Mickle Middle School serves students in northeast Lincoln. Memories of middle school, in the form of published yearbooks, helps our students recognize their part in the history and traditions of the Bethany area, and in Lincoln Public Schools.

Many of our students' families are not able to finance the $25 to purchase a yearbook. We are asking for donations to fund yearbooks for 40 students at $25 each. We would like to provide an opportunity for these students to have a cherished keepsake of their middle school years. Requesting $1,000 plus cost reimbursement.

Similar campaigns have positively served Mickle Middle School students the past several years. Please help us carry on the tradition!

Over the last two decades, Southwest High School has offered a penpal program for our students and the students of our Sister School, Senshu Matsudo High School, in Matsudo, Japan.

With each year that passes the program has grown more robust and enriching for our students, staff, and families. Not only do we provide the traditional penpal letter writing experience, but also an evening where we live-stream with our Sister School - offering a chance for our students to speak in real-time with their penpals. Another amazing cultural exchange/experience that we provide our students with is a holiday gift exchange where our students send small, thoughtful gift packages to their penpal. The fun of both sending and receiving gifts in this exchange can be seen on all of our students' faces!

Unfortunately, the cost of international shipping has started to raise concerns about the ability to offer our gift exchange moving forward. This is a request to help us continue building friendships and cultural ties with our Sister School through a donation to help us cover the cost to ship our holiday gifts to Senshu Matsudo. Requesting $200 plus cost reimbursement. 

- To successfully implement Orff-Schulwerk approach in the music classroom, Calvert Elementary will need additional xylophones for students to use. The goal is to purchase two sets of Sonor Smart Series Palisono Xylophone (3-pack). These instruments will be used by all students in grades K-5. 

- Two students will be attending the 2024 Nebraska Music Educator's Orff Ensemble in November. Cost is around $72 per student. 

To fulfill both requests, we aim to raise $4,414.00 plus cost reimbursement. 

Thank you so much for your generosity!