There are a variety of school choice options available for many of the 467,000 children living in Nebraska. Families in Nebraska can choose from traditional public schools, public magnet schools, private schools, and homeschooling.
If you’re a parent looking for school choice options for your child head to our Nebraska State Guide.
National School Choice Week (NSCW) informs, inspires, and empowers parents to discover the K-12 education options available for their children, including traditional public, charter, magnet, online, private, and home schooling.
Every January, tens of thousands of schools, organizations, and individuals plan unique events and activities to shine a positive spotlight on effective education options in their communities.
In 2024, we are partnering with 195 schools and organizations in Nebraska to raise awareness of K-12 education options.
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| Date | City | Name | Event Description |
| Jan 19 | Weeping Water | Weeping Water Elementary School | Weeping Water Elementary School will celebrate our school by a poster contest for K-5. Posters will be decorated on January 19th and displayed around the school during school choice week for contest winners to be chosen |
| Jan 21 | Grand Island | First Presbyterian Preschool | First Presbyterian Preschool will celebrate the week with events such as; pancakes with important people, donuts with dad, muffins with mom, and a movie Night |
| Jan 24 | Lincoln | West Lincoln Elementary | West Lincoln Elementary will celebrate National School Choice with some family fun. We will have a game night on January 24th. |
| Jan 26 | Norfolk | Norfolk Catholic High School | Norfolk Catholic will have a school choice/Catholic school week kickoff with neighboring Humphrey St. Francis. We have a tradition of basketball, and burgers. Norfolk Catholic will be celebrating our school and students all week. We have an array of activities to get the students interacting with different grade levels. Events will include a K-12 pep rally, all school movie day, theme dress days, Olympics at our local YMCA, and more. |
| Jan 27 | Omaha | St Wenceslaus Catholic Elementary School | St. Wenceslaus School will be celebrating school choice all week, We will have a kickoff event, a yellow day with the wearing of scarves, and a fun activities day. |
| Jan 29 | Weston | St John Nepomucene School | For National School Choice Week 2024, all of St John Nepomucene School’s students will have a great time bowling while wearing their new yellow scarves!! |
| Jan 29 | Waverly | Villa Marie School | The students of Villa Marie School will take some time to acknowledge our generous donors and volunteers by writing thank you letters. We will hand-deliver some of the letters and distribute some of the yellow scarves to show our appreciation. We will include some homemade goodies with our thank you letters. |
| Feb 2 | Holdrege | All Saints Catholic School | All Saints has a week of fun events planned for our students. We start out the week with school Mass. Each day we have a different activity planned. We end the week with a “Coffee Connect” where the parents serve coffee and rolls to community members. The 4th grade students also give tours of the school. |
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