Alliance, Nebraska
With a population of approximately 10,000, Alliance is located in Box Butte
County in the Northwestern section of the Nebraska Panhandle. Enrollment
in the Alliance Public Schools is approximately 2,300 students, a middle school
and two elementary schools:
Emerson – K-2, and Grandview – 2-4. All are accredited by the
North Central Association.
(Ninth through
Twelfth Grade)
The Alliance School District is very proud of the education foundation
established by our high school faculty. It is from this foundation the
school provides for the educational needs of the students. These needs
are based on societal needs, individual needs and the needs for the self development.
The high school provides a broad curriculum and sufficient depth to allow
education for all students. In order to assist our students in career
making decisions, the high school has a Career Prospects Program established by
the Nebraska Career Information System directed by the guidance
department.
High School students are given an opportunity to participate in a well-rounded extra curricular program. The activities range from athletics to music and drama.
The high school administration and faculty believe we provide an excellent curriculum and supportive services for high school students. Our students are prepared to further their education or enter into a job market upon completion of high school. Approximately 55% of our students go on to higher education.
(Sixth through
Eighth Grade)
The Alliance Middle School houses students in grades 6th, 7th and 8th.
The concept of a middle school is one of transition in education and works to
promote exploratory and discovery types of programs. They experience many
and various changes about themselves. They are developing and organizing
knowledge and concepts necessary for everyday functioning. To meet the
growth and needs of students at AMS, curriculum programs are offered to give a
variety of experiences. Basic studies being offered are English, math,
social studies, science and physical education. Elective courses
include: art, industrial technology, band, choir, home economics and
computers. Students may also participate in a variety of extra curricular
activities.
The Alliance Public
Schools Special Education Department provides services to handicapped students
from ages 0 to 21 years. The Special Education Director is Mr. Kevin
Wilkinson.
The school district
has an active volunteer program. A coordinator is on staff to place
volunteers with teachers who request them.
(Kindergarten through Fifth Grade)
The Alliance Elementary Schools believe that we have the responsibility for initiating the education of all school age children from every culture and background. It is our belief that students must be nurtured in their thinking powers, values, attitudes and skill needs for effective living and working in a democratic society.
Classes in grades kindergarten through fifth grade are self-contained where the students receive instruction from the same teacher. This provides the students the opportunity to receive their educational experience through a variety of techniques and approaches. Beginning with grade one, students are instructed in the areas of physical education, art, music, remedial reading and the library sciences by curriculum specialists. A full complement of special education classes are available for those special students needing additional instruction services. Band instruction begins in sixth grade.
The curriculum in the Elementary schools is designed to provide students a
continuous education pattern regardless of what school they attend. The
strength of this effort rests on the comprehensive approach to reading, language,
arts and mathematics. Standardized tests results verify the achievement
of our students by their favorable standing among state and national schools.
Benefit Package for
Certified Staff
° $6,730 Cash Benefit For 1 999-2000 School Year
° IRS Section 1 25 Plan
° Sick Leave/Family Care Leave
° Personal Leave
° And more...
Alliance Public School Employees who work fifteen (15) or more hours per week are required to join the Nebraska Public Employees' Retirement System and contribute a percentage of their gross salary to the retirement fund through payroll deduction. The school district is required by law to match the cost at 101%.
Certificated employees are granted two days of personal leave during each school year. A $70 per day payment is made to certified personnel for unused personal leave days.
The district will
provide payment for current income protection plan for LTD.
For further information, contact
Alliance Public Schools
1604 Sweetwater
Alliance, Nebraska 69301
(308) 762-5475
Fax (308) 762-8249
The Alliance Public Schools District will provide a flat dollar compensation (cash benefit) of $6,730 during the 1999-2000 school year in support of a cafeteria plan. The cash benefit is payable in twelve (12) monthly payments, concurrent with the teacher's salary.
Alliance Public
Schools staff can have the following monthly insurance and other approved
unreimbursed medical costs and dependent child care deducted from their cash
benefit through a Section 125 plan. Blue Cross/Blue Shield monthly rates for
the 1999-2000 school year are:
Single health/single dental $219.55
Family health/single dental $560.80
Family health/family dental $611.56
Family dental $ 69.73
Ten days of sick
leave will be granted to each full time certificated employee of the school
district. Unused sick leave each year will be cumulative to a maximum of forty
(40) clays. Accumulated leave may be applied for medical reasons to immediate
extended family members (spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparents, or
parentsin-law) living with or outside the certificated staff member's home.
Emergency
Five days of emergency and/or bereavement leave can be used by a certified staff member for the death or serious illness in the immediate extended family. Immediate extended family is designated as parent, brother, sister, grandparents, mother-in-law or father-in-law not living in the household. Serious illness is defined as illness requiring hospitalization.
All professional staff are eligible to request professional leave for the purposes of: Visitation to a similar sized or larger school system for study and observation; to serve on a State/ North Central evaluation visitation team to another district; or to attend a workshop or seminar in the staff person's assigned field.
Every six (6) years
permanent certificated employees shall give evidence of professional growth.
Six semester hours of graduate college credit shall be accepted as evidence of
professional growth, or, in the alternative, one hour of credit may be awarded
for every fifteen (15) hours of participation in the professional development
activity specified by the Administration and Board of Education.
Chadron State
College, located 60 miles north of Alliance in Chadron, and Western Nebraska
Community College, located 60 miles west in Scottsbluff, both offer courses in
Alliance.
Alliance has 4 city parks, a softball complex, indoor theater, outdoor theater, bowling lane, skating rink, racquetball facilities, outdoor swimming pool, 4 baseball fields, Y.M.C.A., golf course and tennis courts.
The Alliance Public Schools Adult and Community Education Department believes that learning is a life-long process and attempts to offer something for everyone. During each of the regular school semesters and the month of June, a wide variety of recreational opportunities, hobby, crafts, home economics, business, vocational and general information classes and workshops are offered.
ABE is a program
for adults 16 years of age or older who are not enrolled in regular high
school. It provides opportunities for adults of all ages to improve basic
skills, earn a high school diploma, learn to read, improve life skills, learn
English, become a US citizen, or prepare for college entrance.
Administration Office 308-762-5475
Mr. Larry Ross - Superintendent
1604 Sweetwater Avenue
Alliance High School 308-762-3359
Mr. Deron Dolfi - Principal Elect
1450 Box Butte Avenue
Alliance Middle School 308-762-3079
Mrs. Rita Moravek - Principal
11th and Laramie Avenue
Emerson Elementary School 308-762-4093
Mr. David Ocken - Principal
700 Black Hills Avenue
Grandview Elementary School 308-762-4519
Mrs. Sherrie Curtiss - Principal
615 Grand Avenue
Special Education Department 308-762-4331
Mr. Kevin Wilkinson - Director
1604 Sweetwater Avenue
Alliance Early Childhood Program 308-762-4425
Mrs. Laurie Keilwitz - Director
1604 Sweetwater Avenue