Middle School News

Titan MS Football Teams Open Season

The Norris 8th grade football team took on Gretna Tuesday, September 13th. After a score-less first half of tough defensive play, The Dragons took the lead by six early in the third quarter, but the Titans responded with a score of their own on a deep ca...

Titan MS VB Teams Open Season

The Norris 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams opened their season Thursday night September 8th with the 7th grade hosting Elkhorn Valley View while the 8th grade traveled to Elkhorn Valley View. The 8th grade B team came away with a victory, while the A team...

MS X-Country at Waverly

The Middle School X-country teams picked up where they left off at Seward. At the 8 team Waverly invite team scores were not kept. Had official team scores been kept the girls would have been the Waverly Invite Champions. 1st Melissa Trapp, 3rd Katie Trapp, 6t...

Norris reading test results among best in state

Norris parents and patrons should be proud of the results obtained by Norris students on the inaugural state reading exam. Norris' aggregate results place the district in the upper echelon of the state. The district exceeded the state per...

Norris Music Department wins award

The Nebraska Music Educators Association’s Exemplary Program Award was presented to the Norris Music Department last night at the NMEA convention. This is one of the most prestigious awards given by the Nebraska Music Educators Association and very few...

Changes brought to middle school testing

2008-2009 brought a change in how the Terra nova tests were administered at Norris Middle School. Instead of jamming all the tests into two days of core class time, two entire school days were devoted to testing. Day one the students were treated t...

Eighth grade team plans annual auction

For the seventh year in a row the Norris eighth grade students have been participating in the Character Counts and More Program. The Norris eighth grade teachers developed a plan to reinforce positive behavior, as well as reward academic excellence. ...