Grosse Pointe North High School
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Norsemen logo and mascot
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707 Vernier Road Northwest territory Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, (Wayne County) 48236 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°26′12″N 82°53′16″W / 42.43667°N 82.88778°WCoordinates: 42°26′12″N 82°53′16″W / 42.43667°N 82.88778°W |
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| Type | Public High School |
| Opened | 1968 |
| School district | Grosse Pointe Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Dr. Gary C. Niehaus |
| Principal | Kate Murray |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Enrollment | 1400 |
| Hours in school day | 7 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Athletics conference | MAC Red |
| Mascot | The Mighty Thor |
| Team name | Norsemen |
| Rival | Grosse Pointe South |
| Accreditation | North Central Association |
| Average ACT scores | 22.5 |
| Publication | Norsemen News |
| Newspaper | North Pointe |
| Yearbook | Valhalla |
| Communities served | Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Shores, Harper Woods |
| Feeder schools | Parcells Middle School, Brownell Middle School |
| Information | 313-432-3200 |
| Athletic Director | Brian Shelson |
| Website | School web site |
Grosse Pointe North High School is a public high school in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. North is a four-year comprehensive high school with an enrollment of 1,400 and expected 2016 graduating class of 350. Classes are in session for 182 days per year and the school day is from 8:00 a.m. to 3:05 p.m. with seven 49-minute periods.
The principal is Kate Murray; she won the 2015 Educators Voice Award. The assistant principals are Tom Beach, David Reed-Nordwall, and Brian Shelson. Shelson is also the school's athletic director.
North consistently ranks among the nation's best high schools.
The school opened in 1968 after Grosse Pointe High School was split into two schools, and Grosse Pointe North took the northern side of Grosse Pointe's students and Northeastern Harper Woods' students. It is a member of the Grosse Pointe Public School System.
The school serves the following communities: all of Grosse Pointe Woods, the GPPSS section of Harper Woods, a small northwest section of Grosse Pointe Farms, and the Wayne County section of Grosse Pointe Shores.
Four elementary schools, Ferry, Mason, Monteith, and Poupard, feed into GPNHS. All of the attendance boundary of Parcells Middle School and a section of the boundary of Brownell Middle School coincides with that of GPNHS.
Boys' sports include: baseball, basketball, crew, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, sailing, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and wrestling. Girls sports include: basketball, cheerleading, crew, cross country, dance team, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, sailing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Grosse Pointe North has won numerous state championship titles: Baseball (1980, 2006), Girls' Basketball (2008), Boys' Cross Country (1973, 1975, 1976, 1982), Boys' Hockey (2001, 2002), Girls' Lacrosse (1999) and Girls' Swimming & Diving (1999).
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