January 6, 2026
Sustainability Spotlight: Standout Elementary Custodians This month’s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on three exceptional LPS elementary school Assistant Custodial Supervisors! Our team visits all school cafeterias each year, and these Assistant Custodial Supervisors have really gone above and beyond this school year with helping students and schools achieve their sustainability goals. They and their teams […]
December 12, 2025
LPS Sustainability is proud to announce that Lincoln Public Schools earned ENERGY STAR certification for 38 buildings in 2025! This is a new all-time high for LPS, and includes 28 buildings that achieved recertification after also being recognized in 2024. ENERGY STAR certifications help track and recognize the impressive energy efficiency efforts going on across […]
December 2, 2025
Sustainability Spotlight: Ashlee Hendricks and Sarah Phillips at Maxey Elementary School December’s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on Ashlee Hendricks and Sarah Phillips, two passionate parents at Maxey Elementary School! Hendricks and Phillips volunteer for the Maxey PTO and have taken the lead on garden restoration projects at Maxey this fall. Hendricks got the idea to […]
November 19, 2025
Students Engage with Renewable Energy Students at Lux and Scott middle schools are embracing their brand new solar panels through hands-on experiences this fall. Each school’s Green Team hosted engineers from Nelnet Renewable Energy for a club meeting focused on how solar panels harness the sun’s energy. Nelnet installed three new solar arrays on LPS […]
November 4, 2025
Bush first served as a Sustainability Champion at Park Middle School, bringing in a wildlife encounter for students after earning a funding reward through the Green Schools Recognition Program.
October 29, 2025
Students across Lincoln Public Schools got their hands dirty this October, planting trees and learning about environmental stewardship thanks to a partnership with PlantNebraska, formerly known as the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum.
October 14, 2025
Folsom Park and Adams Elementary are now home to a collective 50 new trees thanks to a group of budding arborists at Adams Elementary School.
October 1, 2025
Sustainability Spotlight: Andrew Seuferer at Holmes Elementary School October’s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on Andrew Seuferer, the music teacher at Holmes Elementary School! Seuferer has been an educator at LPS for 8 years and just last year picked up the role of Sustainability Champion. He quickly became one of our most passionate and impressive champions, […]
September 24, 2025
Southeast, Robinson, Holmes Honored with Tree Campus K-12 Distinction LPS Sustainability is proud to announce that Robinson Elementary School, Southeast High School, and Holmes Elementary School all received Tree Campus K-12 recognition for the 2024-25 school year! They join Northeast High School and Kahoa Elementary School as the only schools in the district to earn this […]
September 3, 2025
Sustainability Spotlight: Kwame Gyamfi at Northeast High School This month’s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on Kwame Gyamfi at Northeast High School! Gyamfi serves as the CLC School Community Coordinator for Northeast High School where he provides students with the opportunity to build a positive environment where they can explore interests, learn new skills, and build […]