Omaha Burke High School

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Burke High School is a secondary school located in Omaha, Nebraska. It is the most recently built high school of Omaha Public Schools. As of 2006 the acting principle is Dr. Connie Eichhorn. The school's mascot is the Bulldogs.

Each year in May, the Nebraska State Track Meet is held at the school, with hundreds of people present to watch and to compete.

1 Music Program
2 Academic Decathlon
3 Famous alumni
4 External links

[edit] Music Program

Burke High School is a school known for its music program and talent of its singers. The hard work of director Merlin Lempke is the main reason for the success of the groups at Burke. The musicals at Burke tend to be very successful and called the best in town. The show choir at Burke is also a very important aspect of the music department. They have seen great success in the past year.
Current Members of the show Choir:
Adam Abou-Nasr
Aly Bolte
Amanda Brazda
Lizzie Brazda
Amy Durmaskin
Jake Fahrlander
Cassidy Fletcher
Kieth Fix
Fantashia Gates-colbert
Tristan Gilmore
Elizabeth Grey
Adam Hilt
Austin Learned
Andrew Miner
Jocelyn Olney
Kelly O'Loughlin
Ope Omajola
Charly Pedersen
Jessica Quebedeaux
Alex Solomon
Logan Steiner
Max Tarlton
Derek Thompson
Alyse Wulff

[edit] Academic Decathlon

Another thing the school is known for is its Academic Decathlon team. The school has participated in the Academic Decathlon competition for 11 years, and won state 6 times. Their arch rival is Creighton Preparatory School. Burke also holds the record for the highest Super Quiz score ever scored by a Nebraska team, which is 52/60.

[edit] Famous alumni

Craig Anton, star of the TV show Phil of the Future
Pat Hazell, comic who has been on Tonight Show with Jay Leno and was one of the writers for the tv show Seinfeld.
Rod Kush, Furniture Mogul in Omaha