School
Located at 8th and Hale Streets, Newman Grove Public School is in Madison County's District #13 school system.  Accredited by the State of Nebraska, this public, K-12 school has an approximate enrollment of 240 students.  Newman Grove High School operates on a distinct 4x4 block system having four class periods per day with each class meeting five times per week.  Students take eight courses per school year.  Newman Grove High School offers a well-rounded curriculum beyond minimum Rule 10 state accreditation.

All classrooms are internet connected.  The school includes a K-12 library, a 7-12 computer lab, and a K-6 computer lab.  A new 9-12 facility was completed in the Fall of 1997 with new classrooms being added in 2002 for the 7th and 8th grades.

College courses are available to Newman Grove High School students in cooperation with Northeast Community College.  A Distance Learning Center, equipped with two-way audio and video communications system, links our school with seven other communities, the Lifelong Learning Center and Northeast Community College.  This technology opens educational and business conferencing opportunities for all ages.

The Newman Grove Public Schools Bluejay Foundation is selling memorabilia and other items such as:  stadium cushions, lazer engraved footballs, numbered bricks from 1907 building, numbered prints - artist's painting of 1907 building (Joan Kennedy Anderson), notecards, and coffee mugs. 

Contact Janet Williamson at (402) 447-6294 or E-mail jwilliam@esu8.org

For more information, contact Herb Pokorny, Superintendent, at PO Box 370, Newman Grove, NE 68758
or (402) 447-2721.

Colleges
Newman Grove is within 40 miles of Central Community College in Columbus and Northeast Community College in Norfolk.  Northeast Community College is working cooperatively with Newman Grove to establish an electronic Distance Learning Center.

Library
From the humble beginnings in a room in the high school building in 1923 under the direction of Miss Martha Thomassen, and with the strong, constant backing of the Women's Civic Improvement Club, the Newman Grove Public Library has grown into a larger, handicapped-accessible facility which includes a Community Room.  The library is accredited by the Nebraska Library Commission.  It is open 31 hours a week for use, and is staffed by three librarians.  The collection numbers about 14,500 volumes and has an average annual circulation of 9,000 volumes.  The library is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees which is appointed by the mayor and approved by the City Council. 

A Library Foundation was formed as a non-profit corporation and as a vehicle for the library to receive supplemental funding for a library building program, or for purchase of special items which supplement the library.  The Library Foundation is governed by a board composed of the current library board, past library board members, other library advocates of the community and from outside of the library's governmental service.

The library sponsors the Newman Grove Book Discussion Group and Write-It-Right Club.  Other programs offered at the library are summer reading program, summer story hours, Hispanic story hours, children's video hours and bi-monthly individual elementary class visits (K-7).  The library has a collection of books, genealogy information, videos, audio books, large print books, magazines, cake pans and fax services.

Six internet stations are available for public use and include printers.  Internet use is provided free by Megavision of Columbus.  Internet users must be in seventh grade or above.  There are two game computers for children.  An On-Line Public Access Catalog (OPAC) is maintained for the convenience of patrons.  The Card Catalog is maintained as well.

A Community Room is available for non-profit meetings and gatherings.  This includes a kitchenette, a separate out-side entrance, and restroom facilities.  The facilities are available seven days a week by reservation.

For more information contact Kathy Strong, Library Director, at PO Box 430, Newman Grove, NE 68758 or (402) 447-2331.  Visit the website at www.megavision.net/ngpl