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

• Shaneice Udofia, Belvedere Elementary principal, and Valerie Varas, Crestridge Elementary principal, for being named the 2024 Lozier Foundation MOEC LIGHTS Outstanding Elementary Principals.
• Omaha Public Schools students inducted into the Quill and Scroll International Honor Society for High School Journalists.
  Lorne McFadden of Northwest High for winning the Gildersleeve, Stoddard, Stone Award for Excellence in Teaching Geography from the Geographic Educators of Nebraska.
• Katie Palmquist of Westview High for being named the 2024 Metro Conference Coach of the Year.
• External Relations Administrator Bridget Blevins, APR, for earning her Accreditation in Public Relations.