Oct 24, 2022

70 Nebraska Schools to receive funding from EducationQuest

Posted Oct 24, 2022 2:47 PM

  By:  Regan Anson

(Lincoln, Neb.)  EducationQuest Foundation has awarded 70 Nebraska schools with 8th Grade Campus Visit Grants totaling nearly $45,000.

The schools will use the grants, which range from $143 to $850, to help fund college visits and related activities to get students on the path to college.

EducationQuest Vice President Eric Drumheller said,  “When younger students visit a college campus, they can see first-hand the opportunities they have by pursuing higher education.  We want this experience to motivate them to take the necessary steps to make a college dream a reality.”

The 8th Grade Campus Visit Grants are awarded annually and are one of several programs EducationQuest provides to fulfill its mission of improving access to higher education in Nebraska.

EducationQuest has awarded approximately $345,000 in 8th Grade Campus Visit Grant funding to Nebraska schools since the program’s inception in 2011.

Awardees are listed below.  

Bancroft                     Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools
Bartley                        Southwest Public Schools
Bellevue                     Mission Middle School
Burwell                       Burwell Junior/Senior High School
Callaway                    Callaway Public School
Central City                Nebraska Christian Schools
Cody                           Cody-Kilgore Unified School
Columbus                  Columbus Middle School
                                    Lakeview Junior/Senior High School
Cook                           Johnson County Central Middle School
Crawford                    Crawford Junior/Senior High School
De Witt                        Tri-County Schools
Deshler                       Deshler Public Schools
Elba                            Elba Public School
Fairbury                     Fairbury Junior/Senior High School
Fairfield                      Sandy Creek Middle School
Fremont                     Fremont Middle School
Genoa                         Twin River Public Schools
Gering                        Gering Junior High
Gibbon                       Gibbon Public School
Giltner                        Giltner Public Schools
Gordon                       Gordon Rushville Middle School
Gothenburg               Gothenburg Public School
Grand Island              Westridge Middle School
Grant                          Perkins County School
Greeley                       Central Valley High School
Hastings                     Hastings Middle School
Hay Springs               Hay Springs Public School
Hayes Center             Hayes Center Schools
Humphrey                  Humphrey Public Schools
Laurel                         Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
Lexington                   Lexington Middle School
Louisville                   Louisville Public Schools
Madison                     Madison Middle School
McCook                      McCook Junior High
Mead                           Mead High School
Minatare                     Minatare Junior/Senior High School
Nelson                        Lawrence/Nelson Junior High School
Niobrara                     Niobrara Public School
                                    Santee Community School
North Bend                North Bend Central
O'Neill                         O'Neill Public Schools
Omaha                        All Saints Catholic School
                                    Beveridge Magnet Middle School
                                    Brownell-Talbot School
                                    Bryan Middle School
                                    Holy Name School
                                    Lewis and Clark Middle School
                                    Lifegate Christian Schools
                                    McMillan Magnet Center
                                    Morton Magnet Middle School
                                    Norris Middle School
                                    Sacred Heart School Omaha
                                    St. Thomas More School
Potter                          Potter-Dix Public School
Randolph                   Randolph Public Schools
Schuyler                     Richland Elementary (Schuyler Community Schools)
                                    Schuyler Middle School
Shelton                       Shelton Public School
Shickley                     Shickley Public Schools
South Sioux City       South Sioux City Middle School
Sumner                      S-E-M High School
Sutton                         Sutton Public Schools
Tekamah                    Tekamah-Herman Schools
Valentine                    Valentine Middle School
Verdigre                     Verdigre Public Schools
Wisner                        Wisner-Pilger Junior/Senior High School
Wood River                Wood River Rural High School
Wymore                      Southern Public Schools
York                            York Middle School