Hastings Public Schools Foundation

10/19/2026

The Norris Swan High Ability Learner Parent Institute will be held Tuesday, Nov 3 in the Morton School 2nd Floor boardroom starting at 7 pm.

This year's speaker will be gifted education specialist & A_Meaningful_Mess founder, Andi McNair. Her talk is titled: Parents as Partners: Navigating the Gifted Journey Together.

RSVP at [email protected] or leave a message at 402-461-7564.

Huge thanks to the generosity of the Norris Swan family and the Leroy Thom Jean Thom and T-L Foundation for making this possible.

10/19/2026

Help needed tonight and tomorrow (Monday and Tuesday) at the HMS Garden. Please come out and assist if you can.

10/16/2026

THANK YOU Central Nebraska Today for your coverage of our Health Careers Classroom celebration!

HASTINGS - There was a ribbon cutting for the newly renovated health career education classroom at Hastings Hi...

10/16/2026

THANK YOU Hastings Tribune for your coverage of our Health Careers Classroom celebration!

Every semester, juniors and seniors at Hastings High School with at least some interest in the health care field attend classes where they can begin to learn what a future

10/15/2026

It was an incredible community celebration at Hastings High this morning! We celebrated the renovations in the Health Careers classroom that are enabling students to pursue studies in Nursing Assistant and Phlebotomy.

Thanks to Bryan College of Health Sciences for making these renovations financially possible - and thanks to Mary Lanning Healthcare, Mary Lanning Healthcare Foundation, and Central Community College for providing the faculty and certification credit that have these students career focused. This project is truly a community coming together to make great things happen!

Thanks also to the Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce for helping us celebrate in style! (Photos credit: Jose Perez - Hastings Chamber)

10/14/2026

Make sure to join us tomorrow morning to celebrate the renovation of Hastings High Room 181 into a dedicated Health Sciences classroom! This full community effort benefits so many Hastings High students now and into the future.

10/09/2026

THANK YOU Central Nebraska Today for your coverage of our Watson Elementary School playground celebration!

HASTINGS - Raymond A. Watson Elementary School in Hastings had a ribbon cutting Thursday, Oct. 8 for the city ...

10/09/2026

THANK YOU KSNB Local4 for letting people know about the great new playground equipment at Watson Elementary School!

All 5 HPS elementary schools have now had upgrades - with more to come at Longfellow Elementary and Lincoln Elementary.

An $850,000 district-wide partnership has brought new accessible play equipment and surfacing to Watson Elementary in Hastings.
https://www.ksnblocal4.com/2026/10/08/watson-elementary-school-is-set-hold-ribbon-cutting-an-upgraded-playground/

10/09/2026

THANK YOU Hastings Tribune for joining our Watson Elementary School playground ribbon cutting!

Fifth-grader Haddie Meyer has a ton of fun with her classmates on the new playground equipment recently installed at Watson Elementary School.

10/09/2026

What a celebration last night at Watson Elementary School! We cut the ribbon on new playground equipment that was installed as part of the Foundation's Project: Playground campaign.

This $850,000 partnership between the HPS Foundation and Hastings Public Schools has brought playground upgrades to all 5 HPS elementary schools. We are so grateful to the donors from all over the nation who made this possible for the students of HPS - and the entire community who use these spaces for play!