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A smiling woman in a holiday "Teaching is a work of heart" shirt stands in a school hallway with a student mural behind her.
More than three dozen LPS high school choir students stand on a stage in front of an organ.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln student Michaela Nanfito smiles as she works with Hartley Elementary School students on multiplication tables this fall. She has long hair and is using a clipboard to point to several multiplication problems that are being displayed on a projector screen. Nanfito and fellow UNL student Alex Ohnoutka are gaining experience at Hartley through a college practicum class for education majors. Twelve Hartley teachers are mentoring 15 UNL students this fall.
From left, Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird works with Hartley Elementary School students Saharsh, Abrar and Fatima to plant a tree at Hartley Park this spring. The three Hornets met with Gaylor Baird to talk about their ideas for improvements at the neighborhood park. They penned a letter to the mayor’s office this past winter for a persuasive writing assignment in their English Learner class.