Nebraska Public School Advantage News

Nebraska Public School Advantage News

Fall in Review: Rodeos, Marathons, Farms, and some Crazy, Cool Classrooms

Fall in Review: Rodeos, Marathons, Farms, and some Crazy, Cool Classrooms

December 3, 2018
By Tyler Dahlgren Mrs. Everett’s Surf Shack set for Grand Opening ! Click Here! The sun was setting on summer when we stopped by Meadowlark Elementary in Kearney to check out Julie Everett’s classroom, an island-themed paradise for learning that we coined “The Surf Shack”. While the beloved summer vacation was ending for students, another was just about to begin. They Said It: “I want them to...Read More

Industrial shop is a world of possibilities for CardinalCAM Industries

Industrial shop is a world of possibilities for CardinalCAM Industries

November 12, 2018
By Tyler Dahlgren It’s amazing, really, the journey a few hundred dollars and an entrepreneurial spirit can jump-start. Just ask the crew at CardinalCAM Industries, a Randolph High School-based enterprise that got its start when agriculture and industrial technology teacher Craig Flaming approached his superintendent five years ago with the broad hatchling of an idea. “Mr. (Jeff) Hoesing liked...Read More

A Morning with CardinalCAM Industries

A Morning with CardinalCAM Industries

November 6, 2018

Connecting through a lost art, Black Elk Elementary reunites WW2 vet with war medals

Connecting through a lost art, Black Elk Elementary reunites WW2 vet with war medals

October 30, 2018
By Tyler Dahlgren You could feel a buzz in the hallways of Black Elk Elementary yesterday morning. Positive energy permeated throughout the Millard school as third and fourth-grade students, Black Elk staff and family filed into a patriotically-decorated gymnasium and waited for their pen pal, 91-year-old Richard Slovek, to arrive. For three years, third-graders at Black Elk have connected with...Read More

For Scribner-Snyder's inaugural eSports team, it's Game On!

For Scribner-Snyder's inaugural eSports team, it's Game On!

October 23, 2018
By Tyler Dahlgren Like any kid who grew up in the 90s will tell you, there aren’t many ways to better spend a night than cruising along the sandy shores of Koopa Troopa Beach or ripping down the intergalactic highway better known as Rainbow Road. Huddled around a console (which, back in my gaming prime, was the Nintendo 64), powered by Mountain Dew and Cool Ranch Doritos, those late-night Mario...Read More

A Day on Gifford Farm: ESU 3's outdoor learning adventure!

A Day on Gifford Farm: ESU 3's outdoor learning adventure!

October 12, 2018
By Tyler Dahlgren The Missouri River runs south along Omaha’s eastern edges, winding past some of the city's most recognizable landmarks. Mighty Mo’s waters run by Eppley Airfield and the Old Market. Right past the Henry Doorly Zoo and Bellevue’s Fontenelle Forest Nature Center before taking a quick turn east and wrapping sharply around a beautiful piece of land that has served as an educational...Read More

Partner Up Rodeo: A Special Day in Western Nebraska

Partner Up Rodeo: A Special Day in Western Nebraska

October 5, 2018
By Tyler Dahlgren In every corner of North Platte's Lincoln County Fairgrounds, something special was happening at ESU 16's Partner Up Rodeo. Held on a humid Wednesday in mid-September, the event drew over 180 cowboys and cowgirls with special needs from the service unit's 16 school districts. More than 300 volunteers enjoyed the day with the students, including teachers and paraeducators,...Read More

ESU 15's PLC Process Day creates big-time collaboration opportunities for SW Nebraska teachers

ESU 15's PLC Process Day creates big-time collaboration opportunities for SW Nebraska teachers

October 2, 2018
By Tyler Dahlgren One by one, teachers from the nine school districts within ESU 15’s coverage area came filing into McCook’s Evangelical Free Church on a Wednesday morning in mid-September. By 8:55, the line outside stretched the length of the parking lot. The scene was somewhat reminiscent of the droves of Husker fans waiting for Scott Frost’s signature on Fan Day, but this was just a PLC day...Read More

Painting Hitchcock County Blue: Through unification, consolidation and everything in between, Falcons soar

Painting Hitchcock County Blue: Through unification, consolidation and everything in between, Falcons soar

October 1, 2018
By Tyler Dahlgren Chapter 1: Welcome to Hitchcock County Staring down consolidation is a spot no school really wants to find itself in. Death sentence or a lifeline? Each situation is different. If a school suddenly closes, the small town it serves as a cornerstone for becomes susceptible to vanishing with the building. On the other hand, sparse resources and dwindling funds don’t give schools...Read More

A Day at the Farm!

A Day at the Farm!

September 29, 2018
For more than 40 years, students in ESU 3 have been visiting Bellevue's Gifford Farm, an outdoor learning utopia nestled in the middle of a Missouri River oxbow! On Tuesday, September 25th, NPSA joined Ralstock's Mockingbird Elementary Kindergartners for a day on the farm. On average, nearly 30,000 visitors utilize this fantastic facility every year. Check back for a story later this week!Read More

Pages