ESU 16 OWLS has entered the Digitability Work Simulation Competition. Please vote for their Greenhouse Project at: https://t.ly/WEBF0 For more information check out their video at: https://t.ly/aDDPW. Good luck OWLS!
2025-2026 ZOOM Early Learning Guidelines Workshops
Clock hours: 6
6pm-9pm MST
Offered by High Plains & Panhandle Early Learning Connections
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Wishing a very Happy Birthday to Melissa! We hope you have a wonderful day!
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Life Skills Supercharge:
Equipping Teachers for Success
Zoom: June 17th 2025
8:30-3:30 ct
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ESU 16 Ogallala Central Office will be closed on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 for an employee inservice. Thank you for understanding!
Wishing a Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there. Have a fantastic day!
School & community librarians + media specialists + educators = a powerful team for “Creating the Love of Literacy” in Nebraska! 📚❤️ United with ESU 16 & districts, we’re building family, community, & district supports for lifelong reading success. #NebraskaLiteracy #WhatInspirESU #LoveOfLiteracy
The OWLS plant sale continues today until 1:30 CT at the UNL Extension Greenhouse, 348 West State Farm Road, North Platte. Flowers, vegetables and herbs available.
Ready to start your spring planting? Today is the first day of the OWLS plant sale. 4-7 p.m. at the UNL Extension Greenhouse, 348 West State Farm Rd., North Platte
Taking the afternoon to dive into DATA with South Platte staff! We're so excited to partner with districts and our region 5 NeMTSS leads when we can!! #NeMTSS
Wishing the best of luck to the Perkins County and St. Pats quiz bowl teams as they compete at the state quiz bowl competition today in Hastings!
Level up your leadership at Principendent Day! 🚀 Join us June 13 in North Platte for a dynamic day with Jimmy Casas, tailored for leadership teams: superintendents, principals, and aspiring leaders. Connect, learn, and leave with strategies to elevate your school culture and lead with confidence! Register at esu16.org #Leadership #WhatInspirESU #ESU16
The OWLS students have been busy this week! The students visited the ER at Great Plains Health. Steph gave a tour, and she showed them all the cool gadgets. She also talked about how the students can advocate for themselves if they ever have to visit the ER. LifeNet/Air Methods showed us the helicopter and answered all of our questions. Thank you to Great Plains Health and LifeNet North Platte!
We would like to thank the Garden Glove for donating a bunch of flower pots to the OWLS/Transition students for their greenhouse. And also, thank you to Barbie for giving us a tour of all of the greenhouses!
OWLS students are partnering with the UNL Extension Office to plant herbs, vegetables, and flowers. They learn the whole process from germinating seeds to transplanting to selling the plants in May. Pete Ricketts' staffers toured the greenhouse as one OWLS student answered their questions.
T-Minus 2 weeks until the OWLS plant sale!!! The students could use your help! We are asking for donations of big sour cream, yogurt, butter, etc. containers and also any old pots you'd like to get rid of. We need them for this year and next year. We will try to have tubs at both ESU #16 offices for you to drop off donations too. Thank you!
Congratulations to Shylee from Thedford for placing 3rd in the ESU statewide Nebraska Digital Citizenship Poster Contest for grades 6-8.
Yesterday, the OWLS students met with Randa to learn about how Goodwill Employment & Career Services can help them. Goodwill employees help individuals living with a behavioral health diagnosis, intellectual or developmental disability, autism spectrum disorder, and other barriers to employment to develop skills to successfully obtain and maintain employment.
What an opportunity to Create the Love of Reading! 📚 Join us May 9th from 10-4 ct for a planning session to align Nebraska literacy efforts throughout your community!
The registration deadline is May 5th! https://registration.esu16.org
Both ESU 16 offices will be closed on April 18th & 21st for Easter break. Thank you for understanding!
