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A New School Summer: Crete's interest-based Cardinal Camps are quintessential summer

A New School Summer: Crete's interest-based Cardinal Camps are quintessential summer

June 27, 2022
By Tyler Dahlgren The sun-soaked sights and sweet sounds of summer are both unmistakable and unavoidable while traveling along Iris Avenue in Crete. It’s mid-morning on a sizzling day in June, but Crete Intermediate School is far from dormant. No, this place is alive, and on its grounds you’ll find quintessential summer. Outside, students learn to fish, bike and blaze around the track at a pace...Read More

Early College High School Puts 143 Millard South Graduates a Step Ahead: "They're rock stars. They're going to go on and run the world."

Early College High School Puts 143 Millard South Graduates a Step Ahead: "They're rock stars. They're going to go on and run the world."

June 1, 2022
By Tyler Dahlgren At any given time, there are 600 Early College High School students inside the walls of Millard South High School. Six-hundred . That's nearly a quarter of the student body. When the school held its graduation ceremony at Baxter Arena last Saturday, 143 seniors walked across the stage to receive their diplomas having already earned an associate's degree from Metropolitan...Read More

Scottsbluff's Diesel Tech Pathway comes together like the perfect storm: "The right people, the right industry, and the right school district"

Scottsbluff's Diesel Tech Pathway comes together like the perfect storm: "The right people, the right industry, and the right school district"

May 12, 2022
By Tyler Dahlgren The thought of teaching never really crossed Tony Brown’s mind. Brown has built a career at Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co. in the Scottsbluff valley, where he works as a service manager. He never pictured himself instructing a group of Scottsbluff High School upperclassmen through the ins and outs of diesel technology. And yet, there he was earlier this year, running errands...Read More

Sunshine and smiles mark the 10th year of Spring Sprints in Northeast Nebraska

Sunshine and smiles mark the 10th year of Spring Sprints in Northeast Nebraska

May 10, 2022
By Tyler Dahlgren The sun couldn't help but shining on the 10th annual Northeast Nebraska Spring Sprints on Friday, where 215 athletes from 20 school districts competed in what has become "the happiest day of the year." "This helps enrich the culture of our school," said Misty Beair, Special Education/Early Learning Center Director for Wayne Community Schools. "It's just my favorite thing. It...Read More

Barrier-breaking Cardinal Welcome Center is the hub for everything Crete Public Schools

Barrier-breaking Cardinal Welcome Center is the hub for everything Crete Public Schools

May 10, 2022
By Tyler Dahlgren You can't miss the Cardinal Welcome Center while cruising down Main Street in Crete, and that's the point. For a school district eager to connect with its community, the sparkling new facility on the east side of the street in the former ShopKo location is a one-stop shop for everything Crete Public Schools. "This is the hub for everything," said superintendent Dr. Josh McDowell...Read More

Esports catching on quick at S-E-M: "It's another option to help represent your school, which means a lot."

Esports catching on quick at S-E-M: "It's another option to help represent your school, which means a lot."

May 4, 2022
By Tyler Dahlgren As S-E-M’s K-12 music teacher, Justin Bosak has come to believe that any spark is a good spark, a belief that explains the energy and enthusiasm oozing from his room at any given time on any given day. He’s also learned that if you can show without doubt how a particular endeavor can benefit a student’s educational experience, S-E-M will get behind said endeavor 10 times out of...Read More

Performing arts programs soaring to success at Schuyler Central

Performing arts programs soaring to success at Schuyler Central

May 2, 2022
The following conversation took place on a Friday morning in early April in a Schuyler Central conference room, where NPSA was joined by Principal Dr. Joey Lefdal, Assistant Principal Samantha Ladwig and Activity Director/Assistant Principal Travis Steinhoff. We reached out to chat about the district's soaring fine arts programs, and left with a conversation too good not to share. Enjoy! Q: What...Read More

National Rural Teacher of the Year shares prestigious award with colleagues, students: "Their fingerprints are all over this"

National Rural Teacher of the Year shares prestigious award with colleagues, students: "Their fingerprints are all over this"

April 13, 2022
By Tyler Dahlgren Laurie Smith will talk about her 2021 National Rural Teacher of the Year Award, but there are two things all inquirers should take note of before slipping off I-80 somewhere west of Kearney and heading north to Sumner. First, and for the sake of perspective, foremost, Smith doesn’t necessarily view the award as hers , per se. She doesn’t see much use for such a prestigious honor...Read More

Life, Here They Come: ESU 17 event gives sophomores in The Sandhills real-world simulations

Life, Here They Come: ESU 17 event gives sophomores in The Sandhills real-world simulations

April 4, 2022
By Tyler Dahlgren Life has in its repertoire an array of knee-buckling curveballs, and though that’s precisely the lesson organizers behind ESU 17’s “An Intro to Life” wanted to pass along to the approximately 140 area sophomores in attendance, they weren’t exactly expecting another reminder themselves. High winds swept snow across The Sandhills on Wednesday morning, throwing a potential wrench...Read More

Working on the Future: Students gain invaluable real-world experience through ESU 9's 18+ Program partnerships

Working on the Future: Students gain invaluable real-world experience through ESU 9's 18+ Program partnerships

March 15, 2022
By Tyler Dahlgren Cesar Ramirez doesn’t let working in a soap factory keep his hands from getting dirty. They might always smell good, one of several perks of working at Pacha Soap Co. for a trio of ESU 9’s 18+ Program students who spend their mornings at the company’s fulfillment facility in downtown Hastings, but they’re not unaccustomed to the dusty residue of a solid day on the job. “Getting...Read More

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