• March 26, 2024 Career/Job Fair at Central High School 4-6pm
  
• April 2, 2024 PEP Fundraiser: Cane's Chicken (129/Maple St) 12-8pm
  
• April 9, 2024 ACT for Juniors report by 7:40am
  
• April 9, 2024 No School for Freshman, Sophomores and Seniors
  
• April 12, 2024 No School Teacher In-service
• April 15, 2024 No School Teacher In-Service
• May 8, 2024 Seniors Last Day -See final exam schedule below
• May 14, 2024 Senior Recognition Night by invitation
  
• May 21, 2024 Senior Graduation 7pm Baxter Arena
  
• May 22, 2024 9th-11th grade Last Day-See final exam schedule below
• May 29-31, 2024 Incoming 9th grade Jump Start
  

Activities. Performing Arts and Athletic Schedules

24-25 OPS Calendar (NEW)

Please take a moment to complete the Culture/Climate Portion of the Parent Voice survey. Students from grades 5-12 will receive the survey, too.

Your responses are completely anonymous, and we use them at each school across our district to focus on improvement.

Here’s the link: Parent Voice Survey.

Thank you for your time. We appreciate it.

Juniors will take the ACT on Tuesday, April 9. Only 11th grade/third year students will attend school that day.

Assessment has been a key topic in Eagle Time recently:

• Juniors have been busy creating their MyACT accounts in preparation for testing.
• Sophomores have learned that now is the time to start having conversations with their families about when to take their first Saturday ACT. A good target for most students is December or February of their junior year, though some students choose to start earlier.

Students’ scores tend to improve when they retest, and better scores lead to additional opportunities and choices for students after high school. More information is available at https://www.act.org/.

All Central students have access to high quality ACT prep software. It may be accessed at http://onlineprep.act.org.

Username: OPS email address

Password: OPS student number

Juniors in multiple Pathways participated in mock interview/audition experiences this week, led by Central’s Pathways partners. Students were able to practice real-world skills in a supportive environment and receive feedback from community experts.

• Environmental Studies with Union Pacific and UNO
• Global Health with UNMC
• Political Science
• Entertainment and Sports Marketing with the Field Club of Omaha
• Journalism with KIOS-FM
• Fine and Applied Arts with Joslyn Art Museum
• Instrumental Music with the Omaha Symphony
• Music Technology with UNO
• Theatrical Arts with partners from The Rose, Omaha Performing Arts, and the Omaha Community Playhouse
• Vocal Music Opera Omaha

This is a great opportunity for students to enhance their college and career readiness. Additional Pathways will have their interviews in coming weeks.

Seniors and parents can create their username and password, called the FSA ID (Federal Student Aid ID) at www.studentaid.gov

Help for students and families to complete the FAFSA form will be available from EducationQuest and College Counselor Angie Meyer. EducationQuest will be at Central March 28. See your counselor or Mrs. Meyer with questions.

Please submit a copy, picture or screenshot of all scholarship award letters (both academic and athletic) as you receive them to Mrs. Meyer in room 134. You may also email a copy to angela.meyer@ops.org. Even if you are not accepting the scholarship, please submit a copy. We will recognize these seniors at Senior Recognition Night on May 14. To receive an invitation, students need to turn in their scholarship award letter(s) to Mrs. Meyer by April 29. The Central High Foundation Scholarships will be announced at this event.

The military service academies provide a unique opportunity not only to service our country as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Armed Forces, but also to earn a top-notch education at one our nation’s elite institutions, tuition-free. Congressman Bacon’s office will be hosting representatives from each of the service academies for a free informational seminar on Saturday, March 30th, at Omaha North’s Viking Center from 9am-12pm. Attendees will gain insights about the application and nomination processes to the service academies, as well as the rigorous academic programs and daily life of a cadet. We invite interested applicants to join the ranks of impactful and prominent alumni including former U.S. Presidents, Members of Congress, Generals, NASA Astronauts, CEOs, Nobel Prize Winners, and more.

Fifteen Central High School physical science and honors biology students to Dinner with a Scientist on Feb 29th. Students ate a catered meal with a scientist and then rotated through 3 demos. Our students met with a Vet from the zoo and a UNMC cancer researcher. They asked great questions and found that concepts we are currently learning about in class have real world applications.

Central High School graduates who placed top 6 in the Nebraska State Science and Engineering Fair last April were invited to present their research at the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) conference in Denver Feb 15th-18th.

There are only eight weeks left in our Freshman's first year of high school and it has been a wonderful year! The Freshman class of 2027 has shown tremendous growth and maturity, and we could not be prouder of the students we have the privilege of working with every day. We have a full schedule for our Freshman Academy in the weeks ahead: On April 2nd, mark your calendars for Flip Fabrique: Blizzard, a captivating performance exclusively for our freshmen at 10:30 AM, at The Orpheum. In May, we have three exciting trips to the University of Nebraska Omaha for campus scavenger hunts for the whole Freshman class, and one lucky group will return for a tour of The Undesign the Redline Exhibit. Our Omaha community has been so welcoming to us on all of our adventures this year! We are will never forget our inspiring night at The Lion King on March 19th, and we are all so grateful to The Central High School Foundation and OPA who made it possible with their generosity! It was a truly a magical experience for us!

We invite all parents to sign up to be a member of PEP which is Central's parent organization. Central High School prides itself on having a very supportive group of parent volunteers, and we always welcome more! Your membership dollars are our principal source of income and allows us to support the Central community. 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 umbrella.
Thank you for helping support Central! We encourage everyone to SIGN UP HERE for a PEP membership for only $15.

Our next PEP meeting is on April 8, 2024 at 7:00pm in the Central High School Library.

Merchandise can be purchased at http://omaha-central-hs-pep.square.site

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

• April 2, 2024 PEP Fundraiser: Cane's Chicken (129/Maple St) 12-8pm

• 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.

Central High School and the Omaha Public Schools offer academic support outside of the school day to our students. Students are welcome to take advantage of the following supports:

• This is an open-door program available to all students. No reservation is required to receive tutoring: "No sign up; just show up!". It is staffed by Central teachers in the core subjects and funded by the Central High School Foundation.

• Tutoring is available in the library from 3:15 to 4:15 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
• The program also funds essay help on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings in rooms 229 and 235.
  

• Through online tutoring with Paper, students in grades 3-12 have access to:

  • 1:1 live chat tutoring sessions with experts
    • Support in 200 subjects
    • Available in English, Spanish, French and Mandarin
  • Expert review of written work (essays, creative writing, poetry, lab reports)
  • Hundreds of resources and activities for families support students at home
  • Interactive shows and activities to expand learning beyond the classroom
  • Students can access online tutoring seven days a week via the Clever dashboard on their iPad until 11 p.m.

Completing this form online or on paper can give you access to many student and family opportunities. See the links below.