A popular band played a live concert at Southwest Career and Technical Academy Monday after the school won a radio contest.

The academy won the KLUC “Flip the Script School Takeover Contest”. The school won the contest because it had the most students sign a pledge to stop bullying. The band Hot Chelle Rae played an exclusive concert at the school.

Flip The Script is a program designed to bring awareness to bullying and the devastating effect it can have on young people. It is part of an effort around the state to bring an anti-bullying message to students of all ages.

The band that performed Monday won the American Music Award for Favorite New Artist.

A Las Vegas school was honored Wednesday for its efforts to end bullying on its campus.

Southwest Career and Technical Academy won the KLUC Flip the Script School Takeover contest. The school won because it had the highest number of voters and pledges to combat bullying.

The students were surprised by the announcement. For winning the contest, the students will get an exclusive live concert by the band Hot Chelle Rae.

Flip the Script is an effort around the state to draw attention to the problem of bullying and the impact it can have on young people. 

Canarelli Middle School is now in the lead in a race for $10,000 from Nevada State Bank.

The bank is giving the money to the school with the highest vote count in its “You Vote, Schools Win” campaign. The contest ends Friday. Right now, Caranelli Middle School  is only slightly ahead of Clark High School in the voting tally.

People interested in voting need to go the Nevada State Bank’s Facebook page and hit the “like” button which will take voters to a page where they can vote for any public school in Nevada.

The three schools with the most votes will receive money from the bank. The winners will get $10,000; second prize gets $6,000 and third gets $4,000. The winners will be announced October 24.