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CCHS 
Churchill County High School recognized outstanding student achievement during its Scholarship and Academic Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday, May 12. Students, families, staff members, and scholarship donors gathered to celebrate academic excellence and honor student accomplishments. More than $3 million in scholarships, not including Nevada Promise or Millennium Scholarship funding, has been offered to graduating seniors through the support of local organizations, businesses, and community donors. Additionally, 44 junior and 39 senior Academic Awards were presented. Recipients also received their Academic Letters, recognizing students who maintained a 3.5 GPA over four consecutive semesters. The evening highlighted the hard work, dedication, and success of CCHS students as they prepare for their future academic and career journeys.

CCMS 
Monica Davis’s eighth-grade ELA students are wrapping up the school year with an investigative journalism unit focused on real-world issues affecting today’s teenagers. Students are producing podcasts, brochures, social media campaigns, and other media projects that explore topics through a journalistic lens. Throughout the unit, students have learned the fundamentals of conducting effective interviews while combining narrative, informative, and argumentative writing styles to create engaging and impactful pieces of journalism.

Numa
Kristina Lee’s students participated in a writing boot camp designed to strengthen essential writing skills through various engaging challenges. Throughout the activity, students rotated through a series of stations focused on key components of strong writing, including the use of vivid descriptions and precise details. Other stations reinforced grammar skills such as constructing complex sentences and correctly using conjunctions. The boot camp format provided students with an interactive way to sharpen their writing abilities while building confidence in both creativity and grammar fundamentals.

E.C. Best 
Kari Lister’s second-grade students have been exploring plant and animal life cycles through real-world learning experiences. Earlier this spring, students studied the butterfly life cycle and had the unique opportunity to observe metamorphosis firsthand as classroom caterpillars transformed into butterflies before being released. To conclude the unit on plant life cycles, students went to The Village Nursery, where they revisited concepts learned in class about seeds and how they grow into plants. During the field trip, students participated in a seed lesson and planted their own seeds to take home and care for. “A special thank you to Tami Edgemon and The Village Nursery for hosting our second-grade class. We learned so much and had a lot of fun,” Lister said. 

Lahontan 
Ashley Rhoades’ physical education classes are focusing on coordination and movement through cheer-based activities designed to build strength, rhythm, and teamwork. Students are practicing a Lahontan cheer along with three variations of cheer jumps as part of their skill development in coordination and movement. The unit provides an engaging way for students to strengthen physical literacy through active participation. “This is the perfect activity to align with Nevada Content Standard PE.ES.322, which emphasizes demonstrating healthy activity patterns through participation in physical activity,” Rhoades said.