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Omaha High School: 1867 This was the third school in Omaha, and opened in 1872. [5] Omaha View School Pacific School: 706 Park Avenue Park School: 1918-1980s 1320 South 29th Street Designed by Thomas Rogers Kimball, listed on the NRHP: Pershing School: Pleasant School South 25th and St. Mary's Avenue Robbins School: 1910–1994 4302 South 39th ...
St. Luke's Catholic Church and the city of St. Lucas were both established in 1855 by people who were largely of German heritage. [2] The school was begun at the same time as the parish. Lay people served as its first teachers until 1876 when the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration from La Crosse, Wisconsin started teaching in the school. [3]
In 2014–15 the school reportedly had 450 students. [4] The school has been noted throughout its history for its curricular innovations and the extra-curricular activities. In the late 1930s several organizations studied the school's programs, including the National Education Association [5] and several independent researchers. [6]
Duchesne Academy was established in Omaha in 1881 and is named in honor of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, one of the first women to join the Society of the Sacred Heart. St. Rose Philippine came to the United States from France in the early 19th century and established the first Sacred Heart school in St. Charles, Missouri. [3]
Omaha was established in 1871 as a stop along the Springfield and Illinois South Eastern Railway. A baggage master working for the railroad, Henry Pearce, named the settlement for Omaha, Nebraska, where he had previously worked as a baggage master. After an initial attempt at incorporation failed in 1875, Omaha successfully incorporated in 1888 ...
The present Kellom opened in 1952 as a "community school", and included a community center as well as regular facilities. [2] It was the first new school in the Omaha district in 27 years. It was named after John H. Kellom, an early educator who arrived in Omaha in 1857 and was on the first Omaha Board of Education in 1859.
St. Peter Claver is known for having a very diverse variety of students. Located in the heart of south Omaha, St. Peter Claver (known to the students as SPC) rose to fame in 2008 because of its unique Hire4ED program. Approximately only 200 students went to St. Peter Claver. In 2006, priests in London, UK were thinking of a new way to teach and ...
St. Luke's Hospital was founded in 1864. [3] The St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing was established in 1885. St. Luke's merged with Presbyterian Hospital to form Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital in 1956. [4] Their nursing schools also united to create the Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing. [5]