Niles North High School

Niles North High School
Address
Map
9800 N. Lawler Avenue

Skokie
,
Illinois
60077

United States
Coordinates42°03′35″N 87°45′17″W / 42.0596°N 87.7546°W / 42.0596; -87.7546
Information
School typePublic, Secondary
Opened1964
StatusOpen
School districtNiles Twp. Community H.S. 219
NCES District ID1728530[1]
SuperintendentThomas Moore
NCES School ID172853002986[1]
PrincipalJames Edwards
Teaching staff153.62 (FTE))[1]
Grades9-12[1]
Gendercoed[1]
Enrollment2,068 (2018-19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio13.46[1]
Campus typeCity: small[1]
Color(s)  purple
  white[3]
Athletics conferenceCentral Suburban League North
MascotVikings
NewspaperNorth Star News
YearbookSAGA[4]
Websiteofficial website

Niles North High School in 2023

Niles North High School, officially Niles Township High School North, is a public four-year high school located in Skokie, Illinois, a North Shore suburb of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. It is part of Niles Township Community High School District 219, which also includes Niles West High School. Its feeder middle schools are Old Orchard Junior High, Oliver McCracken Middle School, East Prairie School, and Golf Middle School. Before being moved to a separate facility in Lincolnwood, Illinois, the Bridges Adult Transition program was hosted at the school.

Athletics[edit]

Niles North competes in the Central Suburban League and Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Viking. Niles North's rival is Niles West High School. The crosstown rivalry is referenced as the "Skokie Skirmish."[5]

Activities[edit]

The Niles North chess team has won the Illinois High School Association State Championship in 2006, 2010, and 2012.[6][7]

The Niles North Robotics Team (333) won the Illinois State Tournament In their 2013-14 inaugural season,.[8] In the 2014–15, all 8 of the Niles North Teams qualified for the Illinois State Competition, with one of the teams, 333M, being crowned the Illinois State Tournament Champions and competing at VEX Worlds.[8] In 2015-16, eight of the nine Niles North teams qualified for the Illinois State Competition. Three teams qualified and competed at the U.S. Robotics Competition; one team was crowned the Illinois State Tournament Champion; one team was crowned the Illinois State Design Award Champions & the Illinois State Robot Skills Champions; three teams competed at VEX Worlds, with one being a Semifinalist in their division.[8]

Notable alumni[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Niles North High School". Statistical abstract. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Niles North High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Skokie (NIles North)". School information. Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 21 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Clubs". Directory. Niles North High School. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Niles North Holds off West to Win 'Skokie Skirmish' | Journal & Topics Media Group". 21 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Records and History". Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  7. ^ "Skokie(Niles North) Season Summaries". Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  8. ^ a b c "Niles North Robotics 333 - Previous Seasons". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  9. ^ Pisarcik, Kristin (September 7, 2007). "Mikes Math". ABC News. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  10. ^ Lefkowitz, David (25 September 2001). "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Gregg Edelman". Playbill Online. Retrieved 6 July 2011. GE: I never really thought about performing at all. But when I was a freshman at Niles North High School ...
  11. ^ Stone, Andrew C. "Erin Heatherton Is No Average Bombshell". Michigan Avenue Magazine. Retrieved 6 July 2011. "I didn't even know who Kate Moss was," laughs Heatherton, who has been with the Marilyn agency since her senior year at Niles North High School.
  12. ^ Patch Staff (10 March 2011), "Skokie Native Makes Forbes Rich List", Skokie Patch (Skokie, IL, USA), retrieved 6 July 2011, Former Niles North alum Michael Krasny made Forbes' "Richest People in America" list again in 2011. Krasny is founder and chief executive officer of the CDW Corporation, which mainly sells computers and computer related products.
  13. ^ "Brent Novoselsky". statistics and biographical information. Football Database.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011. High School: Niles North (Skokie, IL)
  14. ^ Temkin, Barry (1 September 1989), "Head of the class: Friday night is the beginning of the...", Chicago Tribune, retrieved 6 July 2011, The Packers waived tight end Brent Novoselsky of Niles North and Penn ...
  15. ^ "Niles North's Eric Rosen Receives 9th at World Chess Championship". 23 December 2011.
  16. ^ "So What's a Nice Jewish Boy from Skokie Doing with Tea Partiers? – Chicago Magazine".
  17. ^ "Classmates - Find your school, yearbooks and alumni online".
  18. ^ "MTV Buys Pilot from Skokie Native". 25 June 2012.
  19. ^ Zalusky, Steve (9 July 2004), "No short cuts this time for local filmmaker.", Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), archived from the original on 9 March 2016, retrieved 6 July 2011, Former Arlington Heights resident Marc Selz, who filmed his debut feature, "Short Cut Road," in Long Grove ... Now, with the DVD out in stores, Selz, who attended Skokie's Niles North High School, has upped the stakes ...
  20. ^ Hersh, Paul (17 February 1991). "Thirty Really Something for Skokie Pairs Skater". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links[edit]

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