Talk:Newton North High School

This article was nominated for deletion on the 23 August 2004. The result of the discussion was keep.

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Newton High School - predecessor to Newton North

Should people who graduated from the predecessor to Newton North be listed as alumni? There seems to be little if any information on Newton High School and for all I know it may have been on a different plot of land only to be torn down and built as Newton North elsewhere (mere speculation). Cowman^Talk 06:07, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Newton High School was located on the current site of Newton North High School. There was also a technical and vocational high school that merged into the old Newton High School. Tem2 21:31, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

The "new" building was built approximately on the location of the old (1960's) baseball field . Wake 19:15, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Graduates of the old Newton High School prior to 1974 never actually attended Newton North, so they should not be referred to as Newton North alumni. However, it's the same institution, so as long as it is clear that alumni who graduated prior to 1974 are graduates of Newton High and not Newton North, then it seems appropriate to have them listed in the Newton North alumni section along with the year of graduation. They could also be listed on a Wikipedia page devoted only to "Newton High School." Newton North is a continuation of the original Newton High School. Prior to the fall of 1973, there was no such place as Newton North (although, starting in 1960 when Newton South opened, some people in Newton started incorrectly referring to Newton High as "North"). In 1973 the entire Newton High School (teachers, administrators and students) moved from Walnut Street to the other side of the field into the (then new) Newton North building on Lowell Avenue and the name of the school was officially changed from Newton High School to Newton North High School. Everything else remained the same; The Tigers, The Newtonite, The Newtonian, etc. Then the old Newton High buildings were torn down to make room for the Newton North athletic fields; only the football stadium survived. The location is being flipped once again for the new Newton North building scheduled to open in 2010, so the new Newton North building will be in approximately the same location as the original Newton High buildings. So, if Newton North claims (rightfully so) that it was established in 1859 and that it has been playing Brookline on Thanksgiving since 1894, then it needs to be noted that from 1859 until 1973, the name of the school was Newton High, not Newton North. Any reference to the school as "Newton North High School" prior to 1973 is historically inaccurate and should be corrected. TheProfessor9, 17 October, 2009

History

There is no history section, and for a high school that is over 100 year old (when it was Newton Science and Tech) there should be some mention of it in the past. I have a nice picture of NNHS from back in the 20s,( but I don't have a section to put it next to, just a shame. My primary source for NNHS history died a few years back, but it didn't die with her, it's still out there. Maybe a student could even do this for some class project, but I don't have access to any information. Just a call for this section. Tdmg 02:19, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

The history of the school goes back to 1859. In the 1920's it was still a long way from being called NNHS. The name wasn't changed from Newton High School to Newton North High School until 1973 when the current building opened on Lowell Avenue. The original Newton High School was on Walnut Street. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theprofessor9 (talk • contribs)

Undue Weight

Given that Wikipedia articles are not complete expositions of all possible details, the level of detail in this section is unnecessary, especially when the only thing the sources provided essentially show is that the school preforms plays. There is nothing particularly notable or unique about this school's theatre program, which makes this level of detail completely undue and unnecessary. - SudoGhost 19:31, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

We're talking about a suburban high school, here. There isn't much to mention besides academics, facilities, administration, and extracurriculars: sports, theatre, and so on. Your characterization of the 'detail' on the theatre program strikes me as hyperbolic. Why, pray tell, would you want to remove relevant, valuable, and now sourced information from the encylopedia? If unsourced or 'unduly weighted' information is the problem, why not file away at the rest of the article (sports, house system, etc)? I don't want to make assumptions, but it seems to me that your issue is with the perceived unimportance of theatre, nevermind the fact that the program in question is large and - if one reads the sources more closely - notable for its heavy level of student involvement and autonomy. NauticaShades 17:30, 5 January 2012 (UTC)