Photographer's notations: Westside Schools Registration 9-2-65, L. Vereye, Jo Mackey School, PTA Officers '65. Some photos from this set were previously online with the digital ID pho022079.
Jo Mackey Sixth Grade Center (North Las Vegas, Nev.)
School children sit and stand with their teacher for a class photo. Bottom row, eighth from the left is Tom Martin. Bruce Beckley is in the top row, fourth from the right.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. Back row, left to right: Shirley Gibbens, Jeanette Poland, Claudia Davies, Mary Lu Bright, teacher Irma Cunningham, Georgina Shirley, Esther Ray McCann, Rowina McLean and Jean Bacoccina. Front row, left to right: Robert Bright, Virginia Revert, Sherry Looney, Julia Landis, Jimmy Shoshone, (?), (?), Tilford Landis.
Description provided with image: "Jefferson Street School-North Las Vegas, Nevada. Mrs. Garnett Prescott and her students wave good-bye as the school closes its doors. It will not re-open in the fall."
Oral history interviews of Westside School alumni conducted by Claytee D. White on March 20, March 29, April 27, and June 22, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.
Alumni of the Historic Westside School of Las Vegas, also known as the Las Vegas Grammar School, gathered in 2010 to celebrate the official registration of the school as a historic site in the city. These alumni discussed their education, what they remember of the school, their teachers, and what life was like in Las Vegas at that time.
The individuals interviewed are: Jackie Y. Brantley, Eugene Buford, Margaret (Addison) Coleman, Regina Cone, Shirley Edmond, Frank Harris, Otis Harris, Tisha Harris, Willie B. (Jones) Jackson, Jerry Neal, Sadie Marie Prentiss, Calvin Wallace Jr., Nathaniel Whaley, and Cleophis Williams.
Las Vegas School, grades K-8, 1924. Las Vegas School previously housed all grades, including high school students in a separate wing during the early 1900s. Research suggests that the high school was later separated into a different building. That school, named Clark County High School and then renamed Las Vegas High School, was constructed in 1917.
Report from Supervisor W. W. Coon to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the Moapa School Jurisdiction. Section I details enrollment at schools in Moapa, Las Vegas, Fort Mohave, Sherman Institute, Phoenix, and Moapa Public. Section II details the health of students and employees.
The Pahrump School, operated by the Rose School District, Main Street, Pahrump, Nye County, Nevada, 1948. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.E. Ford Family.