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y parent s had a green-andyellow swing set in their backyard when I was a child. It consisted of two swings, a slide, and a seesaw. My younger sister and I spent hours playing on it, swinging high into the air and sliding down the metal slide. My favorite part, however, was the top bar. I used it as a gymnastics bar, flipping around and around the top of the swing set until I hurled myself into the grass. Lexi Zeiss probably understands the pure joy of flying off the uneven bars. Zeiss has been doing so since a young age. These days, she is a Senior Elite gymnast, eligible to compete at the American Cup and the U.S. Championships. She is also a top student at Westside High School, taking honors courses between training. How she achieved this level of skill in gymnastics is the subject of our Super Student article. Loc al musician and ac tor Billy McGuigan learned as a middle-school student that the ar ts, par ticularly theater arts, are important professions, and he and former Omaha Community Playhouse Artistic Director Kimberly Faith Hickman have created the McGuigan Arts Academy. Our other feature builds on the first, seeking to inform readers about careers in theater arts. Theater is a collaborative occupation that involves everything from project management to public speaking. Students who exceled in local high school theater programs work in a variety of careers, from broadcasting to owning a business. The article discusses the professional skills these students gained through the performing arts There’s a lot of great articles in this issue. I hope you enjoy them all.
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his 2020-21 school year has seen significant challenges in schools across the nation related to the pandemic. The Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Omaha have prioritized safety protocols, allowing our schools to continue with in-person instruction or hybrid instructional models for a majority of the year. There are over 18,500 students and 1,400 teachers growing every day in faith, academics, and service. Omaha natives are familiar with the long tradition of excellence in our schools; evidence can be seen in our ACT scores that are above national average across all demographics and in our 99% graduation rate. • We strive toward being accessible and affordable for every Nebraskan, so that we can increase the number of students from historically underserved populations— children in poverty, non-English speaking families, and students with diagnosed learning disabilities. The academic programming and support services in our schools continues to grow in order to accommodate even more students. • One third of our Metro elementary schools participate in one of the largest, privateschool Blended Learning initiatives in the United States, impacting more than 3,500 students. Since implementation, 20% of the students using the program for five months who had been below grade level at initial placement have moved up to grade level, and 5% of the students who had been at grade level at initial placement have graduated to above grade level. The Omaha Catholic School Consortium opened the Dual Language Academy in 2018-2019 and has now outgrown its original location in South Omaha. The DLA will be expanding into additional classrooms at St. Joan of Arc, providing for children age 3 through third grade. Dual language students can continue their education through eighth grade.
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e are incredibly thankful for each and every student, staff member, and family member in Bellevue Public Schools. During these challenging and unique times, we’ve come to understand how deeply important our connection matters to our well-being. Though learning took on a different process for everyone, whether in-person learning or our at-home learning program, I’ve never been prouder to see us come together to support one another. Bellevue Public Schools’ beliefs include learning for all; preparing our students to persevere and face the challenges of living and learning in an ever-changing world; respecting diversity and helping students understand their roles as responsible citizens; providing a safe and secure learning environment; and partnering with our students, parents, and community to support learning and enhance the quality of education in our district. We are united with a common purpose, to be Champions for Children. Stay safe, healthy, and strong!
BARY HABROCK, Ph.D. Elkhorn Public elkhornweb.org
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ver the course of the last year, the adaptability of our educational system has been tested. All involved have been asked to adjust to teaching and learning in new ways, and the interdependence between school and home has been magnified like never before. Through it all, our teachers were creative and hard-working, our students resilient and engaged, and our parents exceptionally supportive and involved. Together, everyone was truly amazing in working together to navigate remote learning, in-person learning, and the many protocols that made schools a safe place during a pandemic. In 2020-2021, Elkhorn Public Schools served over 10,700 students, an enrollment increase of 5%, and marked the 34th consecutive year of growth for the district. EPS staff has embraced this progress and continues to believe in the potential of each student, while also focusing on maintaining a sense of community for all. Regardless of the disruption the pandemic caused, EPS is grateful for another year of continued grow th, outstanding achievement, and community partnership. It’s these facets that make our Elkhorn school community a great place to live, learn, and grow as we continue to be dedicated to preparing students for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead and shaping them into responsible, lifelong learners. Together, we can ensure that every student thrives in school and is prepared to write their future story beyond our system.
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ometimes the moment defines us. The past year will always be remembered for the pandemic. Sometimes we define the moment. We are making this year about getting better, and then about getting stronger. The pandemic is still with us and will be for some time. But we are already shifting into a recovery mode. There are three steps. The first is to gather data and define the learning gaps. The second is to determine what we need to do to close the gaps. While this will be unique for each child, we know it will always be about increasing frequency, intensity, and duration of learning. Our last step is determining the resources we need to do this work. All three steps are already well underway. We are excited to help our students find a positive way to define this year for themselves.
CHERYL J. LOGAN, Ed.D. Omaha Public district.ops.org
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ore than ever, this school year demonstrated the vital role public schools play in our community. I am immensely grateful to our students, staff, and families who rose to meet every challenge we faced, together. Throughout this school year, teachers innovated to engage students remotely. Operations staff coordinated our rigorous health and safety efforts, allowing for a responsible return to in-person learning. Our nutrition services team prepared hundreds of thousands of meals for students throughout the spring, summer, and fall. Looking forward, our long-term plan to address unfinished teaching and learning from the pandemic will organize many layers of support for students. As you read this edition, the work includes additional summer school opportunities across our district. Even as we focused on a thoughtful, coordinated response to the pandemic, our district forged ahead to improve education for the students we serve. Construction continues on five new schools—two elementary, one middle, and two high schools. Improvements and renovations are underway throughout our district, thanks to the voters who approved our 2018 Bond Program. Following months of review, engagement, and planning aligned with our Strategic Plan of Action, our district introduced the Omaha Public Schools College & Career Academies and Pathways, designed to better engage students in classroom learning and connect them with high-skill, high-wage, and in-demand jobs after graduation and post-secondary education. Though many things look different compared to this time last year, our commitment to students remains unchanged. More than ever, we thank our families for their essential partnership to prepare all students for success in college, career, and life.
MIKE LUCAS, Ph.D. Westside Community westside66.org
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very day, educators in Westside Community Schools and throughout all of Nebraska wake up with a unified mission: to nurture, teach, and support children to make their lives better. Schools do so much more than just teach reading, math, science, and other academic subjects. We are in the opportunity business, and it is our duty to help our students learn as much as they can about academics, teamwork, inclusion, kindness, work ethic, and perseverance while providing them with endless opportunities to gain confidence and proficiency in numerous areas. I believe the 2021-2022 school year will be the most important school year in the history of our school district and state. We will need to continue to overcome the many adversities that COVID-19 presented. We will need to continue to forge ahead and make sure our students have the resources and support they need to thrive academically and socially/emotionally. The pandemic has been extremely difficult and has negatively impacted many students and their families in a variety of ways. Schools are a big part of filling in the gaps and helping those in extra need, but we need help from our amazing community as well. As an educator, husband, son, brother, parent, and now grandparent, I know everyone reading this can help our entire city as we move forward. I hope we all look to find more common ground and less battle ground as a society. We have labels and barriers that keep us apart: Republicans, Democrats, skin color, religion, gender, rich, poor, short, tall, skinny, fat…the labels and dividers go on. We can: do better if we appreciate and support those who are different from us; do better if we lead by example, and teach our children lessons that will last a lifetime; and improve all lives overall. We can do better, and we must. Our children are watching and learning from us.
LIFE LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH ARTS McGuigan Arts Academy Encourages Youth
Left to right: Billy McGuigan and Kimberly Faith Hickman
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new arts program and summer taining, in the spacious parking lot of camp in Omaha operates with Omaha Community Playhouse. Energized this simple idea: Not every child by the success of that outdoor production, wants to be a star, but every child he and a team that included Kimberly will benefit from a life enriched by the Faith Hickman, the then-artistic director at arts. McGuigan Arts Academy opened in OCP, created an entirely new production spring 2021 with the intention of develfor outdoors called “Don’t Stop Me Now” oping life skills by teaching a range of in about two weeks. After conceiving and creative classes. rehearsing an entire show in such a short Cofounder Billy McGuigan credits his amount of time, McGuigan and Hickman exposure to the arts in middle school realized they made a formidable duo. for sending him down an innovative They’d known each other since 2011, path. Once a quiet student, the skills he but never had a chance to collaborate on learned and the confidence he gained a large scale. through acting and arts classes led to “If we combined, we knew we could be creating and starring in popular national an unstoppable force,” McGuigan said. touring productions such as “Rave On! That ’s how Hickman became the The Music of Buddy Holly” and “Yestercofounder of the McGuigan Arts Acadday and Today.” emy. She brings with her a wealth of expeMcGuigan was not a class clown, or rience gained through her years of work the type of student who dominated class on Broadway and off-Broadway. discussions. Classmates only Having taught small heard him talk when he had to and large classes, give a book report, but he had Hickman is excited something special, a creative It was life-changing. the new academy will quality that teachers noticed. He consist of classes of Seeing that the arts are a was placed in an artistically gifted about 10 students. program where he could work profession and it can be a “I prefer the intimate alongside an artist-in-residence career opened my eyes to setting more. It allows a world that once seemed the kind of impact we at his school. “It was life-changing,” McGuigan unimaginable.” want to have on our recalled. “Seeing that the arts — B i l ly M c g u i ga n student s,” Hickman are a profession and it can be a said. “They can build career opened my eyes to a world that their own community within that small once seemed unimaginable.” group. And it keeps kids safe and at The improvisational acting and film a distance.” editing classes taught him the life skills Like McGuigan, Hickman felt her career that got him to where he is today. path was influenced by specific mentors. As a father, he likened seeing the spark A s they planned the for mation of in his children’s youthful artistic pursuits McGuigan Arts Academy, they discussed to the inspiration he hopes the arts acadthe teachers who impacted them on their emy will provide to locals young and old. journeys. Hickman credits Ron Anderson, “Remember that feeling the first time founder of the Springer Theatre Acadyou saw your kids draw? Remember that emy, a theater program in Georgia that feeling?” he asked. “We want to enhance McGuigan also attended. that and keep that feeling.” “He taught me everything that I know In summer 2020, McGuigan reworked about working with students,” she said. his hit stage show, “Rave On!” so that it “He taught me that every student, regardcould be performed, and remain enterless of age, skill level, or experience, has talent and skill.”
Using Springer as their model, they star ted shaping the classes for their nascent academy. They devised classes for all ages, from family classes involving the really young to elementary ages on up to adults. The academy is housed in a bay at Countr yside Village, a unique space that can be rearranged to suit the needs of each class. “What’s important to us is that all of the artistic options are available in one safe place,” McGuigan said. The first classes held in the space were spring break camps and private lessons. They covered topics such as improvisation, dance, guitar lessons, and puppetry, and they were taught by the artists in McGuigan’s Rave On Productions, as well as Hickman. This summer, camp options will expand to include technical aspects of theater, like directing. “I’m excited that we can contribute to helping develop people who don’t want to be on the stage,” Hickman said. Students who attend class at McGuigan Ar ts Academy will get the chance to showcase what they learn. Photography students will have an exhibit, while students of theater will apply what they’ve learned to helping actual performances by Rave On Productions. McGuigan and Hickman are excited about The Omaha Series, a set of shows held at various nontraditional venues for theatrical productions. They’ll offer an outlet for students to show off what they’ve learned. Maybe, just maybe, that single outlet is all it takes. “That little spark? You can take that little spark and it will be there the rest of your life,” McGuigan said. Visit mcguiganartsacademy.com for more information.
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heater is “project management at its absolute best,” said Robyn Baker, who teaches drama at Millard South High School. She said that experience in high school can lead to a variety of viable career options. It ’s a sentiment echoed by Jef f Nienhueser, who serves as director of Papillion-La Vista South High School’s drama department. “I think theater is such a great way for kids to explore so many things,” Nienhueser said. “Theater can teach, theater can entertain, and theater can be a lot of different things. That’s the wonderful thing about theater: there’s something for everyone.” Over the years, Nienhueser has seen some of his drama students go on to work in theater, but he’s seen far more take the skills they learned in class or stage productions and apply them to other sectors. “One of the life skills theater teaches kids is that they have to learn to work with everyone. I talk a lot about that. One of the lessons everyone has to learn is how to work with people,” he said. “Of course, it also teaches them basic communication skills, how to collaborate, group thinking, and problem-solving.” Adrian Whitsett, a 1998 Papillion-La Vista High School graduate, is one of Nienhueser’s former drama students. He’s now a reporter/anchor for WCPO in Cincinnati, but Omahans remember him as part of KETV’s broadcast news team from 2008 to 2015. Whitsett said his high-school stage experience taught him to be comfortable in front of people and learn to block out distractions, which serves him especially well in field reporting.
“You learn to be able to speak well, and working together with others. “He and our enunciate, and sort of emote when you choir teacher, Mr. [David] Cecil, were like the need to,” he said. “Broadcasting, in some dynamic duo and set such [a] good example senses, is not that for us kids about what much different from it’s like to be confi“I think theater is such a great acting. You don’t play a dent but also humble way for kids to explore so character, but you are and work together. I also not supposed to many things. Theater can teach, always appreciated put in your own biases their teamwork.” theater can entertain, and and your opinions. In a “The outgoing kids theater can be a lot of different weird way, you are sort naturally assimilate. of masking that so you For the shy kids, it’s things. That’s the wonderful can get the truth and hard at the beginthing about theater: there’s the facts out there.” ning. But I’ve had so something for everyone.” Whitsett’s classmate many shy kids that Liz Lilla was also a took a class and loved —J E F F N I E N H U E S E R theater student under it, went on to be in Nienhueser. Today she has a doctorate every play, and found a family in theater,” in physical therapy and owns Metro Stars Nienhueser said. “My theater kids are so Gymnastics. She said her participation supportive of everybody, and it’s a pretty in high-school theater (where she met welcoming place.” husband Erik) both on- and offstage was a “Everything I did on that stage was as part great way to learn people skills. of a team whether it was with other actors “That group of friends led by ‘Nien’ was or the director or people who were creatso important to me…It was not about who ing the set,” Whitsett said. “You learn a lot gets the lead in a performance, it was more about other people’s job function in getting about building relationships,” Lilla said. something together, and it directly trans“He was so good at that, making sure everylates to what I do today; there are so many one felt included and part of the group.” other people behind the scenes.” Working with others to meet a common Baker said high-school performing arts goal was an important lesson she later curriculum has “come a long way” from a applied to real-world entrepreneurtime when there might have been a few ship, she added. drama classes available to support one fall “In our business, customer service, workplay and one spring musical. ing with parents, working with my staff—it’s “In a normal year we will do six to seven all about relationships. These are all the shows. We have about 13 to 14% of our things you explore in drama; you have to student body who are involved in theater understand emotion and how to work with productions every year,” she said. “The others. To me, theater was like a big puzzle arts are required for graduation. Lots of where everyone has their own piece, and students take theater, music, and art to when you put them all together it makes fulfill those requirements and then they something pretty cool,” she said, adding often find that they stay because it’s such a that Nienhueser also set a good example of wide, vast field.”
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Nienhueser teaches drama classes each period, plus oversees an all-school musical, an all-school play, and several studentdirected one-acts each year. This spring the school will stage the classic show Sound of Music. He is in his last semester of a 37-year career in drama education. Nienhueser taught in McCook, Nebraska, before coming to Papillion-La Vista High School, and in 2003 (the school’s opening year) he joined Papillion-La Vista South High School and started its Titan Theatre. In 2013, Nienhueser was named to the national Educational Theatre Association Hall of Fame. “As it’s gone on over the years, especially in bigger schools, [theater has] become a staple of school culture,” he said, adding that the Papillion-La Vista school district has been “amazingly supportive” of the arts.
Baker has also seen the theater program grow in her district over her 26-year career. “Millard South has a full range of performance and technical theater classes, and we’ve woven in some business management as well,” she said. “Millard South was one of the first schools to pilot the theater tech apprenticeship program with Metro Community College and the Omaha Community Playhouse way back in 1995. “People think it’s ‘just acting,’ but the industry is so wide and broad,” she said. “We’ve had so many alumni who’ve not only have gone on to acting careers, but also are producers, filmmakers, voice artists, animation artists, and designing and running the technical projections and robotic special effects for national touring shows.”
Whitsett said performing arts students in his day were seen as “nerds, for lack of a better word,” but are regarded much differently today. “I think we were ahead of our time and we took our lumps and the ridicule because it was something we enjoyed doing. I’m better off for it.” Baker said drama instruction is especially valuable in today’s world of social media posts, text messages, and other short-form communication. “In the theater classes, kids put their phones away,” Baker said. “They’re in the moment and they’re invested,” she said. “In the times we’re in, I see students who need the arts more than ever.”
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Left to right: Cade, Justin, Amy, Cole and Chloe Haberman
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OME FAMILIES enjoy solving puzzles, watching movies, or hiking. The Habermans are all about sports—playing, watching, and discussing them. Justin Haberman is a physical education teacher and has been a part of Westside High School’s track, football, and wrestling coaching staffs for the last 18 years. He recently took over the head coaching position for the track team. His wife, Amy Haberman, works for Ashfield Health Care, where she serves as a nurse educator. According to Brandi Paul, the director of communications at Westside Schools, she is also her family’s biggest cheerleader. Their three children—Cade, 18; Cole, 17; and Chloe, 14—all play on Westside teams. As in, each child plays on more than one. Cade is a Division I football recruit, state silver medalist wrestler, and throws shot put and discus (he is a state qualifier in discus) on the track team. Paul said he is one of Westside’s only 12-time letter winners, meaning he has been a varsity athlete in all three sports for all four years of high school. “He says he’s a three-time state qualifier,” Justin said. “He will be a four-time state qualifier...He’s not one to toot his own horn, but Dad will.” Dad was right. Cade qualified for the fourth time and competed in the 2021 NSAA state wrestling championships in February. He finished his high school wrestling career as a three-time medalist, winning two silvers and a bronze. Not to be outdone, Cole is a state champion football player, a three-time qualifier for state, and is set to break Westside’s wrestling record for wins and pins next year, a record Cade currently holds. He won a silver medal at the 2021 state championship. The youngest Warrior, Chloe, isn’t content with letting her brothers have all the fun. Paul said she is a Westside softball and basketball player who is showing promise on the field and the court.
The family’s dedication to supporting their Westside teams was evident during their interview, which took place over Zoom. The parents, oldest son Cade, and, later, younger son Cole, crowded around a screen in a coaching office of the school, as they were in the middle of watching a basketball game. “Our whole life has revolved around sports since me and Amy first met,” Justin said. “I was playing college football [at Dana College in Blair] and she was taking photos on the sideline.” Amy was there to photograph her brother, who also played on the team. “I’ll never forget, I saw her out there, and I said, ‘Who’s the cute blonde?’” Justin said. “And her brother’s standing next to me and said, ‘She doesn’t like your type.’” Despite her brother’s declaration, the two ended up together. Whether he was wrong or Amy simply decided to make an exception for this particular guy, the result of their relationship is a talented, loving family. Cole, who was identified as the “class clown” of the family, was candid in talking about his love and admiration for his family members. He expressed how he looks up to his brother and father, mentioning that he especially likes to hear stories of his dad’s college days. As for his mom, “She does everything for me…she’s always there when I need her,” quickly adding “Same with my dad.” Make no mistake, though. Like in all things sports, there is some rivalry. “There’s lots of competition between these two,” Amy said. “Well, actually, in our whole house. Competition drives our household, which sometimes gets a little intense. But it’s always good.” Despite that, they are eager to extol the virtues of the others. Cole saved perhaps his highest praise for Chloe. “You can’t forget Chloe,” he said. “Chloe’s kind of the glue of the family. I mean, she’s me and Cade combined. She’s funny, she’s smart, she’s athletic…I just see a lot of potential in Chloe.”
CADE IS ONE OF WESTSIDE’S ONLY 12-TIME LETTER WINNERS, MEANING HE HAS BEEN A VARSITY ATHLETE IN ALL THREE SPORTS FOR ALL FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL.
That closeness has likely helped the family get through this last year. While the unpredictability of the pandemic disrupted many lives, the Habermans tried to take it all in stride. Justin said Amy was on top of getting the family on the right track from the beginning. “My wife did a tremendous job when it was all going down,” he said. “We’ve done a really good job of trying to live our [lives] as masked-up as possible. Yet we still want our kids to live a normal life and to be able to participate in sports, so we tried our best to just keep our family safe.” Amy added that football season was especially stressful. ”We knew Westside had such a good team [in] this 2021 class,” she said, referring to the four Division I recruits from the team. “We knew they had a really good chance at winning state, and it just felt like you were holding your breath every week.” That tension remains, affecting not only the family’s current situation, but their futures as well. Cade plans to attend Northern Illinois University in the fall, where he is committed to playing football while studying pre-law. It was a decision that wasn’t made easily. “Double A recruiting has been shut down since about last January, I believe, and I haven’t been able to see any campuses during my recruiting process,” Cade said. Fortunately, his dad was able to drive him to DeKalb, Illinois, to take a look around and get a feel for the campus and the city. “I’ll tell ya, that’s the one thing as a dad…I was just talking to [football players] Avante Dickerson and Koby Bretz [about this], and the bad part is, these 2021 kids have been cheated out of the experience of recruiting,” Justin said. “They’re committing to schools they’ve never been to, which is just absolutely crazy.” Of course, he said, you also want them safe and healthy. Hopefully, things will be easier for the younger Habermans. Cole plans on wrestling in college, and Chloe also plans to continue playing sports at whatever college she chooses. “As a teacher, you just want these kids to live their normal lives,” Justin said.“And I believe my wife and family, and the administration…have done tremendously well.”
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A DEL ENE M C CR ACK EN'S long -time passion has been working with kids, especially teens. “For over 20 years, I have wanted to be a high school counselor,” she said. “I love… high school students.” When a health crisis threatened to derail her plan to follow that passion, McCracken refused to let that happen. The Lincoln native earned a postbaccalaureate degree in elementary education at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and worked as a Student Involvement Technician and Family Facilitator in Lincoln and Millard public schools, respectively, and at College of St. Mary, before going back to school in 2019 to pursue a master’s in school counseling at University of Nebraska at Omaha. Then, in May 2020, McCracken accepted a high school counselor position at Burke High School and began working in mid-August. A few days into her “dream job,” she had a medical episode that disrupted her life dramatically. “I was at work in my office typing an email and looking at the screen, and all of the sudden it was just gibberish,” McCracken said. She said her right hand was obviously not working correctly, she panicked for a moment, then sought the help of her colleagues. “I thought, ‘something is wrong. I’m having a stroke or having a seizure.’” Her partner was called and the counselor was rushed to the emergency room. McCracken’s devastating diagnosis came the same day via a video consult with a neurologist: an MRI revealed she had a brain tumor, and the mass was pressing on the motor skills portion of her brain, causing a seizure. Treatment began with surgery on Sept. 1. Dr. Jordan P. Lacy, a neurosurgeon with MD West ONE, removed the tumor,
later determined to be a grade 2 atypiconversation with her,” McCracken said. cal meningioma. While her meningioma “A few more students commented on my appeared benign, her doctors recomhaircut [referencing to her head’s shorn mended McCracken proceed with radisides]. They like it!” she laughed. ation treatment to ensure the full tumor Throughout it all, McCracken said she was eradicated. never doubted she’d get through the Five weeks after a successful surgery, health scare and kept an upbeat attitude. McCracken went back to her counseling “It would have been very easy to focus position at Burke, anxious and excited to on fear and loss…but I had to change the see her students again. way I think, take on a growth mindset,” she “I returned Oct. 5…came back full time. said. The experience also forced her to I did feel like I’d missed out. I was new, slow down and let go of things she couldn’t too, and thought, ‘now I’m even more control, she said, which has served her well. behind,’” she said. “That time [of recovery] While students were a bit in the dark took away from building relationships with about her health scare, McCracken’s my students.” coworkers were not. And many were Three days later, she began daily radiainspired by how she took it all in stride. tion treatments, usually scheduling them “Madelene epitomizes the meaning late afternoon to of braver y and resilreduce missed i e n c y,” s a i d D o n wo r k t i me. S he Ferree, a fellow Burke suf fered f atigue High counselor. “While and some hair loss, receiving some of the but McCracken said worst news a person she had minimal could ever hear, she side effects and felt approached it with fairly good throughoptimism and selflessout the seven-week ness. Her focus was cour se. Then, a never on herself but on bout with COVIDmaking sure our team 19 hit, and severe was suppor ted and flu-like symptoms her students’ needs require d her to were being met during —Madelene McCracken take a break from her absence.” work and radiation. While the trials of the The setback was past year have been temporary, however, and she returned to difficult, McCracken said she’s extremely her students in quick order. In fact, few thankful for the support she’s received of the kids were even aware of her health from OPS and Burke’s counseling staff. trials, due to her regular schedule and relaShe’s also more dedicated than ever to tively unaffected appearance. helping her students. “I’m not going to “There was really just one student who let anything get in the way of supporting wanted to know about my scar, and she’s students and helping them become the interested in neurosurgery, so I had a best version of themselves.”
“I’m not going to let anything get in the way of supporting students and helping them become the best version of themselves.”
Gratitude & a Growth Mindset Madelene McCracken’s Methods for Dealing with a Tough Diagnosis
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ANY OLYMPICS FANS know the names At the end of the camp, one of the national of gymnastics medalists Shawn Johnson staff confirmed my belief that she had someand Simone Biles. One day, perhaps, they will thing special. She told me to try for Elite with also add the name Lexi Zeiss to that repertoire. her, and to not give up on her. So we decided Zeiss is a Senior Elite gymnast and an honors to go for it.” student at Westside High School when not That meant hours of training, and the support balancing on a beam or tumbling on a mat. of Team Zeiss, which includes coaches, a sports She’s the second gymnast to earn the desigpsychologist, a dietician, a strength and condination of Elite Gymnast in Nebraska. tioning coach, a physical therapist, teammates, Lexi rolls facefirst into any challenge. “You’re understanding friends, and a school district going to fall more than you’re willing to work with the going to fly,” she said with a unique challenges that come shrug, seemingly unaware with having a student who is SHE QUALIFIED AS of the profound maturity of also an Elite athlete. her statement. “Hard work In order to get to the A SENIOR ELITE ON takes no talent.” Elite level, a gymnast must JAN. 22, 2021, AT THE She first star ted rolling pass the Elite compulsory at age 2, when she took a and optional qualifier s. BILES INTERNATIONAL mom-and-tot class at a local In compulsor y qualifiers, INVITATIONAL AND gym. Her mother, Dana, and gymnasts complete a basic father, Jess, were athletes at routine designed by organizELITE QUALIFIER IN Doane College (basketball ers to demonstrate that the HOUSTON, TEXAS. and baseball, respectively), gymnast has basic skills such and thought it would be a as handsprings, jumps, and good idea to get their only more. In Elite optionals, the child into gymnastics at a young age to help gymnast is evaluated for advanced skills such with coordination and flexibility, thinking she as complex dismounts and twisting vaults. would move into other sports later. At age 10, On Feb. 7, 2020, she achieved Junior Elite her parents switched her to Omaha Gymnastics status with the Brestyan’s National Elite QualAcademy when they realized gymnastics was ifier in Las Vegas. This gave her access to the her true passion. American Classic and U.S. Classic competitions, “She stood out right away,” coach Kelley which were canceled in 2020. Green said. “She is talented, but more than “I heard a saying once that when you go that, she has such a powerful drive to succeed after your passion with your whole heart, the at whatever she does.” universe conspires to help you achieve it. I think Lexi also played soccer from age 4 until she it may be true,” Green said. fully committed to gymnastics four years ago. Passion she has, as she spends around 30 "Her parents talked with me about her goal hours a week training. It has paid off. On Jan. to be an Elite gymnast,” Green said. “I thought 16, 2021, she qualified to go to the Nastia she might have what it takes, so I took her to a Liukin Cup in Indianapolis by earning the highcamp to get her in front of some of the national est scores at the Chows Winter Classic in Des gymnastics staff. I love taking her to camps, Moines. Only 18 Level-10 gymnasts across the because her attitude is infectious. She is always U.S. are invited to the Nastia Liukin Cup. Lexi excited to work towards her goals.” should not have been able to qualify. Level 10 Once at the camp, Lexi knew she had found is the highest a gymnast can achieve before her niche. “The camp was grueling,” Green making Elite status, but because she never continued. “There were three practices every competed as an Elite last year due to COVIDday, and each practice was three hours long… 19, she was able to compete as a Level 10. The Nastia Liukin Cup was televised Feb. 26 on NBCSN.
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Lexi’s next week brought even more excitement. She qualified as a Senior Elite on Jan. 22, 2021, at the Biles International Invitational and Elite Qualifier in Houston, Texas. The national team is made up of qualified Senior Elites. Lexi will likely be one of the youngest people on the mat this year. Because she was born in 2005, she qualifies for the 16-andup division, but will not turn 16 until Nov. 4. A typical weekday day for Lexi means being awake at 6:45 a.m. and at school by 7:30 a.m. She attends two classes at Westside High—honors math and honors English—then goes home for lunch and leaves the house for gymnastics training. She finishes training around 8 p.m. and goes to bed by 9:30 p.m. She spends her Saturdays in the gym. Her fellow gymnasts are all homeschooled, but Jess and Dana want Lexi to be herself first and a gymnast second. Four years ago, they approached thensuperintendent Blane McCann, and worked out a half-day schedule for Lexi, attending morning classes in person and afternoon classes online. Mike Lucas has continued with this plan. “They are such a valuable part of this team,” Dana said of the Westside staff. Lexi, specifically, wanted to thank her teammates and her school for their support. “She is the only Elite gymnast I know that doesn’t homeschool, and Westside School District made that possible. I’m thrilled that she gets to keep going to school, maintaining those friendships, and be a normal kid every day,” Green said. This “normal kid” believes anyone can achieve their dreams: “Work hard every day and great things will happen.”
“LEXI STOOD OUT RIGHT AWAY. SHE IS TALENTED, BUT MORE THAN THAT SHE HAS SUCH A POWERFUL DRIVE TO SUCCEED AT WHATEVER SHE DOES.” —Kelley Green
Summer camp is a right of passage and tradition. Countless youngsters find memories in canoeing on lakes, making s’mores over a campfire, singing “Kumbaya,” and sleeping in tents or bunk beds. Others will gain memories of improving their jump shots or theater skills. The following special advertising section highlights several summer camps around the area.
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FAMILY RESOURCE GUIDE CAMPGROUNDS ARROWHEAD PARK
29357 310th St. Neola, IA 51559 712-485-2295 pottcoconservation.com
BOTNA BEND PARK
42926 Mahogany Road Hancock, IA 51536 712-741-5465 pottcoconservation.com
CHRISTENSEN FIELD
1710 W. 16th St. Fremont, NE 68025 402-727-2630 visitfremontne.org
ELKHORN CROSSING
Bennington Road, east of N. 252nd St. 402-444-6222 or 402-315-1712 papionrd.org
FREMONT LAKES STATE RECREATION AREA
4349 W. State Lakes Road Fremont, NE 68025 402-753-0957 outdoornebraska.gov
HAWORTH PUBLIC CAMPGROUND
1099 Payne Drive Bellevue, NE 68005 402-293-3122 bellevue.net
HOME PARK
6902 N. 16th St. Omaha, NE 68112 402-457-4715 parks.cityofomaha.org
LAKE MANAWA STATE PARK
1100 S. Shore Drive Council Bluffs, IA 51501 712-366-0220 iowadnr.gov
LAKE WANAHOO STATE RECREATION AREA
27702 F St. Waterloo, NE 68069 402-443-1037 outdoornebraska.gov
LOUISVILLE STATE RECREATION AREA
15810 Nebraska Highway 50 Louisville, NE 68037 402-234-6855 outdoornebraska.gov
EUGENE T. MAHONEY STATE PARK
28500 W. Park Highway Ashland, NE 68003 402-944-2523 outdoornebraska.gov/mahoney
MEMPHIS STATE RECREATION AREA
Clear Creek Drive Lincoln, NE 68516 402-471-0641 outdoornebraska.gov
PLATTE RIVER STATE PARK
14421 346th St. Louisville, NE 68037 402-234-2217 outdoornebraska.gov
RIVERWEST PARK
233rd and W. Maple Road Omaha, NE 68022 402-953-4731 riverwestpark.net
TOMES COUNTRY CLUB ACRES
706 Veterans Memorial Highway Council Bluffs, IA 51501 712-366-0363 rvparking.com
TWO RIVERS STATE RECREATION AREA
27702 F St. Waterloo, NE 68069 402-359-5165 outdoornebraska.gov
WALNUT CREEK LAKE
11710 Turkey Road Papillion, NE 68046 402-679-9889 or 402-592-8877 papillion.org/parks
WEST OMAHA KOA
14601 U.S. Highway 6 Gretna, NE 68028 402-332-3010 or 800-562-1632 koa.com
HOSPITALS BOYS TOWN HOSPITALS
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OMAHA 14080 Boys Town Hospital Rd, Boys Town, NE 68010 531-355-6900 72nd Street Clinic 7205 West Center R oad Omaha, NE 68124 Harrison Street Clinic 6715 S 180th S t Omaha, NE 68135 Pacific Street Clinic 14040-14080 Boys Town Hospital Ro ad Boys Town, NE 68010
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LAKESIDE 16909 Lakeside Hills Court Omaha, NE 68130 402-717-8000 16901 Lakeside Hills Ct. Omaha, NE 68130 402-717-8000
CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS
childrensomaha.org Children’s Hospital & Medical Center 8200 Dodge St. Omaha, NE 68114 402-955-5400
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center Specialty Pediatric Center 111 N. 84th St. Omaha, 68114 Children’s Hospital & Medical Center – Behavioral Health 1000 N. 90th St. Omaha, 68114
CHILDREN’S PHYSICIANS
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BELLEVUE 4802 Shannon Dr. Bellevue, NE 68133 402-955-7600
GRETNA 11856 Standing Stone Dr. Gretna, NE 68028 402-955-6630
LA VISTA 9801 Giles Rd., Suite 1 La Vista NE 68128 402-955-8400
OMAHA 4104 S. 50th St. Omaha, NE 68117 402-955-7474 2412 Cuming St., Suite 103 Omaha NE 68131 402-955-8100 4825 Dodge St. Omaha, NE 68132 402-955-7676 13808 W. Maple Rd., Suite 100 Omaha, NE 68164 402-955-3000 9202 W. Dodge Rd., Suite 101 Omaha, NE 68114 402-955-7500 16909 Q St. Omaha, NE 68135 402-955-7575
982167 Nebraska Medical Center (42nd & Emile) Omaha, NE 68198 402-955-8125 110 N. 175th St. Omaha, NE 68118 402-955-5437
METHODIST HOSPITALS
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Methodist Health System 825 S. 169th St. Omaha, NE 68118 402-354-4800 Methodist Hospital 8303 Dodge St. Omaha, NE 68114 402-354-4000 Methodist Women’s Hospital 707 N. 190th Plaza Omaha, NE 68022 402-815-4000
METHODIST PHYSICIANS CLINIC URGENT CARE
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MILLARD 5908 S. 142 St. 402-354-1001
NORTHWEST 10710 Fort St. 402-354-1001
SOUTH OMAHA 3353 L St. 402-354-1001
NEBRASKA MEDICINE HOSPITALS/HEALTH CENTERS
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NEBRASKA MEDICINE CLINICS
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VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION BELLEVUE VA Medical Clinic 2206 Longo Drive Bellevue, NE 68005 402-591-4500 nebraska.va.gov
OMAHA VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System 4101 Woolworth Ave. Omaha, NE 68105 800-451-5796 nebraska.va.gov
INDEPENDENT BELLEVUE Bellevue Urgent Care 1307 Harlan Drive Bellevue, NE 68005 402-291-8701 bellevueuc.com
OMAHA AFC Urgent Care 4004 N. 132nd St., Suite No. 101 Omaha, NE 68164 402-378-9467 afcurgentcare.com Charles Drew Health Center 2915 Grant St. Omaha, NE 68111 402-457-1200 charlesdrew.com Clarkson Tower 4350 Dewey Ave. Omaha, NE 68105 402-552-2000 nebraskamed.com Concentra Urgent Care Omaha West 9602 M St. Omaha, NE 68127 402-331-8555 chihealth.com Concentra Urgent Care South Omaha 2900 F St. Omaha, NE 68107 402-731-8701 concentra.com Midwest Minor Medical 84th & Q St. Clinic 5310 S. 84th Sts. Omaha, NE 68127 402-827-6510 midwestminormedical.com 8610 W. Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68114 402-827-3716 midwestminormedical.com 14104 S St. Omaha, NE 68134 402-964-2472 midwestminormedical.com 18210 Wright St. Omaha, NE 68130 402-614-7553 midwestminormedical.com Midwest Surgical Hospital 7915 Farnam Drive Omaha, NE 68114 402-399-1900 mwsurgicalhospital.com Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital 2808 S. 143rd Plaza Omaha, NE 68144 402-609-1600 neorthohospital.com Select Specialty Hospital 1870 S. 75th St. Omaha, NE 68124 402-361-5830
PAPILLION Urgent Care of Papillion 8419 S. 73rd Plaza, Suite No. 101 Papillion, NE 68046 402-991-9060 myucop.com
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GUIDE LIBRARIES BELLEVUE
BELLEVUE PUBLIC LIBRARY
1003 Lincoln Road Bellevue, NE 68005 402-293-3157 bellevuelibrary.org
LA VISTA
LA VISTA
9110 Giles Road La Vista, NE 68128 402-537-3900 cityoflavista.org/library
OMAHA
DO SPACE
7205 Dodge St. Omaha, NE 68114 402-819-4022 dospace.org
OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARIES
omahapubliclibrary.org Click on “Hours & Locations”
A. V. SORENSON
4808 Cass St. Omaha, NE 68132 402-444-5274
BENSON
6015 Binney St. Omaha, NE 68104 402-444-4846
BESS JOHNSON
2100 Reading Plaza Elkhorn, NE 68022 402-289-4367
CHARLES B. WASHINGTON
2868 Ames Ave. Omaha, NE 68111 402-444-4849
FLORENCE
2920 Bondesson St. Omaha, NE 68112 402-444-5299
MILLARD
13214 Westwood Lane Omaha, NE 68144 402-444-4848
MILTON R. ABRAHAMS
5111 N. 90th St. Omaha, NE 68134 402-444-6284
SADDLEBROOK
14850 Laurel Ave. Omaha, NE 68116 402-884-7473
SOUTH OMAHA
RALSTON
BARIGHT PUBLIC LIBRARY
5555 S. 77th St. Ralston, NE 68127 402-331-7636 ralstonlibrary.org
OUTINGS BELLEVUE
FONTENELLE FOREST NATURE CENTER
1111 Bellevue Blvd. N. Bellevue NE, 68005 402-731-3140 fontenelleforest.org
TREERUSH ADVENTURES AT FONTENELLE FOREST
1111 Bellevue Blvd. N. Ste. A, Bellevue, NE 68005 402-316-7038 treerush.com
SARPY COUNTY MUSEUM
2402 Clay St. Bellevue, NE 68005 402-292-1880 sarpycountymuseum.org
OMAHA
BEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
724 S. 12th St. Omaha, NE 68102 402-341-7130 bemiscenter.org
BLUE BARN THEATRE
1106 S. 10th St. Omaha, NE 68108 402-345-1576 bluebarn.org
BOB KERREY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
705 Riverfront Drive Omaha, NE 68102 402-444-5900 visitomaha.com/bob
BOYS TOWN
13628 Flanagan Blvd. (137th St. and W. Dodge Road) Omaha, NE 68010 402-498-1141 boystown.org
COCO KEY WATER RESORT
3321 S. 72nd St., Omaha, NE 68124 402-547-5617 cocokeyomaha.com
DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2808 Q St. Omaha, NE 68107 402-444-4850
5730 N. 30th St. Omaha, NE 68111 402-455-9990 douglascohistory.org
W. CLARKE SWANSON
DURHAM MUSEUM
9101 W. Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68114 402-444-4852
W. DALE CLARK
215 S. 15th St. Omaha, NE 68102 402-444-4800
801 S. 10th St. Omaha, NE 68108 402-444-5071 durhammuseum.org
EL MUSEO LATINO
4701 S. 25th St. Omaha, NE 68107 402-731-1137 elmuseolatino.org
FLORENCE MILL
LOVE’S JAZZ & ARTS CENTER
9102 N. 30th St. Omaha, NE 68112 402-551-1233 theflorencemill.org
2510 N. 24th St. Omaha, NE 68110 402-502-5291 ljac.org
FREEDOM PARK
MALCOLM X HOUSE SITE
2497 Freedom Park Road Omaha, NE 68110 402-444-5955 cityofomaha.org
3448 Evans St. Omaha, NE 68111 402-881-8118 malcomxfoundation.org
GENE LEAHY MALL
MORMON PIONEER CEMETERY
1203 Farnam St. Omaha, NE 68102 402-444-5955 visitomaha.com
3301 State St. Omaha, NE 68112 402-453-9372 lds.org
GERALD R. FORD BIRTH SITE AND GARDENS
MORMON TRAIL CENTER AT HISTORIC WINTER QUARTERS
Woolworth Ave. Omaha, NE 68105 402-444-5955 nebraskahistory.org
GREAT PLAINS BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM
7400 Dodge St. Omaha, NE 68114 402-401-9893
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM
2200 Dodge St. Omaha, NE 68102 402-342-3300 joslyn.org
JOSLYN CASTLE
3902 Davenport St. Omaha, NE 68131 402-595-2199 joslyncastle.com
HEARTLAND OF AMERICA PARK
800 Douglas St. Omaha, NE 68102 402-444-5955 visitomaha.com
HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM
3701 S. 10th St. Omaha, NE 68107 402-330-4629 omahazoo.com
3215 State St. Omaha, NE 68112 402-453-9372 lds.org
OMAHA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
500 S. 20th St. Omaha, NE 68102 402-342-6164 ocm.org
OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE
6915 Cass St. Omaha, NE 68132 402-553-0800 omahaplayhouse.com
THE ROSE THEATER
2001 Farnam St. Omaha, NE 68102 402-345-4849 rosetheater.org
PAPILLION/LAVISTA
BELLEVUE BERRY AND PUMPKIN RANCH
HOLLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
INDUSTRIAL ESCAPE ROOMS
210 E. Lincoln St. Papillion, NE 68046 402-592-5671 papiofunpark.com
13837 Industrial Road Omaha, NE 68137 402-934-2083 industrialescaperooms.com
LAURITZEN GARDENS & KENEFICK PARK 100 Bancroft St. Omaha, NE 68108 402-346-4002 lauritzengardens.org
LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL VISITOR CENTER
601 Riverfront Drive Omaha, NE 68102 402-661-1804 nps.gov
PAPIO FUN PARK
PRAIRIE QUEEN RECREATION AREA
Cornhusker Road Papillion, NE 68046 402-444-6222 papionrd.org
WERNER PARK
12356 Ballpark Way Papillion, NE 68046 402-738-5100 milb.com
PARKS BELLEVUE PARKS bellevue.net 402-293-3000
LA VISTA PARKS cityoflavista.org 402-331-3455
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PAPILLION PARKS papillion.org/166/City-Parks 402-597-2049
RALSTON PARKS cityofralston.com/parks 402-331-4118
SUMMER CAMPS ACADEMIC CAMPS
AIM FOR THE STARS
402-554-4999 unomaha.edu/camps
ALL GIRLS/ALL MATH
402-472-8965 math.unl.edu/programs/agam
BIG RED SUMMER ACADEMIC CAMPS
402-472-2846 4h.unl.edu
BROWNELL-TALBOT CAMPS
402-556-3772 brownell.edu/summer-camp
ORPHEUM THEATER
409 S. 16th St. Omaha, NE 68102 402-661-8501 omahaperformingarts.org
11001 S. 48th St. Papillion, NE 68133 402-331-5500 bellevueberryfarm.com
1200 Douglas St. Omaha, NE 68102 402-345-0202 omahaperformingarts.org
OMAHA PARKS parks.cityofomaha.org 402-444-5900
CAMP INVENTION 800-968-4332 invent.org/local
CAMP SUMMERGOLD
402-474-2206 campsummergold.com
CAREER EXPLORATION CAMP AT UNL
402-472-7943 architecture.unl.edu
CENTRAL HONORS INSTITUTE
402-562-1458 cccneb.edu/chi
CODE CRUSH SUMMIT
402-554-2070 codecrush.unomaha.edu
COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY SUMMER ACADEMIES
402-399-2400 csm.edu/summer-academies
DO SPACE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS
402-819-4022 dospace.org
GODDARD SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP
402-891-4897 goddardschool.com
HASTINGS COLLEGE SUMMER ACADEMY
800-532-7642 hastings.edu
GUIDE KIDS CAN! SUMMER CAMPS
402-731-6988 kidscanomaha.org
MATHNASIUM SUMMER CLASSES
844-984-MATH mathnasium.com/papillion
METRO COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S COLLEGE FOR KIDS
402-457-2620 mccneb.edu/c4k
METRO COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S COLLEGE FOR TEENS
531-MCC-5437 mccneb.edu/c4t
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL CLASSES
402-896-0454 safenebraska.org
OMAHA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY CAMPS
402-399-9565 omahachristianacademy.org
PHOENIX ACADEMY SUMMER KICKSTART
402-390-0556 phoenixacademyomaha.org
CREATE SUMMER CAMPS
402-933-4446 inspireandcreate.com
CREATIVE GIRLS ART CAMP
402-612-1460 creativegirlsart.com
DANCE CUE STUDIO
402-590-2607 dancecuestudio.com
DISNEY DANCE CAMP
402-515-9639 omahaschoolofmusicanddance.com
DISNEY MUSICAL THEATRE CAMP
402-515-9639 omahaschoolofmusicanddance.com
FINE LINES CREATIVE WRITING SUMMER CAMP
402-871-3682 finelines.org
HEART & SOUL ART STUDIO CAMPS
402-960-3634 heartandsoulartstudio.com
IT’S YOURS POTTERY SUMMER CAMPS
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND & AEROSPACE MUSEUM SUMMER CAMPS
402-330-3470 itsyourspottery.com
SYLVAN LEARNING CENTER STEM CAMPS
402-342-3300 joslyn.org
402-944-3100 ext. 204 sacmuseum.org/camps
402-884-8731 sylvanlearning.com
YOUNG NEBRASKA SCIENTISTS CAMP
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM SUMMER CAMPS OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE HENRY FONDA THEATRE ACADEMY SUMMER CAMPS
402-472-8946 yns.nebraska.edu/camps
402-533-4890 omahaplayhouse.com
YOUNG NEBRASKA SCIENTISTS SMALL BUT MIGHTY CAMP
OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INSTITUTE SUMMER MUSIC CAMP
402-472-8946 yns.nebraska.edu/camps
YOUTH TECH INC.
877-984-2267 youthtechinc.com
ARTS-RELATED CAMPS
402 ARTS COLLECTIVE SUMMER CAMPS 402-913-1939 402artscollective.org
ARTS FOR ALL SUMMER CAMPS
402-556-7821 artsforallinc.com
BELLEVUE DANCE ACADEMY SUMMER CAMPS
402-291-3727 bellevuedanceacademy.com
CAMP SHAKESPEARE
402-689-7614 nebraskashakespeare.com
402-932-4978 omahacm.org/ocmi
OMAHA GIRLS ROCK!
SING OMAHA SHOW CHOIR CAMPS
402-933-7234 singomahastudios.org
SMILING TURTLE ART SPOT
402-315-9452 smilingturtleartspot.com
SMITTY’S PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SUMMER CAMPS & CLASSES
402-999-6368 smittyspac-omaha.com
SOUNDRY EXPLORE
608-345-2018 thekaneko.org
THAT POTTERY PLACE SUMMER ART CAMPS
402-730-8462 thewondernook.com
TWO KEYS CREATIVE STUDIOS CAMPS
402-660-1939 twokeysstudios.com
UNL BAND CAMPS
402-472-2503 unl.edu/band
UNO JAZZ CAMP
402-554-2297 unomaha.edu/camps
YOUNG WRITER’S CAMP AT UNL
402-472-1807 unl.edu/newp
OUTDOOR CAMPS
BOY SCOUTS RESIDENT CAMP AT CAMP CEDARS
402-514-3006 mac-bsa.org
CAMP VITRUS ET VERITAS CATHOLIC BOYS CAMP
712-347-5687 bgcomaha.org
CAMP PLATTE
metroymca.org
CAMP RIVERCREST CAMP ZORINSKY
CAROL JOY HOLLING CAMP
402-944-2544 caroljoyholling.org
CUB SCOUT DAY CAMPS
402-431-9272 mac-bsa.org
NEBRASKA 4-H SUMMER CAMPS
402-332-4496 4h.unl.edu/camp
FONTENELLE FOREST & TREERUSH ADVENTURE SUMMER DAY CAMPS
402-731-3140 fontenelleforest.org/camps
GIFFORD FARM SUMMER DAY CAMP
402-597-4920 esu3.org/GF/DayCamps
GIRL SCOUTS CAMPS
402-558-8189 girlscouts.how/camp
HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER CAMPS
712-328-5638 pottcoconservation.com
HUMMEL DAY CAMP
402-628-6455 calvincrest.org/summer-camp
402-444-4760 parks.cityofomaha.org
CAMP FUN-PLEX
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER SUMMER CAMPS
402-571-7670 jrpride.org
402-331-8436 fun-plex.com
ROSE THEATER SUMMER CAMPS
CAMP FONTANELLE UNITED METHODIST CAMP
402-345-4849 rosetheater.org
402-478-4296 campfontanelle.com
ST. ANDREW’S PERFORMING ARTS CAMP
CAMP FUN & FAITH FOR GIRLS
402-691-8875 omaha.schoolofrock.com
CAMP NAKOMIS—BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE MIDLANDS
THE WONDER NOOK CREATIVE CLASSES
CALVIN CREST CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER
SCHOOL OF ROCK SUMMER MUSIC CLASSES
402-238-1457 mountmichael.com
402-444-7557 parks.cityofomaha.org
RHONDA’S PIANO STUDIO
402-431-8560 standrewsomaha.net
MOUNT MICHAEL BENEDICTINE YOUTH SUMMER CAMPS
402-628-6465 camprivercrest.org
402-915-0482 archomaha.org
RONCALLI CATHOLIC ART CAMPS
CAMP MOSES MERILL
402-666-5639 campmerrill.com
7828 Dodge St. Omaha, NE 68124 402-392-1166 thatpotteryplaceomaha.com
402-321-2252 omahagirlsrock.org
402-881-6563 rhondaspianostudio.com
CAMP LUTHER
402-352-5655 campluther.org
402-289-1938 campfunfaith.webs.com
CAMP HANSCOM
402-444-4955 parks.cityofomaha.org
CAMP LEGACY
402-884-2242 camplegacyomaha.com
402-334-6426 jccomaha.org
LAURITZEN GARDENS SUMMER ADVENTURE CAMP
402-346-4002 Ext. 212 lauritzengardens.org
NEIGHBORHOOD OFFSHORE SUMMER DAY CAMP
402-348-9889 neighborhoodoffshore. com/summer-camp
YMCA CAMP KITAKI
402-434-9222 ymcacampkitaki.org
YMCA SUMMER DAY CAMPS
402-341-1600 metroymca.org
SPECIALTY CAMPS
CAMP FLOYD ROGERS FOR KIDS WITH TYPE I DIABETES
402-885-9022 campfloydrogers.com
CAMP FUN-PLEX
402-331-8436 fun-plex.com
CAMP HIGH HOPES FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
712-224-2267 Ext. 102 camphighhopes.com
CAMP KROC SUMMER DAY CAMP
402-905-3500 omahakroc.org
CAMP YOUCAN FOR KIDS WITH EPILEPSY
402-770-3936 midwestyoucan.org
CHAMPION SPORTS KARATE CAMPS
402-515-2272 championsportskarate.com
CRCC CAMP FOR KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
402-917-2533 crccomaha.org
CREIGHTON PEDIATRIC THERAPY HANDWRITING CAMPS
402-280-2200 creighton.edu
DIVENTURES MERMAIDS AND SHARKS SWIM CAMPS
402-933-6251 diventures.com
DUCHESNE PRESCHOOL SUMMER CAMPS
402-558-6250 duchesneacademy.org
DURHAM MUSEUM SUMMER CAMPS
402-444-5027 durham.org
EASTER SEALS OF NEBRASKA CAMP FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
402-930-4053 easterseals.com
ELITE CHEER CLASSES
402-537-0855 elitecheer.com
ELITE ACADEMY OF MARTIAL ARTS JIUJITSU & KARATE CLASSES 402-537-0855 karateofomaha.com
ENCHANTED PRINCESSES SUMMER CAMP
402-599-9167 realprincessesomaha.com
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GUIDE FITGIRL, INC CAMP EMPOWERMENT
NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY’S CAMP KINDNESS
402-290-4144 fitgirlinc.com
402-444-7800 nehumanesociety.org
GO! KIDS GYM SUMMER CAMP
NEBRASKA STORY ARTS STORYTELLING CAMP
402-504-3702 gokidsgym.com
RUTH K. SOLOMON GIRLS PROGRAM SUMMER ENRICHMENT ACADEMY
402-312-4749 nebraskastoryarts.org
OMAHA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM SUMMER CAMPS
CAMP WESTSIDE
402-390-2131 westside66.org
YMCA SUMMER CAMPS
402-341-1600 metroymca.org
SPORTS CAMPS
AMAZING ATHLETES SPORTS CAMP
402-457-7772 heartlandfamilyservice.org
402-342-6164 Ext. 411 ocm.org
402-660-7886 amazingathletes.com
HIS KIDS SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRY AT CAMP LUTHER
OMAHA FASHION WEEK FASHION CAMP
BELLEVUE WEST CHEER MINI T-BIRD SUMMER CAMP
402-352-5655 campluther.org
402-937-1061 omahafashioncamp.com
402-293-4040 bellevuepublicschools.org
HORSEMANSHIP CAMP AT AMERICAN LEGACY COMPLEX
OMAHA’S HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM DAY CAMPS, SCOUT AND ZOO TROOP PROGRAMS
BLUEJAY GIRLS SOCCER ACADEMY
402-468-4588 | 402-670-7220 americanlegacycomplex.com
JA CAMP 2021 800-283-7800 arthritisfoundationmidwest. campbrainregistration.com
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER SUMMER CAMPS
402-733-8401 omahazoo.com/day-camps
OMAHA PUBLIC LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM
402-444-4800 omahalibrary.org
OXBOW VET CAMP
402-334-8200 jewishomaha.org
800-249-0366 oxbowanimalhealth.com
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM CAMPS
PAPILLION RECREATION DEPARTMENT
402-342-3300 joslyn.org
KANEKO SUMMER CAMPS
402-341-3800 thekaneko.org
KIDS NETWORK AT MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
402-991-6710 kidsnetwork.mpsfoundation.org
LAUNCH LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP
402-437-0011 launchleadership.org
LIFE LAUNCH ACADEMY
402-651-1696 lifelaunchacademy.org
MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CAMPS
402-571-2618 marianhighschool.net
MAV KIDS SUMMER CAMP
402-554-2859 unomaha.edu/camps
402-597-2041 papillion.org/164/ Parks-Recreation
PONCA HILLS SUMMER RIDING CAMPS
402-453-0900 poncahillsfarm.com/camp
PROJECT EXPLORE CAMP WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION OF NEBRASKA, INC.
402-334-1677 nchpad.org
SARPY COUNTY MUSEUM SUMMER CAMPS
402-292-1880 sarpycountymuseum.org
SUMMER ADVENTURES AT STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND & AEROSPACE MUSEUM 402-944-3100 sacmuseum.org/camps
402-280-2720 bluejaygirlssocceracademy.com
CREIGHTON JUNIOR JAYS DAY CAMPS
402-514-7304 creightonsocceracademy.com
CREIGHTON PREP SUMMER SPORTS CAMPS & ENRICHMENT CLASSES
402-393-1190 creightonprep.org/summer
ELITE CHEER SUMMER CAMP
402-537-0855 elitecheer.com
ELKHORN EQUESTRIAN CENTER CAMPS
402-238-2027 elkhornequestriancenter.com
EVOLUTION SOCCER CAMP
402-718-6289 evolutionsoccerclub.com
GOING VERTICAL
402-392-1889 goingverticalomaha.com
GRIDIRON FOOTBALL ACADEMY & SUMMER CAMP
1-84-GRIDIRON gridironfb.com
GROVER LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
402-551-5806 groverlittleleague.com
HAPPYFEET LEGENDS OF GREATER OMAHA
402-553-9424 mercyhigh.org
SUMMER HORSE CAMPS AT SEEFUS RIDING STABLE
402-932-5571 happyfeetgreateromaha.com
402-290-9245 seefusridingstables.com
402-650-7648 hoffmanshoopsacademy.com
MONTESSORI EDUCATIONAL CENTER SUMMER PROGRAMS
UNO MAVERICK YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR BOOTCAMPS
HUSKER SUMMER CAMPS
MERCY HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CAMPS
402-393-1311 omahamontessori.com
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402-554-3605 unomaha.edu/camps
HOFFMAN’S HOOPS ACADEMY
402-472-3467 crec.unl.edu
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER SPORTS CAMPS
402-334-6426 jccomaha.org
MIDLAND UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC CAMPS
402-941-6360 midlandathletics.com
LITTLE SPORTS OMAHA
402-401-1228 littlesportsomaha.com
METRO OMAHA WOLVES SOCCER CAMPS
402-708-8442 metrowolvessoccer.com
METRO STARS GYMNASTICS DAY CAMP
402-991-5700 metrostarsgym.com
MIRACLE HILLS JR. GOLF PROGRAMS
402-498-0220 miraclehillgolf.com
NEBRASKA ELITE TENNIS CAMP
SUPPORT BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS
10831 Old Mill Road, Suite 400 Omaha, NE 68154 402-330-2449 bbsomaha.org
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE MIDLANDS
2610 Hamilton St. Omaha, NE 68131 402-342-1600 bgcomaha.org
GIRLS INC.
2811 N. 45th St. Omaha, NE 68104 402-457-4676 girlsincomaha.org
THE HOPE CENTER FOR KIDS
2200 N. 20th St. Omaha, NE 68110 402-341-4673 hopecenterforkids.com
THE KIM FOUNDATION
402-616-6996 @nebraskaelitetennis
13609 California St. Omaha, NE 68154 402-891-6911 thekimfoundation.org
NEBRASKA ELITE VOLLEYBALL CAMP
NEBRASKA CHILDREN’S HOME SOCIETY
402-599-0423 nebraskaelite.org
OMAHA TENNIS ASSOCIATION
402-680-6303 omahatennis.org
OMAHA SPORTS ACADEMY SUMMER CAMPS
402-504-1222 omahasportsacademy.com
PERU STATE COLLEGE SPORTS CAMPS
402-872-2350 perustatecamps.com
4939 S 118th St. Omaha, NE 68137 402-451-0787 nchs.org
OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS
4343 N. 52nd St.. Omaha, NE 68132 402-457-7000 ohb.org
OWENS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
7413 N. 30th St. Omaha, NE 68112 402-451-8404 owenseducationalservices.org
SCHOOL OF HOOPS
402-319-3689 @schoolofhoopsomaha
SPORTING OMAHA FC SUMMER CAMP
402-896-4420 | 402-630-0603 sportingomahafc.com
STRETCH-N-GROW SUMMER FUN
402-541-2885 sng-ne.com
THE STRIKE ZONE
402-398-1238 strikezoneacademy.com
UNO ATHLETIC CAMPS
Phone no. varies by sport unomaha.edu/camps
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