TeamMates for the Month: Ellanah and Christine

February's TeamMates of the Month are Ellanah and Christine.

Posted on February 07, 2023

TeamMates of the Month: Shaye & Anne

Each month during the school year, we will feature a TeamMates pair to highlight the power of mentoring at Lincoln Public Schools. Shaye and Anne are our TeamMates of the month for September.

Posted on September 01, 2022

Learning Lunch: Lincoln Public Schools welcomes all

Lincoln Public Schools opens its doors to embrace families and students from around the world through the Welcome Center, located inside Park Middle School in south central Lincoln. That was the topic for the November Learning Lunch Tuesday, featuring Laura Salem, supervisor of the LPS English Language Learner program; Kelley Veselinov, English Language Learner assessment specialist; and Magdalena Benton, a bilingual liaison for LPS who walked through those Welcome Center doors years ago.

Posted on January 03, 2019

Lincoln Northeast Junior ROTC honors veterans with wreaths

Posted on December 19, 2018

Therapy dogs bring joy, unconditional love to schools

Shug is one of two therapy dogs at Randolph Elementary School. Shug is actually short for Sugar Bear - which makes sense, because the three-year old English Cream Golden Retriever is very sweet. Shug is one of 29 therapy dogs roaming the hallways and classrooms of Lincoln Public Schools, trading their affection and attention for belly rubs and a good scratch behind the ears.

Posted on December 13, 2018

City honors Lincoln Public Schools for recycling efforts

Lincoln Public Schools has been recycling since 1998 and in that time has diverted more than 21 million pounds of material from the landfill. On Thursday, LPS added another impressive number to its recycling resume: 50, which is the number of schools the City of Lincoln honored through its Recycle Lincoln Leadership Recognition Program.

Posted on December 13, 2018

Bubba's Closet opens its doors to hundreds

Hundreds of elementary school students can bundle up and stay a little warmer this winter, thanks to Bubba’s Closet.

Posted on December 04, 2018

Elliott Elementary builds ‘houses,’ creates a home

“A house does not make a home,” the saying goes. Students and staff at Elliott Elementary School would disagree. This year, the school in central Lincoln is building community and a more positive environment through the creation of “houses.” Once a month, students split up into their assigned mixed-grade groups - their houses - and participate in activities with varying themes.

Posted on December 04, 2018

Rousseau honored as Blue Ribbon School

Rousseau Elementary School has been named a 2018 Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, one of only four in Nebraska and 349 nationwide.

Posted on November 30, 2018

School resource officers focused on building positive culture at middle schools

Lincoln Police Officer Kathryn Meade had her first day of school on Thursday. She even had her husband take the customary first-day-of-school photo in front of their house. Meade is one of six new school resource officers who had their first day with Lincoln Public Schools on Thursday. Each of them will split his or her time between two of the 12 LPS middle schools.

Posted on November 26, 2018

A friendship forged through a love of flags

Before Lane Elsberry steps inside Randolph Elementary School to start his day, the first-grader makes an important stop on the route from his parents’ car to the front door. He stops to help Stan Minchow, the school’s assistant custodial supervisor, raise the American and Nebraska flags outside the school’s 37th Street entrance.

Posted on November 20, 2018