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For high school students interested in medicine, gaining hands-on experiences can feel like an impossible challenge. However, there are ways for students to get involved, for example, getting a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification.
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For high school students interested in medicine, gaining hands-on experiences can feel like an impossible challenge. However, there are ways for students to get involved, for example, getting a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification.
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During spring break, six Marian students spent a week in Ireland studying creative writing accompanied by English teachers Megan Gillespie and Hallie Tripe.
![Senior Betsy Piernicky earned a gold medal at Nebraska State Journalism competition.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1714071651/marianhighschoolnet/r0oyofomghvi4hkylj2j/StateJournalismWinners20242.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1714071651/marianhighschoolnet/r0oyofomghvi4hkylj2j/StateJournalismWinners20242.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1714071651/marianhighschoolnet/r0oyofomghvi4hkylj2j/StateJournalismWinners20242.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1714071651/marianhighschoolnet/r0oyofomghvi4hkylj2j/StateJournalismWinners20242.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1714071651/marianhighschoolnet/r0oyofomghvi4hkylj2j/StateJournalismWinners20242.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1714071651/marianhighschoolnet/r0oyofomghvi4hkylj2j/StateJournalismWinners20242.png","width":2200}])
Senior Betsy Piernicky placed first in Yearbook Theme Copy Writing at the Nebraska State Journalism competition. See all the Marian award winners here.
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For a few days in mid-February, Marian girls were no longer just students; they were delegates, change-makers and international leaders for the United Nations. Not the real United Nations, but instead, the Model UN. From Feb. 7-11, Marian students, accompanied by three chaperones, took on the Windy City. These students became part of the Model UN, hosted by the University of Chicago in downtown Chicago and known as MUNUC.
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Senior Iona Stites made her debut in the Omaha theater community, but not on stage. Stites worked behind the scenes as she co-directed her first musical, “Pipeline,” at the Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP). Stites is the first high school student in the OCP’s Assistant Director Fellowship program.
Nina McMullen was a participant in a prestigious and selective filmmaking workshop through New York University (NYU). McMullen was one of 20 out of 800 applicants admitted into the summer of 2022 program.