Millard North High School
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| Millard North High | |
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| 1010 S 144th St Omaha, Nebraska, 68154-2899 USA |
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| School board | Millard Public Schools |
| Principal | Mr. Brian Begley |
| Students | 2,500 |
| Type | Public school |
| Color(s) | Blue, green,silver and black |
| Established | 1981 |
| Homepage | http://millard.esu3.org/mnhs/ |
Millard North High School is a high school in the Millard Public Schools district. Opened in 1981, Millard North is now the largest school in Omaha, Nebraska. 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.
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[edit] Academics
[edit] International Baccalaureate
Millard North is currently the only high school in Omaha to carry the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Along with Millard North Middle School, Millard North High School offers the IB Middle Years Programme.[1]
[edit] Foreign languages
Classes in five foreign languages (Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and latin) are offered.[2]
[edit] Athletics
Millard North is known throughout the state as a contender in football and baseball each year. Eric Crouch (2001 Heisman Trophy Winner) graduated from MN.
[edit] Forensics
Millard North currently has the largest Forensics program in Nebraska. The team is regularly ranked in the top three at the NSAA State Speech Tournament and were state runner-ups in 2008. The team has received national recognition from the NFL as well as qualifying numerous students each year to the national tournament.
[edit] Athletics
The Millard North Mustangs football team played in the Nebraska high school state championship game for four consecutive years (2002 – 2005) and won state championship in 2003 and 2005. The 2005 team finished with the third-highest rushing total by a team in one season in high school football history[citation needed], with one 2000-yard rusher (QB Jeff Tarpinian) and two 1500-yard rushers (FB Paul Homer, HB Corey Young). In 2006 the Mustangs played in, and won, the longest game in Nebraska state history. They defeated Lincoln Southwest High School in a five-overtime bout. The Mustangs returned to the state championship game in 2007, losing to Omaha Central 26-21.
- Eric Crouch attended Millard North
[edit] Media depictions
Millard North was the initial choice to be the filming location of Election, but the Millard School Board thought the movie was too obscene to be filmed there.[3] References to "Millard High" can be seen in the original drafts of Alexander Payne's script for Election.[4]
[edit] Hoofbeat
The Hoofbeat is Millard North's student newspaper. It has received the Cornhusker Award ten times.[5]
