July 14, 2025
Sustainability Spotlight: Sustainability Team Interns Two new excited faces have joined LPS Sustainability this summer! We have asked each of our interns, both new and old, to share a little bit about themselves, their goals within the Sustainability Team and where they’re headed. Adrianna Zeljko: Gardens and Outdoor Learning Adrianna Zeljko joined the LPS Sustainability […]
May 22, 2025
24th Annual Cans4Books Drive The results are in for the 24th annual Cans4Books Recycling Drive. Thank you to all of the students, staff, friends and neighbors that participated! We added up your school and public donations and they totaled $1,032.50. Our amazing recycling partner, Green Quest Recycling, donated an additional $500 in funding and prizes […]
May 21, 2025
2024-25 Green Schools Recognition Program Results The Green Schools Recognition Program just wrapped up its ninth year! Through this program, schools choose and complete a variety of earth-friendly activities throughout the school year. These activities earn the school points towards Green, Greener and Greenest levels of achievement, plus corresponding funding rewards for future sustainability projects. […]
May 19, 2025
Safety and Sustainability at Elliott Elementary Bike to School Day Keeping students on the right path was a key goal of Elliott Elementary School’s Bike to School Day event on May 16th. The event, coordinated by Safe Kids Lincoln-Lancaster County (SKLLC), focused on encouraging students in grades K-5 to practice safer, healthier, and more environmentally […]
May 9, 2025
Scrap Metal Drive Raises $920 We’ve tallied up all the donations from the Lincoln community, and the 2024-25 LPS Scrap Metal Drive raised $923! Our recycling partners, Alter Metal Recycling and Sadoff Iron and Metal Recycling Company, accept a wide variety of metal items for recycling and track donations throughout the school year. When members […]
May 1, 2025
Earth Month 2025 Recap Earth Month 2025 at LPS might have been our best yet! Students at every grade level engaged with green topics thanks to support from staff, families and neighbors in their school communities. We’ve pulled together some Earth Month 2025 highlights from around the district. April 16: Local Food Showcase Northeast High […]
May 1, 2025
Sustainability Spotlight: Clio Baird at Southeast High School Our last Sustainability Spotlight of the school year is shining on Clio Baird, a junior at Lincoln Southeast High School! Clio serves as the Vice President for the school’s Key Club and has most recently led an effort to plant trees on Southeast’s grounds. On April 25, […]
April 30, 2025
Robinson Elementary School Students Plant 50 Trees in Waterford Park Lincoln’s Waterford Park is now 50 trees greener thanks to students at nearby Robinson Elementary School. Fourth and fifth grade classes planted the trees alongside community volunteers to commemorate Arbor Day 2025. Working in two shifts, the planting teams watched a demonstration from Parks and […]
April 2, 2025
Sustainability Spotlight: Lucinda Zmarzly & Lincoln High School Gardeners April’s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on Lucinda Zmarzly and student gardeners from Lincoln High School! Zmarzly, with support from student volunteers and community members, stepped up as the unofficial caretaker of Elliott Elementary school’s garden in 2023. After the garden’s former caretaker moved on from Elliott, […]
March 5, 2025
Sustainability Spotlight: Standout Custodians This month’s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on three exceptional LPS custodial staff members! They and their teams are integral to managing waste programs and supporting sustainability efforts across the district, and these custodians have really gone above and beyond this school year. Brendan Patchen at Eastridge Elementary School Brandan Patchen serves […]