From selecting required classes to choosing electives, students have many options when creating their class schedules. For some incoming juniors and seniors, those options are even more vast as they have...

As the lunch bell echoes through the halls, a bustling crowd of students spills into the cafeteria, eager to grab their midday meal. Students have many options with steaming trays of today's main dish,...

DISCLOSURE: This is an opinion article. Please note that unsigned editorials represent the collective opinion of The Wingspan student news staff and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the adviser...

The One Act performance of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde "won first place at the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) A-2 district competition on Dec. 7 at Gretna East. Seniors...

Students may have noticed an influx of emails from the library over the past few weeks building up in their inbox. These emails are the result of the school’s decision to not charge library fines for...

DISCLOSURE: This is an opinion article. Please note that unsigned editorials represent the collective opinion of The Wingspan student news staff and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the...

Summer is only six days away and aside from sports, vacations and jobs there are still lots of opportunities to have fun. The Sarpy County Sheriff's Department is hosting its free Sarpy County Summer Youth...

Mother’s Day is only one week away which means it’s time to think of those last-minute gifts. Skip the flowers and chocolates and find something that she will really like with this gift guide.   Trendy...

While many students are aware that the student council assists with events like Homecoming and Spirit Week, they also assume that they arrange pep rallies and other big school events. However, this is...

Earth Day was founded to inspire environmental activism and planet preservation, and on Monday, April 22, the school’s Green Team is planning to do just that. They will be hosting a Planting Party to...

In three days, students will be preparing to ‘see the lights’ at the Gretna Public Schools combined prom. While Homecoming didn’t have a traditional royal court, the "At Last We See The Light" Prom...

Going full force into the second semester, students have already started to complain about the workload being thrown at them so early on in the new semester. Gretna Public Schools has been back in session...

Trying to inspire his first-hour Intro. to Creative Writing class for their nonfiction narrative projects right before winter, English teacher Blaine Christen told the unsolved, true story of his uncle...

-OPINION- From a Walmart employee being trampled to death in 2008 to a dying man dropping to the floor while shoppers stepped over his body in 2011, Black Friday stories are some of the wildest to be...

-REVIEW- Nine years ago, the very first “Five Nights at Freddy’s” video game was published by a small game developer named Scott Cawthon. At first, the game told the story of a lonely night shift...

-OPINION- With the hallmark holiday of spooky season being tomorrow, many students may find themselves in a paradox because they want to do something for Halloween, but feel they are too old to trick-or-treat,...

The first-ever state qualifiers for cross country, junior Braden Lofquest and sophomores Elliot Reece and Evynn Graver are in Kearney, Neb. today at the Kearney Country Club to represent the school...

-EDITORIAL- It has been announced that Gretna East High School will not have a homecoming court since there is no senior class. Traditionally, students at most schools vote seniors for positions like...

With a lack of seniors, the school does not have as many teachers as it will in the future. As a result of not needing as many teachers this year, this has created a situation where seven out of 54...

After the ability to change Google account profile pictures was stripped from Gretna Public Schools' middle and high school students earlier this week, "high school students' ability to change Google profile...

-Review- Nearly four years ago Hozier, an Irish indie music artist, released his second album, “Wasteland, Baby!”  This was an instant indie music hit. He has also written many popular songs such...