Education

Carson High Debate continues its groundbreaking season. Competing at state for the first time since Covid the team advanced to final events in 4 separate events.

Dinner, auction, and tickets are now available for St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School’s 21st annual School Soiree, formerly known as the crab feed, to be held this Saturday, March 9 to benefit the Carson City school.

Carson High debate wrapped up the regular competition season as Elko High School. This tournament saw 13 schools and 164 individual competitors. Fourteen members of the team advanced to final rounds in speech events.

Carson High School recently hosted the fifth speech and debate tournament of the season in Carson City. This competition included 15 schools, 186 competitors and 81 judges. Participating students took home multiple awards in the tournament.

Carson High School’s Speech and Debate team had a commanding performance at the December tournament held at Hug High in Reno over the weekend, with 23 Carson City students participating and 19 advancing to final rounds.

Last month Pioneer Academy Anatomy and Physiology students enjoyed a field work experience day at the Reno Orthopedic Center funded by our community partners at Envirolution.

Pioneer Academy’s Student of the Month for November is Kaitlyn Nguyen. Kaitlyn’s life experience has taught her hard work, dedication and determination to do her best can help her find success wherever she looks. Kaitlyn was eight years old when she enrolled in school in Carson City.

Carson High School debate competed in the 2nd season tournament at Spanish Springs last weekend. The tournament included 15 schools and 183 competitors.

Ready to Rock Kinder is a parent and child interactive evening for parents of children who will enter kindergarten in the Carson City School District the next school year (2024-2025).

Pioneer Academy in Carson City welcomes new and veteran "All-Star" educators to the Panther team. We were truly blessed to add such a talented group of professionals to our team this year. We are looking forward to working together to prepare our students for higher education and career options they seek after graduation.

Last week, The Nevada Women's Fund (NWF) awarded FISH their Annual Community Grant of $25,000.

This grant award will be devoted to the FISH Student Housing project and help alleviate the housing costs for women living within. This way, the women can focus on their higher education without the burden of housing costs which will empower their learning potential, uplift families out of generational poverty, and strengthen the community. This is a major recognition for FISH with Nevada Women's Fund's support of this first-of-its-kind Nevada pilot program.

Carol Scott, the executive director of Wild Horse Children’s Theater was one of five outstanding educators from schools and performing arts centers around the U.S. who received the Freddie G. Fellowship.

Carol was flown to New York in July to work one-on-one with Broadway professionals at the twelfth Annual Freddie G Fellowship G from July 13 to 16.

“Art is a universal language and through it each nation makes its own unique contribution to the culture of mankind.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th President of the United States.

Earlier in the month, select world history/art students from Pioneer Academy were treated with a field trip to the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno to attend the beginning of a new exhibit.

Communication is more than just talking and listening — it's also about sending and receiving messages through attitude, tone of voice, and body language. As the disease progresses, individuals living with Alzheimer's or other dementias lose the ability to use words, but families can find new ways to connect.

Carson Ridge Disc Golf Club, Carson City Parks, Recreation & Open Space & the Foundation for Carson City Parks & Recreation presents:

“Let’s Play 9” Club Tags; Low-Key Disc Golf Competition - 2023 Tag Opener.

Pioneer Academy in Carson City recently inducted 25 students into the National Honor Society. “We have so many outstanding students here, they need to be acknowledged for their hard work,” advisor Steffany Walker replied when asked why she looked into starting a new chapter.

Many of us take for granted that we can turn on a faucet and clean water is immediately available for drinking, bathing and cleaning, but we often don’t think much about where it comes from and how it gets to us.

Thirty Pioneer Academy students had the opportunity to learn just that on a tour of the Truckee Meadows Water Authority Chalk Bluff water treatment facility last week.

Field Trip to the Tesla Gigafactory: A Journey Through Cutting-Edge Technology and Sustainability

On February 9, twenty-five students from Pioneer Academy had the opportunity to visit the Tesla Gigafactory located east of Sparks, NV.

A student housing revitalization project through Friends in Service Helping, that is currently taking shape on North Carson Street in Carson City, is extending a contribution campaign after successfully collecting $80,000 in matched donations.

Carson City residents might know Friends in Service Helping, or “FISH,” for their thrift stores and food bank, but a new project with big, long-terms goals, helping a higher level of client, is finally taking shape on Carson City’s main street. The FISH Student Housing Project — completion planned for Fall 2023.

Carlos Sotelo Angel’s first two years at high school were rough and he was struggling to find his motivation and success. That all began to change when he started at Pioneer Academy in Carson City at the start of his junior year. Carlos realized he needed a change and Pioneer provide the more intimate structure he needed to be focused on his academics.

The gift of giving was alive and well at Pioneer Academy during the week leading up to Thanksgiving. Thanks to the annual support and generosity of the Hernandez family, Jenn and the managers at FoodMaxx, and the Pioneer students and staff, the school was able to provide a full Thanksgiving meal to 30 families in the Carson City School District.

Carson High School speech and debate returned home from a successful competition at Spring Creek High School in Elko over the weekend. Twelve schools and 152 students competed at the two day event. Thirteen CHS students participated in the competition with 12 placing in the top 10 in at least one event.

Cultures all over the world have diverse celebrations for honoring the dead. The Obon festival in Japan, The Hungry Ghost Festival and Qingming in China, Chuseok in South Korea, Pchum Ben in Cambodia, and the Gaijatra festival in Nepal are just a few examples of how people take time to honor those who have passed on.

Moving in the “Write” Direction

For some students, moving can be exciting and something to look forward to, for others moving can present barriers that are challenging to work through. Rogan Stryffeler, a full time online student at Pioneer Academy experienced one of her most challenging times as a high school student, she had to move across the country to a new high school just before she started her senior year.

To Rogan, the thought of uprooting and starting over, again, was daunting and stressful. She was concerned about how she would manage her new school, work, life balance and maintain her success.

“It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” This quote by Sir Edmund Hillary was a fitting theme for this year’s Rock Creek camping trip by Pioneer Academy students. After a two-year delay to endure a pandemic and then wild fires, 12 Pioneer Academy students and three staff were finally able to go on the outdoor canyoneering adventure to Rock Creek along the Feather River.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Aaron Sims, candidate for Nevada State Senate District 16, which emcompasses all of Carson City and parts of South Washoe County. Not having any Democratic primary opposition, he will advance to the November 8th general election. There he will face off against the winner of the June 14th Republican primary. The GOP contenders are Timothy Duvall, Lisa Krasner, Monica Stabbert and incumbent Don Tatro.

Senior Jassmen Dominguez is like so many students who attend Carson City's Pioneer Academy when she says she felt like she was a small fish in a large pond. Jassmen’s Pioneer adventure began nearly three years ago when she was finishing up her ninth grade year at Carson High School.

Pioneer Academy keeps on Growing!

When the local and regional Rotary club announced educational grants last year, Mrs. Steinkraus, Science and Engineering teacher at Pioneer Academy (Pioneer), responded by submitting an application to construct a greenhouse. And, in this, her third attempt to procure funding, she received news that Pioneer was awarded a grant that would cover the cost of the greenhouse structure.

Helen Keller said, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Instructors at Western Nevada College and Pioneer Academy are beginning to embrace this sentiment by collaborating on a new course for Pioneer students.