(photo by: GWYNETH ROBERTS - Lincoln Journal Star)
Thank you to those in attendance and those lending assistance for the GED program and graduation ceremony last Saturday. We are ever grateful to Gloria Sarmiento, Maria Fernanda Joya, et al, for the program leadership, and to Wesleyan University and Tesia Risk for realizing need and recognizing accomplishment.
Further reading: Lincoln Journal Star
Buenos días,
Please check out our newsletter from the link below, especially if you want to brush up on your español.
¡Gracias!
El Centro de las Américas to Graduate Largest Class Ever of Spanish-Language GED Students
55 students from 10 communities graduate Saturday — including 30 from El Centro de Las Américas
Fifty-five students from Lincoln, Hastings, Wayne, Wakefield, West Point, Fremont, Schuyler, Crete, Norfolk and Lexington will gather at Nebraska Wesleyan’s O’Donnell Auditorium on Saturday, June 26 at 3 pm to celebrate graduation from the GED (General Education Development) program. The group will include 30 students from the program coordinated by Lincoln’s El Centro de las Américas.
The ceremony will celebrate the dedication of the adult student graduates, some of whom work, have families and children and drive up to three hours to get to the classes. Since the successful GED in Spanish program began, many students have gone on to higher education degrees. El Centro de las Américas will also award three scholarships at the ceremony to its top students to help them further their education.
The O’Donnell Auditorium in the Vance D. Rogers Center for Fine Arts at Nebraska Wesleyan University is located on the north side of Huntington Street between 50th and 51st Street in Lincoln, Nebraska. In attendance will be GED students, family and administration of El Centro de las Américas, and Nebraska Wesleyan University.
For the past seventeen years, Lincoln Public Schools have recognized triumphant students and outstanding collaborating agencies (GED en Español graduates and El Centro de las Américas to name a few) in ceremonies for different minority groups. We are honored to host the Latino ceremony here in the Malone Center gymnasium from 4-6pm this Saturday. Present will be food and drink, faculty and admin, students and parents, and the community at large to celebrate the year’s accomplishments, like high school graduation, graduation with honors, special programs completion (like our family literacy programs), and many others.
En los ultimos diecisiete años, las Escuelas Publicas de Lincoln han reconocido a estudiantes triunfantes y agencias colaboradoras incomparables (graduados del GED en Español y El Centro de las Américas para dar algunos ejemplos) en ceremonias para distintos grupos minorías. Somos agradecidos de presentar la ceremonia latina en el gimnasio del Centro Malone de 4 a 6 de la tarde este sábado. Habrán comida y bebida, facultad y administración, estudiantes y padres, y la comunidad para celebrar los exitos del año, como graduación del high school, mención honorifica, terminación de programas especiales (como nuestra Alfabetización Familiar), y muchos más.
