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Type
  
Public

Principal
  
Dan Smith

Grades
  
9–12

Phone
  
+1 541-842-3670

Founded
  
1966

Opened
  
1966

Faculty
  
144

Color(s)
  
Red and Black

District
  
Medford School District

Number of students
  
1,750

North Medford High School

Address
  
1900 N Keene Way Dr, Medford, OR 97504, USA

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North Medford High School is a public high school in Medford, Oregon, United States. It is part of Medford School District, and its nickname is the Black Tornado. The school enrolls 1,750 students.

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History

Originally the City of Medford had a single high school, Medford High School, constructed in the 1920s. In the 1960s, the school district expanded, constructing a new high school on the opposite side of the city. Rather than develop this into an independent school, the district kept Medford High School as the lone school, with students attending at the two different locations. The current campus of NMHS was the newly constructed "Medford Senior High School", with grades 11 and 12 attending while grades 9 and 10 went to Medford Mid High School, which later became South Medford High School (SMHS) and ultimately Central Medford High School. (SMHS has since moved into a new building). This was set in place to primarily to allow Medford to compete athletically with larger school districts such as Portland Public Schools of Portland. At this time the city would have been placed in smaller athletic (then 2A) divisions if the district would have been divided into two secondary schools.

During the 1960s and 70s, Medford commonly put forth many state championship athletic teams in the Oregon then 3A division. However, in 1986, Medford High School was finally split into the two current high schools. Both now house around 2,000 students, similar to the number of students Medford High School collectively held in the 1970s and 1980s.

North Medford's current principal is Dan Smith.

Campus development

North Medford was built in 1967 and has been remodeled and has had additions added starting in 1973 through 1981 and again in 1992. In 2007, the City of Medford passed a bond for district wide school renovations, including a complete renovation of North Medford with remodeled auditorium, administrative space, and a new library. The project was completed in early 2011.

The school campus includes 226,712 square feet (21,062.2 m2) of occupied building space with 64 classrooms, and is located on a large 61.1-acre (247,000 m2) campus, most of which is used for sports and recreation. Both North and South Medford High School share a common football stadium, Spiegelberg Stadium.

Academics

Graduation Rates per School Year

Average Test Score per School Year

Awards

North Medford consistently places highly among schools in contention for the OSAA's Oregonian Cup, a trophy awarded each year to the school that best exemplifies excellence in academics, activities, and athletics. The school ranked in the top 10 annually from the 2002-2003 school year to the 2008-2009 school year, winning the trophy in 2003-2004.

The school was also recognized in 2000 by the Grammy Foundation for excellence in music education, being named a Grammy Signature School.

Sports

The North Medford Black Tornadoes participate in Oregon's 6A Southwest Conference. The school's colors are red and black. Prior to Oregon's shift from four classification level to six levels, North Medford was part of the Southern Oregon Conference (SOC) at level 4A.

State championships

Team Championships:

  • Baseball: 1960, 1984, 2007, 2014
  • Boys Basketball: 1924, 1929, 1960
  • Football: 1944, 1959, 1962, 1969, 1977, 1985, 1993
  • Boys Golf: 1951, 1952, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
  • Softball: 1984, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2012, 2013
  • Boys Tennis: 1955, 1964
  • Girls Tennis: 1964, 1973, 1974, 1975, 2001
  • Boys Track and Field: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964
  • Individual Championships:

  • Boys Golf: 1951, 1952, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1982, 2005
  • Boys Swimming:
  • Boys Tennis:
  • Boys Track and Field:
  • Events no longer contested:

  • Wrestling:
  • Girls Golf: 2001
  • Girls Swimming:
  • Girls Tennis:
  • Girls Tennis:
  • Girls Track and Field:
  • Events no longer contested:

    Notable alumni

  • Bill Bowerman, founder of Nike, Inc.
  • Dick Fosbury, High jump athlete, inventor of Fosbury Flop, and Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Page Hamilton, Founder/Guitarist of band Helmet.
  • Marshall Holman, Professional Bowler
  • Jon Lindstrom, Actor, writer, and musician
  • Lisa Rinna, Actress and Talk Show Host
  • Braden Shipley, baseball player
  • Bob Wolcott, Former baseball player
  • Brad Arnsberg, Former Baseball Player- Started with the New York Yankees and ended with the Texas Rangers. While with the Ranger, he earned the save for Nolan Ryan's 300th career win. He was the Pitching Coach for the Florida Marlins when they won the World Series in 2003.
  • Tracey Eaton, Pro Football Player for the Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans,and the Atlanta Falcons.
  • Kevin Towers, general manager of the San Diego Padres 1995-2009, Arizona Diamondbacks 2010-present.
  • References

    North Medford High School Wikipedia


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