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Family Connect Fair - June 21, 2024
Family Connect Fair - June 21, 2024
10:00am - 1:00pm
See flyer for more details.

bat365 Summer Programs
Please see the flyer for summer school options that are being offered this year.

Technology Return Schedule

bat365 HS PROM
Get your Prom tickets early between 4/15-4/19 for $40 per ticket. Beginning on 4/22 through 4/26 tickets will be $50 each. NO TICKET SALES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

Teacher Appreciation Notes Due by 4/30/24

bat365 MS/HS CRT Testing Schedule
Please refer to the testing schedule to determine when your students in 6th through 10th grade have an appointment to test at the Nevada Learning Academy campus has been scheduled. We are located at 3050 E Flamingo Road. Testing has been scheduled by grade level and first letter of the student's last name.
*State testing is mandatory for all students.*

bat365 Receives 2023 AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award
bat365 Recognized for Improving Gender Representation in AP Computer Science Principles

Las Vegas, NV─Nevada Learning Academy has earned the College Board AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. Schools honored with the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded girls’ access in AP computer science courses. We would like to recognize our students and our beloved AP Computer Science teacher, Ms. Denise Snow.

More than 1,100 institutions achieved either 50% or higher female representation in one of the two AP computer science courses or a percentage of the female computer science exam takers meeting or exceeding that of the school’s female population during the 2022-23 school year. In 2023, bat365 was one of 834 recognized in the category of AP Computer Science Principles (CSP).

We are thrilled to congratulate our female AP computer science students and their teachers on this step toward gender parity in computer science education. We are honored that our school earned this distinction and look forward to seeing these young women and others pursue and achieve success in computer science education and careers.

"Computer science is the source code of our economy and much of the career landscape,” said Trevor Packer, Head of the AP Program. “In the six years since we began the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award, it’s been heartening to see schools like bat365 welcome so many more young women into this vital field.”

The first year of AP Computer Science Principles in 2016-17 attracted more students than any other AP course debut, and participation is on the rise. In 2023,164,505 students took the AP CSP Exam—more than triple the number of exam takers in the course’s first year. In 2023, 55,572 women took the AP CSP Exam, more than four times the number who tested in 2017.

Providing female students with access to computer science courses is critical to ensuring gender parity in the industry’s high-paying jobs and to driving innovation, creativity, and representation. The median annual wage for computer and information technology occupations was $100,530 in May 2022. However, women represent just 24% of the five million people in computing occupations.

That’s why College Board research about AP CSP is so encouraging. According to the data, female students who take AP CSP in high school are more than five times as likely to major in computer science in college, compared to female students of similar background and academic preparation who did not take CSP. The study also finds AP CSP students are nearly twice as likely to enroll in AP CSA, and that for most students, AP CSP serves as a stepping stone to other advanced AP STEM coursework.

These findings highlight the importance of schools nationwide achieving gender parity in AP computer science classrooms. Overall, female students remain underrepresented in our high school computer science classes, accounting for just 34% of AP Computer Science Principles participants and 26% of AP Computer Science A participants. Currently, 57.5% of the nation’s high schools teach foundational computer science. The 1,127 schools that receive this year’s AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award serve as inspirations and models for all U.S. high schools.

Congratulations to all,
The bat365 Administrative Team