District News

Below you will find news stories related to the District level. You can find news specific to High School, Middle School, Intermediate School and Elementary School under the corresponding sections of the website.

Norris Schools Recognize Veterans Day with Assemblies, Activities

Veterans Day 2018 is recognized Monday, November 12th. Every building on campus is recognizing this important patriotic holiday with a variety of observances and activities to promote awareness of the magnitude of Veterans Day and the debt of gratitude our cit...

TeamMates Mentors, Mentees decorate pumpkins donated by Roca Berry Farm

Norris TeamMates recently had an activity where our mentors and mentees decorated pumpkins. This was a fun activity for both. Thanks to Roca Berry Farm for donating the pumpkins. Over 30 pumpkins were painted. Categories were superhero, scariest, goofiest...

Nebraska Community Blood Bank Blood Drive in Memory of Ryan Post

Thursday, October 25 from 10 AM to 1 PM Norris will be the host site for a Nebraska Community Blood Bank drive in memory of Ryan Post. Ryan Post was 13 years old and an 8th grader at Norris Middle School when she was killed in a car accident on her way ho...

Norris Foundation Announces 2018 TITAN Award Winners!

The 2018 Norris Titan Award winners have been announced by the Foundation. This year's winners are:ANN SCHROEDER, retired PE teacher and coach who taught at Norris from 1986 to 2018. Schroeder played softball for the Huskers as a standout collegiate athlete an...

Moody's upgrades Lancaster County S.D. 160 (Norris), NE to Aa2 from Aa3

New York - October, 2018: Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Lancaster County School District 160 (Norris), NE's outstanding general obligation unlimited tax (GOULT) debt to Aa2 from Aa3. The rating affects $18 million in rated debt.See report at ...

Norris Elementary and Intermediate Participate in the Kindness in Chalk Challenge

This year districtwide the Norris School District embraced the statewide theme of #BeKind.  This theme is reflected daily in lessons provided to students, acknowledgments of students being kind, and activities to have students reflect on what it means to...

Norris Board Members Honored by State School Boards Association

The Nebraska Association of School Boards (NASB), Board of Directors and staff, recognized 2018 Award of Achievement recipients during the York Region Meeting on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. In recognition of their volunteer time and commitment to educa...

TeamMates are Cool Ice Cream Social kicks off the new school year!

Norris TeamMates kicked off the year with a “TeamMates are Cool Ice Cream Social” held in the Intermediate school lunch room. Over 80 mentors, mentee, board members and family members enjoyed ice cream with all of the toppings including bananas. Norris Tea...

Norris Superintendent’s Report: 2018-19 Board Budget Work Session

The Norris Board held its annual budget preview study session on  Monday, August 27th. The Notice of Special Hearing to Set Final Tax Request and the Budget Hearing will be published in the Voice News.Valuation: Total district valuation increased 2.7%, an...

Norris District Embraces #BeKind Theme

Norris is embracing districtwide the statewide #BeKind theme this year. We sincerely hope students and staff will take this theme and run with it! August 24th is #BeKind Day across the state, and Norris staff will be recognizing and affirming this day of kindn...

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