Millard Blackboard Update: What’s New at Your School
August 31, 2010 • No comments
Anderson Middle School … A group of 126 Anderson students won a national online safety competition sponsored by the FBI. Sponsoring teacher Michelle Lupardus’ top-scoring students were Jonah Ulane, Katelynn Oddo, Karah Thompson and Emery Munger. Holling Heights Elementary School ... See the related story in this issue for more on the Holling Heights PTA ... Millard North High School … The Mustangs were ranked No. 3 in the
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A Moment with Mary: Parents and Teachers
August 31, 2010 • No comments
We welcome Mary Maxwell, Omaha’s First Lady of Humor, to her new space on the pages of Neighborhood News. Her quick wit and dry humor have made her a popular speaker at events throughout Nebraska and across the country for more decades than she cares to count. I’m not so sure it takes a village to raise a child, but I do know that it takes both parents and teachers to take a five-year-old who can barely tie his shoes and turn read more »
Great Books, Great Vision
August 31, 2010 • No comments
by Jesse D. Stanek Named for John Neihardt, the Nebraska native who wrote Black Elk Speaks and served as the state's poet laureate for 52 years until his death in 1973, Millard Public Schools' Neihardt Elementary serves 600 students. All of them are looking up from their books to learn a new face this year. With Andy DeFreece named as principal, the school known for its lively PTA and robust curriculum has a new leader who wants
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Health Care on Wheels
August 31, 2010 • No comments
by Jesse D. Stanek The Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) has been providing what CEO James Summerfelt describes as “health care on wheels” to the Omaha and Council Bluffs communities for 114 years. When the organization began in 1896, its sole purpose was for community benefit, generating funding to provide health care and instruction to the underprivileged and vulnerable. While its mission has grown over the decades, this
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New Heights at Holling Heights
August 31, 2010 • No comments
by Jesse D. Stanek It takes a community to help a school run smoothly. At Millard Public Schools' Holling Heights Elementary, that community is the volunteer-based Parent-Teacher Association (PTA). Along with traditional bake sales and other revenue-raising activities, the PTA works with the student body to sell such Red Wheel products as frozen pizzas, burritos, braided bread and cookie dough. PTA President Brenda Suski says the
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