Lincoln Northeast High School is a

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, United States. It is part of the

Lincoln Public Schools Lincoln Public Schools was founded in 1923, and is the second largest public school district in the U.S. state of Nebraska, located in the heart of the Great Plains. The school district of over 40,000 students is home to more than 60 schools and p ...

district and was established in 1941 when three rival schools (Bethany, Havelock and Jackson) were combined into one. The school is accredited by the

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and has been rated "AA" by the

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since 1943.

Mascot

The school's athletic teams are known as the Rockets. The name was originally taken from the Rock Island Rocket, a passenger train that once passed through northeast Lincoln. In the 1960s, a decommissioned

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missile was donated to the school and placed on the front lawn. The missile was repeatedly stolen and recovered; in 1990, it disappeared permanently. In 2016, members of the booster club raised $55,000 for a new , rocket sculpture.

Athletics

Lincoln Northeast teams have won state championships in the following years: * Baseball - 1957 * Boys' basketball - 1949, 1950, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1982, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 * Girls' basketball - 2005 * Bowling - 2003, 2004, 2006 * Cross country - 1971 * Football - 1943, 1950, 1962, 1972 (tie) * Gymnastics - 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967 * Boys' golf - 1965 * Volleyball - 1981, 1984, 1991, 1998.

Notable alumni

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* Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerrey,

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recipient; President of The New School in New York City;

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; U.S. Senator from Nebraska; 1992 Democratic Presidential candidate *

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, Australian women's national gymnastics coach * Mike Lux, co-founder and president of Progressive Strategies, L.L.C. * Danny Noonan, professional football player for

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References

* {{authority control Public high schools in Nebraska Schools in Lincoln, Nebraska Educational institutions established in 1941 1941 establishments in Nebraska