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'...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Due to the conflict with state semi final football playoffs and potentially volleyball also playing in second round state tourney this Friday, the Norris Foundation annual honors and awards banquet has been rescheduled for Friday, November 16th. You'...
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...
Norris Students’ school day just got healthier! School lunches now include more fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grain-rich foods and only fat-free or low-fat milk. The meal portions are designed for a child's age and contain less saturated fat, t...