February's TeamMates of the Month are Ellanah and Christine.

Genesis and her TeamMates mentor Heather aren?t shy to admit their first time meeting back in 2019 felt a little awkward. They laugh remembering how they didn?t know what to talk about, but there?s no shortage in conversation.?

Calvert Elementary School?s Community Learning Center (CLC) and its School Neighborhood Advisory Committee (SNAC) know what it means to be a good neighbor.

Each month during the school year, we will feature a TeamMates pair to highlight the power of mentoring at Lincoln Public Schools. Shaye and Anne are our TeamMates of the month for September.

The Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools kicked off a joint capital campaign with LPS to build premier athletic and activity facilities on Aug. 26. Organizers announced the ?Fielding Dreams? campaign during a special celebration before Lincoln Northwest High School's first football game at Union Bank Stadium.

Mickle Middle School staff learned about the history of the neighborhood they serve during their staff training on Aug. 8.

BackPack Extra Mile Walk 2019 on April 27 raised more than $180,000 to help ease hunger in our community, which means in 12 years of the event Lincoln Public Schools employees and students have raised almost $2 million for the BackPack Program.

Educare Lincoln, located adjacent to Belmont Elementary School, hosted an open house and community reception on Wednesday. The event featured tours of the facility, live entertainment and demonstrations, as well as plenty of opportunities for visitors to learn more about Educare?s work to offer high-quality, data-driven learning opportunities to students from birth to age five.The event was part of the multi-day Educare Learning Network meeting hosted by Educare Lincoln. The meeting brought together roughly 300 early childhood education leaders from across the country for three days of collaboration and presentations.

A group of girls at Culler Middle School are shattering the stereotype that teenagers usually only think about themselves. Members of the Culler Girls Group meet weekly for 45 minutes and not only discuss issues and topics in their lives, but also think of ways they can help the community. Right now they?re in the middle of collecting donated personal items and cleaning supplies for Nebraska flood victims. They?re also making blankets to donate.

Scott Middle School held its annual Make A Difference Fair on Thursday, when sixth-grade students presented the culmination of months of research and writing about many of today?s societal issues - and how people can lend a helping hand. Students from the 6A pod set up rows and rows of displays in the gym that displayed information about various causes and organizations. Family and community members were invited and encouraged to make donations to organizations of their choice

More community members, families and students from Lincoln Public Schools will soon benefit from the many opportunities offered by the city?s Community Learning Centers (CLCs), thanks to federal grant funding approved by the Nebraska Board of Education on Friday. The $182,700 grant will fund new CLCs located at Randolph Elementary School, Lincoln Northeast High School and Lincoln High School, beginning with the 2019-20 school year. The award is part of $2.2 million in funding distributed statewide through the federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant.

A trio of Moore Middle School students started with a relatively modest idea: Organizing a book drive for elementary schools throughout the city, particularly those with a high percentage of students who come from low-income families. The service learning project would be part of their participation in Destination Imagination, a national nonprofit organization that encourages student innovation and community service through state and global competitions. From there, the idea grew...and grew...and grew.

Student debate is the subject of the next LPS Learning Lunch, April 16 at the LPS District Office, 5905 O St. The program will include students from two schools squaring off in an actual debate, as well as an explanation of the format and rules of debate competitions.

The Lincoln STEM Ecosystem has just been selected to join the STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice, SLECoP. In a highly competitive process, Lincoln STEM Ecosystem was named one of 15 new ecosystems selected to join the global movement devoted to dramatic improvement in how students learn.

A special event this Friday night will celebrate the work of students from Lincoln Northeast High School, Lincoln North Star High School and Lincoln High School who have completed an oral history project that celebrates the stories of Latinos in Nebraska. The event, ?Nuestros Tesoros: Historias Reales De Las Vidas Latinas De Lincoln? (Our Treasures: Real Stories of Lincoln's Latino Lives), is at El Centro De Las Am?ricas.

Amber and Cailen O?Shea?s love for Elliott Elementary School runs in the family. Amber has taught fifth grade at the school just south of 25th and O streets for five years - and hopes she never has to leave. Cailen, her husband, also taught there for one year and still proudly sports an Elliott t-shirt. His grandmother, Mary O?Shea, taught fourth grade at Elliott for 15 years. And now the family?s connection to the school has been passed on to another generation. The O?Sheas named their newly born son, Elliott, in honor of the school they have grown to love like family.

This school year marks the 25th anniversary of the partnership between the Lincoln Housing Authority and Lincoln Northeast High School?s Student-Build House Program, in which students and industrial technology teacher Bob Freese dedicate about 400 hours to the construction of a house that a family eventually calls home.