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Student and Staff Achievements: Nov. 3, 2025

Omaha Public Schools is pleased to recognize the following staff and students for their academic, extracurricular and professional achievements:

  • To the following Burke High students for earning the Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma.
    • Grant Beckman
    • Teddy Dunning
    • Brayden Pickett
    • Ace Weyerman
  • Lindsay Behne, secondary social studies teaching and learning consultant, for receiving the Outstanding Supporter of Geographic Education Award from the Geographic Educators of Nebraska.
  • Abbey McNair, Burke High social studies teacher, for winning the District 2 Award for Geographic Education from the Geographic Educators of Nebraska.
  • All Omaha Public Schools students who were designated as 2025-26 Believers & Achievers from the Nebraska School Activities Association.
    • Darion Jones, North High
    • Elvis Lopez, Buena Vista High
    • Ava Simpson, Westview High
  • Burke High’s journalism team for winning the 2025 Cornhusker Award from the Nebraska Scholastic Press Association for their yearbook, “The Burke Book.”
  • Thomas Lee, Westview High Principal, for receiving the 2025 Nebraska High School Press Association Administrator of the Year award.
  • Justine Garman, Benson High journalism teacher, for winning the 2025 Nebraska High School Press Association Advisor of the Year Award.
  • Jackson Berning, Minne Lusa kindergarten teacher, for winning the Excellence Award in Teaching from FiberFirst.
  • Scott Chisholm, Burke High head boys’ tennis coach, for being named the 2025 High School Coach of the Year from the United States Tennis Association.
  • The Omaha Public Schools students chosen to participate in Youth Leadership Omaha.
    • Thiha Lwin – Benson High
    • Violet Casella – Bryan High
    • Samuel Oberst – Central High
    • Tallulah Hoeft – Central High
    • Ira Anderson – North High
    • Maggie Hill – North High
    • Aaliyah Tha Bal – Northwest High
    • Richard Martinez Sanchez – South High
    • Oishahon Sultonova – Westview High
    • TayViana Robinson – Westview High
  • Ella Cleaver, Pine and Gifford Park Elementary art teacher, for winning the 2025 Nebraska Art Teachers Association Frances Thurber PreService Student of the Year.
  • Julie Ryan, Washington and Rose Hill Elementary art teacher, for receiving the 2025 Roscoe Shields Service Award from the Nebraska Art Teachers Association.
  • All Omaha Public Schools students selected for the 2025 Nebraska All-State Orchestra and Choir.
    • Hassan Whitemore, North High
    • Jasmine Hester, North High
    • Alondra Arteaga-Delgadillo, South High
    • Diana Garcia Vega, South High
    • Christoper Zagal, South High
    • Ava Yang, South High
    • Mackenzie Durbin, South High
    • Omari Montes-Bush, South High
    • JuanPablo Zarate-Munoz, South High
    • Jeremy Amado Amaya Bonilla, South High
    • Yerai Vargas Rodriguez, South High
    • Ryan Kubiak, South High
    • Juan Moreno-Trevino, South High
    • Soren Puumala, Burke High
    • Ramsey Ellefson, Buena Vista High
    • Charles Gaillard, Central High
    • Daniel Cox, Central High
    • Ash Homan, Central High
    • Violet Fannin, Central High
    • June Yamamoto, Central High
    • Fiona Carmichael, Central High
    • Laya Dorsey, Central High
    • Norah Thapa, Central High
    • Edie Titus, Central High
    • Jazmin Guimenes-Mills, Central High
    • Nyawuda John, Central High
    • Tessa Priesman, Central High
    • Izzy Worden, Central High
    • Asia Young, Central High
    • Jaiden Harvey, Central High
    • Eris Rodriguez, Central High
    • Tyler Cook, Central High
    • Luke Farrington, Central High
    • Thomas Melone-Reynoso, Central High