EDUCATION NOTEBOOK

GORMAN TO HOST OPEN HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY

Bishop Gorman High School, 5959 S. Hualapai Way, will host a prospective student open house from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Call 732-1945 for more information.

SILVERADO HIGH SCHOOL TO PRESENT 'BYE BYE BIRDIE'

Silverado High School students will present the Broadway musical "Bye Bye Birdie" today through Saturday. Showtime is at 6:30 p.m. in the school's theater, 1650 Silver Hawk Ave. Call 799-5790 for details.

MOJAVE MAX EMERGENCE CONTEST GETS UNDER WAY

The Mojave Max Emergence Contest is under way. Students of Clark County now can enter their guesses as to when the desert tortoise will emerge in spring 2008.

Mojave Max is a live tortoise residing at the Red Rock National Conservation Area Visitors Center, and his emergence is a good indicator of when spring will arrive in Southern Nevada. Students are encouraged to study the behavior of desert tortoises before guessing when they believe Mojave Max will first exit his burrow each year.

The winner of the contest and his or her class will receive medals, T-shirts, family park passes, a pizza party and a trip to Red Rock National Conservation Area. For more information and contest entry forms, visit www.mojavemax.com or www.accessclarkcounty.com.

SCHOOL'S NAME CHANGE IS OK'ED

At the Oct. 25 meeting of the Clark County School District Board of School Trustees, members approved changing the name of Community College High School to College of Southern Nevada High School.

EDWARDS NAMED INTERIM MEMBER, COMMITTEE LIAISON

At the Oct. 25 meeting of the Clark County School District Board of School Trustees, members named Carolyn Edwards as an interim member and board liaison to the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee. The Superintendent is allowed to designate a district staff member as an alternate member should Edwards be unable to attend a committee meeting.

MOULTON RECOGNIZED AS OFFICER OF YEAR

At the Oct. 25 meeting of the Clark County School District Board of School Trustees, trustee Sheila Moulton was named the Nevada Association of School Board's Officer of the Year for 2007.