Westview High School opened in August of 2022 and is a proud member of the Omaha Public Schools! #OPSProud
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Welcome Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Eric Behrens! Eric taught social studies & served as the Head Boys Basketball Coach & Dean of Students at Central. He was the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Peru State College & loves helping students reach their fullest potential!🥳
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Welcome Head Baseball Coach and PE Teacher Scott Hodges!⚾️ Scott has been with OPS for 23 years as a PE instructor & baseball coach. Hodges served as the head baseball coach at Central from 99-06 & has been at Burke the last 16 years, 11 of those as the head coach.🧢
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Meet Spanish teacher & Head Varsity Softball coach Katie Palmquist!🥎Katie earned a degree in Spanish Education & her Masters in Curriculum & Instruction. She taught & coached for 9 years at Millard & had 8 state tournament appearances & 4 state championships! 🥳@OmahaPubSchool
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📢It's time to meet Head Varsity Football Coach & Business Teacher Ben Ryan!🏈 Ben is a proud OPS alum who served as a Business teacher at Burke HS for 12 years. He was the Defensive & Offensive Coordinator during his time as assistant varsity football coach.🥇
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Today we are SO EXCITED to announce the newest addition to our administration staff, Mr. Richard Belding!
Mr. Belding joins the Westview team after a long run as Principal at Bayside High School in Los Angeles California.
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
We are happy to announce that Mitch Runco(@coachrunco) has been choosen to lead our Boys Basketball program! Coach Runco has an impressive resume including time as AD and head coach at St Bernards HS(@principalSBHS) and HC for the Compton Magic(@Compton_Magic)
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When your principal gets inducted into the Omaha Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame, the entire school wants to celebrate! The best way to do that is a walk IN to show our respect and appreciation for Mr Lee and everything he has accomplished in his legendary career!
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Happy Monday! Have you met our new Varsity Girls Wrestling Coach, Colton Wolfe?🤼♀️Colton was a 3-time State Champion & set the All-Class state record for season wins. He wrestled at UNL for 4 years & coached the Columbus Youth Wrestling Org & NE wrestling camps! @OmahaPubSchool
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🏀 We have hired our Varsity Head Girls Basketball Coach, Jason Simons! Jason spent 13 seasons coaching & led his team to 3 state championships, 1 runner-up championship, and 1 third place finish! Many of his athletes have gone on to play basketball in college! @OmahaPubSchool
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Our January “Teacher of the Month” finally slowed down long enough for us to take her picture! She is involved in almost every area of the school, most notably helping keep our athletic program running smoothly.
Help us congratulate Mrs. Katie Palmquist!
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Happy National Principal's Day to the captain of our ship, Mr. Tom Lee(@2022Wolverine)! Opening up a brand new school is an extraordinary task, but we can't imagine a better person to be our first instructional leader!
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Welcome new Choral Director Maurice Garrett!🎶 Maurice is an OPS graduate from Central who studied Music Education at UNL with a primary study in Voice.🎙️ He completed his 1st year of teaching at Buffett MS and is excited to join the Wolverine family! #OPSProud @OmahaPubSchool
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We're excited to announce our new hire! Ms. Hoa Pham is a proud product of OPS & has served as a teacher, counselor, college access program coordinator, Dean of Students, and now as Assistant Principal-Data Administrator at Westview High School!🥳🌟
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Say hello to Jarod Meysenburg! Jarod taught Anatomy & Project Lead the Way for 20 years at North HS and was the Head Girls Track & Field coach and football defensive coordinator. He's excited to serve as a science teacher🧪 and the Head Girls Track & Field coach at Westview!🏃♀️
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Good luck to the Westview football team as they head off to take on Westside in Westview’s first ever state playoff game!
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Although we don’t condone the sharing of fight videos, when “He Who Cannot Be Named” and Harry Potter have their final duel in your commons area, it has to be seen!
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In honor of "March Madness" starting, we wanted to give you a look at where the Wolverines will be playing basketball(and other sports)!
There is no doubt this gym will see it's fair share of buzzer beaters, dominate performances, and maybe a few state titles along the way.😉
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🚨NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨
Pending approval of the @OmahaPubSchool board, Westview is happy to announce that Mr. Chris Fant has been selected as the Westview Athletic Director/Assistant Principal for the 2025-2026 school year!
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📢Say hello to Curriculum Specialist & Asst X-C Coach Rachael Arens! Rachael was a science teacher in OPS for 8 years and was awarded the 2020 National STEM Teacher of the Year. She worked @NASA 🚀as an Einstein Fellow and was a Nat Geo Fellow in the Galapagos!🐢@OmahaPubSchool
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We are also excited to announce the hiring of our hockey coach, Gordon Bombay!
Coach Bombay is joining us after many successful years coaching youth hockey in Minnesota. He has experience starting brand new programs and winning championships right away!
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💥WHAT A START TO WESTVIEW ATHLETICS!💥
In the first regular season athletic contest in Westview history, @OPS_WestviewSB defeated @OPS_BryanHigh 10-0 behind a no-hitter by Emma Miller!
Way to get us started ladies!
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It's time to meet Head Varsity Girls Cross Country Coach & PE Teacher, Lillian Lutter!🏃♀️Lillian is a PE teacher coming from Kearney HS who served as an assistant coach for X-C, basketball, & track. She's also a college athlete who completed her bachelors at UNK! @OmahaPubSchool
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📢Meet new Curriculum Specialist Jennifer Gorrin! Jennifer is a proud OPS graduate who has been with OPS for 7 years teaching Spanish & Education courses and serving as a Magnet Facilitator, AP & Dual Enrollment Coordinator, cheer coach, & Educator Rising Sponsor!😎
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This is our student section at an away game almost 3 hours from Omaha! Thank you to the Westview Crew for making it happen!
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⛳️HOLE-IN ONE-ALERT⛳️
Congratulations to Westview golfer Faith Koranda for sinking the first hole-in-one in Westview history today at districts played at the Awarii Dunes Golf Club! She used a 9 iron on hole #5 from 133 yards out for the best shot of her young career!
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Congratulations to Westview Principal Tom Lee for being inducted into the @OmahaPubSchool Athletic Hall of Fame!
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🎙Swimmers, take your mark!🎙
The finishing touches have been completed in our pool area, and it is one of the best looking facilities in the Metro! A Wolverine may not be known as a water animal, but the Westview Wolverines will be a powerhouse in the pool!
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The weather isn't going to stop these Wolverines! Good luck to the Girls Basketball as they head to Lincoln to take on Lincoln North Star at the State Basketball Tournament!
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Westview is officially part of the @OmahaPubSchool
Thank you to everyone who attended our Opening Ceremony, especially @OPS_LoganSupt and members of the Board of Education.
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📚Take a page out of our book and meet Mrs. Stacy Rice, our new librarian! Stacy is a proud @OmahaPubSchool graduate and spent 20 years at South as a librarian! She is excited to turn the page and start her next chapter as a Westview Wolverine, which we think is a novel idea!💡
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Westview High School is pleased to announce our first hire, Ms. Beth, our outstanding new Principal's Secretary! We are so happy to have you on the Wolverine team! 🥳🌟🤩
@2022Wolverine @OmahaPubSchool #OPSProud
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Westview HERstory has been made! Kalynn Lyons won her semifinal match and becomes Westview’s 1st ever state finalist in wrestling!
She will wrestle for the 130 pound State Championship tomorrow afternoon!
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Today(4-30), after almost three years of construction, Westview was finally ready for visitors! This morning the staff got together to meet each other and take a tour of the building.
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Are you ready for an update of Westview? We're almost finished!🥳Enjoy perusing the pictures to see our spacious classrooms, learning pods, open windows, & beautiful athletic fields! We're just so excited to now fill these spaces with students!🔬🏈@2022Wolverine @OmahaPubSchool
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📢Progress update! We now have indoor and outdoor furniture!!🥳 Everything is coming together beautifully! 😍
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Not all of our new staff walk on two legs. Help us welcome our therapy dog Blue! Blue is a Chocolate Lab and has been specially trained to assist with a variety of student needs. You can tell by the way she wags her tail she is eager to start interacting with our students!
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Westview will have a stellar athletic trainer! Meet Jamee Meysenburg who has been with @OmahaPubSchool for 24 years as an Athletic Trainer. Jamee also works in Home Health performing Physical Therapy.⚕️Jamee will bring a high level of support & care for the athletes at Westview!
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Tonight, @2022Wolverine stepped on the mound to throw out the first pitch at Westview’s first official home softball game! You better believe it was a strike!
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Welcome Assistant Principal & Activities Director, Scott Peters! Scott served @OmahaPubSchool for over 20 years teaching Industrial Tech, working in student placement, and serving as an asst principal! Scott is excited to create meaningful relationships between staff & families!
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📢Welcome our new Director of Counseling, Alyssa Krogstrand! Alyssa has been a counselor for over a decade, secured $1M+ grants for her school, led a revision of the School Counseling model in South Dakota, & officiates volleyball, cheer, & dance competitions across the State!🏐
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🥇ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER STATE CHAMPION!🥇
Congratulations to the Westview Dance Team for winning the 2025 Class A Hip Hop State Championship!
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🏊♀️Meet our incredible PE and Health teacher, Cammi Jager! Cammi taught Health & PE classes for 16 years and most recently, Aquatics classes, Adapted PE, Lifetime Sports, & Human Growth. She has also served as a Unified Track & Field and Freshman Volleyball coach! @OmahaPubSchool
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🏆THE RESULTS ARE IN!🏆
The Burke/Westview Dance team made history this weekend by placing 13th out of roughly 90 teams in the Pom category at the National Dance Team Championships. This is the best showing in the history of the competition for a team from @OmahaPubSchool!
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📢Say hello to Ashlee Clements, our new Head Volleyball Coach! 🏐Ashlee has spent 10 years teaching in OPS in a variety of grades and coached volleyball for the ages of 8-18 at the developmental, club, middle school, and high school levels since 2018! #OPSProud
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Nebraska athletics--it's time to start getting ready for Wolverine Power! 💪 Conditioning and athletic camps start this summer. Check out the softball and baseball fields that our students will compete on--they're stunning! ⚾️🥎
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We are finally ready to announce our Boys Soccer coach! Welcome to Westview Jovan Sudar!
Coach Sudar is entering his tenth year of coaching soccer. During that time he has developed a tremendous amount of experience with girls and boys at all levels and ages.
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📢Meet Katie Brandt, Head of Special Education! Katie is a resource & BSP teacher at Buffett serving as Special Education Team Leader, MTSSB Tier 1 member, & MTSSB Tier 2 Chair. She also served as an elementary special education/resource teacher for 4 years! 🤩@OmahaPubSchool
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Congratulations to BOTH the Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball teams for being crowned @OmahaPubSchool Jamboree champions this evening!
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Meet our amazing science teacher Lee Ann Stover! Lee Ann has taught for 13 years & is UNO dual enrolled for AP Env Science.🌎After obtaining a Biology degree, she worked as a biotechnologist & earned a MS in Secondary Science & a MS as a K-12 Reading Specialist! @OmahaPubSchool
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🥇STATE CHAMPION ALERT🥇
Congratulations to Westview Sophmore Kalyn Bailey for brining home the gold medal in discus at the Nebraska State Track and Field Championships!
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Good luck to the Westview Football team as they head off to begin their playoff journey this evening against Millard South!
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Did you know that Westview High School will have learning pods (like the pods found in colleges) that allow students to work together on projects, peer-teach, and conduct leadership activities? Our students will have autonomy to collaborate! 📚👩🏫
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The "Battle at the Bash" results are in, and because of the amazing support of the Westview community @drasmussen43 is wearing a Wolverine sweatshirt to work at @OPS_Burke today!
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The furniture has arrived!!!! 🥳
Happy Friday Eve everyone!
#TheWestviewWay #OPSProud
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The Westview community would like to send our condolences to the entire Gretna family. #ForFeek
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We're running the numbers & Noah McKeever is one of the best math teachers out there! Noah will also serve as our defensive back football coach.🏈Noah has taught Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1-2 & 3-4, Geometry/Honors Geometry & has coached varsity football for 4 years! @OmahaPubSchool
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Say hello to Matthew Moore, our new Head Boys Track & Field Coach and Social Studies teacher!🏃👟Matthew began his career in 2015 at Monroe MS as a social studies teacher and track & field/ X-C coach. He also led Monroe’s African American History Challenge team!
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We're excited for you to meet John Hjelle! John will be our Head Girls Golf Coach and Math/Engineering Teacher.🏌️♀️ In his 10 years as a golf coach at Omaha North, he coached a state qualifier, won multiple OPS Invites, and had a 3 ½ year undefeated dual streak! 🤩@OmahaPubSchool
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A mob of eager Wolverines has invaded Mr. Lee’s office this morning. That means school must be right around the corner!
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We would like to congratulate all of the @OmahaPubSchool high school students who are taking part in commencement ceremonies this week! It is hard to believe that the first Westview graduates will be walking across that same stage in May of 2025!
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Say hello to our Resource Teacher, Evan Block! Evan has been a Resource & BSP Special Education teacher at Central HS for 8 years & coached softball, girls basketball, bowling, & baseball.🥎🎳🏀⚾️ Before that, he taught at an Alaskan HS on the Kenai Peninsula! @OmahaPubSchool
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It's time to meet Sydney Benson, our Special Education/ACP teacher! Sydney is a product of @OmahaPubSchool graduating from Burke HS where she found her passion working with students. She then attended UNL and taught at Northwest HS for 1 year as a resource teacher! 🤩 #OPSProud
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Meet our new Westview Wolverine mascot!!!😎The wolverine is powerful, fierce, fearless in the face of challenge, endures the toughest environments, & goes to great lengths to reach its goals. This is how we will work at Westview!💪#TheWestviewWay
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Time to get excited about Westview athletics! 🏀🏐
Our main gym floor has been painted and our bleachers in the auxiliary gym are already going in. Let's Go Wolverines! 🎖🥳
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Meet Head Boys Cross Country Coach & PE teacher Noah Scott!👟🏃Noah grew up in a rural farm town in Kansas playing sports. He competed in soccer, baseball, basketball, power lifting, track & field, and X-C and is receiving his Masters degree in Sports Management! @OmahaPubSchool
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Our Freshman Jump Start program got off to a great start today! These incoming 9th graders toured the building, participated in team building activities, and brainstormed how they can be leaders of the building from day 1!
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All we can say is, "Wow!" 🤩 These Westview cafeteria serving stations are just simply beautiful!🍎
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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?! 🏈Check out our 2022 and 2023 varsity schedules!!! 🏋️🏆🥇
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You know you’ve arrived when you make it on a billboard! Has anyone found our logo around town?
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Our "Teacher of the Month" for March is a triple threat. Great Science Teacher, hard working coach, and fantastic colleague!
Congratulations Mr. Meysenburg, Westview is lucky to have you!
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We are going to start highlighting some future Wolverines, starting with...
Elizabeth McGovern
Schools Attended: @BuffettMagnet and @OPS_Fullerton
What excites her about Westview?
New relationships and opportunities.
Human Performance and Sports Medicine classes
Sports and Drama
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Meet Drama Teacher & Director Tony Schik!🎬 Tony has been an OPS Drama Director for 21 years. He won the Buffett Award & many of his productions won Best Show. Tony enjoys acting, most recently as Lennie & Boo Radley in the award-winning Of Mice & Men & To Kill a Mockingbird!🎭
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The Westview College & Career Academies and Pathway team worked hard this week brainstorming opportunities to support our students in their chosen pathways! Check out our school's pathways here: ops.org/domain/638
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Make sure to stay safe out there on this #Windsday!🌬️In the meantime, peak inside one of our classrooms and see how beautiful and spacious our Westview rooms will be for our students and teachers! 🍏🔬 @OmahaPubSchool @2022Wolverine
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Congratulations to the Burke-Westview Dance team for 9TH IN THE NATION with their Hip-Hop routine! The entire Wolverine community is proud of you!
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The backboard has been replaced and ready for more action today! Girls begin at 1:15pm, Boys follow at 3:00pm.
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We're proud to announce new dance coach, Emma Herrmann, former Creighton University Dance member and OPS alumni! 💃
Also, it's time for dance tryouts! Tryouts will be held from 5-8pm on March 28-31 at Burke HS & an info meeting will be held on March 21st at 7pm. @OmahaPubSchool
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