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🎄✨ Happy Holidays from NVLA! ✨🎄

This holiday season, we’re sending warm wishes to you and your loved ones. To make your celebrations even tastier, we’ve put together the NVLA Cookbook—a collection of our favorite recipes perfect for the holidays! 🍽️🎁

Check it out here: NVLA Cookbook

We hope you enjoy these delicious treats as much as we do. Wishing you a season filled with joy, love, and amazing food! ❤️

Hello!
Get ready to bundle up and show your school spirit because Winter Spirit Week is just around the corner! Each day is packed with festive fun, and we want to see everyone participate and make this a week to remember. Here’s the lineup:

​ Attention NVLA Community

Parents/guardians, students, and staff are encouraged to participate in the Clark County School District Annual Survey. This survey is essential to providing feedback on our progress toward District priorities, meeting Board and Nevada Department of Education requirements, and supporting our ongoing improvement efforts.

Survey Details:

• Opened: Monday, October 28, 2024
• Closes: 5:00 p.m., Friday, December 20, 2024
• Participation Requirement: At least 75% of eligible students in Grades 4-12

The survey takes less than 10 minutes and is a vital part of the District’s annual self-assessment. Your feedback makes a difference, so please take a moment to complete the survey and help us reach our goal!

Survey Link:

Thank you for supporting our community and helping shape the future of our schools!

📸 It's Time for NVLA Yearbook Submissions! 🎉

Hey NVLA Students, Parents & Families,

We need YOUR amazing photos to make this yearbook unforgettable! Submit them here: Yearbook Submission Link.

📝 Important Guidelines:

• All photos must be school-appropriate.
• Only ONE photo per quote, and make sure your quote matches the concept of your photo!
• Submission does not guarantee inclusion.

📅 Deadline: Before Christmas break—don’t wait!

Questions or concerns? Contact our Yearbook Advisors:
✉️ Mr. Marks: marksam@nv.ccsd.net
✉️ Mrs. Thurmond: thurmha@nv.ccsd.net

Let’s make this yearbook AWESOME together!
Thank you,
The NVLA Publications Team

Dear Parents and Students,

Please be sure to review the schedule for the upcoming High School Semester Exams to stay informed about dates and times. It is important to note that some middle school students who are eligible to take high school exams will be contacted directly with specific plans to accommodate their needs and schedules.

We encourage all students to check their exam schedule carefully and reach out if they have any questions or require additional support.

Thank you for your attention, and we wish all our students the best of luck as they prepare for exams!

Best regards,

Students can take their exams during the set time or by 11:59 pm on each day of testing.

NVLA Semester Exam Schedule 24-25

We are beyond proud to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of Isabella Howard, who was named a Winner with Distinction in the YoungArts Contemporary Dance category! 🏆✨

This prestigious recognition is a testament to Isabella's dedication, talent, and passion for dance. The YoungArts competition is one of the most competitive in the nation, and earning this honor places her among the top young dancers in the country! 💃👏

Congratulations, Isabella, on this well-deserved achievement! Your NVLA family is cheering you on as you continue to shine and inspire us all. Keep reaching for the stars! 🌟❤️

#YoungArtsWinner #DanceWithDistinction #ProudOfYou #NVLAFamily

Congratulations! Aezabelle (Ann) Espero was selected as the 3rd place winner in the grade category! Ann will receive $250 deposited into a Future Path 529 college savings account.

The Cre8sian Project was founded as a way to give back to the community while empowering Asian women around the world by developing female superhero characters that envelop qualities of a superhero: Determination, Concentration, Motivation, and Education. This brand is about recognizing diversity in the arts, emphasizing that representation matters, and empowering women in the arts and beyond!

Students who are involved in any aspect of the arts, not just performance, are encouraged to

apply. One high school winner will be chosen for the 2024–2025 academic school year. The winner will receive a monetary scholarship of $3,000.00 and a headshot session with Jenna Leigh of Killer Imaging!

For more information about this amazing opportunity please visit The Cre8sian Project website at www.TheCre8sianProject.com! If you have specific questions you can contact Angela Chan at thecre8sianproject@gmail.com.

Hello Educators, Parents, and Community Members,

Nominations for the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Academic Excellence Awards opened last week and will remain open through March 24, 2025. This is your chance to recognize outstanding students in grades K–12 across Southern Nevada who excel in academics, leadership, citizenship, and community service.

Help us spread the word! Share this with your friends, colleagues, and school communities so we can celebrate as many incredible students as possible. Each student selected as an Academic Excellence Award recipient will receive:

• A custom Academic Excellence Award
• A $1,000 scholarship
• An invitation to the exclusive Academic Awards Dinner, with four guests

Please consider nominating a student who embodies qualities like Academic Excellence, Responsibility, Leadership, and Community Service. This is a wonderful way to celebrate their hard work and accomplishments!

How You Can Help:

• Nominate a deserving student today! Nominations are open to all (K-12) Southern Nevada students in public, private, charter, magnet, and homeschool settings.
• Share the attached PDF with your network! Feel free to forward it to other educators, parents, and community members who may know a student worthy of recognition.

Deadline for Nominations: Monday, March 24, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
Nominations can be submitted online at www.reviewjournal.com/academics.

Thank you for helping us recognize and celebrate Southern Nevada’s young leaders! We look forward to reading about these inspiring students and the bright futures they are building.

Warm regards,
Paris Paull
Sr. Director of Marketing Operations

Now is the perfect time to help children in your life develop great financial habits. That’s why through December 30, when you open a new youth savings account at America First Credit Union and deposit at least $50, they add another $50* to the account!

The youth accounts are designed to help kids 17 and under learn how to manage their money. Stop by a branch to get started and enjoy some extra cash this holiday season.

Nevada Pathways for all students: High Quality Career Profiles, Work Based Learning Tracking, Careers match, Aptitude Quiz, Personality Quiz, Career clusters, Work Values, Resume & Cover letters, etc...and much more.

The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, in partnership with Nevada Health Centers, provide dental service to children ages 0-21, with or without dental insurance coverage. Each child needs to be accompanied by a parent or court appointed guardian.

No Out-Of-Pocket Cost For Clark County school District Students

Sin costos de bolsillo para los estudiantes del distrito escolar del condado de Clark

Hours: 7:30am-2:00pm

The Spring Semester enrollment/withdraw window is open Monday December 9th and close Friday December 20th. New students will begin on Monday Jan 6th.

Do not have them withdraw until December 20th or later.

Elementary Start Time - 8:00am

Middle & High School Start Time - 9:00am

*CLICK The Bell Schedules Below*

Note for Students NEW to CCSD: If you are a brand new student to CCSD please be advised that you will not have access to your Canvas course information for a minimum of 48 hours from your initial enrollment date for the 24-25 school year.

However, you may still access class using your personal device and the instructions from the welcome letter.

Plagiarism of any kind is unacceptable.

NVLA utilizes the program Turn It In to review assignments to ensure there is no plagiarism of any kind taking place.

Plagiarism includes but is not limited to: ChatGPT usage, AI usage, copying peer work, improperly citing information from the internet, etc.

Please follow up with your teachers for more information should you have any questions.

Please visit our website https://sites.google.com/view/nvlapta?pli=1 to see what other events and fundraisers we currently have going on.

If you would like to get involved by joining PTA, click on the link below:

MemberHub

If you have any questions, reach out to us at nvlapta@gmail.com

Address: 3050 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89121

Email: nvla@nv.ccsd.net

Phone Number: 702-799-6852

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