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Silver Springs, Nevada - Patty Sanborn, one of Healthy Communities Coalition’s school-based resource coordinators, is working with Big Brothers Big Sisters Northern Nevada (BBBSNN) to find mentors for children in the Silver Springs/Stagecoach region. The mission of BBBSNN is “to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.” If you’d like to participate in this rewarding volunteer program, please call Patty at 721-8676. Below is a description of how it all works:


Want to be a lawyer for a day? At CHS, with Mock Trial, it is possible. Mock Trial is Law and Order set in a simulated trial environment in a real courthouse with a real judge. The Carson High School Mock Trial team will meet professional attorneys and students around the state to compete Feb. 17 in Reno.

Though the holiday season has come to an end, the students at CHS want the Carson City community to know the giving will be remembered and will continue. Carson High School's NJROTC cadets surprised their instructors James Ingram and Daniel Meyer when, two weeks before the end of the semester, they voted to adopt five families for the holidays.

Reno, Nev. (November 29, 2016) — Bishop Manogue Catholic High School is one of approximately 1,000 schools worldwide to implement AP Capstone — an innovative diploma program that allows students to develop the skills that matter most for college success: research, collaboration, and communication. The program consists of two courses taken in sequence: AP Seminar and AP Research. Developed in direct response to feedback from higher education faculty and college admission officers, AP Capstone complements the in-depth, subject-specific study of other Advanced Placement courses and exams.

Pioneer High School is fortunate to have hired another caring and talented individual to help maintain a safe learning environment for students. Danielle Langum, the newest Panther staff member, was hired as the school’s Safe School Advocate.

RENO, Nev. – Bishop Manogue Catholic High School graduate, Alec West-Guillen, has signed to play baseball at Purdue University in 2017.

West-Guillen is currently attending the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, where he will graduate in 2017 with an associate’s degree in business. He is maintaining a 4.0 GPA, is on the President’s List and member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Last season, he was named a 2016 NJCAA Top Incoming Freshman and finished with 71 strikeouts on 59 innings pitched and received the Region 18 Honorable Mention.


This event may not be as exciting as Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs triumph over the Cleveland Indians, ending a 108 year title drought, but anyone who ever attended Carson High School or Douglas High School knows that its rivalry has lasted equally as long.

Even though homecoming has now concluded, Carson High School is by no means finished with its current and upcoming events. Not only is the CHS National Honor Society Blood Drive coming up, Oct. 6 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the small gym, but Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval proclaimed Oct. 3-7 to be the “Week of Respect” throughout the state of Nevada.

The Carson Capitals Baseball Program are already swinging for the fences. Pizza Factory is donating a percentage of sales on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Come grab a pizza, some bread sticks, a calzone, or a salad and support Carson City’s one and only travel ball program.

Susan Crowell, wife of Mayor Bob Crowell of Carson City, is a mixture of strength, forthrightness, and intrigue. Susan is an attractive, well-spoken, well educated, and independent thinking female — both as a wife, mother, and citizen of Carson City. The definition of who she really is lies in her upbringing, her education, her marriage, her children, and in her personal interests. All these components interact to make for a thoughtful woman with a definite mind of her own, yet one who wants the best for others involved in all of these relationships.

Carson City’s one and only travel baseball program continues to expand and the 2017 season is fast approaching.The Carson City Capitals Baseball Program is a 501(c) 3 non-profit program run by volunteers for youth interested in playing in the travel ball circuit.

Western Nevada College is embarking on a new partnership to help area high school students begin their college careers early, and save money along the way.

High School juniors and seniors living in Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, Storey and Washoe counties can earn college credits at no cost through Nevada State High School, while they finish high school. They may also receive support with textbooks, transportation, and class expenses.

June marks an exciting time for high school seniors awaiting their graduation from high school and for some, this is not the easiest feat.

For those youth ordered to one of the 3 Nevada juvenile justice facilities — Summit View Youth Center, Caliente Youth Center and Nevada Training Youth Center — graduating from high school may not have been something they thought they could achieve.

When their boys were little, Brian and Katie McRae would pull them along in trailers behind their bikes before upgrading to a tagalong. When the boys outgrew that, Brian would wrap a rubber tube around their bike stems and tow them behind his own bike.

When educational funding falls short, students and faculty at Carson Montessori in Carson City put their heads together this spring to raise the roof. And for their efforts, the school's principal was tucked in Wednesday night, bedside adjacent to the roof where she agreed to sleep underneath the stars overhead.

The CHS faculty and staff applauds Tami Burgoon, the 2016 Classified Employee of the Year. Tami’s particular job description requires her to both physically care for and academically work with students who have severe and profound learning disabilities. She exuberantly enjoys working with these students in the Comprehensive Life Skills class. This often requires Tami to lift, carry, feed, and assist with other physical challenges as these students need full-time adult supervision.

“When everyone is looking for gold, it’s good to be in the pick and shovel business.” — Mark Twain

The entrepreneur-turned-humorist ought to know. Even though Samuel Clemens failed miserably at both mining and logging ventures in Nevada, he gave getting rich his best shot. Twain well understood the appetite Americans have for money — and how far those who want a slice of the supply chain pie are willing to go in order to get it.
It’s the same ambitious impulse a recent Seattle Business article identified when it said, “Marijuana entrepreneurs are lining up to cash in.”

In the 2014-2015 school year, Nevada joined 12 other states in requiring all high school juniors to take the ACT. By their own admission, this requirement comes as the Nevada Department of Education tries to discern the level of college readiness that public high schools are providing. This year alone, Nevada colleges reported that nearly one-third of their students needed to enroll in remedial courses.

The University of Nevada, Reno welcomed 20,898 undergraduate and graduate students to campus for the fall 2015 semester, representing a 4.8 percent increase over the fall 2014 enrollment of 19,934 students.

Undergraduate student enrollment increased 5.9 percent this year, from 16,330 in fall 2014 to 17,295 in 2015. Graduate student enrollment increased 1 percent, from last year’s 2,820 students to 2,851 in 2015.

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.

It’s that time of year at Carson High School when many of our organizations and clubs are participating in state competitions. Over the next month, I will be reporting on the results of these competitions.

State History Day results: The Northern Nevada National History Day contest was held on March 14 at the University of Nevada, Reno and Carson High School sophomores produced fantastic results. All first place entries qualify to move on to the national contest.

D.J. Whittemore and his Western Nevada College baseball program hit another milestone Thursday when the Wildcats secured the team's 400th all-time victory by dispatching Colorado Northwestern Community College, 9-6. Now in his 10th season, Whittemore has guided the Wildcats to an average of nearly 44 wins per season.

"To be able to share it with (assistant) Aaron Demosthenes, who is a great friend of mine, tremendously loyal and very talented coach, for him to be here for all 400 wins is really special," Whittemore said.

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.

The following statement taken from the Carson High School website: On Jan. 1, 2015 a new state law takes effect for student drivers under the age of 18. Students looking forward to the privilege of driving in the State of Nevada are expected to attend school at least 90 percent of the time and not be considered a “Habitual Truant.”

School children from Carson and Eagle Valley middle schools involved with the Gifted and Academically Talented Education program took a walk on the side of the law Wednesday to get a glimpse of three areas of the Carson City Sheriff’s Office: The Gang Unit, K9 and Special Enforcement Team, and the Mounted Posse.

It was the second year the sheriff’s office has worked with GATE students. Last year, the program focused on the K9 Unit, but this year, Lt. Brian Humphrey said he wanted to incorporate two more layers of the sheriff’s office for the kids to learn.

In the United States, the common strand that runs through our collective lives from ages 7 to 18 years is the experience that most of us call “School.” While each individual’s experience may be varied, education in the US is an expected activity that spans 13 years of our lives and culminates as a rite of passage to adulthood.

Carson High’s 20th annual Holiday Craft Fair is Friday, Nov. 21 from 5 to 8p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be the best one yet with lots of new vendors as well as all your favorites. Come spend some time – great food, entertainment, a raffle, Santa, book sale, and of course, amazing and unique gifts for everyone. Admission for adults on Friday evening is only $2 and includes a raffle ticket as well as re-entry privileges on Saturday.

Carson High has a new principal to call the shots around the school. Tasha Fuson stepped up to take over the biggest position Carson High offers to begin her 20th year in education. Mrs. Fuson has lived in Washoe Valley for the last seven years after growing up in Las Vegas. She chose Carson because she lives close and she (and her family) have been highly involved in the community for the last seven years.

Not only did the Western Nevada College softball team make strides on the field to finish fourth in the 2014 Region 18 softball tournament in May, the Wildcats outscored their conference foes in a more important area: the classroom.

WNC led three Scenic West Athletic Conference softball teams, making the grade for the 2013-14 National Junior College Athletic Association’s All-Academic Teams announced on Tuesday.

One of the great mysteries of sports is the amateur baseball draft. With the largest pool of players under consideration for draft selection than any other major sport and ball players being scouted from a variety different levels, there is plenty of uncertainty to go around.

Even with a 40-round format, many outstanding players go unselected by a Major League Baseball team. However, a draft hasn’t gone by without at least one Western Nevada College player being selected since the Carson City baseball program formed in 2006.