Throughout the school year, there are hundreds of stories shared by educators, parents, and students alike. While we do our best to share and tell all these stories, we work closely with Nebraska Public School Advantage (NPSA) to increase the collective coverage of positive public school stories.

Through this reporting collaboration, we’re able to spread the I Love Public Schools message far and wide and learn more about the incredible successes and achievements happening in our schools. 

We’ve assembled a list of our top 10 stories from NPSA from the 2018 – 2019 school year. Take a look and follow NPSA for more features and stories. 

Scribner-Snyder Community Schools, the smallest school in the state, offers an eSports team to prioritize opportunities. The school prepares students for jobs that don’t even exist yet. Read more. 

“For them to have this chance, and to see them so excited about it, that’s really amazing to me.”

Broken into five chapters, this is the story of a school district that refused to give in. Instead, they thrived.

“Inside these walls, we knew we had to be successful.”

Welcome to Hitchcock County. Read more.

Staff at this school have kept a close eye on students this year, going to great lengths to catch them in the act. The act of good, that is. Read more. 

“I love the fact that kids LOVE coming to my office.”
– Principal Liz Stutzman

When she was six, her vision began to fade. When she was in junior high, she decided that being legally blind would never hold her back. Read more. 

“It is amazing what she does.”

This school district has prioritized the mental and behavioral health of its students. Read more. 

​“Our teachers and staff prioritize knowing their learners, not only academically but on a social and emotional level, too.” 

To make kids feel special, that’s the purpose of the selfies. On their birthdays, and on every other day of the year. Read more.

Nebraska’s educational leaders have prioritized human dignity. Equity, reverence, respect. Read more.

“It’s about opening our eyes and embracing the fact that we are all a community of one.”

The Nebraska City student body knows the importance of autism awareness and inclusion. Read more. 

“The students here support these kids 100 percent.”

Bound by more than sight, Chad Bell hopes to be there when, down the road, Mileigh receives her diploma. More than that, he plans on it. Read more. 

​“The most rewarding part of any day is when we are learning a brand new concept, and all of a sudden it clicks and she says, ​‘Oh, I get it!.’ That’s worth more than anything right there.”

The special friendship between an elementary school and a 91-year-old World War II veteran, a heartwarming assembly, and a reunion 70 years overdue. Read more. 

“He gave the medals to someone he trusted to mail them, but he never received them.”