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Great Neck North High School
Location
Map
,
Information
TypeSenior high school[1]
Established1929[2]
PrincipalBernard Kaplan
Assistant PrincipalsScott Bersin
Dianne Edgerton
Patricia Hugo
Websitewww.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/NHS/index.htm

John L. Miller Great Neck North High School or simply "North High School" is a public high school, comprising grades 9 through 12. It is located in Great Neck as part of the Great Neck School District.

Great Neck North was rated the 23rd best school in Newsweek magazine's 2006 listing of "America's Best High Schools".[3]

Great Neck North (originally just Great Neck High School) was designed by the noted Newark, New Jersey architectural firm of Guilbert and Betelle. It was featured in the December, 1931 issue of The Architectural Forum. [citation needed]

Information

  • Address: 35 Polo Road Great Neck, New York 11023
  • Grade levels: 9-12
  • Year-round schedule: No
  • Magnet school: No
  • Charter school: No
  • Coeducational: Yes
  • Mascot: Blazer the goat (formerly an American Indian and school mascot was considered the "Trailblazer"; changed in the mid 90's)
  • School colors: Orange and blue
  • School district: Great Neck Union Free School District
  • Newspaper name: Guide Post, advised by Mrs.Kahn. Past advisers of the Guide Post include Cliff Cobb.
  • Yearbook name: Arista

"Let us remember that we are building for a future we can hardly envision but which will hold us accountable." -- John L. Miller, Superintendent of Schools, Great Neck, 1964

Famous firsts

  • Vaccination Program-1896
  • Chemistry Course and Installation of Electricity-1898
  • Kindergarten Program and Installation of Telephones-1904
  • The First Science Lab-1905
  • Installation of Indoor Plumbing-1906

Annual events

  • Spirit Week
  • Homecoming Carnival/Parade
  • Battle of the Classes
  • Halloween Parade
  • Reach Out Day
  • Junior and Senior Prom
  • S.O. BBQ
  • Community School Lemonade Stand

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Type of school; URL accessed October 23, 2007.
  2. ^ History; URL accessed August 24, 2006.
  3. ^ "America's Best High Schools", Newsweek, May 8, 2006.
  4. ^ a b c Famous Great Neck Alumni from the 1960s, Great Neck School District. Accessed July 21, 2007.
  5. ^ Kerr, Kathleen. "They Began Here", Newsday. Accessed October 23, 2007. "David Baltimore, 1975 Nobel laureate and one of the nation's best-known scientists, is a good case in point. The 60-year-old Baltimore, who graduated from Great Neck High School in 1956..."
  6. ^ Fischler, Marcelle S. "For ‘Hairspray’ Star, ‘My Darn Dream Come True’", The New York Times, July 8, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007. "In her sophomore year, unable to find her niche, she switched from the John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School to the Village School, the district’s alternative high school, with 50 students. After class, she joined the theater program at the William A. Shine Great Neck South High School..."
  7. ^ [1] High school graduation, accessed July 30, 2007