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Niles North High School

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School type
  
Public, Secondary

Status
  
Open

Superintendent
  
Dr. Steven Isoye

Phone
  
+1 847-626-2000

Colors
  
White, Purple

Opened
  
1964

NCES District ID
  
1728530

NCES School ID
  
172853002986

Number of students
  
1,986

Address
  
9800 Lawler Ave, Skokie, IL 60077, USA

District
  
Niles Township High School District 219

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Niles North High School, or NNHS, 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. It is also home to several special education programs, including the Anchor, Bridges, & SAILS programs. The current enrollment for this school is around 2,300 students.

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Athletics

Niles North competes in the Central Suburban League and Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Viking.

Extra-curricular awards and recognition

  • For the fifth year in a row, the student newspaper, The North Star, won the "International First Place award from Quill and Scroll" (for the 2001–2002 school year).
  • The chess team won the Illinois High School Association State Championship in 2006, 2010, and 2012. They are the only team at Niles North that has ever won an IHSA State Championship.

    • Notable alumni

  • Marc Silverman, Radio Sportscaster and Co-Host of "The Waddle & Silvy Afternoon Show" on ESPN 1000 Chicago
  • Abdel Nader, forward for the Boston Celtics
  • Gregg Edelman, Broadway and movie actor
  • Nancy Lee Grahn, actress
  • Mike Byster (1977), mathematician
  • Erin Heatherton, model.
  • Lynn Holly Johnson, ice skater and actress
  • Demetria Kalodimos (1977), anchorperson on TV
  • Jonathan Kite, actor
  • Mike Krasny, businessperson
  • Ronnie Kroell, model and actor.
  • Paul Lisnek (1976), attorney, author and TV personality
  • Brent Novoselsky, former NFL player
  • Jerry Avenaim (1979), fashion photographer
  • Noam Pikelny, banjo player
  • Connor Price, actor
  • Esther Povitsky, comedian and actress
  • Marc Selz (1998), film director and producer.
  • Calla Urbanski (1978), Olympic figure skater

    • References

    Niles North High School Wikipedia
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