Yankee Hill Education Center is an LPS program that serves students in grades 9-12 who have been identified as needing a period of time in a safe, supportive, therapeutic environment that focuses on building prosocial skills along with academics. Students are provided strategies for taking ownership of their learning, self-management and coping strategies.
After a period of time being part of the Yankee Hill community, students will return to their home school with the skills needed to become productive citizens in their school community, or graduate from LPS and become productive citizens.
Lancaster County District No.3, Yankee Hill, was absorbed into Lincoln Public Schools in 1980. It had been an operational school since 1875 and had gone through a number of buildings. The current building dates from 1954.
Yankee Hill was an elementary school until 1995 when it became the site of the district’s Elementary Behavior Skills Program (EBSP). The name, Yankee Hill, taken from the area, was no longer an official designation. The BSP (now known as Don Sherrill) was relocated, and since 1999, the Yankee Hill Program has been a specialized program.
