The school’s robotics team was chosen to compete at the FIRST LEGO League World Festival in Houston from April 17 to 20.
Lexi Rodriguez died Jan. 28 after she was struck by a car at the intersection of North Carson Street and Nye Lane.
Arlo Gelsone, 7, has sparked an interest among his Fritsch friends to learn American sign language to adapt to his needs as a deaf student.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert visited the Carson City School District on Feb. 2.
Principal Dan Carstens, Vice Principal Sue Moulden and Math Department Chair and teacher Shanell Cavener were taped to walls by students who donated $1 each to provide a strip of tape.
The Nevada Youth Legislature program gives high school students a voice in legislative and educational issues.
Multiple agencies gathered to recognize National Human Trafficking Prevention Day on Jan. 25.
Lexi Rodriguez, 14, died Sunday after she was struck by a car at the intersection of North Carson Street and Nye Lane.
Concerns from students about Western Nevada College’s Emergency Medical Services program have prompted conversations about completing their licensing.
The item was tabled Jan. 9 after the board sought more information about whether employees could provide notification whether they were retiring or resigning to qualify for the incentive.
Carson City officials celebrated the realization of Friends in Service Helping’s student housing project with a ribbon-cutting.
Representatives met for Hope Means Nevada’s third statewide youth mental health discussion on the challenges in eliminating teen suicide.
Families would like to see the district improve transportation or scheduling for events, communication and student safety.
Conversation resumed about the high school start time draft regulation during the Nevada State Board of Education’s first meeting of the year Jan. 10.
Superintendent Andrew Feuling and Associate Superintendent of Human Resources Dan Sadler presented the incentive plan with a fiscal impact not to exceed $40,000 this fiscal year.
More than 100 Carson City School District employees took part in their first reunification drill Monday in Fuji Hall. They set up stations, established communications systems and filled out paperwork to connect parents with students after a hypothetical active-shooter scenario impacting a school campus.
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada celebrated the grand opening of its first Smart Start preschool center Monday before beginning operations on Tuesday.
The Carson City School District is seeing more of its schools adapt to the Multi-Tiered System of Support.
Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said his office is making a request with the Nevada Attorney General’s Office to include vaping and tobacco products businesses shouldn’t be selling to minors in future stings.
“There is still additional need for cameras as campuses grow and kids realize where the blind spots are."
Eagle Valley promotes a system of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports.
Region to expect up to an inch of snow Saturday.
Success at Empire Elementary School is all about reinforcing a positive behavior instead of emphasizing to a student what they did wrong, Vice Principal Nathan Brigham said.
The Carson City School District has encouraged practices of the Multi-Tiered System of Support.
The Traditions development in Dayton has planned for more than 500 homes along with commercial development.
More than 400 students representing 31 teams from Northern Nevada gathered at Eagle Valley Middle School on Dec. 6.
The board noted his community presence, willingness to advocate for student achievement, and continued efforts for more school funding during his performance review.
The first year salary of the five-year contract was set at $225,000.
The Lyon County Commission on Dec. 7 voted to reduce $300,000 in designated American Rescue Plan Act funding to $50,000 for the Mound House Community Center remodeling project.
At year’s end, the school district has an opportunity to amend the budget it approves in June and make final changes.
Betty Lee Langston recently moved from Southern California to Carson City to live with her son, David Langston.
The students have been measuring muon count and ionizing radiation at varying altitudes for their project.
The 2022-23 graduation rate increased by 1.84 percentage points to 86.4% from the previous year.
Three Carson City School District seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program.
CHS has 2,270 students; approximately one-third might eat school meals. There might be anywhere from 375 to 650 mouths to feed daily.
Volunteers welcomed the gifts to supply Friends in Service Helping’s food banks and the Ron Wood Family Resource Center.
Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps observed Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October by selling pink aiguilettes to wear on their uniforms.
The Lyon County School Board appointed Deputy Superintendent Tim Logan to fill its district’s top position starting July 1, 2024, preferring a "homegrown" candidate to performing a national search to fill its top post.
More students coming in means needing more classroom space in the near future.
The administration looks ahead to the K-12 system’s predictions and expectations for growth in the future to manage its own.
The food department was highlighted for the first time during a quarterly Professional Learning Community meeting.
Molly Otto said she could hardly believe it when she was called down during a taping of the show in September.
“So that’s the million-dollar question: Do we bounce right back from that or does it take 30 years to get back to where we were before?”
The Nevada School Performance Framework Star Ratings showed more than half of schools received the lower one- or two-star ratings for the 2022-23 school year.
A snapshot from Carson City, Lyon and Douglas counties.
Green Our Planet, a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Las Vegas encouraging school gardening, sustainability and nutrition programs, is encouraging Title I schools across Nevada to apply for grant funding for its HydroConnect hydroponics systems by Nov. 23.
Carson High School’s rate decreased from 92.26% in 2022 to 89.91% this year. Pioneer High School dropped from 80% to 71.15%.
The set replaces a 20-year-old set that no longer conformed to industry standard.
The event will pay tribute to former founder Janice Ayres and honor Carson and Rural Elder (CARE) law attorney Lora Myles.
Lyon County School District’s chronic absenteeism rate during the 2022-23 school year was reported at 38.1%, about 4% above the state average, according to Nevada’s accountability portal, nevadareportcard.nv.gov. At approximately 9,053 students, Lyon is the state’s fourth-largest district. As did others, the rural area experienced post-pandemic struggles with school attendance.