"Welcome
to John Lux Middle School! Our middle school is in its ninth
year of existence. All students and teachers are a part of a team.
By taking a short tour it is easy to see our three separate grade
levels, 6-7-8, located in three different parts of the building. Our
school has a population of 890 students. If you
would like to visit our middle school, please give us a call at (402)
436-1220. We would like to show off our facility."
Bill Bucher,
Principal
The Building
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Capacity
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850 Students with media, cafeteria, and P.E.
(Capacity of 1,000)
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Size of Campus Site
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26.05 Acres
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Area of Building
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161,469 Square feet
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Average Physical Classroom Size
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845 Square feet
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Construction Cost
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$11,184,500
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Contract for Building Awarded
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May 1994
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School Vision
Statement
The Lux school community appreciates and welcomes the uniqueness of middle level students by:
- promoting academics
- fostering creativity
- developing interpersonal and intrapersonal success
- encouraging responsibility
- affirming diversity
- encouraging the pursuit of lifelong learning.
(Drafted 1996/Updated 2002)
The Namesake
 John E. Lux was a lifelong Lincolnite who was dedicated
to quality education for the community. A Northeast High School graduate,
he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University
and a master's degree and an Ed.D from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
He taught for several years in high schools in Auburn and Beatrice
before beginning his college teaching career in 1957, at UNL. Dr.
Lux, an associate professor of curriculum and instruction, became
the director of the UNL Teacher Corps in 1975. Also, he was a leader
in the team that planned East Junior-Senior High School, and was one
of the designers of NUSTEP, a competency-based teacher education program
that won national recognition for its innovative qualities. Dr.
Lux also conducted social studies workshops on learning and teaching
processes and was a key participant in a project to improve classroom
teacher performance.
Dr. Lux started a middle level internship program at Culler
Junior High School. He felt strongly that special needs of middle
school students were not being addressed in regular instruction of
secondary teachers. The internship program offered top graduate students
in teachers college an opportunity to work on a Master's degree while
gaining valuable training in middle level education.
His love of learning and teaching extended well beyond the classroom.
His commitment to education led him to serve on the Lincoln Board
of Education from 1965 to 1975. He also lent his personal support
to schools as a parent and was an active PTA member at Huntington
Elementary School.
Dr. Lux's recognition of the special needs of middle level
students and his commitment to teacher training specifically for middle
school teachers make it most appropriate that a middle school be named
in his honor.
John Lux's Lessons
to Live By
1. Sunshine is beautiful, especially those sunrises
that sparkle the dew and sunsets that engrave silver linings on
the clouds.
2. Winter isn't so bad when your thoughts are preparing
for the spring.
3. Goals are essential in
all areas of life, and these goals are reached only through daily
efforts.
4. Youth need 'adult models', many 'hands-on' experiences
and quiet opportunities to talk about these experiences.
5. Stewardship of the land, water, and air is an
absolute.
6. A good leader must 'walk the walk', not just
'talk the talk'.
7. Shared, participatory style of leadership not
only achieves immediate objectives, but also develops future leaders.
8. You can fail at a particular task without being
a failure.
9. A person's ideas, ideals, and institutions live
on through the lives of the people they have touched.
10. In death, as in life, we are not alone.
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