Type Public School district Fargo Public Schools Faculty 70 Phone +1 701-446-2400 Mascot The Spartans | Established 1966 Principal Andy Dahlen Grades 9–12 District Fargo Public Schools Motto "Strive for exellence" | |
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Address 801 17th Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102, USA | ||
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, and its teams are The Spartans.
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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 was 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 is a part of the North Dakota High School Activities Association and has won championships in a number of sports:
Music
The music department of Fargo North consists of three concert bands, one jazz band, 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 the 19th Avenue Jazz Choir. Both the concert and jazz choir are joined by audition. Female freshmen can take part in 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 is one jazz band 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, 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, the Northern Gold Chamber Orchestra, for visitation performances or exhibitions rather than full concerts. The orchestras are conducted by Greg Schultz.
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 - a straight show in the fall, a one-act play in the winter in competition for the North Dakota One-Act Festival, and a musical in May. Since 2004, the theatre department has been directed by Thomas Gillen.
Productions
The following is a history of 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, TriflesNorth 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