Student Awarded Outstanding Entry for Asian-American History, Junior Division

Katelyn progressed through local, state, and national National History Day presentations to be awarded as an Outstanding Entry for Asian-American History in the Junior Division for her website entitled, "The Death of Vincent Chin: Tension between Asian and American Autoworkers."

LAUNCH Student puts on K-12 STEM Fair

Nevada High School’s LAUNCH program has opened its students to all types of learning opportunities. Senior Madeleine H. culminated her LAUNCH term by putting on a STEM Fair at the Nevada High School.

The mission of LAUNCH is to allow students to earn credits toward graduation by working on studies or projects that they are passionate about. For Madeleine, her focus was STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

Personalized Professional Development

The Nevada School District believes in learning at all levels, from students to staff.

As the education world has promoted voice and choice for students Nevada is also offering this to its staff when it comes to professional development.

Teacher Named to Governor’s Teachers Cabinet

Nevada Central Elementary 3/4 Multiage teacher Maggie Davis was appointed to the inaugural Iowa Governor's Teachers Cabinet in 2018. This cabinet was convened to give teachers a more prominent voice in education policy decisions.

Cabinet members will meet quarterly with Gov. Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg and Iowa Department of Education Director Ryan Wise to offer their advice about how to better prepare all students for the knowledge economy, elevate the teaching profession and strengthen the direct line of communication between the governor’s office, schools and communities.