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