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.
It is also home to the Omaha Central High School Register, the oldest high school newspaper west of the Mississippi River[citation needed] 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] Famous alumni
- Susie Thompson Buffett, former wife of Warren Buffett
- Henry Fonda, Actor
- Ahman Green, NFL Football Player
- Saul A. Kripke, American philosopher
- Jarvis Offutt, American WWI aviator, namesake of Offutt Air Force Base
- Howard Rosenberg, producer of the TV show Primetime Live
- Gale Sayers, NFL Hall of Fame]] player immortalized in movie Brian's Song
- Willie Sayers, track and field hall of fame inductee and brother of football player Gale Sayers
- Edward Zorinsky, former Omaha mayor and Nebraska senator
