Lyon County Limelight

Our 500 Lyon County School District graduates received hundred of thousands in scholarships! 50 students also graduated with an Associate's Degree through the JumpStart program! Many students received the Nevada Promise Scholarships, the Millennium Scholarships and UNR Scholarships! Yerington High School - 72 Smith Valley High School - 18 Silver Stage High School - 56 Fernley High School - 204 Dayton High School - 150 Soroptimist University of Alabama Elmo Pecetti Memorial Lyon County 4-H Leaders Counsel Stocman Copper King Above and Beyond UNR Pack Pride Historical Society Scholarship SSHS Booster Club Pack Advantage Alyce McCracken Memorial UNR Presidential Award Nancy Pagni Scholarship Reno Rodeo Foundation Masonic Scholarship Denise Pugh Adversity Robert Z. Hawkins DHS Booster Club  Utah State University NASA CoP  BYU Academic  Voice of Democracy Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University UNR Presidential  LCC

  Silver Springs Schools Community Event – Zulily’s Reno Fulfillment Center Gives Back Silver Springs, NV, June 10, 2019 – Two rural Nevada Title I schools and the surrounding community indulge in a shopping spree made possible by online retailer Zulily and its many vendor partners.   The schools walked away with over $10,000 a piece to complement their fundraising efforts and the community indebted.   On June 1, 2019, the Silver Springs community benefitted tremendously from a community and employees sale held at the Silver Springs Community Center.   Zulily, through its thousands of vendor partners, provided the enormous pallet loads of product to be sold at the community sale.   In the months leading up to the sale, 45 team members from Zulily’s Reno, NV Fulfillment Center (NVFC) joined in the effort and volunteers from Silver Stage Elementary and Middle schools spent their free-time organizing the community center, and on the day of the event, hel

All photos taken by Vannah Parsons Photography. LCSD Grad Gazette presents: Jaid Roberts, Future Deputy Silver Springs, NV, June 6, 2019 – Jaid Roberts was born in Ogden, UT but has been in Silver Springs since she was a baby.  She was brought up through the Silver Stage Elementary, Middle and High Schools.  Linda Harrison, a staff member at Silver Stage Middle School describes Jaid, "S he has overcome so much to become a well-spoken graduate.  I had her as a middle school resource student.  She was so shy that I rarely heard her voice."  During her time in high school, Jaid was employed by the Red's Candies in Virginia City for three years before beginning her current job at the Red Dog restaurant in Virginia City.  In addition, Jaid has been a member of the Storey County Sheriff's Explorer program since its inception about a year ago. "Jaid has been a member of the program for nearly two years and really has done an exceptional job.  J

Throughout this year, LCSD has been able to do some remarkable events around Special Olympics! FIS Special Olympics DES Special Olympics YHS and DHS Special Olympics Basketball