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

• Bryan High Principal Rony Ortega, Ed.D., for being named the 2023 Nebraska Cultural Unity Conference Educator of the Year from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
• Burke High student Charles McGovern for creating the winning design for the RV-12 airplane built by Aviation Nation.
• Jane McGill of Central High for receiving the 2023 Student Journalist Impact Award from the Journalism Education Association and Quill and Scroll.
• Central High students who received the Metro Youth Forward Scholarship:
  • Tajah Davis
  • TyVelle Foster
  • Jaheem Medley
  • Karma Brown
  • Heaven Moore
  • Heaven Newson
  • Darrelle Bonam, Jr.
  • Mark Davis
  • Xavier Barlow
  • Ja'Kobe Barnes
  • Saliyah Davis
  • Alicia Mendoza
  • Jocelyn Montalvo