Class of 1968
Alumni Liaison
Volume 9 | Number 1
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.
This is Issue #1 of our ninth year of publishing the only consistent connection for alumni and friends of Grand Island Senior High. That makes this iteration 49 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: Our “At the Top'' story details the return of the Hall of Honor inductions and ceremony as three new members join HOH. (This would be a good time for me to say, yes, I am humbled and honored to be part of that trio.) Three Legendary Educators will also be part of the festivities scheduled for March 12, at the Legends & Legacies event.
In her “Making Your Mark” piece, Grand Island Public Schools Foundation Executive Director, Kari Hooker-Leep, discusses what the Hall of Honor and Legendary Educator awards mean to her as a GISH alum. Avery Rogers catches us up on what’s happening at Senior High, including a new cell phone policy, in her “On the Island'' article.
Mike Monk's “Distant Mirror” column takes us back to bingo nights at the Grand Island Eagles Club. Wandering Writer Sarah Kuta goes inside a museum devoted to shipwrecks and explains some of what Gordon Lightfoot sang in “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” My column piggybacks on Avery’s piece with two memories at the corner of school and technology.
We have a letter in the (e)Mailbag as well as In Memoriam, Reunion gatherings, and the lives and times of Islanders everywhere in Class Notes.
We also have this Editor's Note: Annual Giving Coordinator and Rise keeper and caretaker is moving on from the Foundation. We said goodbye to Maggie McDermott in December, knowing how much she'll be missed, especially by the Rise family.
Keep in touch, Islanders. And remember: Keep pushing on.
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At the Top
George details the return of the Hall of Honor and Legendary Educator inductions at the Legends & Legacies event.
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(e) Mail Bag
An (e)Mail Bag correspondent writes about a former Islander science teacher's art museum.
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Making Your Mark
Kari Hooker-Leep discusses what the Hall of Honor and Legendary Educator awards mean to her as a GISH alum.
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Shining Bright Since 2005
Bianca Ayala talks about her New Year's Resolutions.
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On the Island
Avery Rogers catches us up on what’s happening at Senior High, including a new cell phone policy.
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I've Been Thinking
George shares two memories at the corner of school and technology.
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Distant Mirror
Mike Monk takes us back to bingo nights at the Grand Island Eagles Club.
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A Wandering Writer's World
Sarah Kuta goes inside a museum devoted to shipwrecks and explains some of what Gordan Lightfoot sang in “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
