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State CAPE Affiliate

Purpose:

To achieve its educational, charitable, and scientific purposes, NCNS may, without limitation, takes the following action:

  1. Encourage and support a broad commitment to excellence in education;

  2. Assist all parents and students in their efforts to exercise a free choice among schools;

  3. Provide resources and support to teachers and administrators of nonpublic schools throughout Nebraska;  

  4. Provide a framework for communication and cooperation among the different types and groups of nonpublic schools, between nonpublic schools and their public-school counterparts, between nonpublic schools and educational services units, and between nonpublic schools and the Nebraska Department of Education;  

  5. Provide a framework for communication and cooperation with other organizations, both state and national, that support nonpublic education;

  6. Foster recognition of the fact that nonpublic schools and public schools share the responsibility of education in the State of Nebraska;

  7. Ensure the public interest is well served by Nebraska’s nonpublic schools through the development of resources to improve the education of students in Nebraska for the common good of society;

  8. Defend, promote and give witness to the right of and access to diverse education opportunities consistent with our nation’s and state’s heritage of pluralism.

Board of Directors

  • Bob Ziegler Headshot

    Bob Ziegler

    President

    Lutheran Congregation of the Missouri Synod Central Officer Representative

  • Tim Hekrdle Headshot

    Tim Hekrdle

    Vice President

    Rural Education Representative

  • Anthony Williams Headshot

    Anthony Williams

    Treasurer

    Douglas County Representative

  • Jordan Engle Headshot

    Jordan Engle

    Secretary

    Catholic School Superintendents Representative

  • Jeremy Ekeler Headshot

    Jeremy Ekeler

    Parent Representative

  • Mark L'Heureux Headshot

    Mark L'Heureux

    Open Position

  • Casey Prindle Headshot

    Casey Prindle

    Lancaster County Representative

  • Dan Sievert Headshot

    Dan Sievert

    Lutheran School Administrators Representative

  • Maru Whitmore Headshot

    Maru Whitmore

    Parent Representative

  • Tom Venzor Headshot

    Tom Venzor

    Nebraska Catholic Conference Representative