Class of 1968
Alumni Liaison
Volume 8 | Number 3
Welcome to Rise, the voice of Grand Island Senior High alumni and friends. We show up every other month in over 9,000 in-boxes bringing you news, views, and memories of GISH. Rise is a publication of the Grand Island Public Schools Foundation.
We are smack dab in our eighth year of publishing the only consistent connection for alumni and friends of Grand Island Senior High. That makes this iteration 43 of Rise. We are happy you’re a subscriber and hope you continue to read the comings and goings of Islander alums across the globe.
Here’s some of what you will find inside this issue: “At the Top'' details all things May, as in graduation, GIPS staff changes, spring sports wrapping up, prom etc. Jackie Ruiz-Rodriguez’s “On the Island” is her farewell column and for us at Rise, it’s a beauty and it’s bittersweet. Jackie has been a part of the Rise family for three years. Grand Island Public Schools Foundation Executive Director, Kari Hooker-Leep, writes about the hope and optimism brought about by graduation in her “Making Your Mark” piece. Annual Giving Coordinator, Maggie McDermott, has all the results of Go Big Give, the annual community fundraising effort of which the GIPS Foundation is a part.
Mike Monk's “Distant Mirror” column this issue takes a deep dive into one the best known phrases from English Literature. Bianca Ayala writes about the naturalization ceremony that recently took place at Barr Middle School. Sarah Kuta embraces her inner scientist as she details her recent trip to Antarctica. Yours truly, once again offers some unsolicited advice to the Class of 2023.
Two former Islanders and one Board of Education member recently received statewide recognition for their civic involvement. Read what they did in Milestones.
As usual, we’ll remember alumni who have passed in the last couple months, let you know which classes are gathering for reunions or just a monthly confab, and keep up on the lives and times of Islanders everywhere in Class Notes.
Keep in touch, Islanders. And remember: Keep pushing on.
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At the Top
George details all things May, as in graduation, GIPS staff changes, spring sports wrapping up and prom.
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Milestones
Two former Islanders and one Board of Education member recently received statewide recognition for their civic involvement.
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Making Your Mark
Kari Hooker-Leep writes about the hope and optimism brought about by graduation.
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Your Legacy. Their Opportunity.
Maggie McDermott has all the results of Go Big Give and the annual GIPS Staff Campaign.
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Shining Bright Since 2005
Bianca Ayala writes about the naturalization ceremony that recently took place at Barr Middle School.
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I've Been Thinking
George offers some unsolicited advice to the Class of 2023.
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On the Island
Jackie Ruiz-Rodriguez’s offers her farewell column for us at Rise.
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Distant Mirror
Mike takes a deep dive into one of the best known phrases from English Literature.
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A Wandering Writer's World
Sarah Kuta embraces her inner scientist as she details her recent trip to Antarctica.
