Millard North High School

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Millard North High School
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Address
Millard North High School
1010 S. 144th St.

Omaha
,
Nebraska
68154-2899

United States
Coordinates 41°15′00″N96°08′28″W / 41.250°N 96.141°W / 41.250; -96.141
Information
Type Public school
Established1981
School board Millard Public Schools
PrincipalAaron Bearinger
Teaching staff147.00 (FTE) [1]
Number of students2,573 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.50 [1]
Color(s)Blue, silver and green
    [2]
Fight song Washington and Lee Swing
MascotMustangs [2]
NewspaperThe Hoofbeat
Website https://mnhs.mpsomaha.org/

Millard North High School is a high school in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Millard Public Schools district. Millard North partially opened in 1978 for 9th and 10th grade students. In 1981, the second phase of the project was completed and the school began to serve students in grades 9-12; at that time, the school's name was changed to Millard North High School. The school completed an expansion in 2007. Millard North underwent a comprehensive renovation which was finished in 2016. [3]

Contents

Curriculum

International Baccalaureate

Millard North is one of three public high schools in Nebraska to carry the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, and was the first in the state to offer it. Along with Millard North Middle School, Millard North High School offers the IB Middle Years Programme. [4] The only other schools in Nebraska that offer the Diploma Programme are Lincoln High School in Lincoln and Omaha Central High School in Omaha.

Academies

Millard North is part of the Millard Public Schools System, which offers the Academy program for those students aspiring to a particular career after graduation. Currently, Millard North is home to the Business & Logistics Management Academy. Millard North sends students to the other three Millard high schools to participate in the other academies. Currently, there are five academies offered in the Millard district: Education at Millard West; Entrepreneurship at Millard South; Health Sciences at Horizon; and STEM at Millard West. Academy students graduate with almost a full year of college credit (though this varies by academy) and partake in the program during the junior and senior years of high school. [5]

Extracurricular activities

State championships

State championships [6]
SeasonActivityNumber of championshipsYear
Fall Football 52003, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2015
Marching Band 12016
Softball 11993
Tennis, Boys' 21998, 2018
Volleyball 31987, 2016, 2018
Winter Basketball, Boys' 22021, 2022
Speech 71993, 1996, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 [7]
Wrestling 21991, 1996
Basketball, Girls’ 12019
Spring Baseball 21990, 2005
Golf, Boys' 12011
Soccer, Boys' 21995, 2007
Soccer, Girls' 71988, 1994, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2018
Tennis, Girls' 31989, 2001, 2002
Track and field, Girls' 32005, 2006, 2008
Total42

Journalism

Millard North has two official student publications. The Hoofbeat, the newspaper, is published every three weeks and maintains an online website. The publication received the Cornhusker Award in 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2020. [8] The Stampede, the school yearbook, is published in May with a supplement published in August. The Millard North journalism program won first place overall in the 2011 and 2022 Nebraska state competitions and were co-State Champions in 2012. [9]

Nebraska Economics Challenge

Millard North operates an economics program, associated with the Advanced Placement Program, to compete in the Nebraska Economics Challenge. [10] Millard North won four straight championships from 2011-2012 to 2014-2015. [11]

National Personal Finance Challenge

The National Personal Finance Challenge (NPFC) is a nationwide competition that provides high school students the opportunity to build and demonstrate their knowledge of money management. Teams showcase their expertise in the concepts of earning income, buying goods and services, saving, using credit, investing, and protecting. In 2021, the champion team was from Millard North. [12]

Notable alumni

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