August 2022

Pioneers and Lourdes football teams kick off season

Watch the News Press for the Upcoming Sports Preview Two other Pioneers also won double gold at state Kirt Manion, CherryRoad Media The Nebraska City News-Press recently printed an article regarding Beau Lee of Lourdes walking on as a member of the men’s track and field team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In that article, the News-Press noted that Lee’s accomplishment of winning double gold for the long and triple jump at the 2022 state track meet was the first double gold in Nebraska City’s history since Nebraska City Pioneer Emily Duran won gold medals for the shot and the discus in 2000.

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Kiss Your Momma Goodbye!

Members of the Lourdes Central Catholic Student Council welcomed students back to school on Thursday at the main campus. Students were invited to “Kiss their Momma Goodbye” as Student Council members cheered and held up signs.

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Nebraska needs luck in 2022

Nebraska opens its football season in Ireland with a match up against Northwestern. And that’s appropriate because Nebraska needs what Ireland is known for—a heavy dose of luck. It’s going to be the difference between a good season and a fifth disappointment for Coach Scott Frost.

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Creating Dog Friendly Landscapes

Sarah Browning, Extension Educator According to the Humane Society of the United States, over 69 million or 54% of American households own a dog and 85% of those pet owners view their dogs as family members or companions. So naturally dog owners want their landscapes to be a safe place for their companions.

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Husker Football Season

Husker football is just days away as Nebraska travels to Dublin for the first game of the 2022 season on Saturday, Aug. 27 against the Northwestern Wildcats. The game time for Nebraska will be 11:30 p.m. CT, which is an evening game in Dublin with the time difference factored into the equation. Both Nebraska City and Northwestern are coming off of disappointing 2021 campaigns although the Huskers did hand the Wildcats a defeat in Lincoln last year.

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Did you know?

The percentage of students with disabilities who had a specific learning disability declined by a significant margin between the 2010-11 school year and the 2020-21 school year. Data from the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that 32.7 percent of students with disabilities had a specific learning disability in 2020-21, which marks a 4 percent decrease from a decade prior. That decrease occurred despite a steadily rising student-teacher ratio in special education. In fact, the U.S. Department of Education reports that the current student-teacher ratio of 17 to 1 in special education is higher than the overall student-teacher ratio in general education

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