A private prep school in Las Vegas was forced to recall its yearbook after administrators discovered a quotation used by a senior was originally said by the founder of the American Nazi Party.

The Meadows School in Summerlin, where tuition runs families $31,000 per-child, per-year, requested students return their 2022-2023 yearbooks due to a quotation on a senior page attributed to George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party. 

The Las Vegas Journal-Review reported the page showed a picture of the student alongside the quotation: ‘Being prepared to die is one of the great secrets of living.’

The student who used the quotation has not been named and it’s unclear if they will be allowed to participate in graduation. 

Las Vegas prep school The Meadows School was forced to recall its yearbook after finding that a student had inserted a quotation by the founder of the American Nazi Party

Las Vegas prep school The Meadows School was forced to recall its yearbook after finding that a student had inserted a quotation by the founder of the American Nazi Party

Las Vegas prep school The Meadows School was forced to recall its yearbook after finding that a student had inserted a quotation by the founder of the American Nazi Party

George Lincoln Rockwell was an infamous Hitler sympathizer and founder of the American Nazi Party

George Lincoln Rockwell was an infamous Hitler sympathizer and founder of the American Nazi Party

George Lincoln Rockwell was an infamous Hitler sympathizer and founder of the American Nazi Party

The student submitted the saying with an anonymous attribution, but it actually comes from a 1966 interview of Rockwell conducted by ‘Roots’ author Alex Haley,

Rockwell was a famous Holocaust denier and unabashed promoter of the work of Adolf Hitler.

He was head of the American Nazi Party from its founding in 1959 through the end of his life in 1967.

On the page, the student, whose identity remains unknown, also answered the question ‘How can I influence others?’ with ‘Take over the country.’ 

The student also listed their interests as politics, history and human biology.

It is unclear whether the student will be allowed to participate in graduation from the Meadows School, which was founded in 1984 by current Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman.

Tony Huang, the father of another Meadows senior, told Scripps News Las Vegas this week ‘the school needs to do a better job monitoring what they put on the yearbook.’

He added he still supports the private school’s community and said: ‘Everybody makes mistakes from time to time. And as long as they learn from this lesson, it is all good.’

The Summerlin school, founded by current Mayor of Las Vegas Carolyn Goodman, charges $31,000 per-year per-child

The Summerlin school, founded by current Mayor of Las Vegas Carolyn Goodman, charges $31,000 per-year per-child

The Summerlin school, founded by current Mayor of Las Vegas Carolyn Goodman, charges $31,000 per-year per-child

The school's Interim Head of School Claude Grubair and Board Chair Matthew Chilton issued a groveling statement apologizing for the oversight and for failing to 'help our students navigate what is morally right and wrong'

The school's Interim Head of School Claude Grubair and Board Chair Matthew Chilton issued a groveling statement apologizing for the oversight and for failing to 'help our students navigate what is morally right and wrong'

The school’s Interim Head of School Claude Grubair and Board Chair Matthew Chilton issued a groveling statement apologizing for the oversight and for failing to ‘help our students navigate what is morally right and wrong’

A spokeswoman for the school, Lauren Walker, said the school is investigating the incident.

‘We are collecting our yearbooks due to a quote that was included with an anonymous attribution that runs counter to our school’s core values. We are taking this very seriously, and cannot provide further details until our investigation is complete,’ she wrote in a statement Thursday.

Last week, the school’s Interim Head of School Claude Grubair and Board Chair Matthew Chilton issued a statement informing the community that the school was consulting with multiple groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, in the wake of the incident.

‘It is our job to help our students navigate what is morally right and wrong, and we have let not only our student-led yearbook staff down but our community as a whole,’ the pair wrote.

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