Lyon County Limelight

Nevada Teacher of the Year Finalist in LCSD In September, 2020, Lyon County School District was proud to see one of its own as a 2021 Finalist for the Nevada State Teacher of the Year award – Mrs. Lynn Jeka from Yerington Elementary School (YES).  The recognition comes months after she was nominated to apply for the Teacher of the Year award.  Jeka’s incredible abilities as an educator are rooted in her educational philosophy.  She believes that “education should be equitable for all students, regardless of race, gender, language, abilities, previous experiences or geographic location,” that “education should serve a purpose in developing college or career ready, informed citizens and address every student’s needs and interests” and that “schools should be working towards development of the whole child, not just instilling academic content knowledge.”   Jeka came to Lyon County School District (LCSD) in 2004 after completing her second Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education, the fir

 Have you ever wondered what would it be like to be Principal for a Day?  For Saxon Madsen at Dayton Intermediate School this question became a reality this week.   Saxon was the top seller in a popcorn fundraiser where he raised over $1000 for the Parent Faculty Club and the top prize was switching places with the Dayton Intermediate School principal Mr. Kranjcec. While Saxon was busy running a school, Mr. Kranjcec was in Saxon's class taking his place and re-living his time in junior high school. Saxon said his favorite part of his day was delivering donuts to his staff!

  Lyon County, NV, September 14, 2020 – Lyon County School District’s (LCSD) Superintendent Wayne Workman has been named the 2021 Nevada Superintendent of the Year by the Nevada Association of School Superintendents (NASS).  NASS is a statewide nonprofit educational organization which strives to provide support to leaders of Nevada’s eighteen school districts and more than seven hundred and twenty public schools.   Workman was appointed as LCSD Superintendent during the November 2014 board meeting and began his tenure on July 1, 2015.  Workman launched his twenty-two year career in education after graduating from Utah State University in 1998 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical/Health Education and Athletic Training.  He later earned his Master’s Degree in Administration and Leadership from the University of Phoenix in 2006. As part of the LCSD, Workman has served two years as an Assistant Principal, three years as a Principal, one year as the Human Resources Director, three years as

The War Veteran's Memorial Association donates $1,000 to FIS.  Led by Mr. Richard Cook, FIS graciously accepts here.  Mr. Perry FIS leadership teacher, Julie Shoemaker long time friend of the Association along with Mr. Wilson's class, posed for a great moment at FIS. A Fernley High graduate, Bryan Peterson, gives Fernley students a fly-by while they lined US 95A in Fernley. More from the  FIS 9/11 Heroes and Patriot's Day Commemoration: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yerington Elementary School (YES) 1st Graders ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Baptist at YES prepares a lesson plan around Rick Rescorla: The "Fire-Drill" Hero of 9/11.  Rick Rescorla took fire-drills and other emergency drills very seriously. He insisted that those who he supervised treat every drill like it was the real thing, and made

Lyon County, NV, September 8, 2020 – Tuesday, September 1st, marked the first day students were able to return to their schools for in-person instruction since the March 16th state-wide transition to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Today, the second cohort of students returned to their beloved schools, classes, educators and peers.  This much anticipated return to in-person instruction comes after months of planning, preparing, adjusting, planning and preparing again. LCSD Student Information Systems (SIS) Administrator, Sam Felix, works in tandem with school counselors to create school calendars, among many other tasks.  He states, “One thing that is not common knowledge is that I [normally] start creating the following year [in the Infinite Campus portal] starting in January of the current year. Counselors start building schedules shortly after, sometimes not completing them until August. With the changes that happened this year, the schedules had to be remad