Compiled by Kaitlin Ritchie
CCHS
Seniors Connect with Community at Senior Service Fair
By Salome Dawson, CCHS 12th‑grade Student
On Friday, September 4, Churchill County High School held its Senior Service Fair, welcoming nine guest speakers who introduced seniors to different ways they can volunteer with local organizations. After the presentations, students explored the booths, asked questions, and learned more about where they might want to complete their service. CCHS teacher Monica Fairbanks organizes the fair as part of the Senior Service Project, a required project for seniors in her class. “The Senior Service Fair brings local organizations to the high school to interact with our students, inform them of volunteering opportunities, and provide them with a chance to become involved in their local community,” Fairbanks said. For the Senior Service Project, students complete eight hours of volunteer service along with related research and narrative projects. Those eight hours also fulfill the volunteer requirement for the Nevada Promise Scholarship, allowing students to complete that requirement while gaining firsthand experience serving their community.
CCMS
Week three brought another busy week of learning, moving, and growing at Churchill County Middle School, with students engaged in a variety of lessons and activities across campus. LaResa Darrington’s students put their skills to the test while learning about liquid measurements. In PE, students learned the rules and skills of pickleball before putting what they learned into action on the court. In Justin Chambers’ health class, students focused on the importance of healthy habits and the choices that contribute to overall wellness. Other students spent time building their reading skills and diving into their books. From liquid measurements and pickleball to healthy habits and reading, students across CCMS continue to learn, grow, and show what they can do.
Picture below: Students play pickleball on the outdoor courts at Oats Park.
Numa
Students in Lisa Solinski’s class have spent the past several weeks working on a creative project that helped them share a little about themselves with their new classmates. Students created self‑portraits that included a “sunglass vision” of their summer, using the lenses of their sunglasses to visually represent their summer experiences. After putting the finishing touches on their portraits, students presented them to the class last week and shared what they chose to include. The project was a great way for students to get to know one another at the start of the school year and gave each student a chance to share a visual representation of themselves and their summer with the class.
E.C. Best
Jennifer Sanches and the Library Llamas are back in the swing of things for a new school year. During the first week, students were assigned Chromebooks so they would be ready to get to work. By the second week, it was time to start regular library activities. Second graders read “Goldilocks and the Three Librarians” by Jackie Mims Hopkins and learned about finding their “just right” books. Third graders read “The Library Dragon” by Carmen Agra Deedy and learned about the Library Dragon guarding the books. During Labor Day week, students read “This Very Tree” by Sean Rubin, bringing a message of hope into discussions about the 25th anniversary of September 11. With the library now fully in the swing of things, students and families can look forward to the Fall Book Fair October 5–9. The week will also include a family literacy night and chili cook‑off, so families can pull out their favorite chili recipes and compete to see whose chili is the best.
Photo below:The Library Llamas reading corner at E.C. Best Elementary features plush llamas and books for early‑year literacy activities.
Lahontan
Over the last two weeks, students in Stacey Manning’s first‑grade class have been exploring sound and light. Students learned that sound is made by vibrations and explored concepts such as volume and pitch. They made cup guitars using rubber bands and cups, used xylophones to observe vibrations, and worked with a tone generator. Students built their vocabulary with terms including sound source, sound receiver, volume, and pitch. The class also learned that light is a form of energy and explored different light sources, including the sun, fire, and electricity. Using flashlights, students experimented with opaque, translucent, and transparent objects and observed how light interacted with each one. They also investigated shadows using flashlights inside the classroom and sunlight outside. Their light vocabulary included light source, light detector, opaque, translucent, transparent, reflect, refract, and communication. Finally, students discovered how both light and sound can be used for communication in everyday life, including stoplights, fire alarms, fire engines, police cars, and televisions. Manning’s first graders had a fun two weeks exploring light and sound while putting the concepts they learned to the test.
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