Omaha Central High School
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Omaha Central High School, the oldest high school in Nebraska[citation needed], is located at 124 North 20th Street in downtown Omaha. 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.[citation needed]
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.
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] Famous alumni
- Henry Fonda, actor
- Dorothy McGuire, actor
- Gale Sayers, NFL Football Player (in the Hall of Fame)
- Ahman Green, NFL Football Player
- Chris "Toucan" Myers, former husband of Da Grizz
- Susie Thompson Buffett, former wife of Warren Buffett
- Saul A. Kripke, American philosopher
- Dr. Guinter Khan, inventor of Rogaine
- Peter Hoagland, former Nebraska U.S. House of Representatives Congressman
- Peter Kiewit, founder of Fortune 500 contractor Peter Kiewit Sons
- Edward Zorinsky, former Nebraska Senator
- Harold Cooperman, founder of the Omaha area No-Frills Supermarkets
- Howard Rosenberg, producer of the TV show Primetime Live
- Mark Kraft, former Omaha City Councilman
