Coaches for Northeast Nebraska Football Classic named

From Northeast All-star Classic website.

Two head football coaches, who will be stepping down from their respective programs following the season, have been named head coaches for the 3^rd Annual Red vs. White Northeast Nebraska All-Star Football Classic, according to Mike Fuehrer, Sports Development Manager for the Norfolk Area Sports Council.
Tony Hoffman of Crofton, who will be the head coach for the Red Team, and Dr. Jon Cerny of Bancroft-Rosalie, who will be the head coach for the White Team, have been named head coaches for the 2015 All-Star Classic.
The 3^rd Annual All-Star Game will be played on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 1 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Field in Norfolk.
Dr. Cerny served as assistant coach on the White Team last summer. He said this will be the last game he will coach after 32 years, all at Bancroft-Rosalie.
Hoffman served as an assistant on the Red Team last summer. He said he is stepping away from the game after joining the Crofton football program as an assistant in 1995. He has been the head coach since 1999.
Mark Brahmer, Head Football Coach at Pierce High School, who serves as President of the Board of Directors, said both men are quality head coaches and both will have outstanding assistant coaches to work with.
“The board and I are thrilled to have two of the most successful football coaches in Northeast Nebraska leading our respective all-star squads this year,’’ Brahmer said.  “Tony Hoffman and Jon Cerny have been proven winners over the long haul, and we are excited to watch them lead their teams.’’
Brahmer also said both coaches are joined by a wealth of knowledge and ability among their assistant coaches.  “High school football is strong in this part of the state, not only because we have tough players that are willing to work, but also because we have coaches who work hard at their trade,’’ he said. “All of these coaches positively represent the strength of football in this area.’’
Hoffman’s assistant coaches will be Tom Allen of Crofton, Steve Neptune of West Holt, Darin Suckstorf of Lutheran High Northeast, Chad Cattau of Hartington Cedar Catholic and John Bellar, formerly of Norfolk Catholic.
Cerny’s assistant coaches include Dan Maresh of Lyons-Decatur Northeast, Arnie Johnson of Boone Central/Newman Grove, John Erwin of Norfolk High School, Ron Beacom of Neligh-Oakdale and Jim Clarkson of Clarkson.

Bancroft-Rosalie Play Production wins East Husker Conference

Bancroft-Rosalie's performance of "A Mid-Summer Nights Dream" won the Elkhorn Division One Act Play competition today in Lyons.
Brianna Wegner was named outstanding actress overall.
Ian Nottlemann was named outstanding supporting actor overall.
Outstanding performers for our play were- Brianna Wegner, Ian Nottlemann, Suzanne Ras, Wyatt Hennig, and Austin Bruning

The Future Ready Pledge

The Future Ready District Pledge, developed by the U.S. Department of Education in October 2014, is a commitment by district leaders to work with educators, families, and community members to make all schools in their districts Future Ready. The Future Ready Schools Initiative will encourage and support superintendents as they transition their districts to personalized, digital learning.

I, Dr. Jon Cerny, Superintendent of Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools do hereby affirm the commitment of this district to work with students, educators, families, and members of our community to become Future Ready by engaging in a wide range of activities such as:

 

Fostering and Leading a Culture of Digital Learning Within Our Schools.

Future Ready district leadership teams work collaboratively to transform teaching and learning using the power of technology to help drive continuous improvement. We work together to protect student privacy and to teach students to become responsible, engaged, and contributing digital citizens.

Helping Schools and Families Transition to High-speed Connectivity.
Future Ready districts conduct comprehensive diagnostic assessments of the district’s technology infrastructure and develop a sustainable plan to ensure broadband classroom connectivity and wireless access. Future Ready districts work with community partners to leverage local, state, and federal resources to support home Internet access outside of traditional school hours.

Empowering Educators through Professional Learning Opportunities.
Future Ready districts strive to provide everyone with access to personalized learning opportunities and instructional experts that give teachers and leaders the individual support they need, when they need it. Future Ready districts provide tools to help teachers effectively leverage learning data to make better instructional decisions.

Accelerating Progress Toward Universal Access for All Students to Quality Devices.
Future Ready districts work with necessary stakeholders to ensure that all students and educators across the district have regular access to devices for learning. Future Ready districts develop tools to support a robust infrastructure for managing and optimizing safe and effective use of technology, so students have opportunities to be active learners, creating and sharing content, not just consuming it.

Providing Access to Quality Digital Content.
Future Ready districts align, curate, create, and consistently improve digital materials and apps used in the support of learning. Future Ready districts use carefully selected high quality digital content that is aligned to college and career ready standards as an essential part of daily teaching and learning. Teachers are able to share, discover, and adapt openly-licensed materials and teaching plans.

Offering Digital Tools to Help Students And Families #ReachHigher.
Future Ready districts make digital resources available that help access expanded college, career, and citizenship opportunities. Future Ready districts promote ways to leverage technology to expand equity through digital activities such as completion of the FAFSA online, virtual counseling services, college scholarship search tools, and online advising access, all of which help to return America to the nation in the world with the highest college completion rate by 2020.

Mentoring Other Districts and Helping Them Transition to Digital Learning.
Future Ready districts work to design, implement, and share their technology plans. Future Ready districts join regional summits, participate in an online Connected Superintendents community of practice, and publish their Future Ready technology plan at a site such as www.MyDistrict.org/FutureReady

3 D printing- a disruptive innovation

A disruptive innovation is an innovation that helps create a new market and value network, and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network (over a few years or decades), displacing an earlier technology.

The desktop computer is an example of a disruptive innovation. In the early years of computers, they were so expensive only large businesses could afford them. Eventually the desktop computer came along and completely changed the computer industry. Now nearly every household has a computer.

The 3 D printer will have the same effect on the manufacturing industry. According to Biztimes.com, "The latest examples of this groundbreaking work are breathtaking:
- NASA has successfully tested a part of a rocket engine made through 3-D printing and has plans to send a 3-D printer to the International Space Station in 2014 and is even working with a private company to 3-D print a pizza.
- A Dutch firm is in the process of 3-D printing an entire house."

According to visualcapitalist.com, it looks like there would be one 3d printer for every five people in the US by 2023. Instead of buying toys and other items from China, people will be able to purchase them custom made at a local business or even make them at home on their own 3 D printer.

Let's get them in the hands of our students and see what they can do.

Products from the B-R 3D printer

3-D printing has the potential to change how manufacturing is done. B-R purchased a 3-D printer this year with grant funds from Great Plains Communications. A flag holder and an IPad holder are 2 items that the Industrial Technology classes have produced with the 3-D printer. The IPad holder looks like a broken water pipe. The products are made of plastic and come out white so they require painting after the printing is finished.

History of Neihardt Site In Bancroft

State Senators Blair Richendifer of Walthill and former Senator Bill Hasebroock of West Point introduced LB 855 on January 15, 1974. The bill passed on the floor but was vetoed by Gov. J. J. Exon. However, after two days of lobbying by Marie Vogt and an eloquent speech in support of the bill by Sen. Ernie Chambers, the Senators overrode the veto and appropriated $200,000 to build the Neihardt Center. The Center was dedicated on Neihardt Day, 1976. Some locals pass along a story of a possible swimming pool if the Neihardt Center wasn't built. Not true.

One Act Play Public Performance Tuesday Night at 8:00 pm

Trends in Superintendency

The following article excerpt was published in The Nebraska Council of School Administrators by James Ossian at Wayne State College.

All District Football Team

Bancroft-Rosalie places 5 on All-District Football Team

First Team All-District Football Carsten Tietz Easton Weborg Zeb Greve Dayne Wortman Chris Snyder Honorable Mention Mckenzie Lyons Ian Nottlemann Damion Otteman

Bancroft-Rosalie Community School Board News

The November meeting of the Bancroft-Rosalie School Board was held Monday, November 10, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. in the school library. Dr. Cerny presented the October transportation report, District tax history, State School Board Conference, and the addition of a required financial literacy course for seniors. In old business the board discussed the Interlocal Agreement with the Village of Bancroft and cooping high school sports with Lyons-Decatur. In new business the board reviewed the district multicultural program and the school technology plan. Dr. Cerny presented a preliminary teacher evaluation report. The board went into executive session to discuss teacher negotiations.

Veterans Day Program Tuesday at 2:45 pm in B-R School Gym

Neihardt Laureate Feast this Sunday in Omaha

The Laureate Feast is a major fund-raiser for the Neihardt Historic Site. This yeras honoree is Nebraska State Poet Twyla Hansen.

Bancroft-Rosalie School Board meeting agenda

Bancroft-Rosalie Community School
Regular Board of Education Meeting Agenda
Monday, November 10, 2014 --- 7:30 p.m. in Bancroft.
1. Call to Order
2. Open Meetings Act
3. Roll Call
4. Read and approve the minutes of the October 13, 2014 regular board meeting.
5. Treasurer’s Report
     A. Approve the Bills
     B. Financial Review
6. Review Agenda
7. Public Hearing
8. Administrator’s Reports:
     A. Superintendent’s Report
     B. Principal’s Report
     C. Board Committee Reports
          1. Negotiations
          2. Citizenship/Instruction/ Americanism
          3. Personnel
          4. Buildings and Grounds
          5. Transportation
          6. Insurance
          7. Reorganization
9. Old Business:
     A. Interlocal Agreement with Bancroft Village
     B. Cooping sports with Lyons-Decatur beginning 2016-17
10. New Business:
      A. Annual review of Multicultural program.
      B. Annual review of technology
      C. Preliminary teacher evaluation
11. Executive session- Negotiations
12. Future Planning- Next meeting- Monday, December 8, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
13. Adjournment.

B-R Activities is now on Twitter

With the push for staying more connected in our digital age, Bancroft-Rosalie has just this year began using twitter as a way to get more information out concerning school related activities. This brief, "micro-blog" format, that uses only 140 characters per tweet, along with it's ease of mobile posting, allows B-R Activities followers to have up-to-the-minute check-ins on activities at Bancroft-Rosalie. By following B-R Activities ( www.twitter.com/bractivities ), users will be kept up to date on not only sports schedules and scores, but also other activities that Bancroft-Rosalie students are involved in, like Battle of The Pep Bands (coming this Friday to B-R at 7:00 p.m.), One Act Performances and other important events at B-R. Stay up to date by following @BRActivities. #GOBIGBLUE

Election day Part II- Bancroft Village Board

I have served as the Bancroft representative on the Cuming County Economic Development Board of Directors for the past five years. Cuming County Economic Development has had a positive effect in every community in the county. I attended the Candidates forum at the Bancroft Senior Center last week to find out where the candidates for the Village Board stood on continuing to as a full partner with Cuming County Economic Development. Bancroft Village Board Chairman Jack Gardes said he will not support membership in Cuming County Economic Development. Candidate Kent Hansen said that he needed to know more about it before making a decision. Mike Hermelbracht, Aaron Peirce, and Angel Anderson were unable to attend the forum because of other commitments that night. My sources tell me that they are in favor of staying with CCED. Cuming County Economic Development is in the middle of putting together a housing project that will involve the Village of Bancroft. Now is not the time drop our membership. Please vote for Village Board candidates that will support Cuming County Economic Development.

Tomorrow is Election day

My perspective on Tuesday's election in Nebraska from the angle of economic development in rural Nebraska. Governor's race: We need a Governor that prioritizes rural economic development. We shouldn't be operating under the assumption that many small, rural towns in Nebraska will inevitably die. Chuck Hassebrook has a record of working to improve life in rural Nebraska through his work at the Center For Rural Affairs. Many of the business grants and incentives available to small businesses in Nebraska have come about through the efforts of the Center. Pete Ricketts has been the head of of an organization that proposed consolidating school district and counties in rural Nebraska. Which candidate do I trust to look out for the interests of the citizens of Bancroft and Cuming County? My friend for over 20 years- Chuck Hassebrook.