Fargo North High School

For schools of a similar name, see North High School (disambiguation).

Fargo North High School
View from the south entrance "Strive for exellence"
Address
801 North 17th Avenue Fargo, North Dakota United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1966
School district	Fargo Public Schools
Principal	Andy Dahlen
Faculty	70
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,002^[1] (October 2012)
Color(s)	Navy Blue and Gold
Mascot	The Spartans

Fargo North High School, more commonly known in the district as Fargo North or North High, is a public high school located in Fargo, North Dakota. It currently serves 1,002 students in grades 9–12 and is a part of the Fargo Public Schools system. The official school colors are blue and gold along with its nickname "The Spartans".

History

North High is the oldest existing high school in Fargo after its predecessor, Fargo Central High School, was destroyed in a fire in 1966. Over the following decades, the building has been expanded several times. The most recent expansion was completed in 2006, when a new wing was added to the southeast part of the building to accommodate freshmen after Fargo Public Schools relocated them from the nearby Ben Franklin Jr. High School.

Athletics

Fargo North Spartans

Fargo North is a part of the North Dakota High School Activities Association and has won championships in a number of sports:

State Class 'A' Boys' Basketball: 1977, 1985, 2002, 2006
State Class 'A' Girls' Basketball: 1979, 2001, 2011
State Class 'AAA' Football: 1995, 2000
State Boys' Hockey: 1981, 1982, 1986, 2012
State Girls' Hockey: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011
State Boys' Swimming: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1996, 2012
State Boys' Soccer: 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004
State Girls' Soccer: 1996, 2006, 2015
State Class 'A' Volleyball: 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999
State Class 'A' Boys' Track and Field: 1967
State Class 'A' Baseball: 2002
State Girls' Tennis: 2000
State Boys' Tennis: 1977, 1978
State Class 'A' Boys' Cross Country: 1970, 1971

Music

The music department of Fargo North consists of three concert bands, two jazz bands, two concert choirs, one jazz choir, two concert orchestras, and one symphony orchestra.

Choir

There are four choirs offered at Fargo North: a girls' choir, a mixed choir, a concert choir, and a jazz choir known as the "19th Avenue Jazz Choir". Both the Concert and Jazz Choir are joined by audition. Freshman female students can take part Girls' Choir. The Mixed Choir features freshman boys and all sophomore students.

Band

The Band program is for all grades with a mixed junior-senior band. There are two jazz bands split by grade. Band students frequently participate in pep band during sporting events. The bands are conducted by Kelsey Wilhelm.

Orchestra

There are two string orchestras: one featuring freshman and the other for students in grades 10–12 called the "High School Orchestra". Occasionally, the orchestra is joined by band students playing woodwind, brass, percussion, and sometimes, although seldom, voice accompaniment from the choir. In addition to the two orchestras, there is also a smaller group called "Northern Gold Chamber Orchestra" for visitation performances or exhibitions rather than full concerts. The orchestras are conducted by Daniel J. Italiano.

Theatre

Fargo North Theatre consists of three different levels of Performing Arts: the International Thespian Society, an independent tech crew, and the Performing Arts class. There are four main shows a year beginning with a straight show in the Fall; a one-act play in the Winter in competition for the North Dakota One-Act Festival; ending the year with a musical in May. Since 2004, the theatre department has been directed by Thomas Gillen.

Productions

The following is a history of the past productions:

Fargo Central

1940-41: I'll Leave It to You, The Tin Hero, Tish, Wild Stars

1943-44: She Stoops to Conquer, Letters to Lucerne

1944-45: The Admirable Crichton, The Imaginary Invalid, Shruberry Hill

1945-46: Listen Professor, Dust of the Road, Little Women, Ladies in Retirement

1947-48: Double Door, Junior Miss, Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

1961-62: Ladies of the Mop, Fog on the Valley, Man in the Bowler Hat, Red Carnations, Twelve Pound Look, Trifles

North High

1972-73: Little Mary Sunshine, Dark of the Moon, The Tower

1973-74: Man of La Mancha, Our Town

1974-75: Carnival!, I Remember Mama

1975-76: The Stage Is a Circle

1976-77: Godspell, The Skin of Our Teeth

1977-78: Fiddler on the Roof, Paul Sills' Story Theatre

1978-79: Guys and Dolls, A Thousand Clowns

1979-80: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Taming of the Shrew

1980-81: You Can't Take It with You, Equus (1981 One-Act Festival: 1st Place)

1981-82: The Boy Friend, Poison, Passion, and Petrifaction

1982-83: Grease, The Subject was Roses (1983 One-Act Festival: 1st Place)

1983-84: George M!, The Importance of Being Earnest

1984-85: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Murder Room

1985-86: Anything Goes, Ordinary People

1986-87: Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera, Little Mary Sunshine

1987-88: Preppies

1988-89: Little Shop of Horrors, Leader of the Pack

1990-91: Beowulf: A Musical Epic, Starmites, Something's Afoot

1991-92: Brigadoon

1992-93: Me and My Girl

1994-95: The Crucible, The Fantasticks

1995-96: Annie

1996-97: Oliver!, Paul Sills' Story Theatre

1997-98: Grease

1998-99: Oklahoma!, Our Town

1999-00: Into the Woods, Godspell

2000-01: The King and I, Noises Off

2001-02: Red, Hot & Cole, Teach Me How to Cry

2002-03: Jekyll and Hyde, The Odd Couple

2003-04: South Pacific, Waiting For Godot, M*A*S*H

2004-05: Little Shop of Horrors, The Wooden Box, Arsenic and Old Lace.

2005-06: Pippin, The Ugly Duckling, It Runs in the Family

2006-07: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Much Ado About Nothing

2007-08: The Secret Garden, Hands Across the Sea, Dracula

2008-09: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The Actor's Nightmare, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

2009-10: Urinetown, All in the Timing, You Can't Take It with You

2010-11: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Trifles, Richard III

2011-12: Godspell, Noises Off

2012-13: The Wedding Singer, The Farnsworth Invention

2013-14: The Pirates of Penzance, All My Sons

2014-15: West Side Story, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged], King Lear

2015-16: The Drowsy Chaperone, The Kentucky Cycle "Tall Tales", Hayfever

Notable Alumni

Bruce Eidem – musician ^[2]
Valerie Gebert – Broadway touring production musical director and conductor ^[2]
Nick Kelsh – photographer ^[2]
S.D. Nelson – children's author and illustrator ^[2]
Kristin Rudrüd – actress ^[2]
Roxana Saberi – freelance journalist, former Miss North Dakota 1997, accused of spying in Iran. Hall of Fame inductee, 2007.^[3]
Jule Selbo – television writer ^[2]
Timm Sharp – television actor

References

↑ "U.S. News & World Report". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fargo North Hall of Fame Inductees".
↑ "2007 Hall of Fame". Fargo North High School. Retrieved 2009-04-18.

"North High Drama Department".

External links

Fargo North High School

Coordinates: 46°54′14″N 96°47′25″W / 46.90389°N 96.79028°W / 46.90389; -96.79028

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