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Newton North High School

Newton North High School
Newton North High School panorama.agr.jpg
Address
457 Walnut Street
Newton, Massachusetts 02460
Information
School type Public
Motto Animi Cultus Humanitatis Cibus— Learning Sustains the Human Spirit
Established 1859 (as Newton High School), renamed 1973 (Newton North High School)
School district Newton Public Schools
Superintendent Dr. David Fleishman
CEEB code 221–555
Principal Henry Turner
Faculty 256
Grades 9th through 12th
Enrollment 2,000+
Houses Adams, Barry, Beals, Riley
Color(s) Orange & Black          
Athletics conference Bay State Conference
Mascot Tiger Newton North Tiger Mascot Logo .png
Accreditation New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Newspaper The Newtonite
Yearbook The Newtonian
Website

Newton North High School, formerly Newton High School, is the larger and longer-established of two public high schools in Newton, Massachusetts, the other being Newton South High School. It is located in the village of Newtonville. The school recently underwent controversial reconstruction of its facility, making it one of the largest and most expensive high schools ever built in the United States, with a price tag of nearly US$200 million. The new building opened for classes in September 2010.

In the 1850s, high school classes in Newton were conducted in buildings shared with grammar schools in the villages of Newton Centre, West Newton, Upper Falls, and Newton Corner. In 1859, Newton's population topped 8,000 residents for the first time, a threshold that required the town under Massachusetts state law to construct a separate high school. Newton High School's first principal was Mr J.N. Beals, for whom the current Beals House was named. Beals also served as one of new school's two teachers along with Miss Amy Breck. Beals left the job for health reasons after only one year and was replaced by Mr. E. D. Adams, for whom the current Adams House was named.

The first Newton High School building, located on Walnut Street in Newtonville, opened in September 1859, and modified in 1875. In 1898, the original building was replaced with a new building, also on Walnut Street. This building, The Classical Newton High School, eventually became known as Building I. The next building (Building II, circa 1906) was the Vocational High School and the third building of the Newton High School complex (Building III) opened in 1926 on Walnut Street. A field house/gymnasium building (also known as "the drill shed") adjacent to Building I, was also part of the complex, as were the athletic fields. Buildings I, II, and III were connected to each other via a series of maintenance tunnels. Newton High School was Newton's only public high school for more than 100 years until 1960 when Newton South High School opened.


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