Northern High School (Durham, North Carolina)
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Northern High School, Spring 1995.
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117 Tom Wilkinson Road Durham, North Carolina 27712 United States |
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| Coordinates | 36°05′42″N 78°54′42″W / 36.09502°N 78.91180°WCoordinates: 36°05′42″N 78°54′42″W / 36.09502°N 78.91180°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1955 |
| School district | Durham Public Schools |
| Principal | Dan Gilfort |
| Faculty | 156 |
| Enrollment | 1455 |
| Color(s) | Blue & Gold |
| Mascot | Knights & Ladies |
| Nickname | Northern Knights, NHS, Blue Knights |
| Website | northern |
Northern High School is a public secondary school located in northern Durham, North Carolina. Northern's current principal is Dan Gilfort. 1455 students are currently enrolled at Northern. Northern is one of Durham's seven public high schools. Students take four classes each day as a block schedule is currently in place. Northern's mascot for their male teams is the Knights and for the female teams, it is the Ladies.
Northern High School offers Advanced Placement classes in English, American History, European History, Psychology, Statistics, Calculus AB and BC, Environmental Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Spanish, French, Latin, German, Studio Art, Music Theory (Independent Study), and US Government & Politics.
Northern High School employs over 150 staff members including four assistant principals. Students in the 2005-2006 school year received an average SAT score of 983.
In 2007, Northern High School was ranked as the 928th best high school in America by Newsweek. The school continues to rank in the top five percent of public high schools nationwide. Northern High School is currently recognized as a School of Progress, with over 60 percent of students at or above achievement standards.
The citizens of Durham County approved a bond issue in 1952 to build a new high school in northern Durham County, consolidating Mangum High School and Bragtown High School. The land for the school was an airfield and apple orchard. Northern High School was made by George Watts Carr the same architect that made the Hill Building
Until the early 1990s, Durham County had two public school systems: the Durham City Schools System and the Durham County Schools System.
On September 1, 1955 Northern High School opened with an enrollment of 502 students in grades 9–12. The students came from the feeder schools of Glenn, Hillandale, Mangum and Bragtown schools. The then new Northern High School had only 17 classrooms, a home economics department, a shop, a library, and a gymnasium.
For the most part, integration occurred smoothly and with only one recorded incident of racial tension at Northern High School, which the Durham County School Board helped to mediate.
In 1958 the following additions opened to students: auditorium, bandroom, and additional classrooms called "North Hall", N1-N10. This was followed in 1963 with the addition to "North Hall" classrooms, N11-N22.
In 1966 a cafeteria addition was completed and the high school had an enrollment of 852. At that time, the high school consisted of the "North Hall", "East Hall" and "West Hall".
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