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Pandemic Efforts Lead to Summer Lunch Program at Raymond Central

Pandemic Efforts Lead to Summer Lunch Program at Raymond Central

June 22, 2020
By Tyler Dahlgren At the end of each conversation Raymond Central superintendent Derrick Joel shared with his staff in the two weeks following his school district’s closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic lived an unwavering goal. “We had to find out what was going to work to support all of our families and all of our students,” said Joel, in his fourth year at RC. Through all of the collaboration...Read More

Toast of the Town: Bayard Seniors Receive a Special Send-Off

Toast of the Town: Bayard Seniors Receive a Special Send-Off

May 17, 2020
By Tyler Dahlgren This isn't exactly the type of May the Class of 2020 had in mind. The last leg of the journey through high school is supposed to be spent together. Memories are supposed to be made in bunches. Standing on the final peak of a course that was surely filled with its share of ups-and-downs. "The situation with the pandemic and school closures has really heightened the fact that our...Read More

Class of 2020 Senior Spotlight: Pierce's Sydney Erickson

Class of 2020 Senior Spotlight: Pierce's Sydney Erickson

April 26, 2020
By Tyler Dahlgren For all the places senior year has taken Sydney Erickson, from Capitol Hill to sunny southern California and Dallas, Texas, her high school days are winding down with a morning walk around a quiet lake in her hometown. While she misses the normalcy of school, her teachers and her friends and the building excitement around prom and graduation from Pierce High School, this walk is...Read More

When Opportunity Meets Preparedness: Digital Age Pedagogy Website Houses Emergency Remote Learning Resources

When Opportunity Meets Preparedness: Digital Age Pedagogy Website Houses Emergency Remote Learning Resources

April 23, 2020
By Tyler Dahlgren Born out of a BlendEd pilot program established by a committee comprised of the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council (ESUCC), professionals from select ESUs and the Nebraska Council of School Administrators (NCSA), the Digital Age Pedagogy site initially existed as a hub for resources illustrating best practices in blending online and offline instruction to enhance...Read More

Class of 2020 Senior Spotlight: Adams Central's Drake Vorderstrasse

Class of 2020 Senior Spotlight: Adams Central's Drake Vorderstrasse

April 13, 2020
By Tyler Dahlgren In more ways than one, leadership served as the locomotive that led Adams Central’s Drake Vorderstrasse down the scenic railway to a place called Opportunity . There were plenty of memorable pit stops along the way, more than one visit to Washington D.C. and several chances to meet peers from the Republic of China, Puerto Rico and across the United States, too. He’s spoken in...Read More

Class of 2020 Senior Spotlight: Holdrege's Natalie Reed

Class of 2020 Senior Spotlight: Holdrege's Natalie Reed

April 6, 2020
By Tyler Dahlgren Natalie Reed’s glass is half-full, and she likes to keep it that way. The Holdrege senior has a hard time describing how she felt when her school, and every school in the state and across the country, went into lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sure, there was sadness and disbelief and, admittedly, a few tears. Frustration and confusion, too. But through all of...Read More

Class of 2020 Senior Spotlight: Fullerton's Gracie Knopik

Class of 2020 Senior Spotlight: Fullerton's Gracie Knopik

April 2, 2020
By Tyler Dahlgren For seniors in the Class of 2020, reality hits in waves. It’s April now, a month and some change until graduation, and they’re missing out on what was supposed to be a countdown filled with memories. Take today, for example. Fullerton senior Gracie Knopik should be among the thousands of students swarming the streets of Lincoln for the State FFA Convention. Instead, she’s trying...Read More

Class of 2020 Senior Spotlight: Creek Valley's Catie Koenen

Class of 2020 Senior Spotlight: Creek Valley's Catie Koenen

March 27, 2020
By Tyler Dahlgren Fifteen minutes on dirt roads. Through the countryside and Nebraska’s Panhandle, into a town called Chappell. Sometimes, Catie Koenen’s commute to Creek Valley Schools, where she’s been a student since kindergarten, takes a little bit longer. Twenty minutes on some days. Twenty-five on others. But the drive has always been worth it, the destination well worth the distance. “I’ve...Read More

NPSA seeking seniors for Class of 2020 Spotlight Series: Nominations needed!

NPSA seeking seniors for Class of 2020 Spotlight Series: Nominations needed!

March 23, 2020
We tell your stories. Inside these stories lives the transformational power of public education. Every page of this journey nearly four years in the making comes alive with each moment of student success we’re lucky enough to witness. This story’s heart beats with each obstacle hurdled and with each barrier barreled over. For you, the teacher or the principal or the child, such moments are...Read More

Swinging Through 2020: Virtual Reality, Mentorship, Kickball and Culinary Artists Highlight Second Semester Trips

Swinging Through 2020: Virtual Reality, Mentorship, Kickball and Culinary Artists Highlight Second Semester Trips

March 16, 2020
15 January 2020: Bertrand, NE Create, Solve, Innovate: Collaboratively Developed, ESU 11 Lab Sets Students Up For the Future Welcome to Stephanie Dannehl’s library at Bertrand Community School, where, contrary to the cliché, you’re not supposed to be able to hear a pin drop. Especially when ESU 11’s CSI Lab is in town. “This is what I’ve always wanted the library to be, not some quiet, shushed...Read More

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