EDUCATION NOTEBOOK

Top, approximately 200 people participated in last year?s walk to raise funds for the fight against polycystic kidney disease. This year?s walk will begin at 9:45 a.m. Sept. 20 at Acacia Park, 50 Casa del Fuego in Henderson. Left, Jordan Cenname and Maddie Hoggan spin pinwheels before the walk. Registration will be held at 9 a.m., but participants also can register in advance at www.pkdcure.org. Registration is $15 for adults and $10 for children, and day-of registration is $20 for adults and $15 for children. Polycystic kidney disease affects 600,000 Americans and 12.5 million children and adults, worldwide. There is no treatment or cure.View File photos Top, approximately 200 people participated in last year?s walk to raise funds for the fight against polycystic kidney disease. This year?s walk will begin at 9:45 a.m. Sept. 20 at Acacia Park, 50 Casa del Fuego in Henderson. Left, Jordan Cenname and Maddie Hoggan spin pinwheels before the walk. Registration will be held at 9 a.m., but participants also can register in advance at www.pkdcure.org. Registration is $15 for adults and $10 for children, and day-of registration is $20 for adults and $15 for children. Polycystic kidney disease affects 600,000 Americans and 12.5 million children and adults, worldwide. There is no treatment or cure.View File photos Advertisement

FUNDRAISER PLANNED FOR COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA

Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse, 3925 Paradise Road, will host The Great Las Vegas Steakout, a fundraiser for scholarships for the College of Southern Nevada, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. The evening includes an auction, hors d'oeuvres, wine poured by Silver Oak and dinner. Cost is $225. For reservations, call 796-0063.

HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS PLANNED ACROSS VALLEY

All Las Vegas High School classes are invited to a reunion at 5 p.m. on Sept. 20 in the ballroom at Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway. Contact Patty Haack at 876-6660 or lvowl@aol.com. In addition, Las Vegas High School's class of 1988 will hold its 20-year reunion from 7 p.m. to midnight on Oct. 4 at Sam's Town. Visit www.GreatReunions.com or call 800-655-7971.

The Southern Nevada Vocational-Technical Center Alumni Reunion Committee is planning a 20-year reunion for the class of 1988 Sept. 19-21. Time and location to be announced. Contact Rosalinda Chandarlis at 760-560-7275 or rchandarlis@hotmail.com.

Western High School's class of 1988 will hold its 20-year reunion on Oct. 4 at the Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive. Visit www.GreatReunions.com or call 800-655-7971.

Bonanza High School's class of 1978 will celebrate its 30-year reunion Oct. 10-12. The group plans to attend Bonanza's homecoming game at 7 p.m. on Oct. 10 at the school at 6665 W. Del Rey Ave. From 7 to 11 p.m. on Oct. 11, there will be a semi-formal dinner at the Suncoast in ballrooms A and D. From noon to 4 p.m. on Oct. 12, there will be a family day picnic at Queensridge North in the gazebo area at 310 Regents Park. The cost to attend all festivities is $125 per person, and all money for the event is due by Monday. Contact Joe Smith at 461-7337 or Joe-absmtls@earthlink.net, or Linda (Brownlee) Painter at 524-5843 or lvlindar@aol.com.

Western High School's class of 1968 will hold its 40th reunion on Oct. 10 and 11. At 6 p.m. on Oct. 10, the group is meeting at The Lodge at Tenaya, 5717 Sky Pointe Drive. At 10 a.m. on Oct. 11, take a tour of the remodeled Western High School, 4601 Bonanza Road, and at noon, meet at Centennial Hills Park, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive, for a family picnic. Bring your own meals, and drinks and dessert will be provided. All events are free and open to the whole family.

Contact Patty (Payne) Bloomfield at 658-7533 or patblv@aol.com, or RoxAnn (Brown) Oldham at ra.oldham@yahoo.com.

FUNDRAISER FOR ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY TO BE HELD

There will be a dinner to benefit the Achievement Academy, an institution focused on teaching children with high-functioning autism, from 6 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 4 at the Rio Pavillion, 3700 W. Flamingo Road.

The event will feature a silent and live auction, in addition to a program honoring Nevada's First Lady Dawn Gibbons and child neuropsychologist Julie Beasley. Visit http://achievementacademy-nv.com.

LOCAL STUDENT ATTENDS NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Hunter Hopewell, a student at the Lake Mead Christian Academy, 540 E. Lake Mead Parkway, attended the 2008 Leadership University sponsored by LeadAmerica at DePaul University in Chicago.

The Leadership University is a leadership program for young people through which they learn team building, collaboration, negotiation, creative thinking and problem solving.

VISION SOURCE SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH UNDER WAY

Applications for Vision Source Las Vegas' See the Change Scholarship are available at www.visionsourcevegas.com, through the Clark County School District or at any one of the 11 Vision Source offices. The company is giving away three $1,000 awards. Scholarship recipients must be students intending to pursue a degree in a health-, medicine- or science-related field in fall 2009 at a four-year college or university. Applications must be received in person at a local Vision Source office no later than March 20, 2009.

MEDICAL SKILLS INSTITUTE OFFERS $5,000 SCHOLARSHIP

Medical Skills for Life Institute is offering a $5,000 scholarship toward tuition to the first 20 students who enroll and are accepted into the medical assistant program by Sept. 8. Call the admissions department at 645-7900.

LOCAL STUDENT ATTENDS NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Hunter Hopewell, a student at the Lake Mead Christian Academy, 540 E. Lake Mead Parkway, attended the 2008 Leadership University sponsored by LeadAmerica at DePaul University in Chicago.

The Leadership University is a leadership program for young people through which they learn team building, collaboration, negotiation, creative thinking and problem solving.

HUMAN RESOURCE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM OFFERED

The International School of Hospitality is offering the Hospitality Human Resources Certificate Program, which will cover the cycle of personnel management from entry to development to maintenance to exit. The course is divided into 16 sections, including industry recruiting, human resource law, the labor market, training needs assessment and performance appraisals.

Classes meet at 3614 E. Sunset Road, Suite 110, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday evenings beginning Sept. 17. Visit www.tisoh.com or call 947-7200.

Organization collecting school supplies

HELP of Southern Nevada currently is accepting new backpacks and school supplies for children of all age groups returning to school in August. School supplies needed are backpacks, crayons, pens, pencils, colored pencils, glue sticks, notebooks, folders, loose leaf paper, scissors, small sandwich bags, calculators, Kleenex and hand sanitizer.

Many of HELP's clients do not have enough money to purchase school supplies for their children after paying day-to-day bills. HELP of Southern Nevada works with low-income individuals and families, helping them become more self-sufficient and less dependent upon government assistance.

To donate supplies or for more information, call 836-2114.

THE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO GIVE AWARDS

The Public Education Foundation will honor Jan Jones and Brian Cram at its 2008 Education Hero Award Dinner on Sept. 20, at the Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd. South.

Jones, senior vice president of communication and government affairs for Harrah's Entertainment, will receive the Education Hero Award, and Cram, former superintendent of the Clark County School District, will receive the Lifetime Education Achievement Award.

The dinner is a community event and tickets are available for $750 per person. All proceeds support the foundation's programs and initiatives designed to improve the quality of teaching and learning in Southern Nevada's public schools. For more information, call Deb Hegna at 799-1042.

RANCHO ALUMNUS SEEKS PHOTOS FOR DVD

Rancho High School alumnus Creel Snider (class of 1960) is seeking photos from the school's 50-year history to create a DVD called "Rancho High - the First Fifty Years." He plans to start editing the video in early November. For more information, contact Snider by e-mail at creelsnider@mac.com.