Student and Staff Achievements: Feb. 2, 2026

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

• Stella Williams of Westview High for becoming the first female basketball player in school history to score 1,000 career points.
• Bluestem Middle for earning the school-wide Social Justice Trophy at the 8th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Living the Dream Competition.
• All Omaha Public Schools students who placed at the 8th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Living the Dream Competition.
  • Keyla Madrid Martinez, Bluestem Middle
  • Lainie Allen, Bluestem Middle
  • Alicia Anguiano Escobar, Bluestem Middle
  • Bernadine Ambatobe, Bryan High
  • Camila Lopez, Bluestem Middle
  • Christopher Vazquez Portillo, Bluestem Middle
  • Ella Mae Knihal, Buffett Middle
  • Grace Station, Central High
  • Niko Bailey, Westview High
  • Austin McGrath, Westview High
• Westview High’s robotics team for winning the JROTC Robotics National Championship Competition.
• Charlotte Ziegler, Burke High ninth grader, for being awarded the All Festival Individual Performance at the International Junior Theater Festival.