Brownell-Talbot School

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Brownell-Talbot
Location
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Information
Headmaster Dianne Desler
Type Independent
Motto "Fides, Scientia, Fortitudo..."
Mascot Raider
Color(s) Blue and Gold
Established 1863
Homepage www.brownell.edu

Brownell-Talbot School is Nebraska's oldest school in continuous operation, founded in 1863, and the state's only private, independent, co-educational, college preparatory day school. It is located in Omaha, Nebraska. It is a prep school in name, but does in fact offer pre-kindergarten through high school. Brownell-Talbot is known in Omaha for its superb academics and wide diversity of students.

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[edit] History

Brownell Hall was originally founded in the town of Saratoga, approximately halfway in between Omaha and Florence, before the Nebraska Territory became a state. In the late 19th Century Omaha businessman Herman Kountze donated land in order for the school to relocate in the City of Omaha. It moved to its present site in 1923.[1]

[edit] Films

The 1999 Omaha film, "Election" (starring Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, and Chris Klein), had a very short scene where the movie camera was rolling on Brownell Talbot's Skutt Field. It was a soccer game going on at the time of the filming. It had the same bleachers, scoreboard, and field as Brownell-Talbot. One other idea is that one girl in the movie was walking down from Memorial Park, and then by Skutt Field.

Another film that is very close to Brownell-Talbot's area is "I Am Sam". I Am Sam took place in Dundee, a small neighborhood next to the school.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Sullivan, L. (2003) "Brownell Hall". Omaha Public Library. Retrieved 7/1/07.

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