From Omaha Commons

Central High School was founded in 1859 as Omaha High School and was the city's first public high school.The current building, located at 124 North 20th Street, was completed in 1912 on the site of the Nebraska Territorial Legislature. With an enrollment of around 2,500 students, Central is a four-year high school with a traditional college preparatory curriculum, a honors and advanced placement program, and a diverse student body which includes international students from all over the world.

Alumni of Omaha Central includes two Nobel Prize winners. Co-curricular activities such as athletics, clubs, honor societies, student government, drama, art, musical groups, speech, and debate are offered.

It is also home to the Omaha Central High School Register, the oldest high school newspaper west of the Mississippi River and the single most successful in the country.

The school recently had a changing of principals, with Greg Emmel becoming the new principal for the 2006-2007 school year, replacing Jerry Bexten.

[edit] External links

• Central High School website

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Central High historical marker

Capitol Hill historical marker

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