2021 Academic Honors Night
Grand Island Senior High in partnership with the Grand Island Public Schools Foundation and Home Federal Bank honored the top-ranked graduating seniors from Grand Island Senior High during an academic recognition ceremony on Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Grand Island Senior High Auditorium.
All students at Grand Island Senior High who graduate Summa Cum Laude or Magna Cum Laude, and have submitted a GIPS Foundation scholarship application, will be awarded at least one scholarship through the Grand Island Public Schools Foundation’s Academic Aristocrat Scholarship Program. Honor students will receive a total of $53,725 at this presentation.
The Academic Aristocrat Scholarship program was initiated by former Superintendent Marv Maurer in memory of his wife Dorothy. The program offers scholarships for Grand Island Senior High’s Honors Students. Sixty-Five (65) scholarships will be awarded in 2021 as part of this program. The scholarships range from $500-$2,000.
Over the years, many individuals have donated to the Academic Aristocrat fund to grant students their dreams of a higher education. Some have donated annually or through payroll deductions, while others have established endowed scholarships in their family's names or in honor or memory of someone special.
The Grand Island Public Schools Foundation has served as a tax-exempt vehicle for various individuals and businesses to award scholarships on an annual basis.
The GISH seniors honored at the event:
Samuel Aguilar
Wilber Aguilar
Maria Albers
Kara Almquist
Diana Barragan
Kamdyn Barrientos
Lazaro Bautista-Mendoza
Cristian Betancourt
Emaline Bockoven
Lacey Broadwell
Myah Brown
Angel Cavazos
Sydney Cobler
Govani Del Rio
Ada Dominguez
Brooke Ehlers
Carly Gartner
Marienedina Gomez
Derek Gomez
Gabriela Gomez Martinez
Darian Hadenfeldt
Raymond Hanson
Riley Harder
Cullin Havel
Guadalupe Hernandez Rodriguez
Emily Hernandez Tinajero
Kayla Inthavongsa
Landon Jensen
Emmy Johnson
William Johnson
Ayden Kenkel
Aidan Keyes
Kael Kingery
Jackson Kissler
Adrian Lazalde
Fatima Madera Hernandez
Crista Manning
Karla Marquez Cell
Jennifer Martinez
Ella McDonald
Perla Mendoza Tellez
Ethan Messmer
Oscar Murcia Guardado
German Murcia-Martinez
Julia Myers
Michelle Nguyen
Kade Nolan
Grant Ocana
Nyanhial Pal
Klayten Palu
John Pearson
Daizy Pineda-Dominguez
Mathew Ramirez
Lilly Reed
Daniel Rendon
Xavier Roundy
Cindy Salas
Monica Samaniego
Aubriana Sanchez-Burke
Norma Schovey
Jackson Sikes
Jerome Silva
Payton Sindelar
Kelly Solis
Jacob Staab
McKenna Thuernagle
Nayla Torres Ruiz
Belle Tran
Jennifer Vargas
Yesenia Vargas
Annika Ward
Madison Webster
Christian Wiegert
Katelyn Wilson
Mali Xayarath
For more information, call or e-mail Traci Skalberg, executive director, Grand Island Public Schools Foundation; 308-385-5525; tskalberg@gips.org