Argent Preparatory Academy

The Fall visiting artist with the Resident Artist Program in Silver City is Allison Rasmussen of Carson City.

Valedictorian of the 2018 graduating class at Argent Preparatory Academy, Rasmussen studied art at Western Nevada College through their early college entry program and completed her Associate of Arts degree at 18.

Carson City’s Montessori has been educating a portion of the capitol city’s children for over a decade. They quickly outgrew their space, and have been looking to relocate for about 13 years.

Now, an end may be in sight. According to Carson Montessori Executive Director Jessica Daniels, the school has been looking at the vacant Silver State Charter School complex on Fairview since Silver State shut its doors. After funding fell out more than once, they’re at it again, and a tentative offer of over one million dollars has been offered for the space.

Western Nevada College is holding is 2018 commencement Monday, May 21 at 10 a.m. in the Marv Teixeira Pavilion, 111 E. William Street at the east end of Mills Park in Carson City.

Western Nevada College will celebrate the graduation of 539 students with 571 degrees and certificates during a commencement ceremony 10 a.m. Monday morning at the Marv Teixeira Pavilion in Carson City.

UPDATE: 11:25AM: The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority (SPCSA) has voted unanimously to close Argent Preparatory Academy of Carson City at the end of its 2017-18 school year, a motion carried by the SPCSA Board said.
Students, parents, faculty and staff of Argent Preparatory Academy left the hearing room, some in tears.
Students could be heard saying, "I don't know what I'm going to do now."
Recommendation of the SPCSA is to close Argent Preparatory Academy at the end of its 2018 summer session this August.

A public reception for emerging artist Allison Rasmussen is being hosted by the Resident Artist Program in Silver City on Saturday, March 3 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the McCormick House, 142 High Street, the residence for visiting artists with the Resident Artist Program.

SILVER CITY — The Resident Artist Program in Silver City is delighted to announce that our winter visiting artist, Allison Rasmussen, is creating a permanent artwork for the Program, using Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet David Lee's poem "Silver City Dawn Psalm" as its focus.

Silver State Charter School in Carson City became known over summer break as Argent Preparatory Academy, Principal Krystal Hoefling said, a move that represents more than just a name change.

Six years ago, shots rang out and Carson City was thrust into the middle of a tragedy. Four people died in the IHOP shooting, three of them National Guard members. Today, they will be honored again during the annual Remembrance Run. If you are driving along Fairview, please give them some extra room. Wheeled Truck Wednesday at the Brewery Arts Center is a ‘weather permitting’ event, so keep your eye out for rain clouds.