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A Bovine Budding Tradition: For nearly eight years, locally sourced Titan Beef has fueled Thayer Central

A Bovine Budding Tradition: For nearly eight years, locally sourced Titan Beef has fueled Thayer Central

May 11, 2023
By Tyler Dahlgren Thayer Central wasn’t the first to enhance its lunch offerings by infusing locally sourced beef into the menu, but the small school in Hebron helped kick off a mighty cool trend in August of 2015. That’s when a group of Thayer County ranchers learned of a similar program in Bridgeport and teamed with the local grocer and the school district to launch “Titan Beef”, a program that...Read More

Friendships without Finish Lines: Our Day with the Lincoln Southwest Unified Track Team

Friendships without Finish Lines: Our Day with the Lincoln Southwest Unified Track Team

May 4, 2023
By Tyler Dahlgren It’s almost race time, and the roar of the crowd inside Union Bank Stadium is growing louder and louder. Lincoln Southwest junior Michael Bolen is at the starting line of the 100 meter dash. Not only can he hear them, he can feel them, and that makes him break out in a pre-race smile. “I don’t get that nervous,” said Bolen. “I go way too fast to be nervous.” With the “Pop!” of...Read More

Seventeen Years Strong: Central Nebraska's Youth First Conference is a joy to behold

Seventeen Years Strong: Central Nebraska's Youth First Conference is a joy to behold

May 1, 2023
By Tyler Dahlgren Trent Landreth brought a mythical creature to life with several fail swoops of a drawing marker as his audience marveled in delight. It was an elephant-cheetah hybrid, concocted on-the-spot and in the imagination of someone among the crowd. When the illustrator-turned-social media sensation put the final remarkable touch on his picture, the Archway Museum Event Center echoed...Read More

Leaving Their Mark: For the students behind Stanton’s “Mustang Store”, the school year’s final project is a special one

Leaving Their Mark: For the students behind Stanton’s “Mustang Store”, the school year’s final project is a special one

April 17, 2023
By Tyler Dahlgren Downtown Stanton is charming, pleasant and delightful-all those words bundled into one, really. But the yellow banners that have donned uptown street lamp posts since the Reagan administration was in office? Their once-bright yellow faded into something much more dull and their fabric worn and torn, the old “Welcome to Stanton” banners had seen better days. It was time for them...Read More

An Afterschool Adventure in Omaha: Completely Kids fuses learning and fun while staying true to name

An Afterschool Adventure in Omaha: Completely Kids fuses learning and fun while staying true to name

April 6, 2023
By Tyler Dahlgren Editor’s Note: A little over a year ago, Learning Community of Sarpy and Douglas Counties CEO Dr. Brad Ekwerekwu gave me a tour of the facilities in North Omaha before we saddled up for an hour-long interview that, to this day, is one of the most insightful I’ve conducted. The piece on the Learning Community was published shortly after on Nebraska Public School Advantage, and in...Read More

Loomis Teams Up with Community to Hold First Ever "Adulting Day"

Loomis Teams Up with Community to Hold First Ever "Adulting Day"

March 28, 2023
By Tyler Dahlgren For Loomis Public School counselor Whitney Billeter, the thought of sending a graduate out into the world unprepared for all of life’s little and not-so-little ins and outs was too much to bear. Billeter, who teaches a senior seminar class that revolves around scholarships, college prep and life skills, noticed over the last couple of years a drop-off in the latter. “The thought...Read More

The Pathfinders: Plattsmouth students flourish in nationally-recognized career academies

The Pathfinders: Plattsmouth students flourish in nationally-recognized career academies

March 23, 2023
By Tyler Dahlgren High school’s a journey. What if, at the onset, you could take a sneak peek at the culmination? Can you imagine? Bright-eyed freshmen getting a glimpse at their senior selves, all set to embark on an even longer journey called life. The question makes Carter Moss shake his head and even chuckle a little bit. “I would’ve been shocked,” said the Plattsmouth senior. “If I could go...Read More

Beyond the Game: Tight-knit team from Norris is soaring to success in inaugural eSports season

Beyond the Game: Tight-knit team from Norris is soaring to success in inaugural eSports season

March 16, 2023
By Tyler Dahlgren Charlie Johnson talks about his old PlayStation 2 much like millennials wax poetic about the consoles of yesteryear. If you’re over 30, you know the ones: The trailblazing Nintendo NES. The sleek Sega Genesis. The game-changing Super Nintendo. The mind-blowing PlayStation. And the holy grail, the Nintendo 64. Sure, Charlie’s first-generation PS2 was kind of clunky, weighed about...Read More

Behind the Scenes with Studio B: Blue Hill student entrepreneurs blend passion and purpose with a whole lot of heart

Behind the Scenes with Studio B: Blue Hill student entrepreneurs blend passion and purpose with a whole lot of heart

March 7, 2023
By Tyler Dahlgren For a good chunk of every day, Christine Brown’s classroom at Blue Hill Community School is 100 percent hustle and bustle. When “Studio B”, a student-led business, is in the house, things get done. Trying to keep up with the 15 movers and shakers that have built Studio B into a bonafide printing and production company can make one’s head spin. Everyone’s always working on...Read More

Ashland-Greenwood’s 3T program fills tremendous need while providing “phenomenal” classroom experience to prospective teachers

Ashland-Greenwood’s 3T program fills tremendous need while providing “phenomenal” classroom experience to prospective teachers

March 2, 2023
By Tyler Dahlgren In its pilot year, Ashland-Greenwood’s “Training Tomorrow’s Teachers” program has fulfilled a tremendous need within the district while providing seniors with an eye on a career in education invaluable classroom experience. You could call the program, which has been dubbed “3T” by the Bluejays, a smashing success that’s been beneficial for everyone involved. A true win-win...Read More

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