Funding for the program comes from a federal grant.

About 215 gifted public school students will be given $875 each to attend the Summer Advanced Gifted Education Academy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Two area fifth-grade students took top honors in a recent anti-graffiti art contest.

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) honored Carlos Gonzalez of Ruby Thomas Elementary School and Ashtyn Fink of the Meadows School as the grand prize winners of the Anti-Graffiti Art Contest at a special D.A.R.E. event hosted by the RTC Thursday night.

Their winning artwork was unveiled on a 40-foot RTC vehicle before an audience of friends and family.

All of the artwork was created by local fifth-grade students. More than 20 local elementary schools participated in this year’s contest, submitting more than 475 entries. The entries were narrowed down to 10, and the winners were selected by an online community poll.

Thousands of school children from across the Las Vegas valley took part in a huge event Monday to promote literacy.

UNLV Athletics and Superpawn teamed up to bring nearly 7,000 fourth and fifth graders to the Thomas & Mack Center for the Rebel Reading Challenge. UNLV coaches and athletes along with local celebrities all took part.

“It is a chance for elementary students to get really excited about reading, and to partner with out community partners because we know literacy is so important. The other piece about today is to start getting kids on a college campus,” said Dwight Jones, Clark County School District Superintendent.

Students at the participating schools will compete in a 30-day competition to see which class can read the most pages. The winning classes will win trips to UNLV men's basketball games and pizza parties.