Bethlehem Lutheran School

Sierra Lutheran High School Principal, Dr. Tami Seddon announced Thursday that senior Aleyna Gilson has been named a Commended Student in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Carson City Public Works experienced a water main break on Bath Street between Mountain Street and Division Street at approximately 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning.

UPDATE: Frisch Elementary School at the corner Bath and Mountain streets and Bethlehem Lutheran, both on the northwest side of Carson City, are closed for today, Thursday, due to a water main break. Teachers and staff will do professional development at the school.

Bethlehem Lutheran School in Carson City once again declared war to help those children and families in need as they fight cancer.

Western Nevada College began its semester earlier this week, and student artists will soon be featured in a CCAI exhibit at the BRIC building on East Proctor. Catch a last glimpse of the current exhibit with Sierra Nevada College talent today or tomorrow. Read on for more ....

The 2017 Spelling Bee is underway and Carson City will be sending three young people to the State Bee that will be held in Las Vegas on March 18, 2017.

Elia Keating-McEllistrem, an eighth grader, won the school-level competition of the National geography Bee on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Her win over Dylan Friend, who finished second, qualifies her for a chance at an eventual first place prize of a $50,000 scholarship.

Bethlehem Lutheran School (BLS) has announced the winners of an all-school spelling bee, the finals for which were held Friday at the school.

It’s time for Bethlehem Lutheran School’s Annual Oktoberfest Celebration Featuring food, drinks, music, fun, friendship, raffle, and a silent auction.

Bethlehem Lutheran School student Dylan Friend has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2016 Nevada National Geographic State Bee. The contest will be held in Las Vegas on Friday, April 1.

Bethlehem Lutheran School declared a "Penny War", in order to raise funds for the "Ronald McDonald House". During the week of Jan 25-29, 2016, which also happens to be Lutheran Schools week.

The school collected pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters to help the local charity but to also have a little competition among themselves. There were daily prizes for class participation as well as an overall class winner for the most points.

The Carson City Spelling Bee was held Thursday, Jan. 21, at Bethlehem Lutheran School. The sixth grade included only two finalists, Hunter Healy from Bethlehem and Anna Roche. Anna took the 6th grade Bee with the word "resilience." In the 7th grade Bee, the contestants were Meredith Kay from St. Teresa and Erika Filter from Bethlehem.

The weekend is almost here, and everyone is gearing up for the big game. Time to hit the grocery store and stock up on chips and dips and chicken wings! If you don’t want to do the cooking yourself, there will be plenty of places around town to load up on grub and cheer on your team.

Bethlehem Lutheran School and Preschool invite you to our annual Open House which will be held Thursday, January 29th from 5:30-7:00 pm. All classrooms, Preschool through 8th grade will be open. 6th and 8th grade science projects and 7th grade social studies projects will be on display in the gym. This is a great time to see what our students have been doing. New families will be able to talk with teachers and staff.

Friends in Service Helping, also known as FISH, will begin its annual “Trick or Treat for FISH” food drive Wednesday, Oct. 15. Carson City schools will participate in a contest for the students to collect non-perishable food to replenish the inventory at the FISH food bank. The food drive will run until Nov. 3 and will give FISH a boost for the high demand of the holiday season.

Several students from the Carson City School District will be recognized Tuesday for their submissions to the 2013-2014 American Citizen Essay Contest.
The students will be honored beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center.

Among the winners are Vidhi Pandit, a 5th grader at Bordewich Bray Elementary School. She submitted the winning elementary school essay below that was passed to Carson Now by her proud parents, Girish and Dr. Su Pandit of Carson City.

Not much to sum up this morning, the first day the Nevada Appeal starts charging to read at least part of their news online. Just signed up, and it's a pretty backwards way of handing online subscriptions. Perhaps they've never heard the term "ecommerce" before. But enough about that.

Most of the news today that is locked behind the wall are stories we've already brought to you for free, such as the lawsuit alleging that state Sen. Mo Denis can't serve in the legislature while working for the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. Then there is the announcement that open enrollment for Nevada's prepaid college tuition plan begins today. And then there is this story about the committee that is looking at how Nevada funds education.

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Bethlehem Lutheran School won the trophy for collecting the most cans of food for FISH's annual Trick-or-Treat Fall Food Drive.

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A theater class at Carson High School has created an original play that they are performing for CHS health classes.

Lonnie Karges, principal of Bethlehem Lutheran School in Carson City, shaved his mustache Friday.Though shaving is a routine task for most men, this marked the first time Karges had shaved his u...

CARSON CITY — Despite cool weather and Friday night's snow showers, hundreds of children and their parents turned out today for the seventh annual Cops and Kids Sheriff’s Open House safety, crime and substance abuse awareness fair held at the Carson City Sheriff's Office.

CARSON CITY — Despite cool weather and Friday night's snow showers, hundreds of children and their parents turned out today for the seventh annual Cops and Kids Sheriff’s Open House safety, crime and substance abuse awareness fair held at the Carson City Sheriff's Office.