Melody Hope Stein was born March 26, 1948 in Oceanside, Long Island, New York. She got her education from SUNY Binghamton, Harpur College, and Hofstra University. She taught art education for 46 years, in New York before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1996. She served for fourteen years as the arts director and art teacher at the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson Educational Campus (formerly Milton I Schwartz Hebrew Academy) in Summerlin, Nevada.
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Melissa Lemoine (1970- ) is a teacher at Doral Academy of Nevada and the coordinator of the NextGen program at Congregation Ner Tamid in Henderson, Nevada. She also teaches b’nai mitzvah, conversion, and Hebrew School classes at Ner Tamid. Born March 22, 1970, Lemoine arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1974 and has actively participated in the Jewish community since a young age.
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Marshall C. Darnell was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. He receieved his bachelor's degree in social science and English from Eastern Kentucky State College. He moved to Las Vegas in 1960 and began working as a subsititute teacher at Rancho High School. He then began teaching at Bridger Junior High School, and took a leave of absence in 1963 to earn his Master's degree. In 1964, he married Patsy Lucile Pace. After earning his degree, he held several positions in the Clark County School District (CCSD).
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Dr. Fiona Kelley was born and raised in Connecticut. Her parents were both teachers (though her mother quit teaching to raise their two daughters), and the family would take European vacations every summer, exploring castles and enjoying picnic lunches.
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Renée grew up in a family of fifteen children. In 1956 she married musician Roger Rampton, a successful percussionist. They soon moved to Las Vegas where Roger performed on the Strip. She remained active in her Mormon faith and the Church's music ministry. When the Clark County School District was going to cut their music programs in the early 1970s, she became a vocal community opponent. In the 1970s the Mormon Church opposed the Equal Rights Amendment.
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