Lyon County Limelight

A handful of classified employees applied to and were chosen for the pilot cohort of a Grow Your Own (GYO) initiative that allows Lyon County School District (LCSD) to financially support classified employees who hope to become teachers. LCSD held a celebration for these teachers-to-be!  Grow Your Own Scholarship Recipients! Left to right: Ashley Saunders, Ana Espinosa, Ashley McGill, Amy Sharp, Michael Turner, Mara Spencer, Carlie Fagundes.

In an effort to help raise engagement in a student food drive, Mrs. Fulton agreed to dress up as a turkey and deliver lunch to the winning class.  Mrs. Stanton's class brought in 1,044 cans and the whole school raised a total of 3,567 cans to be donated to the local food pantry and the senior citizen center - wishing a Happy Thanksgiving to all!        

Yerington High School Lady Lions brought home the 2A Nevada State Championship for volleyball last week!   This weekend Yerington High School and Fernley High School football programs decided they wanted one of their own and brought home the 2A and 3A, respectively, Nevada State Championships!    Way to go, LCSD student-athletes!   We had a variety of student-athletes from other schools and programs do very well, including the Smith Valley High School volleyball team who finished as runner-up for the 1A Nevada State Championship.  Stay tuned as we recap our fall extracurriculars! 

Silver Stage Middle School is enjoying a true family style dining at lunch at least once a week with their students.  They use real dishes and engage in real conversations, and when they are all done, they compost their leftovers.   Family Style Dining happens every Wednesday in November from 11AM-12:30PM and will take on Tuesdays beginning in December!    

Mr. Wildermuth's Drivers Ed class recently participated in a Cars and Cops event presented by Zero Teen Fatalities with Trooper and a tow company.  The day consisted of learning many ins and out of vehicles and proper procedures.     Some of the days topics included: - How to jumpstart - Major car fluids location and how often to check them - Checking tire decay, tread and PSI - How to change a tire - Proper seatbelt usage - Mirror and seating position - What to do in a traffic stop and after a crash           

Incredible projects are being produced in Junie Estrada's Welding Class at Fernley High School! 

    Ryan Anderson, a local Boy Scout  Troop 103, who is working to become an Eagle Scout partnered with CES to expand and improve our school garden for his Eagle Project.  Working together the two of us were able to have all the supplies donated for this project, and on Monday the boys built two additional garden beds and installed a drip system as well.  With the new expansion we now have one garden bed per grade level, and the drip line will make it much easier to maintain!       

 The Smith Valley Future Farmers of America (FFA) travelled to Indianapolis recently traveled to the National FFA Convention.  The Smith Valley chapter took its Veterinary Science team to compete in the Veterinary Science competition.  This contest has become the biggest at the National level with 45 teams competing this year.  Smith Valley's team ended up as a Silver Team.  Tanner Balda and Haylee Horton ended up as Bronze Individuals, Riley Urton ended up as a Silver Individual and Emmanuel Lopez ended up as a Gold Individual. 

 For the longest time, Sutro Elementary School playground has been separated from the campus buildings by a lawn.  In the nice and sunny months, the walk down to the playground is no issue, but any kind of moisture or precipitation makes for a messy journey to and from the playground.  In addition, because the lawn leading to the playground lies on a slope, it makes for a difficult journey for any students requiring ADA accommodations. On October 31, 2019, LCSD maintenance crews were up before the sun to lay the concrete for the new sidewalk.  On November 5, 2019, Sutro Elementary held a ribbon cutting ceremony in which one of their students who will greatly benefit from the sidewalk, Journey, was able to cut the ribbon with her classmates.  This is a wonderful improvement both for all students, staff and visitors to the Sutro playground.  "Thank you to LCSD facilities crew for making this a reality!" - Sutro Elementary School     

Every year, you can expect the Fernley Intermediate School Falcons to join forces and show their dedication to our armed forces. On the first day of November this year, FIS staff, LCSD board member and administration joined together with FIS fifth and sixth grade students to clean the Fernley Veterans’ Cemetery.