Omaha South High School

Omaha South High School
Large four-story brick building; other brick buildings around it
Omaha South, seen from across 24th Street
Address
Map
4519 S 24th Street

Omaha
,
Douglas County
,
Nebraska
68107

United States
Coordinates41°12′51″N 95°56′47″W / 41.21417°N 95.94639°W / 41.21417; -95.94639 (South High School)
Information
Former nameOmaha South Magnet High School
School typePublic high school
MottoGo Packers!
Established1887
School districtOmaha Public Schools
SuperintendentMatthew Ray
PrincipalJodi Pesek
Teaching staff138.94 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment2,495 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.96 [1]
Color(s)   Red and white
Fight song“Hail to the Varsity”
Athletics conferenceNSAA District A-1
MascotBenny the Bull
NicknameSouth, Omaha South, SHS
Team namePackers
RivalBryan High School
NewspaperSouth High Tooter
YearbookSHS Yearbook
WebsiteOmaha South Magnet H.S.
Main entrance

Omaha South High School is an information technology and visual/performing arts magnet school which educates students in grades 9–12. It is located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Built in the 1930s, it is one of the largest high school buildings in the state.

Students at Omaha South use laptop computers and palmtops as part of their daily classroom activity.[2] The Visual/Performing Arts program offers students the opportunity to create and perform in theatre, music, art, and filmmaking.[3] Community partnerships include Opera Omaha and the Omaha Community Playhouse.[4]

Extracurricular activities

Student Diversity in the South High, per U.S. News (2023-24)[5]

  Hispanic (85.9%)
  White (8.2%)
  Black (3.8%)
  Two or More Races (1.0%)
  Native American (0.7%)
  Asian (0.4%)

Soccer

The 2013 Class A Boys Soccer State Championship, won by Omaha South High School against Creighton Prep (1-0) at Morrison Stadium, holds the current record as the highest attended soccer match in the State of Nebraska.[6] The estimated attendance of this game was 8,200 people, beating the previous record of approximately 6,900 people held by the Creighton Men's Soccer team.[7]

State championships

State championships[8]
Season Sport Number of championships Year
Fall Cross country, boys' 1 1963
Football 3 1942, 1957, 1958
Winter Wrestling, boys' 19 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967
Basketball, boys' 6 1937, 1944, 1960, 1990, 2016, 2019
Powerlifting, boys' 3 2006, 2007, 2008
Powerlifting, girls' 3 2015, 2016, 2017
Tennis, boys' 1 1965
Gymnastics, boys' 7 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983
Spring Baseball 2 1941, 1973
Golf, boys' 1 1942
Soccer, boys' 4 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021
Total 50

Poetry

Omaha South High Magnet school has an award-winning poetry slam team as the packer poets won the 2019 Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam tournament that 40+ schools compete in. The same year a student won second place in the Individual Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam tournament. Omaha South's poetry slam team has always been ranked in the top 16 in the Midwest for the past 8 years being ranked #1 in 2015. Also, it's been a couple of times where poets from Omaha South High Magnet school had advanced in the Poetry Out Loud state finals.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "OMAHA SOUTH HIGH MAGNET SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  2. ^ writer, Emily Nitcher World-Herald staff. "OPS superintendent proposes buying laptops or iPads for all 54,000 students". Omaha.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  3. ^ "The Information Technology, Visual/Performing Arts & Dual Language Magnet of the Omaha Public Schools" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Composer". 2013-09-01. Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  5. ^ Staff. "Omaha South Magnet High School". U.S. News. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  6. ^ Wagner, Brent. "State soccer: One of the dream matchups set for Class A boys championship match". JournalStar.com. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  7. ^ "State soccer: Record crowd watches Omaha South win state | High School Soccer | journalstar.com". 2017-12-29. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  8. ^ "Nebraska School Activities Association": subpages for particular sports. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  9. ^ "Chris Bober Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  10. ^ "Marlin Briscoe Inducted into College Football Hall of Fame". University of Nebraska Omaha. 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  11. ^ ""Hobo of Links" rises to fame". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. September 8, 1929. p. 4, sports.
  12. ^ "Jim Hartung, Omaha South." Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  13. ^ Morgret, Ed Koterba (2016) "Introduction". The Essential Ed Koterba, pp. xlix–lii. MCP Books. ISBN 1634139224
  14. ^ "7 Dec 1951, 3 – The South High Tooter at". Newspapers.com. December 7, 1951. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  15. ^ ABC Sports - Where Are They Now? Dave Rimington