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In the Greenhouse
Students from AACT’s Natural Resources and Animal Sciences Academy are raising plants! Rail City Garden Center donates the starter plants and the students learn how to grow them. Through hands-on education, students discover their passion and career path!
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Damonte Ranch High School PAC Promo Montage 2025
The Performing Arts Center at Damonte Ranch High School is a comprehensive performing arts program including choir, band, orchestra, dance, and drama. Teachers and students work across these disciplines and gain a well-rounded education in the performing arts, while also completing their academic requirements for a high school diploma.
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JROTC Drone Tournament!
High school JROTC teams from across the West and Pacific Islands met in Reno for the 8th Brigade Drone Tournament!
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Welcome to Washoe County School District!
Washoe County School District stretches from Gerlach, on the edge of the Black Rock desert, all the way to Incline Village along the shores of Lake Tahoe. With more than 100 schools, we serve a diverse and vibrant community across a wide geographic area. We’re proud to say that Washoe County School District was named one of the topmost envied school districts in the United States. It’s our unwavering commitment to our students which makes this possible. Our promise at WCSD is simple: to know every student by name, strength, and need, so they graduate prepared for the future they choose. We will deliver on this promise in partnership with our families and community.
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Become an educator in Gerlach!
A remarkable teaching and learning environment awaits at Gerlach K-12 School!
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Debbie Smith CTE Academy Construction Progress, February 2025
Construction of the Debbie Smith CTE Academy is on track for a Fall 2025 opening. The site offers an opportunity for CTE students to see today's building and trades practices up-close.
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Rebuilding the Central Transportation Yard
The modernization of the Central Transportation Center will allow WCSD to continue to safely and reliably transport students to and from our schools each day.
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Update from Superintendent Ernst, May 2025: Appreciation
Thank you to each WCSD educator. You show appreciation by being present, being kind, and showing up every day for our students and for each other.
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Supporting our students' mental health
If you or someone you know needs support, talk to a trusted adult or seek professional help. You are not alone! A message from the WCSD Safe and Healthy Schools Commission
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Traffic Safety Near Our Schools
Traffic Safety Awareness Message for Washoe County School District. Part of a series of videos created on behalf of WCSD Safe and Healthy Schools Commission (2025)
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Get help applying and paying for college!
In this video, we review November's College Fair and hear from admissions experts at TMCC and UNR about navigating what can be an intimidating and confusing topic. WCSD students seeking to go to college have many resources to help them understand and navigate this process, from annual college fairs, WCSD high school college & career centers, and college-level admissions advisors.
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New Family Resource Centers serving everyone
A Family Resource Center is a safe and friendly place to go for many different types of resources when families need help. The Washoe County School District has recently added two FRC locations., and all locations are open year-round.
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Engaging Students
The featured video for our Evening of Pure Imagination fundraiser, September, 2024
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Partner in Education Spotlight: Charles River Laboratories
We thank our community partners who support education! This episode features Charles River Laboratories, Reno, Nevada facility, and their partnership with Reed High School’s Biomedical CTE Academy.
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Thank you for joining in the fun and impacting the top underfunded needs in WCSD schools!
Proceeds benefit Caring for Classrooms,
a fund impacting the needs of all WCSD
schools, including student engagement,
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Caring for Classrooms has been busy in 2023!
For the Education Alliance of Washoe County's fundraiser "An Evening of Pure Imagination", November 4th, 2023, we shared this quick review of some great donations to schools. Bernice Mathews Elementary School will be building a new playground space for their smallest learners, and their 5th grade Student Council involved the rest of the students in voting for their favorite playground equipment!
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Thank you for donating to Teacher’s Warehouse!
Thank you to the generous donors who provide classroom supplies to the Teachers’ Warehouse! Because of their donations, WCSD teachers are able to stock their classrooms and enrich learning for students!
