Chris Shade
Educational Background
- Kearney High School graduate, 1987
- Hastings College: BA in Elementary Education
- University of Nebraska (Lincoln): K-12 Instrumental Music Education endorsement
- University of Nebraska (Lincoln): MA in Instrumental Education (K-12)
Present Occupation
- Self-Employed: owner of Shade’s Classic Corvairs – sales, repair and restoration
Other Leadership Positions
- Elder at Hastings Evangelical Free church: 2012-2016 and 2023-present
- Hastings Red Tide homeschool basketball board member: 2017-present
- Salvation Army: board member: 2013-2014
- Corvair Museum of America: Chairman of the Board
Hobbies/Interests
- Vacationing/traveling with my family in our motor coach and camping
- Music: playing my trombone, listening to music, attending concerts, plays, etc.
- Cars: racing Corvairs, restoring cars
- ATVs: trail riding with my family
Greatest Hope for HPS
- Providing students with a well-rounded and historically accurate education that engages students and teaches them to be independent thinkers and future leaders in our community
- Allow students the opportunity to participate in quality extra-curricular activities ranging from the Fine Arts, to athletics and everything in between, according to their interests
Greatest Challenge for HPS
- Increasing parent involvement in their child’s education
- Recruiting and retaining quality teachers
- Protecting our students from false and “trendy” ideologies of the culture and focusing on the core academics of reading, writing and arithmetic
- Longterm financial sustainability and stewardship
- Teach our students “How to think,” NOT “What to think” thereby setting our students up for success as critical thinkers and contributors in society
