Class of 1968
Alumni Liaison
Volume 9 | Number 6
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 #6, the last of our ninth year of publishing the only consistent connection for alumni and friends of Grand Island Senior High. That makes this iteration 54 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.
We'll start our roster of what’s inside this Rise in Switzerland, where Wandering Writer Sarah Kuta takes us on a tour of a quaint village where cows and cheese are both revered. “On the Island” correspondent Alex Weaver details the “Little Mermaid,” which graced Senior High’s big stage, among the many happenings in Purple and Gold land this fall. Abigayle Frazier-Hansen, as is her wont to do, shows us the tangible impact your contributions have made, this time through Legacy Grants.
We start things with “At the Top”, where we’ll revisit some holiday ideas and traditions at GISH. Kari Hooker-Leep’s “Making Your Mark” piece is all about volunteers. The Grand Island Public Schools Foundation Executive Director makes the argument -- rightly -- that volunteering is a labor of love. Mike Monk's “Distant Mirror” piece this issue chronicles his fantasy baseball league, which just celebrated year 45. My “I’ve Been Thinking” column recalls the “thinking” lessons I learned at Senior High and how they are still important, perhaps even more so in a modern world filled with more information and less truthfulness.
As usual, in our In Memoriam we have a list of Islanders who have passed, in Reunions we have class gatherings and other class get-togethers, and in Class Notes we have the lives and times of Islanders everywhere. And, once again, you’ll get a chance to test your memory or your Google search skills with another edition of Islander Trivia.
Stay in touch, Islanders. And remember: Keep pushing on.
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At the Top
George Ayoub revisits some holiday ideas and traditions at GISH.
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Making Your Mark
Kari Hooker-Leep's piece is all about volunteers.
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Foundation Focus
Abigayle Frazier-Hansen shows us the tangible impact your contributions have made, this time through Legacy Grants.
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I've Been Thinking
George Ayoub recalls the “thinking” lessons he learned at Senior High and how they are still important.
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On the Island
Alex Weaver details the many happenings in Purple and Gold land this fall.
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Distant Mirror
Mike Monk chronicles his fantasy baseball league, which just celebrated year 45.
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A Wandering Writer's World
Sarah Kuta takes us on a tour of a quaint village where cows and cheese are both revered.
