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2026-2027 Kindergarten Enrollment Link

Do you have a child ready for Kindergarten for the 2026-2027 school year?

Your child must be 5 years old by/on July 31st, 2026 for '26-'27 enrollment. 

Enrollment is completed entirely online, and all families must register using the link below, even if you already have other children attending Norfolk Public Schools.


Winter Break

Norfolk Public Schools Winter Break is Monday, December 22nd, 2025 through Monday, January 5th, 2026.

School will resume Tuesday, January 6th, 2026. Enjoy the break! 


November Staff Shout Outs


Winter Weather

As winter weather is approaching, Norfolk Public Schools would like to remind families of our procedures should weather conditions cause a change in the normal schedule. NPS uses a telephone mass communication system to individually notify families of school closings due to weather. Please take a minute to ensure we have the correct phone number in infinite campus. Having your voicemail set up is…


November Award for Excellence

Tracie Chochon, School Psychologist, Norfolk Public Schools, is the recipient of the NPS Award for Excellence for November 2025.

Thank you, Tracie, for your dedication, hard work, and service to our students, staff, and the NPS community!

Listed below are excerpts from some of the submitted narratives of Tracie's nomination:

  • Tracie is the calm in the storm, and she…


2025 NSAA Believers and Achievers

NPS is proud to announce three students that have won the Believers and Achievers Award through the NSAA and Currency.  Those recognized students are Ian Chamberlain, David Protzman and Cohen Skiff. 

The Believers & Achievers Awards are through the NSAA and Currency (sponsor). This is a state-wide awards program that recognizes Nebraska’s future leaders. Believers & Achievers was designed…


Heart Safe Designation

Norfolk Public Schools (NPS), in collaboration with Children’s Nebraska, announced Monday that Norfolk Senior High School and Norfolk Junior High School have received a Heart Safe designation through Project ADAM, a program that ensures schools have automated defibrillator (AED) equipment, response training and advanced emergency preparedness procedures in the event of a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA)…


Middle School Art Teacher of the Year

Mrs. Jen Carlisle has won the 2025 Nebraska Art Teachers Association Middle Level Art Educator of the Year! She will recognized and presented the award at the 2025 NATA (Nebraska Art Teachers Association) Fall Conference Awards Ceremony on Friday, October 17th, in Omaha, NE.

The Art Educator of the year award is awarded to a member of NATA/NAEA who spends at least .51 FTE teaching art to…


2025 Red Ribbon Run

 

The 31st annual Red Ribbon Run was held on Saturday, October 4th, 2025 at the Skyview park. The event is a one-mile run to finish off Red Ribbon Week in the local schools. The Red Ribbon Run began with a drug-free pledge and continued with a run through the park. Volunteer high school…


September Award for Excellence

Norfolk Public Schools is pleased to announce that Matthew Arens, Network Administrator, is the recipient of the NPS Award for Excellence for September 2025.

Thank you, Matthew Arens, for your dedication, hard work, and service to our students, staff, and the NPS community!

Listed below are excerpts from some of the submitted narratives of Matthew's nomination:

-Matthew has…