Holidays

This article is about all of the ways people in Omaha celebrated Arbor Day in 1910. The students at the new Howard Kennedy school celebrated by planting trees!

This clipping describes the different holiday programs put on by schools in Omaha in 1928. At Kennedy, there was a different program in each classroom!

In this article, a reporter describes the Christmas celebration at Howard Kennedy in 1932. The students went on a parade from classroom to classroom to see the displays that each grade had prepared.

This clipping is about Christmas performances held by different schools in Omaha in 1943. At Kennedy, students put on a play called “Faith, Hope, Charity.”

This notice from 1948 states that Howard Kennedy would receive an American flag from the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War in honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday.

This clipping describes a memorial program held at Kennedy in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1972. Martin Luther King Day would not become a federal holiday until fourteen years later in 1986.

This clipping from 1972 shows a photograph of kindergarteners at Kennedy celebrating Independence Day a few days early.

This clipping contains a few photographs from a program that celebrated the birthday of Howard Kennedy Elementary School in 1974.

This article from 1974 is about a Halloween Party held for Howard Kennedy fourth graders.

In this clipping from the Omaha Star, a reporter explains that two organizations came together to provide all the students at Howard Kennedy with Christmas presents during the 2005 holiday season.