Education Briefs

ATTENDANCE ZONE MEETING TO BE HELD TODAY AT 6 P.M.

There will be an Attendance Zone Advisory Council public input meeting at 6 p.m. today at Sierra Vista High School, 8100 W. Robindale Road.

CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES TO MEET JAN. 24

The Clark County School District Board of Trustees will host a meeting at 4 p.m. on Jan. 24.

CSN REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Registration is open for courses at CSN through Friday. Classes begin Jan. 22. Registration is available via the school's Web site, www.csn.edu/admissions. There are three locations in the valley, 6375 W. Charleston Blvd., 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. and 700 College Drive.

UNLV PROFESSOR NAMED PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR

UNLV professor Larry Ashley received the Mel Schulstad Professional of the Year award from the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors. Ashley has more than 30 years of experience in substance abuse and trauma and has a special interest on the impact of war on soldiers worldwide.

SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HOST MAGNET SCHOOL MEETINGS

The Clark County School District's magnet schools are hosting parent information meetings at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. for elementary students and at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. for secondary students on Jan. 23 at Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North, and at 6 p.m. for elementary and 7 p.m. for secondary students on Jan. 29 at Durango High School, 7100 W. Dewey Drive.

For more information, visit http://magnetapp.ccsd.net or call 799-8492. Magnet school applications are due Feb. 11.

SCHOOL MATTERS TO RUN JAN. 31

The Clark County School District, in cooperation with Vegas PBS, will conduct the next School Matters program on Jan. 31. During the live program, school district officials and board members will address topics and respond to questions submitted by viewers.

The show will air from 8-9 p.m. on Vegas PBS, Channel 10, on Cox Cable.

CAREER AND TECHNICAL ACADEMY TO HOST SUMMIT

Gov. Jim Gibbons, Sen. Bill Raggio, R-Nev., and Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, D-Nev., will present Nevada's second annual Parent Involvement Summit on Feb. 29 at the Northwest Career and Technical Academy, 8200 W. Tropical Parkway. Call (775) 353-5533 for more information.

WRIGHT ELEMENTARY TEACHER INCLUDED IN HONORARY LISTING

Julie Black-Bickerton, third grade teacher at Wright Elementary School, 8425 Bob Fisk Ave., has been included in the 2006-07 edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers.

REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY VIA SCHOOL POLICE HOT LINE

The Clark County School District School Police Department's tip hot line can be reached by calling 799-0228. Call the school police to report suspicious activity at your school. You can remain anonymous.

MOJAVE MAX EMERGENCE CONTEST 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 Visitor's Center, and his emergence is a good indicator of when spring will arrive in Southern Nevada.

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 visit www.mojavemax.com or www.accessclarkcounty.com.