School

It’s official and disappointing for the Heartland school district. The Special mail-in-only election with a resolution for Heartland to increase its tax authority request did not receive the required 60% approval needed. 

Heartland Community Schools is welcoming seven new certified staff members this year in a variety of positions. "We feel very fortunate that we were able to hire some really good individuals for all the open positions," said Superintendent Jeremy Klein.

Under the guidance of experienced head coach Ben Lindsay, the Heartland Huskie football team plans on competing this year. Coach Lindsay has been at the helm for the past six years and served as an assistant for three years prior to taking the head coaching position.

Community Days Class Reunions - 1958, 1963, 1973, 1998, 2003 It’s become a great tradition during Henderson Community Days to hold class reunions, and this year had a few! The Class of 1958, 1963, 1973, 1998, and 2003 all came together over the weekend, celebrating with plenty of laughter, reminiscing, and storytelling.

The Heartland Community School expansion project encountered another roadblock on the last day of the Nebraska Legislative session on June 1. 

Henderson may not have a public library, but the Heartland Community School libraries more than makeup for it. School may be out, but the elementary library welcomes preschool and elementary students to come in out of the heat and check out some books in their air-conditioned library.

It’s a field trip Heartland’s fourth graders look forward to all year, according to Heartland fourth grader teacher Kim Hiebner.