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Galena High School (Nevada)
Galena High School is a public secondary school in Southwest Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District. The school mascot is the Grizzly Bear, and the school's colors are black and gold. Their sports teams are known as the "Galena Grizzlies". Galena has been accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools. Academics Galena's academic program has been noted by Newsweek as one of the top 500 high schools in the country, ranking at 474th out of the entire nation. AP Classes Advanced Placement classes are usually taken by students at Galena in their junior and senior years, but some may even take them in their sophomore year. The classes have very high pass rates on the AP exams when compared to the rest of the school district, and many students take the AP classes at Galena because of the high quality of the education. The following Advanced Placement classes are available at Galena: * AP Biology * AP Calculus * AP Chemistry * AP English La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public School (government Funded)
State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation. State funded schools exist in virtually every country of the world, though there are significant variations in their structure and educational programmes. State education generally encompasses primary and secondary education (4 years old to 18 years old). By country Africa South Africa In South Africa, a state school or government school refers to a school that is state-controlled. These are officially called public schools according to the South African Schools Act of 1996, but it is a term that is not used colloquially. The Act recognised two categories of schools: public and independent. Independent schools include all private schools and schools that are privately governed. Independent schools with low tui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AP Music Theory
Advanced Placement (AP) Music Theory (also known as AP Music or AP Theory) is a course and examination offered in the United States by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school students who wish to earn credit for a college level music theory course. Course Some of the material covered in the course involves low sight reading, in-depth terminology, musical phrasing and musical composition, music history, chord structure, cadences, and other areas of music theory. This course is recommended for students with particularly strong abilities in music, or students planning to pursue college music majors. Exam The exam itself is divided into two broad sections: Section I, the multiple-choice section, and Section II, the free-response section. In turn, each section is divided into parts. Section I – multiple choice Section I of the exam consists of four-option multiple choice questions; the total number varies each year. The first half of the section i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orleans Arena
Orleans Arena is a 9,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Paradise, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley. It is located at the Orleans Hotel and Casino and is operated by Coast Casinos, a subsidiary of Boyd Gaming Corporation. The arena is the home to the Vegas Rollers of World TeamTennis since 2019. It is also an occasional home for the UNLV Rebels basketball team when the Thomas & Mack Center is in use. The arena was the home of the Las Vegas Wranglers ice hockey team from 2003 to 2014, the Las Vegas Gladiators arena football team in 2007, as well as the Las Vegas Sin women's football team. In 2020, the Vegas Golden Knights announced it was purchasing and relocating an American Hockey League (AHL) franchise. The Henderson Silver Knights play at Orleans Arena while the club's new 6,000-seat arena is constructed in Henderson, Nevada. Notable events * On July 12, 2003, Ricardo Mayorga retained The Ring welterweight championship with a majority decision over Vernon Forrest, and Zab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reno High School
Reno High School (RHS) is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada, United States. It is a part of the Washoe County School District. The school's teams are known as the Reno Huskies, and the school colors are red and blue. History Reno High was the first high school in Reno, which is celebrated by its slogan: "Reno High - Older than Reno". High school students in Reno in the 1860s were originally taught in the basement of a building on the corner of First and Virginia Streets, on the future site of the Mapes Hotel. Today there is a city plaza at that location, which is across the street from the Reno City Hall. In 1869 High school students were moved to a one-room school. In 1879, due to Reno's expanding population, a larger high school, called "Central School," was built near Arlington and Fourth Streets. This was commonly referred to as "Reno High School", and 1879 is the generally accepted year of the school's founding. In 1910, a fire in the chemistry lab destroyed the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mojave High School
Mojave High School, is a nine-month public high school that is part of Clark County School District located in North Las Vegas, Nevada. After a year of sharing a campus at Cheyenne High School on a "double session" schedule where Cheyenne students attended from 6 am to 12 pm and Mojave students attended 1 pm to 7 pm (while Mojave was under construction), the inaugural class, class of 2000, were the only class to not have an upper-class. The school began with only the Freshman class, who became the first graduating class in 2000. Athletics Mojave High School offers many different athletic teams including football, baseball, softball, soccer, swimming, tennis, golf, cross-country, wrestling, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, dance, and volleyball. They compete in the Sunset 3A Region of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. Notable alumni * Sequoia Holmes, basketballer in the WNBA * Ronnie Radke Ronald Joseph Radke (; born December 15, 1983) is an Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reno Gazette-Journal
The ''Reno Gazette Journal'' is the main daily newspaper for Reno, Nevada. It is owned and operated by the Gannett Company. It came into being when the ''Nevada State Journal'' (founded on November 23, 1870) and the ''Reno Evening Gazette'' (founded on March 28, 1876) were combined on October 7, 1983. Speidel Newspapers bought the ''Gazette'' on October 1, 1939 and bought the ''Journal'' a month later. Gannett bought Speidel Newspapers on May 11, 1977. On April 16, 2019, an edition of the ''Nevada State Journal'' was found during the opening of a time capsule from 1872 in the cornerstone of a demolished Masonic lodge in Reno Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the .... References External links * 1870 establishments in Nevada Daily newspapers published in the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra League (Nevada)
The Northern Nevada 4A Region is a part of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, governing the northern half of Nevada for high school athletics. The Northern 4A league is the large-school level, which has schools with enrollments of 1,200 and higher. The region is split into two leagues. The High Desert League and the Sierra League. Both leagues are divided by proximity with the High Desert encompassing the schools north of Mill Street in Reno, while the schools in the Sierra League are south of Mill Street. Current members {, class="wikitable sortable" !School !Mascot !Location !League !Enrollment , - , Carson , Senators , Carson City, Nevada , Sierra , 2,503 , - , Damonte Ranch , Mustangs , Reno, Nevada , Sierra , 1,617 , - , Douglas , Tigers , Minden, Nevada , Sierra , 1,522 , - , Galena , Grizzlies , Reno, Nevada , Sierra , 1,510 , - , Hug , Hawks , Reno, Nevada , High Desert League , 1,266 , - , Manogue , Miners , Reno, Nevada , Sierra , 650 , - , McQue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Nevada 4A Region
The Northern Nevada 4A Region is a part of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, governing the northern half of Nevada for high school athletics. The Northern 4A league is the large-school level, which has schools with enrollments of 1,200 and higher. The region is split into two leagues. The High Desert League and the Sierra League. Both leagues are divided by proximity with the High Desert encompassing the schools north of Mill Street in Reno, while the schools in the Sierra League are south of Mill Street. Current members {, class="wikitable sortable" !School !Mascot !Location !League !Enrollment , - , Carson , Senators , Carson City, Nevada , Sierra , 2,503 , - , Damonte Ranch , Mustangs , Reno, Nevada , Sierra , 1,617 , - , Douglas , Tigers , Minden, Nevada , Sierra , 1,522 , - , Galena , Grizzlies , Reno, Nevada , Sierra , 1,510 , - , Hug , Hawks , Reno, Nevada , High Desert League , 1,266 , - , Manogue , Miners , Reno, Nevada , Sierra , 650 , - , McQue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Desert League
The Northern Nevada 4A Region is a part of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, governing the northern half of Nevada for high school athletics. The Northern 4A league is the large-school level, which has schools with enrollments of 1,200 and higher. The region is split into two leagues. The High Desert League and the Sierra League. Both leagues are divided by proximity with the High Desert encompassing the schools north of Mill Street in Reno, while the schools in the Sierra League are south of Mill Street. Current members {, class="wikitable sortable" !School !Mascot !Location !League !Enrollment , - , Carson , Senators , Carson City, Nevada , Sierra , 2,503 , - , Damonte Ranch , Mustangs , Reno, Nevada , Sierra , 1,617 , - , Douglas , Tigers , Minden, Nevada , Sierra , 1,522 , - , Galena , Grizzlies , Reno, Nevada , Sierra , 1,510 , - , Hug , Hawks , Reno, Nevada , High Desert League , 1,266 , - , Manogue , Miners , Reno, Nevada , Sierra , 650 , - , McQue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AP United States History
Advanced Placement (AP) United States History (also known as AP U.S. History or APUSH () is a college-level course and examination offered by College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. Course The AP U.S. History course is designed to provide the same level of content and instruction that students would face in a freshman-level college survey class. The course covers 9 periods of US History, spanning from the pre-Columbian era to the present day. The percentage indicates the exam weighting of each content area: AP U.S. History classes generally use a college-level textbook as the foundation for the course. Textbooks Commonly used textbooks that meet the curriculum requirements include: *''America's History'' ( Henretta ''et al.'') *'' American History: A Survey'' (Brinkley) *''American Passages'' (Ayers ''et al.'') *''The American Pageant'' ( Bailey ''et al.'') *'' The American People'' ( Nash ''et al.'') *''By the People'' (Fraser) *''The Enduring Vision'' (B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AP United States Government And Politics
Advanced Placement (AP) United States Government and Politics (often shortened to AP Gov and sometimes referred to as AP American Government or simply AP Government) is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program. This course surveys the structure and function of American government and politics that begins with an analysis of the United States Constitution, the foundation of the American political system. Students study the three branches of government, administrative agencies that support each branch, the role of political behavior in the democratic process, rules governing elections, political culture, and the workings of political parties and interest groups. Topic outline The material in the course is composed of multiple subjects from the Constitutional roots of the United States to recent developments in civil rights and liberties. The AP United States Government examination covers rough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AP Statistics
Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics (also known as AP Stats) is a college-level high school statistics course offered in the United States through the College Board's Advanced Placement program. This course is equivalent to a one semester, non-calculus-based introductory college statistics course and is normally offered to sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school. One of the College Board's more recent additions,Mulekar (2004), p. 4 the AP Statistics exam was first administered in May 1996 to supplement the AP program's math offerings, which had previously consisted of only AP Calculus AB and BC. In the United States, enrollment in AP Statistics classes has increased at a higher rate than in any other AP class. Students may receive college credit or upper-level college course placement upon passing the three-hour exam ordinarily administered in May. The exam consists of a multiple-choice section and a free-response section that are both 90 minutes long. Each section is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
