Lutheran High Northeast

Christ Lutheran School is a Christian day school at 511 South 5th Street in Norfolk, educating children from preschool through eighth grade. Operating continuously since 1871 as a ministry of Christ Lutheran Church, the school provides an established parochial learning environment grounded in Lutheran theology and academic rigor. The educational program combines state curriculum frameworks with daily Christian religious instruction, weekly chapel services, instrumental band, choir, physical education, and competitive interscholastic athletics as the Christ Lutheran Tigers. Early learners choose between two-day, three-day, and five-day preschool schedules. Tuition discounts are extended to member families of Christ Lutheran Church and partner Norfolk-area LCMS congregations, including Grace, Our Savior, and Mount Olive, with needs-based scholarships available through school financial aid funds.

Montessori Circle of Friends is an independent early childhood and primary Montessori school located at 1033 S. 13th Street in Norfolk. Owned and operated by Cheryl and Jim Keller since 2010, the school has provided Montessori education in northeast Nebraska for over a decade with teachers bringing decades of combined classroom experience. The school offers toddler, primary, and elementary learning environments designed around Dr. Maria Montessori's principles of hands-on exploration, self-directed learning, and mutual respect. Classrooms provide calm, prepared spaces where children work at their own developmental pace with self-correcting materials. Montessori Circle of Friends maintains an open enrollment policy year-round to welcome new families as classroom space permits.

Norfolk Junior High School serves seventh and eighth-grade students within Norfolk Public Schools from its facility at 510 West Pasewalk Avenue in Norfolk. The school bridges the transition from middle school to high school, offering early adolescent learners a departmentalized academic curriculum balanced with exploratory electives and supportive guidance structures. Core subject areas include pre-algebra, algebra, language arts, earth and life sciences, and American history. Students explore introductory career electives in industrial technology, family and consumer sciences, computer applications, visual art, instrumental band, orchestra, and vocal music. Seventh and eighth graders can compete on interscholastic sports teams including football, volleyball, cross country, basketball, wrestling, and track. Special education teams deliver resource pull-out assistance, co-taught classrooms, and specialized intervention for students requiring individualized academic plans.