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Miller Park Elementary School is located at 5625 North 28th Avenue in the Miller Park

Miller Park (Omaha, Nebraska)

The Miller Park neighborhood in North Omaha, Nebraska is a historically significant community housing a historic district and several notable historic places. It is located between Sorenson Parkway on the south and Redick Avenue on the north, Florence Boulevard on the east and 30th Street on the west...

neighborhood of north

North Omaha, Nebraska

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Omaha, Nebraska

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. The school is credited for creating the original Junior Forest Club concept.

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The original Miller Park School was opened in 1912 and named for Omaha pioneer George L. Miller

George L. Miller

Dr. George Lorin Miller was a pioneer physician, editor, politician, civic leader and land owner in Omaha, Nebraska. The founder of the Omaha Herald, which later became part of the Omaha World-Herald, Miller arrived in Omaha in 1854, the year the city was founded...

, with the current building was constructed in 1928. In 2002, the building received a major addition and renovation, including administrative space, gymnasium, cafeteria and classrooms. The school's home attendance area extends from Redick Avenue on the north to Sorenson Parkway on the south, from Florence Boulevard

Florence Boulevard

Florence Boulevard, originally known as the Prettiest Mile in Omaha Boulevard, is a boulevard-type north-south street in the north Omaha, Nebraska. With the start of construction in 1892, Florence Boulevard was the first roadway in Omaha's boulevard system designed by Horace Cleveland...

on the east to North 30th Avenue on the west, as well as the Fort Omaha

Fort Omaha

Fort Omaha, originally known as Sherman Barracks and then Omaha Barracks, is an Indian War-era United States Army supply installation. Located at 5730 North 30th Street, with the entrance at North 30th and Fort Streets in modern-day North Omaha, Nebraska, the facility is primarily occupied by ...

campus. In 2005-06 the school reportedly had 347 students.

The school has been noted throughout its history for its curricular innovations and the extra-curricular activities it offers. In the late 1930s several organizations studied the school's programs, including the National Education Association

National Education Association

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and several independent researchers. In 1984 Miller Park's "pioneer classroom", a replica

Replica

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of a one room schoolhouse, was featured by the National Trust for Historic Preservation

National Trust for Historic Preservation

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. The school is also credited for creating the original Junior Forest Club concept. Today Miller Park participates in the U.S. Department of Education's Reading First

Reading First

Reading First is a federal education program in the United States mandated under the No Child Left Behind Act and administered by the federal Department of Education...

program.

Miller Park has several community business partners, including Metropolitan Community College

Metropolitan Community College (Omaha)

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, the DLR Group, Charles Drew Health Center and other businesses.

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