The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain

The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain or Dawson is a private independent, college-preparatory, and day school in Summerlin, Nevada. The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain provides co-educational and secular education to over 520 students from preschool through eighth grade.

History
In 1996, the Alexander Dawson Foundation decided to open a school in the Las Vegas Valley, the Foundation's home for more than 30 years. Located on a 33 acre campus in Summerlin, the Alexander Dawson Foundation spent $58 million for the land, the school facilities, the interest expenses on the construction bonds, and in shortfall budget support during the school's early years. Ground was broken in 1999, and The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain opened on September 6, 2000 with over 150 students from kindergarten through fifth grade.

From 2001 to 2003, the school expanded by adding sixth, seventh and eighth grades to the curriculum. A three-year-old preschool curriculum was added in 2009, and enrollment had grown to over 630 students.

Highlights
Academics

The school has an overall 8:1 student-to-faculty ratio. The school offers Spanish in kindergarten through fourth grade, and three languages in Middle School (Spanish, French, and Mandarin).

Dawson Bears Athletics
 * Boys and girls basketball, volleyball, flag football, track and field, cross-country, baseball, golf, and soccer through the Red Rock Athletic Conference

Alexander Dawson Foundation
The Alexander Dawson Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity based in Paradise, Nevada. The foundation supports two schools, this one officially known as The Alexander Dawson School at RM and The Alexander Dawson School CO.