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For Immediate Release
Contact: Richard Guevarra, 775-827-6111

Local Student Mathletes® to Compete in Northern Nevada Math Contest

(Reno, Nevada) — Middle school Mathletes® from Northern Nevada schools will compete in a contest for the national MATHCOUNTS® program on February 2nd starting at 9AM and held at NV Energy (6100 Neil Road, Reno, Nevada). The competition has been organized by volunteers from the engineering community and the Nevada Society of Professional Engineers.

CHS cheerleaders will be hosting a camp for kids in k-8th grade on Saturday, February 23rd from 9a.m. to noon at Eagle Valley Middle School, 4151 E Fifth St, Carson City. Cost of the camp is $25 at the door, $20 if you pre-register, and an additional $5 discount will be applied to returning camp participants. To pre-register email cheercoachmarissa@gmail.com. Water and snack will be provided. Participants are invited to perform as a group at Mr. Carson High on Friday, March 1st at 7 p.m.

Nura Tung, a sixth-grader at Carson Middle School, worries for the loss of innocence among the children of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 students and teachers were shot and killed during a shooting spree Friday.

Several Carson City school teams received high honor while competing in the third Northern Nevada First LEGO League tournament in Sparks this weekend, including a Judge's Award for the "Salon" team of Carson Middle School and the Project Presentation Awarded to the "Junior Geek Squad' of Eagle Valley Middle School.

Teams of school children from Carson City with a knack for building and design will join students throughout Northern Nevada in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) challenge, Saturday, Dec. 8 at Sparks High School.

FIRST is founded by inventor Dean Kamen as a way to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology. The competition brings its biggest-ever annual FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) season to Northern Nevada with the 2012 “Senior Solutions℠” Challenge.
 

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval will join Grand Marshall Ed Hooks in leading the Virginia City Veterans Day Parade at 11 a.m. today.
Sandoval and Hooks will be among the many entries, usually more than 50, depending on the weather, that will take part in the parade. Several marching bands, including the Carson Middle School band and one from Fernley will perform in the parade.

The call from Crystal Sexton's daughter's Carson Middle School came as a complete shock. “I've been in tears the last couple of days. I can't sleep. I'm worried about her,” Sexton said.
District leaders said 14-year-old Brianna was tased because the Sherriff’s school resource female deputy couldn't restrain the cheerleader while the teen was being arrested for disrupting the classroom.

A Taser was used on a 14-year-old Carson Middle School student after reportedly being combative with officers. Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said Wednesday that the female student was in the school office, was in violation of probation and deputies were called asking that she be removed from campus.

When a deputy arrived they determined that a second officer was needed because of the situation, Furlong said. The female officer attempted to take the student into custody and the student began to fight the deputy and a taser was deployed.

The Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation at Lake Tahoe has opened registration for the 2012 – 2013 competitive and development ski and snowboard programs. With a variety of options from the One-Day Program to the Full-Time Competitive Program, the Foundation has something for all ages and levels of skiers and riders. Registration packets are available online and at the HSSF building.

Carson City Symphony's comprehensive program of string instruction begins the first week of September, after school, at three schools in Carson City. Strings in the Schools, directed by the Symphony's Education Director, Sue Jesch, provides free beginning violin lessons for students grades 2-5 and ensemble/orchestra experience for string students in all grades. Tuition and books are subsidized by the Carson City Symphony Association.

CARSON CITY – Nevada retailers and their online counterparts expect to see $245 million in spending on back-to-school merchandise for public school children this year, a 15.4 percent increase over spending levels in 2011, the Retail Association of Nevada (RAN) reported today.

There will be nightly lane closures on US 395 from the junction of US 50W (Spooner) to 1st Street in Minden, Sunday through Thursday, between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. There will be flagger controlled traffic. Please drive with caution.

There will be work at the following locations as a result of the Freeway Landscaping Project. Traffic control may be in effect.

• North Carson Street, in the vicinity of the freeway overpass.
• Arrowhead Drive between N. Carson Street and Garnet Way.
• College Parkway in the vicinity of the Freeway.

Fremont Elementary School grounds are currently under construction for a project to create a new and safer traffic pattern, making it easier for parents to drop off their children at school.

The new installations for the school consist of newly reconfigured parking areas to better cope with congestion on nearby roads. A pick-up area specifically designed for the kindergartners is also being installed on the east side of the school.

The Carson City School District is holding a school board meeting on Tuesday, June 12 at 7 P.M., located at Sierra Room of the Community Center, 851 E. William Street.

When it comes to the Free Fishing Day Poster Contest, an annual art contest for the Silver State's fourth and fifth graders sponsored by the Nevada Department of Wildlife, this round definitely goes to the girls.

Selected from 363 entries, this year’s winners were all young ladies.
The top spot went to fifth grader Stacey Horton from French Ford Middle School in Winnemucca.

The two runners-up were sent in by Gabriella Perkins, fifth grader from Bud Beasley Elementary in Sparks, and Josephine Payan, fourth grader from Mark Twain Elementary in Carson City.

CARSON CITY – Five candidates, including one current board member, are seeking the State Board of Education seat in District 3 in Clark County in the June 12 primary.

The top two vote-getters in the nonpartisan race will move on to the general election in November. The board, reconstituted in the 2011 legislative session, has four elected seats. Another three will be appointed by Gov. Brian Sandoval and legislative leadership.

Retiring teachers and staff of the Carson City School District were celebrated for their accomplishments during the Carson City School District Board meeting at the Community Center on Tuesday, May 22.

A total of 13 staff members from Carson City schools were granted a clock award by Associate Superintendent of Human Resources Jose Delfin. Most of the staff that received the awards had worked for the school district for at least a decade. George Rolin, a custodian of Fremont Elementary School for more than 20 years, expressed his gratefulness when he received his award.

CARSON CITY – With education reform a top priority of Gov. Brian Sandoval, the new alignment of the state Board of Education – with four seats up for grabs on the November ballot – is taking on more importance than ever before.

One of the four seats, District 2 which mirrors the new Nevada 2^nd Congressional District from Reno and Carson City east across rural Nevada, has attracted five candidates, two of whom are serving now on the 10-member elected board. The race is nonpartisan.

The Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation is proud to announce that two of our Foundation athletes have received invitations to attend the Junior Worlds to be held in Valmalenco, Italy March 20-24, 2012.

Prospective students, parents and community members are invited to explore the reality of customized teaching and learning during the Spring 2012 Custom Learning Academy (CLA) Open House in Truckee from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21. CLA employs a highly personalized approach to education, offers national standard-based curriculum tailored to the individual needs of each student and is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

CARSON CITY – Nearly 250 capital city Democrats took time out today to participate in the party caucus, supporting President Barack Obama in a process that held no surprises for the party faithful.

The caucus at the Carson City Middle School was one of 118 held around Nevada today as the state Democrat Party gears up for the 2012 election.

Nevada Democrats will caucus on Saturday to reaffirm Barack Obama as the party's presidential candidate and organize for the general campaign.

Carson City Democrats will meet at Carson Middle School, 1140 West King Street. Registration begins at 11 a.m. The caucus is open to all registered Democrats. For more information, call 841-3367.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested a 32-year-old woman at around noon Thursday for five instances of failure to prevent truance, five instances of interfering with pupil attendence at school, and five instances of attendence in public school requirement failures.

A school resource officer was contact by the principal of a local elementary school, who notified him of four children who had been missing from school since the beginning of November, coupled with several reports from a neighbor about children playing outside when they should be attending school.

The Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation will kick-off the 12th Annual Kinder Kup Race Series at Heavenly Mountain Resort, South Shore Lake Tahoe, on Sunday, January 22, from 8am to 2pm. Open to all skiers and snowboarders age six and under, the Kinder Kup series is designed to introduce young athletes to competition in a friendly environment. No previous race experience necessary and all abilities are welcome. Entry is $20 and includes a World Cup only competitor lift ticket if needed.

Carson City has issued a warning about a mountain lion that was seen today in the area of King Street and Ormsby Boulevard, near Carson Middle School.

"Please use caution and keep children and pets under close supervision at all times," the warning reads.

A jogger on Kings Canyon Road reported that a mountain lion was chasing after him, coming down the hill towards him. He reported crossing the street with vehicle traffic and the cat didn't follow.

If the lion is spotted, the city is asking you to call 911.

Here are some tips about what to do if you see a mountain lion. The key thing is don't run away.

Not much behind the paywall this morning that we haven't already covered:

• There will be a ceremony to honor veterans at 9 a.m. today at Carson Middle School.
• Secretary of State Ross Miller is asking the Attorney General to pursue former Assemblyman Wendell Williams for the $9,500 he owes the state for campaign law violations. Williams, who served 18 years in the Nevada State Assembly, failed to file campaign contribution and expense reports in 2002.
• Learn how to make pine nut biscotti.

The Carson Middle School seventh-grade boys' basketball team has ripped off four straight wins to open the season.Carson Middle beat Pau-Wa-Lu 49-27, Winnemucca 42-11, Fallon 50-26 and Fernley 56-2...

The community is invited to a ceremony to honor veterans at 9 a.m. today at Carson Middle School. Students will give presentations, and the school choir will perform. Veterans will also be recogniz...

The community is invited to a ceremony to honor veterans at 9 a.m. today at Carson Middle School. Students will give presentations, and the school choir will perform. Veterans will also be recogniz...

Come tip off this year's basketball season with a match-up between our
Virginia City High School Muckers and our Virginia City Firefighters!

On Friday, 18 November, they'll square off at the high school at 7PM, and the
price of admission is just one canned good per person. There will be raffle
prizes, a silent auction, AND another auction complete with an auctioneer, as
well as halftime sporting challenges for all.

But plan to come at 6PM: you can choose from an Americana dinner of
hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, and nachos, with varying costs per item.