Pat and Lamar are officially being honored as namesakes for the new school. We fought for this recognition and won. Thank you for helping carry their legacy forward.
June 1, 2017
Update! Pat & Lamar are finalists . . . Let's Name an Elementary School for Pat & Lamar Marchese
Final supporters
Update: August 19th 2017. Thank you to everyone who added their endorsement to this petition to recommend Pat and Lamar Marchese as CCSD School namesakes. We have been notified that they are among the 15 finalists under consideration for the 5 elementary schools to be named for 2018. At this time we'd very much like to hear from you if you personally benefited from the arts and after-school programs that begun in the 80s and '90s under Pat's leadership. If that's you, please email [email protected]
The naming committee meets on September 11th for the next step in the evaluation process.
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Pat and Lamar Marchese devoted their professional lives to life long learning and cultural opportunity for all in Southern Nevada. We the undersigned support their nomination to the CCSD School Naming Committee for consideration as a namesake in May 2017.One of the highest
honors bestowed upon an individual who has made an everlasting impact in the
Clark County community is to become a school namesake. The motivation for this
naming opportunity is to honor educators, students, and community leaders of
the highest character, while providing Clark County school children with role
models, and a sense of the rich history and diversity of the Southern Nevada
community.
Pat Marchese
Founded Rainbow Children’s theater Company
Co-founded the Las Vegas Junior Symphony pairing students with strip instrumentalists.
Established first public arts program in LV
Helped establish Charleston Arts Center
Retired in 2007 as Director of Clark County Parks and Recreation:
Lifetime Achievement 2006 from the American Society for Public Administration
As Deputy and then Director, developed and oversaw the masterplan for 2000-2020 to develop urban and rural parks and recreational facilities to meet the needs of a rapidly growing county.
Lamar Marchese
Convened volunteers in 1970s to secure the first public radio license in Southern Nevada. 1975 Nevada Public Radio Incorporated and signed on in March 1980
Lamar grew NVPR from a grassroots style community radio station into an extensive network anchored by the first NPR affiliate in the region, expanding to Tonopah, Panaca, Ely, Elko, St George and parts of California and Arizona, the locally produced jazz show “Four Queens Jazz night” ran for 19 seasons in national syndication through Public Radio International on dozens of NPR stations. In 1997 grant funds from the Donald W Reynolds Foundation secured a permanent home for NVPR on the CSN campus. In 2003 KNPR divided into two full time FM stations creating all-news and all-classical services. Simultaneously established KNPR’s State of Nevada the talk program that earned the largest ever CPB grant for a non-national program. Hosted NPR’s Talk of the Nation to celebrate LV Centennial. Lamar Retired in April 2007 with the annual operating budget at $3.5million and an impeccable track record of compliance and stewardship of donor funds. Lamar served six years on the NPR National board of Directors.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
May 25, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
May 18, 2017
May 15, 2017
We are approaching one hundred signatures. Please send this link to someone who knows the impact of the Marcheses.
233 Comments
Pat and Lamar have left an everlasting imprint on the young people in our valley from CCSD Parks and Recreation and the Las Vegas Clark County Library District to the news and information on Nevada Public Radio.
I sign in honor of my wife and fellow co-conspirator Pat Marchese for all the behind the scenes work she did in her career that never got attributed to her Her legacy is all over the City and County and it would be a great honor to share a school name with her.
Pat Marchese established both the Cultural Affairs Division of the City of Las Vegas and the Clark County Cultural Division. She converted an old Mormon stake into Reed Whipple Cultural Center. She converted Winchester Community Center into Winchester Cultural Center, still Clark County's only indoor theater.
I'm glad to have recently learned more about the Marchese couple who has done wonderful things for our community and state. I listen to public radio more and more as I grow up (almost exclusively now) and can't imagine what I would do without their contribution to this cause and others.
I worked for Pat Marchese in Parks and Recreation and it was an honor to work with her. She was passionate about the recreation and cultural programs and services we provide and supportive of the staff providing it!
Truly committed and giving leaders in their community and giants in media and the arts.
As a lifelong educator, I warmly endorse the Marcheses for the great work they have done.
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Pat and Lamar are officially being honored as namesakes for the new school. We fought for this recognition and won. Thank you for helping carry their legacy forward.
June 1, 2017
Update! Pat & Lamar are finalists . . . Let's Name an Elementary School for Pat & Lamar Marchese
Final supporters
Update: August 19th 2017. Thank you to everyone who added their endorsement to this petition to recommend Pat and Lamar Marchese as CCSD School namesakes. We have been notified that they are among the 15 finalists under consideration for the 5 elementary schools to be named for 2018. At this time we'd very much like to hear from you if you personally benefited from the arts and after-school programs that begun in the 80s and '90s under Pat's leadership. If that's you, please email [email protected]
The naming committee meets on September 11th for the next step in the evaluation process.
_______________
Pat and Lamar Marchese devoted their professional lives to life long learning and cultural opportunity for all in Southern Nevada. We the undersigned support their nomination to the CCSD School Naming Committee for consideration as a namesake in May 2017.One of the highest
honors bestowed upon an individual who has made an everlasting impact in the
Clark County community is to become a school namesake. The motivation for this
naming opportunity is to honor educators, students, and community leaders of
the highest character, while providing Clark County school children with role
models, and a sense of the rich history and diversity of the Southern Nevada
community.
Pat Marchese
Founded Rainbow Children’s theater Company
Co-founded the Las Vegas Junior Symphony pairing students with strip instrumentalists.
Established first public arts program in LV
Helped establish Charleston Arts Center
Retired in 2007 as Director of Clark County Parks and Recreation:
Lifetime Achievement 2006 from the American Society for Public Administration
As Deputy and then Director, developed and oversaw the masterplan for 2000-2020 to develop urban and rural parks and recreational facilities to meet the needs of a rapidly growing county.
Lamar Marchese
Convened volunteers in 1970s to secure the first public radio license in Southern Nevada. 1975 Nevada Public Radio Incorporated and signed on in March 1980
Lamar grew NVPR from a grassroots style community radio station into an extensive network anchored by the first NPR affiliate in the region, expanding to Tonopah, Panaca, Ely, Elko, St George and parts of California and Arizona, the locally produced jazz show “Four Queens Jazz night” ran for 19 seasons in national syndication through Public Radio International on dozens of NPR stations. In 1997 grant funds from the Donald W Reynolds Foundation secured a permanent home for NVPR on the CSN campus. In 2003 KNPR divided into two full time FM stations creating all-news and all-classical services. Simultaneously established KNPR’s State of Nevada the talk program that earned the largest ever CPB grant for a non-national program. Hosted NPR’s Talk of the Nation to celebrate LV Centennial. Lamar Retired in April 2007 with the annual operating budget at $3.5million and an impeccable track record of compliance and stewardship of donor funds. Lamar served six years on the NPR National board of Directors.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
May 25, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
May 18, 2017
May 15, 2017
We are approaching one hundred signatures. Please send this link to someone who knows the impact of the Marcheses.
233 Comments
I lived in Las Vegas and directed the Lied Discovery Childten's Museum for 14 years. Pat and Lamar have contributed enormously to the education of children and families in numerous and extraordinary ways.
Pat and Lamar have left an everlasting imprint on the young people in our valley from CCSD Parks and Recreation and the Las Vegas Clark County Library District to the news and information on Nevada Public Radio.
I sign in honor of my wife and fellow co-conspirator Pat Marchese for all the behind the scenes work she did in her career that never got attributed to her Her legacy is all over the City and County and it would be a great honor to share a school name with her.
Pat Marchese established both the Cultural Affairs Division of the City of Las Vegas and the Clark County Cultural Division. She converted an old Mormon stake into Reed Whipple Cultural Center. She converted Winchester Community Center into Winchester Cultural Center, still Clark County's only indoor theater.
I'm glad to have recently learned more about the Marchese couple who has done wonderful things for our community and state. I listen to public radio more and more as I grow up (almost exclusively now) and can't imagine what I would do without their contribution to this cause and others.
I worked for Pat Marchese in Parks and Recreation and it was an honor to work with her. She was passionate about the recreation and cultural programs and services we provide and supportive of the staff providing it!
Truly committed and giving leaders in their community and giants in media and the arts.
As a lifelong educator, I warmly endorse the Marcheses for the great work they have done.
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I lived in Las Vegas and directed the Lied Discovery Childten's Museum for 14 years. Pat and Lamar have contributed enormously to the education of children and families in numerous and extraordinary ways.