Career Advisory Councils
Interested in the new Career Academy Programming at SHS? Local Businesses are encouraged to get involved with the career advisory council for your career cluster!
Career Advisory Council Members:
- Aid in curriculum articulation and course offerings
- Advise regarding content and industry standards
- Provide guest speaking and teaching opportunities
- Provide internship opportunities
- Provide on-the-job training
For more information or to get involved contact Justin Shaddick, Principal, Scottsbluff High School (308) 635-6230 . [email protected]
Friends of the District
Each year at the Retirement and Recognition Ceremony held in May, SBPS awards a Business partner or individual the esteemed "Friend of the District Award".
2020-Aulick Industries
Aulick Industries has been a long-time community partner of the District and has been instrumental in providing hands-on opportunities for students in our Ag, Food and Natural Resources Academy and our Skilled and Technical Sciences Academy. Aulicks provides internships for SHS students which can grow into paid positions, partnered with SHS for the area's first-ever Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship, provides industry tours for students, projects for SHS welding classes and most recently created an amazing Diesel Tech program for our students. Aulicks also supports Scottsbluff Activities, provides a Career Academy Scholarship through the SBPS Foundation, partnered with Bluffs Middle School to be awarded a $107,000 Developing Youth Talent Grant and Aulick employees are involved with the 3E initiative.
2021-ALLO Communications
ALLO Communications partners with SBPS in a variety of ways. Through the past several years, ALLO has donated over $51,000 to support district technology through the ALLO for Education program. During the COVID-19 pandemic when schools were closed ALLO provided free internet to Scottsbluff families in order for students to access Extended Campus Learning. ALLO also partnered with the SBPS IT Department in order to provide a parking lot wireless access point on the BMS campus for families outside of ALLO's service area to access internet with student devices. In addition, ALLO supports activities and provides gifts of appreciation to staff members.
2022-Platte Valley Companies
Platte Valley Companies has been a long time supporter of Scottsbluff Public Schools. This year Platte Valley gave a $125K donation to the Scottsbluff Public Schools Foundation for the Play Strong elementary playground project to update playgrounds at all in-town elementaries. In addition, Platte Valley companies has supported SBPS in a wide variety of ways including; major sponsor of the SHS Scoreboards, bench sponsor in the Bearcat Pride Plaza, providing internships for students at SHS, serving as a long time Adopt a School partner, providing financial in-kind support for the SHS Innovation grant, serving as long time DECA Business Advisors, and employing SBPS Students who are attending LifeLink.
2023-Midwest Theater
The Midwest Theater has been a long time supporter of Scottsbluff Public Schools. Some examples include making free matinee performances from their Performing Arts Series available that our schools take advantage of. These include vocal and instrumental musical performances, Missoula Children's Theater Performances, and dance performances. Some performances have student study guides that teachers can use to create historical or cultural lessons to pair with the performances and even in-school workshops for things like poetry, songwriting and acting that schools can participate in. In addition to this,the Theater provides a number of movie opportunities for student rewards and activities at a discounted rate and hosts a number of community events and training opportunities taken advantage of by our staff. They have also provided an alternate location for district meeting needs such as the all staff meeting.
2024-21st Century Equipment
21st Century Equipment has been a long-time partner of Scottsbluff Public Schools and a strong supporter of Career and Technical Education at multiple levels. They are one of the community partners responsible for the District’s highly successful Diesel Tech program but have supported Scottsbluff Schools in many additional ways including sponsoring a student trip to Waterloo, Iowa for John Deere Factory tours, collaborating with SHS Administration on a STEM trailer that has been utilized by SHS, BMS, and schools across the region. They are supporters of FFA, provide internships and job shadowing opportunities at the dealership, and have provided a FarmBot to the BMS STEM program. 21st Century staff have promoted continuing education opportunities with John Deere for Scottsbluff students both in and out of the classroom including hosting a Parents night at the dealership to tour the location and learn more about future career opportunities.
2025-Dr. Tyson Lambertson
Dr. Lambertson is a parent of three SHS graduates and the former lead pastor at The Rock Church, a position he proudly held for 18 and a half years. Tyson recently accepted a new position as the USA Director of Outreach at the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem and has relocated to Arizona. During Dr. Lambertson’s time in Scottsbluff, under his leadership, The Rock Church, not once, but twice, selected Scottsbluff Public Schools to be on the receiving end of their annual Big Serve Sunday event. In the most recent event, volunteers from The Rock Church cleaned up the grounds of the Scottsbluff Public Schools Education Center, which was no small undertaking.
As a parent, Dr. Lambertson has served on the SHS Parent Advisory Committee, and in times of crisis or tragedy, he was consistently one of the first community members to reach out and offer assistance with counseling support for students and staff, and often asked if additional help was needed even when not called upon.