High school students

It was an historic day at Carson High School on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Each student received a Chromebook laptop to use during the school year, and students at Carson High School will pick-up their new laptops this week.

All 2,300 Carson High School students will each receive a laptop during the week of Oct. 5-9 to be used at school and at home to enhance their learning opportunities. Beginning Monday at 7:45 a.m. and going throughout the day, all students will go to the library to receive their laptop. This process will be repeated again Tuesday through Thursday.

Carson City is going to the dogs this weekend.

“We’re showcasing that Carson City is a dog-friendly community,” said Lisa Schuette, president of the Carson Animal Services Initiative, which is raising money for a new and improved animal shelter.

Coinciding with Bonanza Kennel Club’s annual AKC Dog Show at Fuji Park on today and Sunday, CASI is organizing a weekend of activities for the pups.
The seventh annual Pooch Plunge will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today at the outdoor pool of the Carson City Aquatic Facility.

The tradition of homecoming continues at Carson High School the week of Sept. 21-26 with events every day for students and the community to participate. The newest event added to the week of homecoming will be the addition of a family night.

This week's It's Your City with Cortney Bloomer features Carson City School District Superintendent Richard Stokes.
With school having started Monday, Stokes talks about the upcoming school year, including laptops for high school students. For information about the district go to www.CarsonCitySchools.com.

Hundreds of Northern Nevada high school students will receive a $300 Jump Start College scholarship for the spring 2016 semester at Western Nevada College campuses across the region, thanks to a donation from the William N. Pennington Foundation.

Carson City Schools continues on their path to provide a laptop for every student in the district. The Carson City School Board discussed the continuation of the 1:1 mobile project in the schools.

The vision for the Carson City School District states that “our community empowers tomorrow’s Innovators, Leaders and Thinkers.” The District’s use of the phrase “our community” is intentional, as we recognize that educating our children is a collaborative effort and that the prescribed core curriculum is only a part of what students need to know and be able to do. In Carson City, education truly is a collaborative endeavor.

The mission of Leadership Academy of Nevada (LANV) is to prepare students to become principled leaders. Each semester students study and learn leadership skills and at the end of the year put the learned skills into practice through a three-week Leadership Block. An essential characteristic of a principled leader is providing service and all students are required to give at least two hours of service to their community.

We face some big, daunting environmental restoration challenges here at Lake Tahoe. But helping our environment every day can be as simple as riding a bike, walking, or taking transit. And the hundreds of people who participated in the Tahoe Bike Challenge this June, including many of our employees at the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, are showing how big of an impact our individual actions can have.

The Sierra Nevada Association of REALTORS® will be hosting the “Alyce McCracken Scramble for Scholarships” on Friday, June 19, at the Eagle Valley Golf Course in Carson City.

Don't miss this opportunity to see Tintabulations play in the state's capital. Tintabulations will be playing at the Govenor's Mansion in the Nevada room at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The concert, entitled “How The West Was Rung,” is an homage to the ensemble's Summer 2015 tour of their home state of Nevada in celebration of its Sesquicentennial, as well as a reference to their musicianship quickly becoming known in the handbell world as "west coast style."

New and Returning Student Registration for the 2015-2016 School Year
August 4 through August 14

New Students (All grade levels including Pre-K and Kindergarten):
• Parents will need to supply a copy of the following documents to their neighborhood school:
• new student enrollment form (which can be found on our website under Enrolling Students),
• copy of the student’s birth certificate,
• immunization records, and
• residency verification (property deed, mortgage document, voter registration card, etc.)

When Sam Wilson, 15, heard the Carson City Library was extending its hours to include Sundays beginning in June, he was overjoyed. “That’s exciting news,” he said. “The more they’re open, the more opportunity there is for me to go and learn new technology.”

Wilson, who just completed his freshman year at Carson High School, rides his bike nearly every day to the Carson City Library where he spends his afternoons in the Digitorium doing his homework and surfing the Internet.

On Saturday, June 6, the Carson City Library will present “Tintabulations,” a community handbell ensemble from Reno in the library Digitorium, beginning at noon.

The concert, entitled “How The West Was Rung,” is an homage to the ensemble's Summer 2015 tour of their home state of Nevada in celebration of its Sesquicentennial, as well as a reference to their musicianship quickly becoming known in the handbell world as "west coast style."

Help Carson High Speech and debate Students cover the cost of competing at the National tournament this June. Go to our Indiegogo page here to contribute to our cause. Funds raised from this site will be used to cover the costs of airfare, hotels, and tournament entry fees.

This is wonderful and rare opportunity for Carson High School students to shine on the biggest academic stage in the nation.

Do you enjoy Saturday Night Live? Then don't miss CHS's very own Monday Night Live! Glowsticks, hilarity, and dancing teachers at the Carson City Community Center on Monday, May 18 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $3 with student ID and $5 general admission.

Nevada’s top community college and high school students in Career and Technical Education will compete Thursday at Western Nevada College in the welding and automotive mechanics divisions of the SkillsUSA state competition.

Angela LoGiurato, left, and Cynthia Bunt, right, from Professional Saleswomen of Nevada, also known as "PSN" present a check for $215 to Kevin Frausto, the Reno Director of Project 150.
Project 150 is an organization that helps homeless high school students in the Las Vegas and Reno area. "PSN" has been selling raffle tickets, in the first quarter, at the monthly luncheons as well as collecting items for the homeless students of Project 150.

All Carson High School seniors will be visiting the Nevada State Legislature during one of their government classes these next two weeks. This is a memorable and relevant experience for our senior class and a key component of their civics education. The field trip will be contained within the government class period.

Carson City 4-H is hosting its annual babysitting certification program, a series of five classes, April 6-10, from 3 to 5 p.m. The program focuses on being a successful babysitter with topics ranging from ages and stages of development, caring for more than one child, basic first aid, how to make healthy snacks/meals and how to approach prospective employers. Must attend all five classes to receive certificate.

Many parents prefer to hire a certified sitter. There is a limited amount of space, so please call Jim Barcellos at 887-2252 for more information and to reserve a spot.

Coming up March 2 through March 5 will be late start days at Carson High School. Students who are taking the proficiency tests will begin their school day at the regular time of 7:45 am, while those not taking the proficiencies will start their school day at 10:30 a.m.

Beginning next month, some Carson High School freshmen will be able to see their work broadcast on the big screens at the Galaxy Fandango movie theater in Carson City.
As part of the freshmen transitions program at Carson High School, in its second year, students were tasked with creating 60­second public service announcements.

Insects are picky eaters, and not the voracious eat-everything-in-sight bingers that devour all the plants in your garden. After decades of field work from dozens of sites around the world, and after two years of combing through and analyzing data, Matt Forister, associate professor and ecologist from the University of Nevada, Reno, and an international team have reported on global patterns in the diets of insect herbivores.

With the help of the Western Nevada Astronomical Society and the Jack C. Davis Observatory at Western Nevada College in Carson City, students and residents interested in astronomy can explore new worlds as part of a five-year citizen science astronomy research project to study the outer solar system.

Two planetary scientists, Marc Buie and John Keller, announced Tuesday the expansion of RECON — the Research and Education Collaborative Occultation Network — to 60 communities across the entire western United States.

First things first. I want to send a big shout out and good luck to all of our Carson kids that are competing at the Flips Invitational Gymnastics meet in Reno this weekend. For those of you who aren't the proud parents of tumblers, Carson City has plenty to keep you busy.

Professional Saleswomen of Nevada, also known as PSN, announced at their January Luncheon at Reds Old 395, that Project 150 Reno would be their 1st Quarter charity.

All the proceeds raised from monthly raffles will be donated to this wonderful organization. Project 150 started in December 2011 to help homeless High School students In Las Vegas. The effort has now expanded to Reno. "PSN" is looking to help Project 150 reach the Carson City area as well.

www.project150reno.org
www.psn-nevada.com

The Mile High Jazz Band presents a half-day Jazz Workshop for Carson City middle school and high school instrumental students on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Carson Middle School, 1140 West King Street, Carson City.

The workshop will give students an introduction to jazz technique and an opportunity for hands-on experience playing with professional musicians. Sessions include Jazz Rhythm with drummer Lee Warner, Scales and Chords with saxophonist Nat Kline, and Improvisation with trumpeter Jef Derderian. Admission to the workshop is free.

Carson High Performing Arts presents the powerful drama All My Sons by Arthur Miller (author of The Crucible and Death of a Salesman). In true Arthur Miller form, this show explores themes of relationships between parent and child, blame, idealism, denial, legacy, and the American dream. This is the story of a family that must confront the past in the course of one day.

Performance times:
Friday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Leslie Cain, of RE/MAX Realty Affiliates Carson City, has been named to her second term as the Carson City Director for the Sierra Nevada Association of Realtors.

In this role, she represents the Carson City community at the Association's monthly board of directors meetings. She also actively participates in important decisions regarding disbursement of charitable funds to non-profit organizations, scholarships to local high school students, as well as many other key topics affecting the Association and its members.