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December 18, 2012
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 commencement ceremony.
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Harold Reutter
The Grand Island Independent
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Alian Leon Gamboa
Nebraska
Michelle Richardson
Grand Island Public Schools
Ombudsman Educational Services
Cristian Tejada-Gomez
Jennifer Worthington
Metropolitan Community College
Kathryn Hughes
Jonathan Mundo
U.S. Marines
Reyna Chacon
Jeff Gilbertson
Linda Sanders
Duane Coats
Jose Gutierrez
Karey Killion
Grand Island
Kay Obermiller
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May 14, 2012
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 N. Webb Road Suite 10.
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Harold Reutter
The Grand Island Independent
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Nebraska
Grand Island Public Schools
Dr. Robert Winter
Ombudsman Educational Services
Ombudsman
Grand Island
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December 19, 2011
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.
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Harold Reutter
Grand Island Independent
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Nebraska
Grand Island Public Schools
Ombudsman Educational Services
Alternative Education
Grand Island
Graduation
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December 16, 2011
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 at their feet.
"There were a lot of kids in my class I wasn't getting enough attention and I kind of gave up on myself," said Lauren Bopp, a new graduate. Two years ago, Lauren was one of 500 kids that were about to give up on their high school education in the state of Nebraska.
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Annie Andrews
WNTV- ABC Nebraska
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Nebraska
Grand Island Public Schools
Alternative Program
Alt Ed
Grand Island
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May 06, 2011
Twelve students became graduates of both Ombudsman and Grand Island Senior High Friday afternoon during a ceremony attended by family, friends and Grand Island Public School administrators and board members.
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Harold Reutter
Grand Island Independent
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Nebraska
Grand Island Public Schools
Grand Island School Board
Ombudsman
Grand Island
Graduation
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December 16, 2010
It's a brand new program that kicked off this semester–one that's giving kids a second chance. And, Thursday some of those students graduated. This is the first semester Grand Island Public Schools partnered with Ombudsman Educational Services.
Ombudsman serves as an alternative school for at risk kids. Thursday 7 kids graduated from the center, receiving the same exact diploma as their peers at GISH.
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Rachel Lake
KHAS-TV 5
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Nebraska
Grand Island Public Schools
Clay Schutz
Alternative Program
Roberto Fraire
Grand Island School Board
Linda Sanders
Ombudsman
Grand Island