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Congratulations Judy Peterson!
The 2008-2009 CCSD middle and high school physical education teachers of year will be honored at our school district's physical education conference on January 23rd, 2009. This year the recipients of this award were chosen not only because they provide quality physical education instruction, but also because they give back to the profession by either serving on curriculum task force committees, serving on textbook adoption committees, or by presenting at new teacher conferences or professional development conferences. These teachers have served as role models and mentors for many physical educators in our school district. Congratulations for all of your hard work, it is an honor well deserved!!
The Northwest Career and Technical Academy and SH Architecture were selected to receive the 2009 MacConnell Award!
On Thursday, October 2, 2008, Mr Pesce attended the CEFPI awards dinner in San Diego. The James D. MacConnell Award was created by the Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFPI) to recognize the significant contributions made to the profession of planning educational facilities and to CEFPI by Dr. MacConnell. This prestigious award recognizes educational facility planning excellence-from determination of the need for the facility through occupancy-and all segments in between. Projects are recognized that best demonstrate the comprehensive effectiveness of planning, design and construction.
Congratulations to Corie Naugle & Kelly Rash, science teachers at NW-CTA for passing their National Board Certification in science! This is a great honor for these teachers and a wonderful reflection on NW-CTA. Alissa IIda is a Foreign Language National Board Certified Teacher at NW-CTA, passing previously.
Great Job Hawks!
For more information on this prestigious accomplishment, visit National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

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2009 Poetry Out Loud
National Recitation Contest is a great way to teach poetry and help students with written and oral communication skills.  Poetry Out Loud was designed so that teachers may easily implement this “poetry bee” contest in the classroom.  Poetry Out Loud awards more than $100,000 in prizes to students and schools at the state and national levels.
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 Clark County School District Environmental Essay Contest

We invite students from 9th to 11th grades to enter an environmental essay contest that ties into curriculum standards set forth by the CCSD. Click here for more information

Environmental Essay Contest Standards
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Teachers and students! Submit a photo to the Scenic Nevada Photo Contest 2009.
Scenic Nevada Photo Contest 2009

“A Parade of Voices: Celebrations in Writing!”

Southern Nevada Writing Project (SNWP)
2nd Annual High School Writing Fair (grades 9-12)
Advanced Technologies Academy High School
February 21, 2009
9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Once again the Southern Nevada Writing Project is proud to offer a High School Student Writing Fair.

The registration fee for this event is $35.00 per participant; this includes a continental breakfast with a keynote speaker, lunch with a panel of writers, a commemorative T-shirt, and an electronic anthology of the day’s writing.

We have attached the student application, (link is above in the title)This is a rewarding experience for our budding young authors. PLEASE promote this to students who LOVE to write. If you have any questions, contact Fair Coordinators, Victoria Norby or Fawn Canady via Interact or Victoria’s cell (702) 324-2628.