Millard North High School
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| Millard North High | |
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1010 S 144th St , 68154-2899 | |
| Coordinates | 41°14′59″N 96°08′20″W / 41.249758°N 96.138783°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public school |
| Established | 1981 |
| School board | Millard Public Schools |
| Principal | Mr. Brian Begley |
| Number of students | 2,500 |
| Color(s) | Blue, Green, Silver, and Black |
| Website | 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.
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]The middle years program is for 9th and 10th graders and the Diploma program is for 11th and 12th graders.
Foreign languages
Classes in five foreign languages (Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Latin) are offered.[2]
Fed Challenge
Millard North participated in the Fed Challenge in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, the team of Sidra Akhter, Brittany Ford, Andrew Grimm, Shelly Malik, Kirsten Miller, and Niveditha Rajagopalan won the regional championship after competition at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank to later become national semifinalists.[3] Millard North could not field a team in 2008 because the 10th Federal Reserve District's Fed Challenge program was discontinued after the 2007 competition.[4]
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 National Forensics League as well as qualifying numerous students each year to the national tournament.[citation needed]
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 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.
- 2001 Heisman Trophy Winner Eric Crouch attended Millard North
- San Francisco Giant's 3rd Baseman #50 Conor Gillaspie attended Millard North
- Former NFL and AFL receiver Todd Doxzon attended Millard North. His belt currently hangs in the Millard North weight room.
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.[5] References to "Millard High" can be seen in the original drafts of Alexander Payne's script for Election.[6]
Hoofbeat
The "Hoofbeat" is Millard North's student newspaper. It has received the Cornhusker Award ten times.[7]