Omaha Bryan High School

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1 History
2 25th anniversary and other changes
3 Activities and Bear entertainment
4 Notable Alumni
5 External links

[edit] History

The building for William Jennings Bryan Senior High School was completed in 1971. It was named after the illustrious Nebraska politician. Bryan's history, however, extends back to 1965 when the first students entered what is now the Bryan Middle School building. That building had been designed as a junior-senior high complex. It was from there that the first Bryan senior class graduated in 1968.

Increasing enrollments at the junior-senior high complex gave the Omaha Public School District the incentive to build a separate senior high, and it was thus that Bryan Senior High came to be.

Bryan High's current enrollment averages 1,700 students; there are approximately ninety faculty members. The student body is a mirror of the national population, with students from various ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds.

Renovations to the building have been made to prepare it for the addition of computers and other sophisticated pieces of technology. Bryan High has a history of innovation and change. That tradition continues. Now the school has over 1,800 students.

[edit] 25th anniversary and other changes

In 1993, the school celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a time capsule for future students. The capsule will be opened in 2018.

From 2000 to about 2005, Bryan went through some new renovations and additions. In 2004, the school had a new section built which houses 4 new classrooms: 110a, 111a, 112a, and 113a, since there are already classrooms with those numbers. 4 cottages are outside the building on the left side of the gym. In 2001, 6 more were added to the right side. At that time they added a weight room to the gym. Currently they use the other side as a practice area for the schools wrestling team. In 2004 they also added 2 additional cottages on the side of the building. As of about 2001 Bryan High became a member of the AOF ( Academy of Finance).

The school was also on a normal class schedule before fall of 1994, with classes being year-long. Block scheduling was then created, with a 13-minute "Advisement" at the start of the school day. There are now 4 blocks and Advisement with 4 lunches during 3rd block. Each block is 90 minutes long. When the block scheduling was first introduced, Advisement was at the beginning of the day, before the 4 classes. This wasn't changed until the school decided to make Advisement in between 2nd and 3rd blocks in 2005. The school also has other schedules for certain days, like days with pep rallies, half-days, and days with Extended Advisements.

In 2007 Bryan High School once again had some new changes in and out side of the school including new trees along the front of the building and stones to sit on. The library also went through changes; a section of the library was transformed into new rooms for Assistant Principals, and the entry way for the library was extended into double doors to make it easier for student entry.

As of 2006 the school decided to host the Graduating ceremony at Qwest Center in Downtown Omaha instead of the Omaha Civic Auditorium due to the increasing size of the yearly senior class.

[edit] Activities and Bear entertainment

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Bryan High has alot of great sports programs and activeties at the high school. One is the Bryan Bears Varsity Boys' Basketball team who on occasion make it the the Nebraska State Basketball Tornament. Also Bryan High School has a very good Drama Department in which every year the have 3 plays thoughout the school year. The School also has its own Newspaper called the Orator and the School Yearbook the Crusader.