Lincoln Northeast High School

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Lincoln Northeast High School

{{{motto}}} Lincoln Northeast High School is dedicated to educating all students to develop their potential in an instructional environment emphasizing high academic expectations, positive relationships, and respect for diversity.
Established	1941
School type	High School
Principal	Kurt Glathar
Location	Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Enrollment	1600
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Mascot	Rocket
Website	LNE Homepage

Lincoln Northeast High School is a public secondary school located in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. It is part of the Lincoln Public Schools school district. Lincoln Northeast was founded on September 9, 1941 when three rival schools (Bethany, Havelock and Jackson) were combined into one. The school is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and has been rated "AA" by the Nebraska State Department of Education since 1943. Approximately 70% of the staff hold master's degrees.

Lincoln Northeast's 1,600 students operate on a traditional 7-period day schedule. Their school colors are traditionally black and white (and sometimes purple, although less commonly used) and their mascot is the Rocket (Named for a locally famous train in the area).

[edit] Notable alumni

William L. Armstrong, U.S. Senator from Colorado
Thomas K. Casady, Chief of Police, Lincoln, Nebraska
Joba Chamberlain, a pitcher for the New York Yankees
Gene V Glass, statistician who coined the term "meta-analysis"
Bob Kerrey, Medal of Honor winner, and U.S. Senator from Nebraska
Jannel Rap, folk singer
Danny Noonan, former player in the National Football League
Kent Pavelka, play-by-play voice of University of Nebraska basketball and football^[1]
Don Wesely, former mayor^[2] of Lincoln, Nebraska

[edit] Athletics

Lincoln Northeast is primarily known as a basketball school, but they have also excelled at football. The boys basketball program is notable for its four-peat state championship teams from 1995 to 1998. The boys basketball program has 12 total state titles, and 7 state runners-up. The girls basketball team won their first state title in 2005, and were runners-up in 1982 and 2006. In 2006, the football team reached the state quarterfinals with their only losses coming to eventual state champions Kearney (6-7 in the first meeting, and 22-0 in the second meeting) and to the number 3 team in the state, Lincoln Southwest (44-17).

Other Sports State History for Lincoln Northeast:

Basketball State Titles - 12 State Titles, 1995-1998 (4 Peat); notable-only Nebraska High School Boy's team ever to accomplish this.
Football - Runner up 1982, Final 4 1999, Final 8 in 2006.
Baseball - Champions 1957, Runners up 1956, 1961, 1973, 1989.
Boys Golf - Champions 1965.
Volleyball - Champions 1981, 1984, 1991, 1998, Runners up 1979, 1980, 1982, 1987, 2001.