Grant will help students

Friday, Aug. 10, 2001 | 10:37 a.m.

Thirty English-speaking students and six native-Spanish-speaking students Monday will begin an immersion experience at Estes McDoniel Elementary School thanks to a grant from the National Geographic Society Education Foundation.

The students from the Henderson school will participate in a variety of exercises designed to teach them more about the world around them and to help them learn the core skills of geography.

Call (202) 828-6674.

Emily Montoya received the prestigious

Emerson Electric Co. Scholarship, awarded annually to one student from Nevada. The award is a full scholarship for the eight-week camp program at the Interlochen Arts Camp, based solely on merit.

The National Federation of the Blind

presented its $3,000 E.U. Parker Scholarship to Adam Rushforth of Las Vegas, who will be a sophomore majoring in business finance at UNLV.

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