Hug of gratitude. Taurine Pope hugs a Learning Center as she proceeds from the graduation line.
Learning Center commencement rate reaches 61%
WINONA, Minn. – Winona School’s non-traditional Learning Center has graduated its 2023 class — 34 students. At the ceremony, the School District Superintendent, Annette Freiheit quoted from a loose translation from the 1500s Illyrian theologian St. Jerome: “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.” The second chance program’s graduation rate has climbed in recent years, from 18% in 2020 to 34% in 2021 and 61% in 2022. Learning Center graduates may take part in the in the larger Winona High School commencement ceremony Friday at Paul Giel Field.