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Omaha South High School

Public high school in Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Summary

Public high school in Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Field	Value
name	Omaha South High School
image	Omaha South High School from SW 1.JPG
alt	Large four-story brick building; other brick buildings around it
caption	Omaha South, seen from across 24th Street
motto	Go Packers!
streetaddress	4519 S 24th Street
city	Omaha
state	Nebraska
county	Douglas County
zipcode	68107
country	United States
coordinates
former_name	Omaha South Magnet High School
schooltype	Public high school
established	1887
district	Omaha Public Schools
grades	9–12
principal	Jodi Pesek
superintendent	Matthew Ray
teaching_staff	138.94 (FTE)
ratio	17.96
<ref name	NCES/
gender	Coeducational
enrollment	2,495 (2023–2024)
colors	Red and white
athletics_conference	NSAA District A-1
nickname	South, Omaha South, SHS
team_name	Packers
mascot	Benny the Bull
fight_song	“Hail to the Varsity”
rival	Bryan High School
newspaper	South High Tooter
yearbook	SHS Yearbook
website	Omaha South Magnet H.S.

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. The Visual/Performing Arts program offers students the opportunity to create and perform in theatre, music, art, and filmmaking. Community partnerships include Opera Omaha and the Omaha Community Playhouse.

Extracurricular activities

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. 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.

State championships

State championships	Season	Sport	Number of championships
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

Chris Bober, professional football player
Marlin Briscoe, football player, first starting black quarterback in the NFL
Phil Cahoy, gymnast
Leo J. Dulacki, decorated lieutenant general in the Marine Corps
John Faiman, former Nebraska quarterback; former Bellevue West High School head football coach
Noah Fant, football player
Johnny Goodman, golfer, won U.S. Open in 1933, last amateur to win the title
Jim Hartung, gymnast; on the 1984 US Olympic team, which won a gold medal
Buddy Hunter, former Major League Baseball player (Boston Red Sox)
Cedric Hunter, professional basketball player
Ed Koterba, journalist
Jeff Koterba, editorial cartoonist, Omaha World Herald
Oudious Lee, football player
Darrell Mudra, football coach
Gail O'Brien, football player in the NFL for the Boston Redskins
Johnny Owen, first four-sport letter winner at South and member of the Nebraska Legislature
Dave Rimington, college and professional football player
James R. Young, chairman and CEO of Union Pacific Railroad

References

"OMAHA SOUTH HIGH MAGNET SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics.
writer, Emily Nitcher World-Herald staff. "OPS superintendent proposes buying laptops or iPads for all 54,000 students".
"The Information Technology, Visual/Performing Arts & Dual Language Magnet of the Omaha Public Schools".
(2013-09-01). "Composer".
Staff. "Omaha South Magnet High School".
Wagner, Brent. "State soccer: One of the dream matchups set for Class A boys championship match".
(2017-12-29). "State soccer: Record crowd watches Omaha South win state {{!}} High School Soccer {{!}} journalstar.com".
[https://nsaahome.org/ "Nebraska School Activities Association"]: subpages for particular sports. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
"Chris Bober Stats".
(2019-06-28). "Marlin Briscoe Inducted into College Football Hall of Fame".
(September 8, 1929). ""Hobo of Links" rises to fame". Spokesman-Review.
[http://www.nebhalloffame.org/1994/hartung.htm "Jim Hartung, Omaha South."] [http://www.nebhalloffame.org/index.shtml Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame.] Retrieved 2013-01-04.
Morgret, Ed Koterba (2016) "Introduction". ''The Essential Ed Koterba'', pp. xlix–lii. MCP Books. {{ISBN. 1634139224
(December 7, 1951). "7 Dec 1951, 3 – The South High Tooter at". Newspapers.com.
[https://archive.today/20120708193004/http://espn.go.com/abcsports/s/where/daverimington.html ABC Sports - Where Are They Now? Dave Rimington]

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