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FINE ARTS

Dance camp moves to Charleston Center

The Las Vegas Youth Ballet Dance Camp is for the serious young intermediate to advanced dancer, ages 12 to 18.

This year the camp moves to the ballroom inside the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., Monday through July 30 from 9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., with two to three classes per day .Instruction includes ballet technique, pointe, modern, lyrical, jazz, hip hop and Pilates.

The fee is $175, or $125 for each additional sibling. Registration ends Saturday.

Civic Ballet Association classes, including ballet, jazz and hip hop, also are offered on an ongoing basis for a monthly fee of $25 per class. Call 229-6383 for information about both the camp and classes.

Camps offered at art museum

The Las Vegas Art Museum, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., will hold three one-week art camps in July for kids ages 11 to 14.

During Camp Kaleidoscope, students each day will explore an art medium or technique and work with an artist to produce personal or group work in that same medium or technique. Campers will explore drawing, painting, sculpture, watercolor and paper arts.

Sessions are scheduled for Monday through July 16, July 19-23, and July 26-30. Students will meet Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $150 weekly and includes beverages and snacks, although campers must provide their own lunches.

For more information or to reserve a space, call the Las Vegas Art Museum at 360-8000.

EDUCATION

Educators travel to study wetlands

Ten educators from the Clark County School District participated in an international professional learning workshop that will help prepare local teachers and students for the 2004-05 JASON Project expedition to the wetlands of Louisiana.

They received hands-on training from scientific experts at the JASON conference in Milwaukee from June 23-25. Upon return, they trained other teachers how to best integrate this year's JASON curriculum and multimedia tools into the classroom to create a real research environment for students.

The JASON Project is a provider of experienced-based science and math curriculum for grade four through 12.

The participants at the JASON conference are Linda Arnone and Patty Moore, White Middle School; Carmen Ross, Cimarron-Memorial High School; Gary Flood, Hancock Elementary; Sharon Pearson, Miller Elementary; Kelly Slear, Brinley Middle School; Judy Kraus, Gibson Elementary; Pam Locascio, Kesterson Elementary and Joyce Woodhouse and Candy Schneider, Clark County School District School-Community Partnership Program.

Bus applications due in July

The Clark County School District's Transportation Department is encouraging parents of students eligible for bus service to submit an application for the 2004-05 school year by July 30.

Those who submit an application on time, and are eligible, will receive bus service information through the mail. Information includes pick-up locations and times, bus route numbers and more. Bus service information letters will be mailed during the week of Aug. 16.

Those who fail to submit an application by July 30, will not receive information through the mail and will be required to contact the transportation department or visit a back-to-school fair to receive the specific information.

Fairs are scheduled for Aug. 14 and 15 at the Boulevard Mall; Aug. 21 and 22 at the Meadows mall, and Aug. 28 and 29 at Galleria at Sunset mall in Henderson.

Bus service applications and information can be found by visiting the district's Web site at www.ccsd.net/transportation or by calling 799-8111.


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