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Niles North High School
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Address

9800 N. Lawler Avenue


Skokie
,
Illinois
60077


United States

Coordinates
42°03′35″N 87°45′17″W / 42.0596°N 87.7546°W / 42.0596; -87.7546Coordinates: 42°03′35″N 87°45′17″W / 42.0596°N 87.7546°W / 42.0596; -87.7546
Information
School type
Public, Secondary
Opened 1964
Status Open
School district Niles Twp. Community H.S. 219

NCES District ID		 1728530[1]
Superintendent Dr. Steven Isoye

NCES School ID		 172853002986[1]
Principal James Edwards
Teaching staff 161.77 (FTE))[1]
Grades
9-12[1]
Gender
coed[1]
Enrollment 2,003 (2017-18)
Student to teacher ratio 13.02:1[1]
Campus type
suburban[1]
Color(s)
     purple
     white[2]
Athletics conference Central Suburban League South
Team name Vikings
Newspaper North Star News
Yearbook
SAGA[3]
Website official website

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.




Contents






  • 1 Athletics


  • 2 Extra-curricular awards and recognition


  • 3 Notable alumni


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





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).[4]

  • 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.[5][6]



Notable alumni




  • Jerry Avenaim (1979), fashion photographer


  • Mike Byster (1977), mathematician[7]


  • Jonathan Carroll, politician


  • Gregg Edelman, Broadway and movie actor[8]


  • Nancy Lee Grahn, actress


  • Erin Heatherton, model.[9]


  • Lynn Holly Johnson, ice skater and actress


  • Demetria Kalodimos (1977), anchorperson on TV


  • Jonathan Kite, actor


  • Mike Krasny, businessperson[10]


  • Ronnie Kroell, model and actor.


  • Paul Lisnek (1976), attorney, author and TV personality


  • Ashmoret Mishal, ultramarathoner, fitness coach


  • Abdel Nader, forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder


  • Brent Novoselsky, former NFL player[11][12]


  • Noam Pikelny, banjo player


  • Joel Pollak (1995), journalist[13]


  • Connor Price, actor


  • Esther Povitsky, (2006)[14] comedian and actress[15].


  • Marc Selz (1998), film director and producer.[16]


  • Calla Urbanski (1978), Olympic figure skater[citation needed]



References





  1. ^ abcdefg "Niles North High School". Statistical abstract. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). October 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Skokie (NIles North)". School information. Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 21 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.


  3. ^ "Clubs". Directory. Niles North High School. 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.


  4. ^ [1]"North Star Wins International First Place Award", news release at Niles North High School Web site, accessed February 19, 2007


  5. ^ "Records and History". Retrieved March 3, 2017.


  6. ^ "Skokie(Niles North) Season Summaries". Retrieved March 3, 2017.


  7. ^ Pisarcik, Kristin (September 7, 2007). "Mikes Math". ABC News. Retrieved April 6, 2014.


  8. ^ 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 ...


  9. ^ 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.


  10. ^ 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.


  11. ^ "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)


  12. ^ 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 ...


  13. ^ http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/April-2010/Joel-Pollak-and-the-Tea-Party/


  14. ^ http://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/4182847817?page=58


  15. ^ http://skokie.patch.com/groups/schools/p/mtv-picks-up-pilot-from-skokie-native


  16. ^ Zalusky, Steve (9 July 2004), "No short cuts this time for local filmmaker.", Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), 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 ...




External links


  • Official website








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