Middle School Addition Moving Along

The additions to the middle school are progressing nicely. The north wing, which includes a new art room, a conference room, and life skills areas, is nearly complete. That area is now painted and carpeted and ready for finishing touches. The southwest wing, which includes seven classrooms that will house 6th graders, health, and special services classes, restrooms, and custodial storage, is currently having the suspended ceilings and cabinets installed. The tile areas are also being completed in this wing, and the areas are being painted. Soon the lockers and carpet will be installed. This project is in preparation for moving the 5th graders to the middle school beginning in the 2010-11 . . . read more

Sing Around Nebraska Festival 2010

The 2010 Sing Around Nebraska Festival Concert will be held on Saturday, February 20th at the Beatrice High School Hevelone Center for Performing Arts at 4:00pm. This concert is open to the public with admission of $3.00 for adults and children under 12 are free. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Ten 5th grade students from Crete Elementary School were nominated by their music teacher, Mrs. Lenertz to attend the festival. The students are Keely, Bailey, Daniel, Ashley, Hope Haley, MacKinsey, Amanda & Ayla. These students will spend the day singing with 150 other 5th and 6th graders from surrounding . . . read more

Helping Hands at Crete Elementary

Each week the students at Crete Elementary have an opportunity to buy popcorn as an afterschool snack. Each month a different grade level is responsible for the popcorn sales and in return they receive the profit. The money earned goes toward special classroom projects for their classroom. The Crete Elementary Student Council is excited to announce that during the month of February our students will be giving back the sales of the popcorn to different organizations in need. All sales on February 10th will go toward “Helping Haiti.” All sales on February 17th will go toward the Juvenile . . . read more