Education preparation
Here’s how to help kids — yours and your neighbors’ — get ready for classes
School starts early this year in the Clark County School District, Monday, Aug. 14. Here’s a list of events and services to help parents and students prepare for the first bell.
Today and Sunday at Sam’s Club at Arroyo Market Square, 7100 Arroyo Crossing Parkway. Find out more at cisnevada.org.
CCSD partners with Cox Communications for the free 10th annual Cox Backto-school Fair. In addition to resources for transportation, school lunches and zoning, there will be an immunization clinic for low to no cost depending on a family’s insurance status. Parents are encouraged to bring their children’s immunization record and insurance card.
10 a.m.-4 p.m. today, Meadows mall, 4300 Meadows Lane; 10 a.m -4 p.m. Aug. 12, Downtown Summerlin, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive. W. Washington Ave.
Las Vegas Ward 5 will host its free back-to-school drive and community fair where up to 100 vendors are expected to participate, offering wraparound services and information. Students must be present to receive backpacks full of supplies.
Aug. 12, 7:30 a.m. wristband distribution; the fair lasts until 8-11 a.m. at Lorenzi Park, 3101 W. Washington Ave.
Free backpacks and supplies will be distributed while they last, but students must be present to receive supplies.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 12,at Dula Gymnasium, 441 E. Bonanza Road. Call 702-2296307 for more information.
Goodie Two Shoes Foundation and the Metro Police are partnering on a shoe drive before school starts. The Goodie Two Shoes Foundation also partners with CCSD throughout the school year. Recipients of Goodie Two Shoes efforts are preselected by the schools and organizations with which they partner. It’s best to check with a student’s specific school to find out.
Several Title 1 schools in Clark County include clothing closets where homeless and at-risk youth have immediate access to basics, including socks, underwear, toiletries and school supplies.
To view schools that participate, visit Clark County School District’s website.
Although Breakfast After the Bell (Senate Bill 503) passed in 2015 to help increase breakfast participation in CCSD schools, many parents are unaware that the legislation mandates eligible schools to serve breakfast after the bell rings.
Parents can see if the program is implemented at their schools by visiting the Clark County School District’s website. For more information on breakfast in school visit breakfastpower.org.
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