Gretna Staff Member Presents at NETA Conference
At this year’s Nebraska Educational Technology Association (NETA) Conference, Gretna East and Gretna High School Instructional Technology Coach Trina Popple led a session titled “The Great Escape: Designing Digital Escape Rooms to Boost Engagement.”
Her presentation demonstrated how educators can use Genially to build digital escape rooms that serve as review games, encouraging students to collaborate, problem-solve, and stay engaged. The session was well attended and offered practical strategies for integrating technology into instruction.
This presentation reflects the ongoing efforts of Gretna Public Schools staff to bring forward-thinking, student-centered approaches to the classroom.
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When you score your 100th career soccer goal this past week... You deserve the Griffin of the Week Award! This is the end product of a lot of hard work and dedication.
Congrats, Sonora, and good luck with the rest of the season!
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This morning, we had the amazing opportunity to celebrate one of our own Griffin students who has made the selfless decision to join the Marines!
Congrats and most importantly, THANK YOU Wyatt!
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Congrats to Gretna East Media!! They win the NSAA Class B state championship for the 2nd year in a row!
Gretna East Girls Tennis is crushing it this season! These talented girls are setting up for a great finish to the season. Read more here: https://omaha.com/sports/high-school/tennis/girls/article_d3174c97-20f0-44b8-9534-b24f69cade4b.html
Congrats to our very own, Coach Sughroue! She ran an incredible time at the Boston Marathon. Check out the story here: https://www.wowt.com/2025/04/22/gretna-east-coach-other-omahans-take-boston-marathon/
More results from the EMC Art Show!
Kennedy Olson wins the best 2D art piece!
Macey Cooley wins the second-best 2D art piece AND second-best 3D art piece!
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We have some results from the EMC Art Show this morning!
Kennedy Olson received first place for drawing!
Macey Cooley received second place for ceramics!
Congrats Griffins!
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Gretna East community: The Griffins are in The 64 Mascot Bracket. Voting opens Thursday—show your Griffin pride and vote us to the top! Create a profile at https://www.the64.com/ and VOTE GRIFFINS!
Skills & Grilles: Come support the SkillsUSA program at the annual car show hosted on Saturday, May 10th at GHS.
Attention Senior Parents/Students: Filling out the FAFSA is a state graduation requirement. Please click here for more information including the "opt out" form: https://tinyurl.com/ykadtba3. Please contact your school with any questions.
GRETNA EAST 2025 SUMMER DRIVER EDUCATION
CLASSROOM DATES AT GEHS: June 9 - June 19th
Class is held Monday through Thursday. No Friday Class.
Session 1: 9:00-11:30
Session 2: 12:30 - 3:00
Once a class enrollment reaches 25, that class will be unavailable for
sign-up. If all classes are full, you must contact ESU#3 to be placed on a waitlist.
Requirements
Must be 15 years of age by the start of class. (We are unable to accept 18
year olds)
Students must have a Learners Permit or School Permit from the DMV of
Nebraska.
All students must have access to a computer or cell phone and email for
online testing. Students will need to bring a writing utensil and notebook to
class.
All students must complete 20 hours of classroom instruction.
Limit of 25 students per session.
The driving lessons are to be arranged with the instructor. Students are
expected to practice outside of class. The student must pass a DMV-approved road test to complete the class.
BEHIND-THE-WHEEL: Driving arranged with instructor: June 10 through July 3
The cost is $425.00
**Registration is available Tuesday May 6th, 2025 online at ESU#3 website. It will remain open until classes are full.
**You are confirmed in the class once payment is received.
For questions or concerns, please contact:
Rachel Brinkman (rbrinkman@esu3.org) 402-597-4809
The awards keep coming for the Griffins! Congrats to all teams that earned the Nebraska Coaching Association Team Academic Excellence Award! We are all proud of the success in and out of the classroom!
Spring sports and volleyball will be announced at a later date.
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Congrats to all the Griffin Academic All-State and Academic All-Conference award winners! Thank you for all of your hard work in and out of the classroom! #GoGriffs
Time to announce last week's Griffin of the Week award winner!
Last week's winner was... Sophia Cacioppo!
Sophia was given this award due to her stand-out acting in the school musical this year! Mr. Ribar stated that both her acting and dancing were exceptional!
Congrats Sophia!
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Congrats to the Skills USA team who took home 1st place in the Health Knowledge competition at State Skills last week!
Last week was a big week for Gretna East Media! The Wingspan was named Division B Journalism Program of the Year at UNO, earning 6 firsts, 3 seconds & 2 thirds among 684 entries! On Saturday, GEM took 1st Place Sweepstakes at the Nebraska Press Women Contest.
Last week, the Griffin Jazz Ensemble wrapped up their season with a stellar performance at the State Jazz Festival, placing 2nd in 3A and earning an Excellent rating! The Gretna East Jazz Lab also had an awesome State performance and earning an Excellent rating!
On Thursday night, we honored our senior boys soccer players — then they went out and shut out Norris 2-0! Thank you, Seniors!
The NSAA announced this year's 2024-2025 Nebraska State Colleges Multi-Activity Student Award recipients. This award recognizes students in grades 9-12 who participate in at least 3 NSAA-sanctioned activities during the school year.
Congrats to all of the Griffin winners, and thank you for all of your hard work and commitment!
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