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