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Allo Fiber donates $650; students honored for regional tech and Pathway awards
Summary
At the May 8 Grand Island Public Schools board meeting, Allo Fiber presented a $650 check to the district foundation and staff recognized student winners from the Nebraska Educational Technology Association contest and Pathway awards for graduating seniors.
Representatives from Allo Fiber presented a $650 donation to the Grand Island Public Schools Foundation and the board acknowledged several student honors at the May 8 school board meeting.
John Watts, who identified himself as a regional general manager for Allo Fiber, told the board the company’s Allo for Education program allows subscribers to designate a $50 donation; he presented a check for $650 and said, “we are here to present you with a check on behalf of Allo Fiber, and thank you so much for supporting our kids and all you do in our communities.”
Deanna Hershman, media specialist at Gates Elementary, presented winners from the Nebraska Educational Technology Association spring conference: Harper Jackson was named the K–5 video category winner after creating a talking anglerfish project, and Noel Montez, a fifth-grade student at Gates Elementary, placed first in the coding and gaming category for a musical track created on code.org.
The board also recognized two Pathway award winners who are high-school seniors and will study elementary education: Chloe Lopez, who said she will attend Wayne State College, and Faith Diaz, who said she will attend Hastings College.
Student representative Owen provided routine school updates during the meeting, including that approximately 540 students are expected to graduate Sunday at the Heartland Event Center; he also highlighted extracurricular achievements and an entrepreneurship project, Purely Chocolate, grown out of a school pathway class.
The board accepted the donation during the information portion of the meeting and took photographs with the students and donors; no board action was required or taken on the donation.
