies from the typical student’s academic path under usual circumstances, but with COVID-19, it’s challenging and overwhelming, Carson City School District director of elementary education and English learner programs Chad Hicks says.
The Salvation Army serving Carson City and Douglas County held its annual Turkey Drop at Max Casino and received some extra help Friday afternoon thanks to willing community partners.
Eagle Valley Middle School’s expansion project is now in design development with construction expected to begin in June, district officials reported to the Carson City School Board on Tuesday.
The Carson City School District will not be pursuing the return of its third through sixth grade students back into classrooms at this time due to an increase in COVID-19 cases and other challenges, according to Superintendent Richard Stokes in a report to the Board of Trustees on Tuesday.
The Nevada Commission for Women on Tuesday voted to reject being decommissioned and converted into a nonprofit organization whose efforts would be refocused on fundraising as a 501(c)3.
Carson City School Board Trustee Joe Cacioppo captured his third term representing District 7 on Tuesday, defeating challenger Joy Trushenski.
The polls opened on time and without incident at 7 a.m. Election Day Tuesday at the Carson City Community Center at 851 E. William St.
The Nevada Commission on School Funding gradually moves toward defining what “optimal funding” means and asks what it will take to raise the revenue to achieve the intended targets once they’ve been established.
About 35 Carson City residents and students joined Carson High School senior Michael Service on Oct. 24 on his venture to clean up the city’s C Hill, and now he’s just three merit badges away from his Eagle Scout rank.
Carson City School District campuses and facilities have received a remodel or maintenance work this past summer, operations director Mark Korinek reported to the district’s Board of Trustees Tuesday on the progress of the capital and major summer projects completed during the 2019-20 year.
The Carson City School District Board of Trustees appointed two new members to its Family Life Advisory Committee to serve three-year terms beginning this month through October 2023.
Carson High School senior Michael Service, a Boy Scout working to become an Eagle Scout, will be hosting an event from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday to clean up C Hill.
Bordewich Bray Elementary School staff members have been pulling out their rulers, creating circles on their classroom carpets where the legs of desks must remain for social distance, and they have moved out furniture to make more space. Nutrition services workers are marking off seats in the cafeterias as needed. Playground quadrants have been designated with classrooms being assigned and rotated and current students constantly ask where they’re to play each day – all to welcome back the school’s littlest learners next week.
The Carson City School District’s recent announcement to bring prekindergarteners to second graders back to full, on-campus instruction four days a week Tuesdays through Fridays has stirred up excitement among teachers and parents across its elementary sites.
Carson City School Board candidates Joe Cacioppo and Joy Trushenski maintain opposing views when it comes to serving all Carson City students effectively through online or traditional instruction and regarding the Common Core state standards.
An anonymous local donor supplied the funds for the Rotary Club of Carson City to purchase more than 800 air purifiers for teachers and staff members of the Carson City School District for use in their classroom or home. Club members then distributed them on Monday to Carson City schools for teachers to pick up and unbox in their classroom or take home, and the staff members were deeply grateful to carry off their unexpected incentive.
The Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce of Nevada still is setting its sights on growing membership in Northern Nevada’s Quad County region and surrounding areas where business opportunities are flourishing, according to Chamber President Tim Haughinberry. The Chamber announced its expansion to Northern Nevada in August, and Haughinberry is focused on generating diversified interest from corporations and smaller companies to support the GLCCNV in its mission to become fully integrated and connected with Nevada’s LGBTQ community.
Carson High School seniors Cristian Garcia and Elysia Teruya already have had a good deal of unexpected circumstances in more than six weeks of their senior year. Being crowned this year’s homecoming king and queen last Friday with COVID-19 on everyone’s minds, however, was a pleasant surprise, they said. Carson’s homecoming festivities took place Friday night on campus with its student council on hand, a performance by the Blue Thunder marching band and a drive-in movie after the crowning ceremony.
Firm Cryo Spa owner and Cryoskin professional Debbie Billings has been running her air purifiers 24 hours a day recently with all the smoke to keep her Breathe Room a little healthier. The plants and trees to provide an ample supply of oxygen, and her humidifier gives an extra boost, which has been especially appealing as of late with the lingering smoke from the recent fires from Northern California and its effects in the region.
Sitting in class when she was younger, Hanna Masters took to styling other girls’ hair without realizing it. She developed such a knack for it, it became her dream. “I wanted to make other people feel good about themselves and be happy with how they look,” she said.
The Carson City School District’s transportation services, which have been inoperable since the second full week of September, are scheduled to resume Tuesday, Superintendent Richard Stokes said at Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting.
The Carson City School District is offering weekly online updates on active COVID-19 cases on its website for community members interested in staying informed on monitoring the health of its staff and students. Superintendent Richard Stokes announced Tuesday to the school board in his regular report the district had received inquiries about its COVID reporting. The district partners with Carson City Health and Human Services to identify any positive cases and determine when contact tracing needs to begin and whether staff members or students would need to be isolated from school property.
The Carson City Schools Foundation considers itself a small conduit of information, but its volunteers are keen on funneling resources in powerful ways that will help the local school district. Foundation President Steve Reynolds, secretary/treasurer Casey Gilles and board member Keith Squires, along with five others, are focusing on efforts to support the Carson City School District’s staff and students financially in ways its sites might be limited to doing on their own. The foundation also is open to adapting to scholarship requests that have happened in recent months with COVID-19 and new needs in the classroom that have arisen for district staff members.
Teaching and leading an English learner program is so much more than just knowing the language, said Laura Austin of the Carson City School District. That’s primarily because no matter what, people won’t always agree no matter how they communicate, whether it’s English, Spanish, Chinese or whichever language the conversation might take place in for the individuals or group.
Declining enrollment figures at the start of the 2020-21 school year and recent staff turnover are weighing in a loss of about $1.25 million for the Carson City School District, according to early budget projections.
About 20 local real estate agents refreshed a portion of Carson City on Thursday morning by taking to College Parkway between Diamond Avenue and Imperial Way in the annual Realtors@ Give Back event. The group gave about a half-mile of brick wall lining the heavily traveled avenue a scraping and a fresh coat of paint as part of an annual event the Realtors from Carson City, Lyon, Douglas and Churchill counties take part in in partnership with Sherwin Williams, which supplied the materials for the effort.
Creative muscles, like the body, can atrophy without proper use over time, Western Nevada College professor of music Stephanie Arrigotti says, and local artists and performers have been seeking to flex their imaginative power any way they can.
Procedures for conducting investigations into active cases for persons with or have had close contact with others who have had confirmed symptoms of COVID-19 potentially impacting the Carson City School District have been prepared and are available for use if necessary, according to both entities.
2020’s not going to be a throwaway year, Carson High School Principal Bob Chambers promises the students and the Carson City community.
Black belt Maddox Sweet, 14, helped purple belt Julian Romero, 10, with his punches and kicks last week. The repetitive exercises were essential for both to make sure they’re developing self-defense techniques and focusing on strategies for attack only if necessary. Maddox Sweet already has demonstrated his expertise in the martial arts and held this ranking for more than a year. Now, the Carson High School student has been given the No Limits Martial Arts Academy by retiring owner Shawn Goodner, and the young man is taking up the business with the help of his mother, Brenda Sweet, who is also a full-time real estate agent, in the studio’s location at 444 E. William St., suite 1.
The Carson City School District has offered information to help parents perform health screenings of their students and assess symptoms before they enter a school bus or district campus on a daily basis. The school district has a “Daily Self-Screening” tool available under the “Parents” tab on www.carsoncityschools.com to help families determine if their child has flu-like symptoms and, if so, whether they should contact their medical provider or their local health district.
Former kindergarten teacher Kari Pryor is thrilled that Carson City’s teachers have the tools now to create the interactive learning environment to keep their students engaged at home in such a brief time after their training. “Anything you want now that exists, you can replicate from a classroom,” Pryor said Monday. “The only thing that you can’t replicate is that warm, fuzzy hug the teacher would give. But our teachers are connecting with our learners in every way possible online and building relationships.”
Carson City mother Tonya Reyes dropped off her son, Elijah, 11, Tuesday for his first day physically back on campus in the sixth grade at Eagle Valley Middle School, taking his picture and reassuring him he would be fine. “I feel okay,” she said afterward. “It’s certainly different. He was fine but then he was scared. He got scared and nervous. ‘I don’t know if I want to go,’ he said. But I feel fine.”
The Nevada Commission on School Funding has submitted its first series of recommendations to Gov. Steve Sisolak and the state for consideration as mandated, but figuring out how to fund districts at an optimal level according to the Pupil-Centered Funding Plan on limited resources is now its next hurdle.
The Carson City School District prepared approximately 8,500 Chromebooks for its campuses to assign and distribute to students this week in preparation for the start of school Monday.
Sixty-five marching band students learning four Bruno Mars and CeeLo Green songs in five days just don’t have time to mess around, but their commitment to their music paid off.
Training for Carson City school administrators started this week and the Carson City School District will be creating a board policy and plan for driving efforts on restorative justice for students in need of disciplinary removal.
The Carson City School District will expand its Breakfast in the Classroom program to all elementary program schools during the 2020-21 school year with Chartwells, as presented during Tuesday’s regular Board of Trustees meeting. Elizabeth Snyder, director of Nutrition Services, outlined a series of new implementations at Carson City’s school sites for the hybrid and online schedules that will allow students to access meals when they’re on campus and at home.