Lyon County Limelight

Superintendent Jhone Ebert visits with LCSD students On Monday, January 6, as teachers and staff welcomed students back to class, Lyon County School District (LCSD) also welcomed Nevada State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert and Deputy State Superintendent Jonathan Moore for a day-long listening tour in the District.  The two representatives were able to visit with LCSD leadership, teachers, staff, students and our community.  The purpose of the visit was for these representatives to gain a better understanding of every school district in the state of Nevada. The day began with a discussion involving the LCSD Leadership Cabinet, the State Superintendent and the State Deputy Superintendent - LCSD's major accomplishments and challenges were shared, celebrated and discussed.  Following, the visitors were able to visit classrooms in Silver Springs.  Elementary, middle and high school students shared their love for their school, some ideas for improvement on the

International Economic Summit Program The International Economic Summit™ is a hands-on, activity-based learning program for high school students that culminates in a school district student competition. Students have the opportunity to compete and learn the significance of globalization, international economics and what it takes to make highly interdependent nations competitive in today’s dynamic economic environment. Each summit is a fun and challenging event where student teams represent a country as economic advisors with the goal to raise the standard of living in their country. Teams research their country and propose a solution to a global problem. At the summit, students both compete and work together to complete tasks like building trade alliances, securing resources through importing and exporting, investing in long term development projects and testing their knowledge of geography, economics, and current events. Economics, finance, technology, creativity, te