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Nebraska Public School Advantage News

Historic gift fills growing district with gratitude, excitement

Historic gift fills growing district with gratitude, excitement

September 9, 2019
By Tyler Dahlgren You see the lights first. Travelling west along Highway 2, approaching the outskirts of Lincoln on a Friday night, there they stand, tall and bright, illuminating a white water tower with "Palmyra" painted in red. Beneath those Friday night lights, the Palmyra Panthers battle their way to a 25-22 win, the first of many in the beautiful new stadium. If you roll down the windows,...Read More

The Power of Hope: TeamMates and the Living Legacy of Dr. Tom Osborne

The Power of Hope: TeamMates and the Living Legacy of Dr. Tom Osborne

August 19, 2019
By Tyler Dahlgren The Program What do you ask a man who’s heard them all? Forty minutes. Face to face in his quaint office at the TeamMates headquarters off of 68th and O. Without shaping a narrative. Without boring your idol. Without him having a clue who you are. And, thanks to a Keurig malfunction, without coffee. Well, you better ask him something. And so, after the nerves calmed down a bit,...Read More

Virtual Instruction Extends Learning Opportunities Beyond the Classroom

Virtual Instruction Extends Learning Opportunities Beyond the Classroom

August 8, 2019
By Tyler Dahlgren Forecasters called for an eventful winter, but nobody foresaw a bomb cyclone. There were predictions of a snowy season, sure. But a bomb cyclone? The harsh, late-round uppercut from winter coupled with an extreme drop in air pressure triggered historic flooding and record-setting snowfall. Consequently, as school leaders across the state kept the safety of their students and...Read More

The Prize in the Pages: Brand new books draw droves of students to summer school

The Prize in the Pages: Brand new books draw droves of students to summer school

July 24, 2019
By Tyler Dahlgren Earlier this summer, Bennington Public Schools Reading Summer School Director Alison Evangelisti would make her rounds on Thursdays. With a roll of stickers reading “I Earned 2 Free Books This Week”, Evangelisti would visit each classroom and marvel at the number of students proudly pinning their badges of perfect attendance on tank tops and other summer garb. "All of the kids,...Read More

The Can-Do Camp: Discovery and Confidence in the Heart of Adventure

The Can-Do Camp: Discovery and Confidence in the Heart of Adventure

July 9, 2019
By Tyler Dahlgren For many Sizzlin’ Summer Campers, it happens just like that . In the middle of a new experience in an unfamiliar setting, the campers push a boundary or take a chance, and, in the snap of a finger, their confidence grows and their so-called “limits” fade. Audrey Graves doesn’t let these moments fly under the radar. The Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind...Read More

Weathering the Storm: "The love and caring and support was just incredible"

Weathering the Storm: "The love and caring and support was just incredible"

June 25, 2019
By Tyler Dahlgren Dr. Melissa Poloncic went through the list of families in the DC West school district severely impacted by the flood, and made phone call after phone call. The Google Form had been compiled by her staff, extensive and detailing the urgent need of food, clothing, transportation and household goods. One by one, the superintendent dialed and waited for a voice on the other end of...Read More

Finding the Remarkable in Flood's Heartbreaking Aftermath

Finding the Remarkable in Flood's Heartbreaking Aftermath

June 24, 2019
By Tyler Dahlgren Part 1: North Bend The superintendent walks through the central office doors, out into the commons and down a walkway leading to Tiger Arena. School’s out for the summer, but North Bend Central’s hallways still buzz with energy as teachers shore up end-of-the-year odds and ends and next week’s state track participants come in and out of the building. “What are you guys doing...Read More

The 5th Day: Novel Concepts and the Four-Day School Week

The 5th Day: Novel Concepts and the Four-Day School Week

June 20, 2019
By Tyler Dahlgren Her first year as an administrator in Nebraska reaffirmed to Dr. Evelyn Browne why she made the rather uncommon move from a district she was very fond of in New Jersey to the foothills of a favorite vacation spot in the western-most part of the Heartland. “For the last eight or nine years, my husband and I have visited the Sandhills, and the rural lifestyle was something we were...Read More

Go Figure: ESU 17 Data Camp offers collaborative discovery in numbers

Go Figure: ESU 17 Data Camp offers collaborative discovery in numbers

June 6, 2019
By Tyler Dahlgren You’re never done learning, and you’re never done doing. Or, at least, you shouldn’t be. Curtis Childers preaches it to his students at Ainsworth Elementary every day. The second-year principal reiterates his message to the school’s teaching staff. It’s an important one, after all. “I tell our teachers they need to model that behavior and strive to be continuous, life-long...Read More

St. Paul Students Soak Up Sun and Healthy Summer Habits

St. Paul Students Soak Up Sun and Healthy Summer Habits

May 17, 2019
By Tyler Dahlgren For one day, St. Paul's football field transformed into a grade-schooler's play day paradise as students and staff celebrated the school year under some highly-anticipated sun at the school's "Healthy Summer Days" program on Wednesday. The event originated 11 years ago under P.E. teacher Nancy Harrington, who retired last year, as a way to instill healthy habits in kids headed...Read More

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