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Mercy High School (Omaha, Nebraska)

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Type
  
Private, All-Girls

Principal
  
Sarah Regan

Enrollment
  
390 (2013)

Colors
  
Blue, Gold

Religious affiliation(s)
  
Roman Catholic

Grades
  
9–12

Phone
  
+1 402-553-9424

Mercy High School (Omaha, Nebraska)

President
  
Sr. Delores Hannon, RSM

Address
  
1501 S 48th St, Omaha, NE 68106, USA

Accreditation
  
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Motto
  
Where Mercy Girls Become Women of Mercy

Similar
  
Marian High School, Roncalli Catholic High Sch, Duchesne Academy of the Sac, Central High School, Skutt Catholic High Sch

Profiles

Mercy High School is a private, all-girls, Roman Catholic high school in Omaha, Nebraska, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha. It is the only high school in Omaha with a negotiated tuition program, so each family meets with the President at the start of each academic year to agree upon what they will pay for tuition. Mercy has approximately 385 students with 24 percent being minority. They have 95 percent of the graduating class going to college.

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Background

Mercy High School is one of 41 high schools owned and operated by the Sisters of Mercy.

In 2012 Brooks Humphreys, a Social Studies teacher at Mercy, won second place in the teachers edition of Jeopardy!.

Activities

Omaha Mercy is a member of the Nebraska School Activities Association. They have won the following NSAA State Championships:

  • Girls Volleyball – 1978
  • Girls Basketball – none (Runner-Up 1981)
  • Girls Soccer – none (Runner-Up 2007)
  • Speech – none (Runner-Up 2009)
  • References

    Mercy High School (Omaha, Nebraska) Wikipedia