70 Nebraska schools receive $45,000 in grant funding from EducationQuest Foundation, according to a press release issued Monday morning from EducationQuest. 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 alphabetically by city, then school.
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
EducationQuest Foundation is a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve access to higher education in Nebraska. Headquartered in Lincoln, EducationQuest provides free college planning services, need-based scholarship programs, college access grants for high schools, and outreach services for community agencies. For more information, visit EducationQuest.org<http://www.educationquest.org>.
