Norris Elementary School News

Norris Elementary School News

Nebraska's First Lady visits Norris Elementary, Middle Schools

  Nebraska First Lady Sally Ganem visited Norris Elementary School on Thursday, May 2nd.  A former Elementary Principal, Mrs. Ganem, wife to Governor Dave Heineman, was right at home as she gave an expressive reading of several popular children'...

Gym Floor going in at your new Norris Intermediate

The gymnasium floor is being installed in the new Norris Intermediate school.  The entire process is expected to take about three weeks from initial subflooring installation to sanding to the finish coat application. Hausmann Site Superintendent Ted...
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Campus construction updates for April, 2013

Construction progress continues uninterrupted on the Norris campus, where the new Norris intermediate school funded via the March, 2012 bond issue nears completion stage. The building will house gradesthree, four, and five – providing needed and ne...

Norris schools Recognized at 2013 Action for Healthy Kids Summit

Each Norris school – elementary, middle, and high school – was recognized individually for accomplishments in promoting physical activity, nutrition and overall wellness efforts at the state conference held in Lincoln Thursday. The Elementary was recogniz...

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Back in December, seven teachers at Norris had written grants to obtain Chromebooksfor their classrooms at the amazing discounted price of $99!  Original article found here. Well 3 of the grants have been fully funded and 3 remain to a...
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Tracy, Brandt to serve as Norris principals for Elementary, Intermediate

The Norris Board approved on Thursday the appointment of Norris Middle School Assistant Principal and Special Education Director Brenda Tracy as Principal for Norris Elementary (grades PK-2) effective 2013-14. Mrs. Tracy, a doctoral candidate in Education...

Norris schools awarded bronze for HealthierUS School Challenge

Norris Public Schools is excited to announce Norris Elementary School, Norris Middle School and Norris High School have each been awarded with the Bronze award for the HealthierUS School Challenge.  Grants were submitted in May for each school and the sch...

Help make our students & teachers holiday wishes come true

Google recently opened up a grant program making Chromebooks available to teachers for the reduced price of $99. (These Samsung Chromebooks originally sold for $449.) Teachers were required to select their devices and prepare a grant proposal for fun...
Norris 6th grader Sam Schuster Schuster and other students who earned perfect NeSA scores were honored by the district at an assembly for all students grades 3-12 held in the MS gymnasium at the 2012 Achievement Rally.Norris 6th grader Sam Schuster Schuster and other students who earned perfect NeSA scores were honored by the district at an assembly for all students grades 3-12 held in the MS gymnasium at the 2012 Achievement Rally.

NePAS school rankings cause for celebration at Norris: Norris earns a Top 5 rank in Reading

The State of Schools Report and accompanying “Report Card” on schools were released last week by the state of Nebraska’s Department of Education.   The report culminated with the inaugural release of “NEPAS” or the Nebraska Performance Acco...

Food Service Director represents Norris at National Healthy Schools Forum in Little Rock

Norris Food Service Director Linda Truscott flew to Little Rock, Arkansas on Saturday, October 20 for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation awards program as part of its annual National Healthy Schools Forum. Truscott  was an invited repr...

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