Mercy High School (Omaha, Nebraska)
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Mercy High School is a private
, all-girls, Roman Catholic high school
located 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. Mercy has approximately 350 students and just over 30 faculty members.
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. They have won the following NSAA State Championships :
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
, all-girls, Roman Catholic high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the midwestern region of the United States. Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss...
. It is the only high school in Omaha with a negotiated tuition program. Mercy has approximately 350 students and just over 30 faculty members.
Background
Mercy High School is 1 of 41 high schools owned and operated by the Sisters of MercySisters of Mercy
The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
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Activities
Omaha Mercy is a member of the Nebraska School Activities AssociationNebraska School Activities Association
The Nebraska School Activities Association is the organization which oversees interscholastic competition in the state of Nebraska at the high school level. The mission statement of the NSAA is:-Classification:...
. They have won the following NSAA State Championships :
- Girls VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- 1978 - Girls BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- none (Runner-Up - 1981) - Girls Soccer - none (Runner-Up - 2007)
- Speech - none (Runner-Up - 2009)