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May 24, 2012
Hannah Williams and Whitney Holman were once at-risk of dropping out of high school. Now, they are heading to college and beginning a lifetime of believing they can achieve what they are willing to work for.
Through their determination — and the foresight of Limestone County school officials who brought the Ombudsman Educational Services program here three years ago — Williams, Holman and 37 other at-risk classmates earned their high school diplomas here Tuesday night.
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Jean Cole
The Athens News-Courier
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Zebbra Green.
Athens
Athens State University
Ombudsman Educational Services
Limestone
Commencement
Alabama
Limestone County Schools
Graduation
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May 15, 2012
Kenny Veopraseuth was worried. In his junior year at DeKalb High School, Veopraseuth knew he wouldn’t have enough credits in a year to graduate. A night owl by nature, he had a hard time concentrating early in the day, and his schoolwork suffered for it.
“I wouldn’t have dropped out,” said Veopraseuth, now a 19-year-old senior scheduled to graduate in June. “I want to make my parents proud. But I had to do something because I knew I wouldn’t graduate, and I’d rather have my diploma than a GED.”
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Dana Herra
The Midweek
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Ombudsman Educational Services
DeKalb School District 428
DeKalb High School
DeKalb
Kishwaukee Education Consortium
Ombudsman
Illinois
Graduation
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December 19, 2011
It was standing room only Friday for the audience at Ombudsman’s midterm commencement, which was given a planes, trains and automobiles theme by Superintendent Rob Winter.
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Harold Reutter
Grand Island Independent
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Nebraska
Grand Island Public Schools
Ombudsman Educational Services
Alternative Education
Grand Island
Graduation
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July 21, 2011
Thirty-two students who were once at risk of dropping out of high school are now graduates. They are members of the first graduating class to benefit from a partnership between Huntsville City Schools and Ombudsman Educational Services.Graduates attended the Ombudsman learning center in Huntsville and received their diplomas during a commencement ceremony at the Columbia High School Auditorium on Thursday, July 21.
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WHNT-TV Staff Reports
WHNT-TV 19
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Huntsville
Columbia High School
Huntsville City Schools
Alabama
Huntsville City Schools Board of Education
Superintendent E. Casey Wardynski Ph.D.
Graduation
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June 08, 2011
Twenty former at-risk students received their high school diplomas today as they graduated from the Ombudsman Educational Services. The group partners with the East Allen County Schools to provide a one-on-one style of teaching. Ombudsman director Heather Jauregui calls their approach more individualized. She says many of the students did not believe they had the ability to succeed.
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Max Resnik
Indiana NewsCenter WPTA-TV/WISE-TV
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East Allen
At-risk students
East Allen County Schools
Ombudsman
New Haven
Graduation
Indiana
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June 04, 2011
Cody Schmitt used to hate school. A year-and-a-half ago, before attending Ombudsman Learning Center in DeKalb, he didn’t see himself graduating, let alone going to college. After completing courses through the alternative learning school, he’ll not only graduate with the DeKalb High School class of 2011, but he’s also pursuing a degree in criminal justice at Kishwaukee College. “It saved my life,” he said.
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Nicole Weskerna
Daily Chronicle
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DeKalb School District 428
DeKalb High School
DeKalb
Kishwaukee College
Ombudsman
Alternative Education
Illinois
Graduation
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May 14, 2011
With the help of a new academic program, Zominique Williams, 18, is a 2011 high school graduate. She and 13 other students on Friday became the first group of graduates from Bridge Academy, a program by Ombudsman Education Services that is aligned with Tennessee educational standards. The program partnered with Jackson-Madison County Schools this school year to help nontraditional students finish high school with the rest of their class.
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Tracie Simer
The Jackson Sun
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nontraditional learners
Doris Battle
Jackson-Madison
Jackson
Jackson-Madison County School System
Liberty High School
The Bridge Academy
Ombudsman
Jackson Central-Merry High School
Tennessee
Liberty Technology
Graduation
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May 06, 2011
Twelve students became graduates of both Ombudsman and Grand Island Senior High Friday afternoon during a ceremony attended by family, friends and Grand Island Public School administrators and board members.
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Harold Reutter
Grand Island Independent
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Nebraska
Grand Island Public Schools
Grand Island School Board
Ombudsman
Grand Island
Graduation