The oldest Catholic high school in Omaha was founded as part of a major family’s donation to the church. Throughout the years, its expanded and moved, staying aligned with its history but moving quickly into the future. This is a history of Creighton High School in North Omaha.
Creighton High School was opened as part of Creighton College in 1878. Located in the basement of Creighton Hall, it was also run by the Jesuits. Its unknown exactly how many students were in the high school the first year it opened. However, as part of Mary Lucretia Creighton’s will, the high school was strictly for boys, which its remained ever since. Tuition at the high school was free for many decades.
The university and the school decided to part ways in 1952, and the next year land was bought elsewhere in the city. The high school was split from the university in 1958 and was called Creighton Preparatory School, and today it’s commonly called Creighton Prep.
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MY ARTICLES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
BUILDINGS: Creighton Observatory | Creighton Hall | Campion House | St. John’s Parish | Creighton High School
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MY ARTICLES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SCHOOLS IN NORTH OMAHA
GENERAL: Segregated Schools | Higher Education
PUBLIC GRADE SCHOOLS: Belvedere | Cass | Central Park | Dodge Street | Druid Hill | Florence | Fort Omaha School | Howard Kennedy | Kellom | Lake | Long | Miller Park | Minne Lusa | Monmouth Park | North Omaha (Izard) | Omaha View | Pershing | Ponca | Saratoga | Sherman | Walnut Hill | Webster
PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOLS: McMillan | Technical
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS: North | Technical | Florence
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: Creighton | Dominican | Holy Angels | Holy Family | Sacred Heart | St. Benedict | St. John
LUTHERAN SCHOOLS: Hope | St. Paul
HIGHER EDUCATION: Omaha University | Creighton University | Presbyterian Theological Seminary
MORE: Fort Street Special School for Incorrigible Boys | Nebraska School for the Deaf and Dumb
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Elsewhere Online
- “A History of Creighton Prep” official Creighton University website
- “Creighton Preparatory School” Wikipedia article
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