EAGLE NEWS

• September 2, 2024 No School; Labor Day
• September 7, 2024 Homecoming (must pre-purchase a ticket)
• September 12, 2024 Progress Reports posted on Infinite Campus portal
• September 18, 2024 Information Night for Juniors, Seniors and Families
• September 24, 2024 Two Hour Late Start; Teacher School Improvement
• October 2, 2024 Eagles Take Flight Day 9th/10th report to school & 11th/12th at home activity
• October 4, 2024 No School; Teacher Curriculum Day
• October 10, 2024 No School; High School Parent Teacher Conferences 12:00pm-7:00pm
• October 11, 2024 No School; High School Teacher Work Day
• October 22, 2024 PreACT for 9th & 10th graders at school 11th/12th grade No School
• October 29, 2024 Two Hour Late Start; Teacher School Improvement

Activities. Performing Arts and Athletic Schedules

24-25 OPS Calendar

The Omaha Public Schools is focused on continuous improvement. Improvement Days are an investment of time to support schools in plan, do, check, act cycles. Students will have a two-hour late start while faculty and staff have professional development.

• Tuesday, September 24, 2024
• Tuesday, October 29, 2024
• Tuesday, January 28, 2025
• Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Below is the bell schedule for Improvement Days at Central High School.

Did you know it takes an average of three days for students to catch up for every one day they’re absent? Omaha Public Schools is committed to working with our families to support student attendance every day, because we know every minute counts. Our district has updated our action plan to follow state guidelines on assisting students who miss a significant amount of class time. Our student attendance team will meet with families of students who have 20 total absences, whether or not those absences are excused. The team will work with the family to create a collaborative plan to improve attendance.

You can make an impact on your student’s attendance now, and we’re here to help. If anything is getting in the way of getting your student to school, please contact your school’s principal, school support liaison, school counselor or bilingual liaison for help. Attendance Matters!

At Central, we expect our students to be in class before the bell rings. If they need to be in the hallway during class, they must secure a pass from their teacher.

Arriving Late: If your student arrives after the school day has begun, they must enter the main door on the west side of the building and check into the attendance office. Students will be given a pass to class. If your student was at an appointment, please send a note from the appointment so attendance may be recorded correctly.

Checking Out Early: We ask that families try to make appointments outside of school hours. If that cannot be avoided and you need to check your student out early, a parent/guardian must come into the building to sign the student out in the attendance office. Please have photo ID with you. The past practice of a password will no longer be the practice at Central High School.

PreACT Test Day is Oct. 22 for 9th and 10th grade Students On Oct. 22, our 9th and 10th grade students will take the PreACT during the school day. Taking the PreACT allows students to become familiar with the test environment, plan for future high school courses and begin discussions about college and career. We expanded this opportunity to include 9th grade students this year to allow more students to benefit from the experience.

Here are important things to remember for the PreACT:

· Tuesday, Oct. 22

· 9th and 10th grade students come to school as normal

· Breakfast and lunch will be served.

· Students will be dismissed at 1 p.m., and buses will depart at approximately 1:10 p.m.

· No school for 11th and 12th grade students

· There is no charge to take the exam.

El día del examen PreACT es el 22 de octubre para estudiantes de 9.º y 10.º grado.

El 22 de octubre, nuestros estudiantes de noveno y décimo grado tomarán el examen PreACT durante el día escolar. Tomar el PreACT permite a los estudiantes a familiarizarse en el entorno del examen, planificar cursos futuros de la escuela preparatoria y comenzar conversaciones sobre la universidad y la carrera. Este año tenemos la oportunidad de incluir a estudiantes de noveno grado para que más estudiantes se beneficien de esta experiencia.

Cosas importantes para recordar el día del examen PreACT:

• El martes 22 de octubre

• Los estudiantes de noveno y décimo grado vienen a la escuela con normalidad.

• Se servirá desayuno y almuerzo.

• Los estudiantes saldrán a la 1 p. m. y los autobuses saldrán aproximadamente a la 1:10 p. m.

• No hay clases para estudiantes de 11º y 12º grado

• No hay ningún cargo por realizar el examen.

Student in-progress grades are available for parent and student viewing by logging into the Infinite Campus Portal. Each grading period grades are posted as a way to measure student progress. Mid-quarter progress reports are posted in the Infinite Campus Portal on 9/16/24, 11/11/24, 2/3/25, 4/22/25.

Report cards will be available online as well as printed for parent teacher conferences; first quarter 10/10/24 and third quarter 3/6/25.

Final semester report cards will be available online and will be mailed to families via US postal service 1/3/25 and 6/1/25.

If you need help with your Infinite Campus Portal account, please contact Tish Finley for assistance at latesh.finley@ops.org

Central is offering a 5-week test prep class by OnToCollege with John Baylor. The class starts September 23- October 21 and meets every Monday.

Seventy Five North is partnering with Aim High Test Prep to offer a six week ACT prep seminar for students who live or attend school in North Omaha. This program is designed for college-bound Junior and Senior high school students to equip them with test-taking techniques for the ACT college-entrance exam.

Wednesday, September 18th 5:00-7:30 PM

• Visit with local colleges and universities
• Learn about the new graduation requirement of completing the FAFSA from EducationQuest Foundation
• Order graduation cap and gown
• Sessions on writing college essays, ACT/SAT and a session "Just for Juniors".

The Pancake Man will be providing food. Families have been emailed an invitation. Please RSVP via the link in the email by September 9th so we have an accurate count for The Pancake Man.

Things to know:

• Gates for home football games open at 6PM and close at the end of 3rd Quarter.
• No re-entry policy which means if you leave you cannot come back in. Make sure you have all your belongings with you before you enter the game. No one will be allowed to enter the game after the 3rd quarter has ended.
• Central High School students with a current 2024-25 school ID can enter through either entrance gate on the Central home side (west entry). Students do not need to stand in the ticket window line. Students will show their ID to the gate workers for entrance.
• For this home game only, students without a current 2024-25 Central school ID will need to find the table on the outside of the stadium to have your ID verified and receive an entrance ticket that you will give to the gate workers.
• Future games, you will have to pay $5 to enter a home football game without a Central ID.
• Only students from Central High School are allowed on our home side. Students from another high school will have to purchase a ticket at the visitor gate and sit on the visitor side.
• Students in middle school or elementary school must be accompanied by and sit with an adult in order to enter the game.

🎉 Freshman First Day 2024-2025 at Central High School 🎉

We kicked off the school year with an unforgettable Freshman First Day! It was pure joy welcoming our newest Eagles to the nest at our iconic downtown high school. The day ended with an epic pep rally in our gym where everyone brought their A-game—our talented band, spirited cheerleaders, dynamic Step Team, fierce drill team, and, of course, our beloved Eagle mascot. A special shoutout to our incredible upperclassmen who came out to show their Central pride and welcome the Class of 2028!

But that’s not all—we also celebrated our amazing principal, Ms. Kirksey, on her birthday! 🎂 The energy was electric, the spirit was high, and once again, Central High proved why we're the best downtown high school. We do everything with style! 🦅

Welcome back to the 2024-25 School Year!

P.E.P. Is Central’s Parent, Educator, Pupil non-profit organization. We invite all parents and teachers to sign up to be a member of PEP, which prides itself on having a very supportive group of parent volunteers, and we always welcome more! Your membership and donations are our principal source of income and allows us to support the Central community with long standing traditions such as back to school staff breakfast, Purple Feather Day, Staff Appreciation Week, Senior Recognition Night and other fun events.

We encourage everyone to SIGN UP HERE for a PEP membership for only $15!

Again, with merchandise sales, this helps us fund events during the year.

Additionally, if you plan to volunteer in any capacity at Central High, you must be a member of PEP so that you are covered under our personal liability insurance policy.

Thank you for helping support Central!

PEP will meet 4 times this year to discuss and plan upcoming events we are sponsoring. Anyone is welcome to join in person or via Zoom online, this is a great way to meet other parents and get involved at Central!
Our 1st meeting will be Monday, September 9, 2024, 7-8pm in the school library. Please enter through lower doors off 20th St.
Future Meetings:

• Monday, November 11th 7-8pm
• Monday, March 10th 7-8pm
• Monday, May 12th 7-8pm

Ways to support PEP

Central Merchandise can be purchased at http://omaha-central-hs-pep.square.site. It will be delivered to school office for pick up.

Please assign your Kroger/Baker’s rewards, Caseys rewards, & TAGG to benefit PEP!

Thank you!
Nicole Morrison and Katy Dickerson, 2024-25 PEP Co-Presidents

Please contact us at omahacentralhspep@gmail.com if you have any questions.

• Baker’s rewards, Caseys rewards, TAGG.TODAY can benefit PEP! We will be sending instructions in March regarding each of these in a separate email to help encourage everyone to join.

After a summer of activities from Boys/Girls State to traveling to D.C. for the Nebraska Civic Leaders Program, the Social Studies department has started the 2024-2025 school year with its usual excitement and tenacity. Students are participating in group activities, writings, and gearing up for field trips to places such as religious institutions and the World War Museum and Memorial to name a few. The Social Studies department has over 200 years of combined experience at Central High and look to continue the tradition of excellence.

We just received brand new iPads for ALL Sophomores and Juniors! We will distribute these iPads during English classes over the next few weeks. Here are some tips to make the transition go smoothly.

*This transition will start Thursday, August 29. Please bring your iPad each day and have everything backed up (if needed) by Thursday, August 29.

1. Students should bring their old iPads. We will not assign a student to a new iPad without having the old one to exchange.
2. If a student has photos or videos saved to their iPad and wishes to keep them, they should upload them to a cloud. The district is not responsible for backing up student photos, movies, or music.

For Personal Photos, Movies, or Music:
The student should upload them to their personal iCloud, Google Drive, or other cloud account.

For School-Related Photos, Movies, or Music:
a. On their current iPad, the student should open the OneDrive app
b. In the app, in the upper right-hand corner, click the + sign
c. Choose “Photos and Videos”
d. If prompted to allow OneDrive access to files, choose “Full Access”
e. Choose the category of files you wish to upload in the left-hand pane
f. Select each file you wish to upload in the right-hand pane. Unfortunately, there is no “Select All” option.
g. Press the Done button
h. Watch the blue bar at the bottom of the app to see when the files are finished uploading
i. Repeat for any additional categories of files

Best Practices
After uploading files to OneDrive, the students should be encouraged to set up file folders for various items, categories, file types, or classes.
This will help them manage their files, so they don’t have to scroll through hundreds of files when searching for their documents.

Please go here for additional iPad resources from OPS including the annual insurance: https://www.ops.org/studenttechhub

Completing this form online can give you access to many student and family opportunities.

Educational Benefits Form

Thank you for your help with morning drop off on 22nd and James Fous St in the morning. We appreciate your cooperation so our students can be dropped off safely.

• Slow down and remember to stop at the security guard and wait for direction. Students are crossing and safety is our first concern.
• When dropping off on James Fous there are two lanes. To keep traffic flowing please have your student be ready to get out of your vehicle quickly. You will then turn north onto 22nd Street. You do not need to be in the front of the line for your student to exit the vehicle. Anything you can do to speed up the process is good for all Central families.
• Parent vehicles are not permitted in the faculty/staff lot at drop off and pick up.