For kids who almost gave up on school, school could have given up on them. Now, they earn their diplomas against the odds. These kids took a different path. But in words of superintendent Rob Winter, “so?”Jose Ayala Vargas embraced family members, and gave a firm handshake to Dr. Winter. But this was no typical… Read More »
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Graduates overcome obstacles, get their diplomas (Grand Island, Neb.)
First came the challenges. Then came the triumph. Linda Sanders, director of the Ombudsman Center for the Grand Island Public Schools, couldn’t resist telling a short story about each of the students who graduated Friday. Those stories often included obstacles that stood in the way of each person’s graduation. But Sanders’ stories always ended with… Read More »
Super six graduates (Grand Island, Neb.)
Caps, gowns, family, friends, photographs of the graduates shaking hands with the superintendent of schools. All the trappings of a conventional graduation were present Monday for the six students who received their Grand Island Senior High School diplomas, even if the young people took an unconventional route through the Ombudsman program to get to their… Read More »
Breaking New Ground: Largest group yet graduates from Ombudsman Center (Grand Island, Neb.)
Monday’s Ombudsman commencement ceremony was not nearly as big as the one for other Grand Island Public Schools graduates, but it was greeted with the very same excitement and enthusiasm as Sunday’s graduation in the Heartland Events Center. Eighteen students received high school diplomas Monday during a ceremony at the Grand Island Ombudsman Center, 2300… Read More »
Ombudsman students reflect at graduation (Grand Island, Neb.)
It was standing room only Friday for the audience at Ombudsman’s midterm commencement, which was given a planes, trains and automobiles theme by Superintendent Rob Winter. Twelve students earned high school diplomas from the Grand Island Public Schools, with 11 of them participating in the ceremony at the Ombudsman Center, 2300 N. Webb Road. So… Read More »
A Second Chance Education (Grand Island, Neb.)
In Grand Island Friday, high school seniors who made that choice years before, assembled for a day they never thought they would see – graduation. The Ombudsman Program, part of Grand Island Public Schools, is giving students a second chance; kids that had the world stacked against them and now are learning the world is… Read More »
