Tag: graduate
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Columbine High School graduate honored as top Navy recruit
By O’Dell Isaac A Colorado native was recently honored as the top graduate of her class at Navy basic training, according to a news release. Airman Apprentice Bailey Burke, a 2025 graduate of Columbine High School, earned the Military Excellence Award, presented by the Navy Club of the United States to the recruit who exemplifies…
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NYC dance scholarship sparks lofty goals for Mesa Ridge High School alum
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mykala Wimberly fell in love with dance after taking an introductory class at Colorado State University, but at age 20, she feared she was too old to begin pursuing her dream. “I didn’t grow up dancing, because it wasn’t something our family could afford,” said…
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Blues legend, Otis Taylor, receives honorary diploma 57 years after expulsion for long hair
In 1966 two months before his graduation from Manual High School, blues legend Otis Taylor told school administrators he would not comply with school policy mandating short hair for male students, so he was expelled. After a friend noticed Taylor’s photo in a notable grads display, Taylor began to tell people that he had in…