Education & Schools

Health Care Students Receive Scholarships

Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Monday, June 4th, 2012, 1:09pm

Health Care Students Receive Scholarships

A local physical therapy practice recently took part in a large scholarship effort put on by the Latin Chamber of Commerce.

The Latin Chamber of Commerce awarded $107,000 in scholarships to 128 Clark County students from 20 area schools. The scholarships were presented to graduating high school students in financial need at the chamber’s 27th Annual Scholarship Luncheon on May 23 at the South Point.

Matt Smith Physical Therapy was a contributing sponsor of scholarships given to Alejandra Acosta of Rancho High School, Chloe Nieves of Silverado High School and Vilma Silva of Cheyenne High School. Each was awarded a scholarship to attend UNLV to continue her education in health care.

Each student will mentor with a Matt Smith professional during their undergraduate career and will be eligible to renew their scholarship if they meet GPA requirements.

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Liberty High School Receives 4-Star SPF Ranking

Submitted by Joshua Wikler on Friday, May 25th, 11:19 am

By Alyssa Laiacona, Editor-in-Chief, Liberty Tribune

On May 24, the Clark County School District (CCSD) released rankings for every high school through the School Performance Framework (SPF), a program that rates schools on factors beyond student achievement and test scores.

Liberty received a four-star ranking and fell just two points shy of a five-star ranking, the highest achievement possible. Rankings are determined by a point system in which four key performance indicators are evaluated: graduation rates, college and career readiness, academic growth and school climate.

The SPF rates schools according to the above chart. (Chart courtesy of CCSD)

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Liberty Journalism Wins 11 Awards at Local Competition

Submitted by Joshua Wikler on Wednesday, May 23rd, 8:37 am

By Joshua Wikler

Communications Director, Liberty High School

In monday's 36th Annual Las Vegas Review-Journal High School Journalism Awards ceremony, the Liberty Tribune, Liberty high school's newspaper, won 11 total awards.

The highlight of the show was the paper's Third Place award for Best Newspaper. The only schools to beat the Trib out were Green Valley, which placed second, and Coronado, which took first place. Green Valley's placing was the first time in eight years that the school did not get first place. The Trib has received Third Place for four consecutive school years. Alyssa Laiacona serves as the paper's editor-in-chief; Nicole Kowalewski is the executive editor.

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Hear The Roar: Coronado High School's Newspaper Nets Win

Submitted by Adam Candee, 8 News NOW

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012, 11:52am

Coronado ends an eight-year run of victories by a rival high school.

The announcement made the entire table of Coronado High School students gasp Monday.

Read more at the Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Vigil Held for Members of Liberty High School Family

Submitted by Joshua Wikler on Friday, May 18th, 10:00 am

By Joshua Wikler

Communications Director, Liberty High School

Hundreds of students, parents and faculty attended a candlelight vigil service Thursday afternoon in honor of Lionel Nacua and Isaac Polu, two members of the Liberty High School family who passed away Monday.

Prior to the event, the community was invited to a barbecue on the school's football field where profits would be donated to the two families in mourning.

At the vigil, hosted by Athletic Director Louis Markouzis, students and other members of the Liberty community were invited to light candles in remembrance of those lost this week. Following that emotional ceremony, Markouzis introduced Dr. Jeffrey Geihs, LHS Principal, who addressed the group.

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State and Federal Errors Rank High School 13th

Submitted by Natalie Cullen, Online Editor

Thursday, May 10th, 2012, 4:45pm

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Government officials are taking responsibility for data errors that mistakenly launched a suburban Las Vegas high school nearly to the top of U.S. News and World Report's "Best High Schools" list.

U.S. Department of Education statistician Marilyn Seastrom says one layer of federal fact checking failed and a second layer was skipped when officials reviewed enrollment data for Henderson's Green Valley High School.

Nevada Department of Education official Julian Montoya says the bad numbers originated from the state office. The statistics first reported by the Las Vegas Sun showed Green Valley had 477 students to 111 teachers, an impressive ratio that propelled it to No. 13 in the nation in Tuesday's rankings.

School Principal Jeff Horn said he was honored, but disappointed to see it was based on faulty data.

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