Howard Kennedy School
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| name = Howard Kennedy Elementary School
| type = Public elementary school
| location = 2906 N. 30th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68011
United States
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| free_label = Opened in 1888
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| website = [http://www.ops.org/elementary/kennedy Howard Kennedy School]
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Howard Kennedy Elementary School is located at 2906 North 30th Street in North Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Almost since its inception Kennedy was regarded as one of Omaha's "black schools," almost exclusively African American. Football great Gale Sayers attended the school.Sayers, G. and Silverman, A. (2001) I Am Third: The Inspiration for Brian's Song. Penguin Books. p 91.
History
The school was founded in 1892 as Omaha View School, as it sat on a hill overlooking downtown. In 1918 the school was home to Omaha's champion student writer: eighth grader Alice Watson was lauded in the national Negro Year Book: An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro for the honor.Work, M.N. (1918-1919) Negro Year Book: An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro. Negro Year Book Publishing Co. p 36.
The current building was constructed in 1910,(1910, January 1). Omaha World - Herald , p. 20. Available from NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2:1106B5BBD4B623A8@EANX-NB1334BF6300DC47B3@2418673-13345CF3525692C6@19-13345CF3525692C6@. (1910, January 26). Omaha World - Herald, p. 3. Available from NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2:1106B5BBD4B623A8@EANX-NB1334BF8E4470677A@2418698-13345CF3AF9B4A84@2-13345CF3AF9B4A84@. and was renamed after the first public school educator in Omaha, who served as the first teacher, principal and superintendent starting in 1859.[http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/andreas/douglas/douglas-p17.html "Douglas County"], Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska. Retrieved 12/29/07. Kennedy originally served students from kindergarten through ninth grade.
Kennedy was remodeled extensively in 2005.
Present
Today{{when|date=January 2017}} the school has approximately 240 students, with a student body which is more than 84% African American. Hispanics count for 10%, and white students for 5%, with Native American and "other" covering the remainder.
Kennedy is a schoolwide Title I with an 84.26% poverty rate.[http://www.sedl.org/cgi-bin/mysql/readingfirst/results.cgi?location=show_single_record&showschool=6287 School Profile: Howard Kennedy Elementary School]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. Retrieved 12/29/07. It is a participant in the Nebraska 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program funded by the United States Department of Education.[http://www.nde.state.ne.us/21stcclc/GrantsAwarded.doc "Nebraska 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231231224/http://www.nde.state.ne.us/21stcclc/GrantsAwarded.doc |date=2006-12-31 }}. Nebraska State Department of Education. Retrieved 12/29/07.
Starting in 2005 the school became a part of the Bright Futures Partnership, a collaboration between Omaha Public Schools and several nonprofit organizations designed to help at-risk youth prepare for middle school and work toward high school graduation.[http://www.allourkids.org/brightfutures.shtml Bright Futures Partnership] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704055041/http://www.allourkids.org/brightfutures.shtml |date=2008-07-04 }}, All Our Kids Bright Futures, Inc. Retrieved 12/29/07. The school also participates in an annual Omaha Police Department basketball tournament.[http://www.opd.ci.omaha.ne.us/NEWS/docs/OPD-MR-NEWS-4369.htm "P.A.L. Basketball Tournament November 3, 2007"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222191513/http://www.opd.ci.omaha.ne.us/NEWS/docs/OPD-MR-NEWS-4369.htm |date=December 22, 2007 }}. Omaha Police Department. November 2, 2007. Retrieved 12/29/07.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.historicomaha.com/ofcimg26.jpg Photo of Howard Kennedy]
- [https://www.howardkennedyhistory.com Capstone Project]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071224031935/http://www.ops.org/ops/SCHOOLS/SchoolInformationPages/ElementarySchools/tabid/95/Default.aspx Official webpage]
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Category:Elementary schools in Omaha, Nebraska
Category:Schools in North Omaha, Nebraska
Category:Historically segregated African-American schools in Nebraska
Category:School buildings completed in 1916