All students and staff are issued email accounts. North's Academic Decathlon team placed third in the state during the 2005–2006 school year. Omaha North High Magnet School is a certified Project Lead the Way high school. The Service Learning Academy through the University of Nebraska-Omaha has a partnership with North High. Athletics Football The Omaha North High School Vikings football team has enjoyed success, both in the past as well as recently. They won their first Nebraska state championship in 1929, and again in 1948, 1956, 1961, 1967, 2013, 2014 and 2017. In addition, the team was runner-up in 2012 and 2016. Dewey Wade was on the state football champion team in 1948 and the city champion football teams of 1949 and 1950. In 1961 and 1962, University of Nebraska Hall of Famer Bob Churchich was the quarterback. State championships Notable alumni Houston Alexander, mixed martial artist Scott Bostwick, 1979, Northwest Missouri Bearcats football coach Brandin Bryant, football player Paul Chan, artist, writer and publisher Dick Davis, football player Ester Dean, 2001, pop singer-songwriter Patrick Flanery, 1994, author Adam Fletcher, 1993, activist and author John A. Gale, Nebraska's secretary of state Neal Hefti, jazz musician, composer of Batman and The Odd Couple TV show themes Jeremy Horn, mixed martial artist Miguel Keith, Medal of Honor recipient (non-graduate) Charles R. Larson, four-star Navy admiral Preston Love, jazz musician Mike McGee, NBA basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers Justin Patton, NBA basketball player and player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, first-round selection in the 2017 NBA draft Niles Paul, NFL football player James Raschke, professional wrestler known as "Baron von Raschke" Rainbow Rowell, 1991, author Dan Warthen, Major League Baseball player and coach See also Education in North Omaha, Nebraska References External links Omaha North High Internet, the school's official website Omaha North High School-Class Reunion Websites at Classreport.org Omaha Public Schools Schools in North Omaha, Nebraska Landmarks in North Omaha, Nebraska High schools in Omaha, Nebraska Educational institutions established in 1924 Public high schools in Nebraska Magnet schools in Nebraska 1924 establishments in Nebraska