May 1, 2024
Scrap Metal Drive Raises $790 We have added up the donations, and the 2023-24 LPS Scrap Metal Drive raised $793! Our partners, Alter Metal Recycling and Sadoff Iron and Metal Recycling Company, accept a variety of items for recycling and track community donations throughout the year. Community members were encouraged to recycle their scrap metal […]
April 30, 2024
Sustainability Spotlight: Earth Month Celebrations This month’s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on the many ways Lincoln Public Schools celebrated Earth Day this year! 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 2024 highlights from around the […]
April 3, 2024
Sustainability Spotlight: Itai Trainin at Southeast High School This month’s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on Itai Trainin, a senior at Southeast High School. Itai currently serves as co-president of Southeast’s NEATure Club and has championed sustainability in the building and beyond since his freshman year. Itai says he initially joined the club to connect with […]
March 1, 2024
Sustainability Spotlight: Lefler Middle School Climate Chronicles Club This month’s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on Lefler Middle School’s Climate Chronicles Club. The club’s members are working towards an impressive goal: combining activism and the arts into a play about climate change. A few Lefler students were already in an arts and crafts club led by […]
February 1, 2024
Sustainability Spotlight: Committed Custodians at LPS This month’s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on some of the district’s standout custodial staff! LPS custodial teams are an integral part of managing waste programs and supporting sustainability efforts across the district, and these custodians have really gone above and beyond this school year. Tom Kramer & Edelma Blanco […]
January 24, 2024
2023 ENERGY STAR Certifications LPS Sustainability is proud to announce that Lincoln Public Schools earned ENERGY STAR certification for 22 buildings in 2023! This record-setting number for LPS includes 9 buildings that achieved recertification after also being recognized in 2022. ENERGY STAR certifications help track and recognize the impressive sustainability efforts going on across LPS […]
January 10, 2024
Sustainability Spotlight: Green School Activities at Donald D. Sherrill Education Center This month’s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on the Green Schools Recognition Program activities happening at Donald D. Sherrill Education Center! Therapist team leader Jamie Austin and psychotherapist Ross Rausch have led their elementary-age students through a number of activities already this school year, with […]
December 5, 2023
Sustainability Spotlight: Sheri Christen at Maxey Elementary School Our last Sustainability Spotlight of 2023 is shining on Sheri Christen at Maxey Elementary School! Christen is in her 36th year with LPS and her 16th year at Maxey. During her time with the district, she served as a special education teacher and an administrator before becoming […]
November 1, 2023
Sustainability Spotlight: Northeast High School STEM Garden Club Tree Planting Ten new trees have taken root at Northeast High School this week. After noticing a lack of shade in the front of the building, the STEM Garden Club decided to plant trees to keep students cooler while they waited for rides after school. Early College […]
October 3, 2023
Sustainability Spotlight: Amanda Kester & Jessie James at Roper Elementary School October’s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on Amanda Kester and Jessie James at Roper Elementary School! In November of 2022 Kester, media paraeducator, assembled Roper’s first tower garden. Since then the school has added a stacked hydroponics system and 19 smaller classroom units. These indoor […]