Fargo North High School

Fargo North High School
View from the south entrance
Address
801 North 17th Avenue Fargo , North Dakota United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Strive for exellence"
Established	1966
School district	Fargo Public Schools
Principal	Andy Dahlen
Faculty	70
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,002 (October 2012)
Color(s)	Navy blue and gold
Mascot	The Spartans

Fargo North High School, more commonly known in the district as Fargo North or North High, is a public high school located in Fargo, North Dakota. It currently serves 1,002 students in grades 9–12 and is a part of the Fargo Public Schools system. The official school colors are blue and gold, and its teams are The Spartans.

History

North High is the oldest existing high school in Fargo after its predecessor, Fargo Central High School, was destroyed in a fire in 1966. Over the following decades, the building was expanded several times. The most recent expansion was completed in 2006, when a new wing was added to the southeast part of the building to accommodate freshmen after Fargo Public Schools relocated them from the nearby Ben Franklin Jr. High School.

Athletics

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Fargo North Spartans

Fargo North is a part of the North Dakota High School Activities Association and has won championships in a number of sports:

• State Class 'A' Boys' Basketball: 1977, 1985, 2002, 2006
• State Class 'A' Girls' Basketball: 1979, 2001, 2011
• State Class 'AAA' Football: 1995, 2000
• State Boys' Hockey: 1981, 1982, 1986, 2012
• State Girls' Hockey: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011
• State Boys' Swimming: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1996, 2012
• State Boys' Soccer: 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004
• State Girls' Soccer: 1996, 2006, 2015
• State Class 'A' Volleyball: 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999
• State Class 'A' Boys' Track and Field: 1967
• State Class 'A' Baseball: 2002
• State Girls' Tennis: 2000
• State Boys' Tennis: 1977, 1978
• State Class 'A' Boys' Cross Country: 1970, 1971

Music

The music department of Fargo North consists of three concert bands, one jazz band, two concert choirs, one jazz choir, two concert orchestras, and one symphony orchestra.

Choir

There are four choirs offered at Fargo North: a girls' choir, a mixed choir, a concert choir, and the 19th Avenue Jazz Choir. Both the concert and jazz choir are joined by audition. Female freshmen can take part in girls' choir. The mixed choir features freshman boys and all sophomore students.

Band

The band program is for all grades, with a mixed junior-senior band. There is one jazz band split by grade. Band students frequently participate in pep band during sporting events. The bands are conducted by Kelsey Wilhelm.

Orchestra

There are two string orchestras: one featuring freshman and the other for students in grades 10–12, the High School Orchestra. Occasionally, the orchestra is joined by band students playing woodwind, brass, percussion, and sometimes, although seldom, voice accompaniment from the choir. In addition to the two orchestras, there is also a smaller group, the Northern Gold Chamber Orchestra, for visitation performances or exhibitions rather than full concerts. The orchestras are conducted by Greg Schultz.

Theatre

Fargo North Theatre consists of three different levels of performing arts: the International Thespian Society, an independent tech crew, and the Performing Arts class. There are four main shows a year - a straight show in the fall, a one-act play in the winter in competition for the North Dakota One-Act Festival, and a musical in May. Since 2004, the theatre department has been directed by Thomas Gillen.

Productions

The following is a history of past productions:

Fargo Central

1940-41: I'll Leave It to You, The Tin Hero, Tish, Wild Stars

1943-44: She Stoops to Conquer, Letters to Lucerne

1944-45: The Admirable Crichton, The Imaginary Invalid, Shruberry Hill

1945-46: Listen Professor, Dust of the Road, Little Women, Ladies in Retirement

1947-48: Double Door, Junior Miss, Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

1961-62: Ladies of the Mop, Fog on the Valley, Man in the Bowler Hat, Red Carnations, Twelve Pound Look, Trifles

North High

1972-73: Little Mary Sunshine, Dark of the Moon, The Tower

1973-74: Man of La Mancha, Our Town

1974-75: Carnival!, I Remember Mama

1975-76: The Stage Is a Circle

1976-77: Godspell, The Skin of Our Teeth

1977-78: Fiddler on the Roof, Paul Sills' Story Theatre

1978-79: Guys and Dolls, A Thousand Clowns

1979-80: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Taming of the Shrew

1980-81: You Can't Take It with You, Equus (1981 One-Act Festival: 1st Place)

1981-82: The Boy Friend, Poison, Passion, and Petrifaction

1982-83: Grease, The Subject was Roses (1983 One-Act Festival: 1st Place)

1983-84: George M!, The Importance of Being Earnest

1984-85: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Murder Room

1985-86: Anything Goes, Ordinary People

1986-87: Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera, Little Mary Sunshine

1987-88: Preppies

1988-89: Little Shop of Horrors, Leader of the Pack

1990-91: Beowulf: A Musical Epic, Starmites, Something's Afoot

1991-92: Brigadoon

1992-93: Me and My Girl

1994-95: The Crucible, The Fantasticks

1995-96: Annie

1996-97: Oliver!, Paul Sills' Story Theatre

1997-98: Grease

1998-99: Oklahoma!, Our Town

1999-00: Into the Woods, Godspell

2000-01: The King and I, Noises Off

2001-02: Red, Hot & Cole, Teach Me How to Cry

2002-03: Jekyll and Hyde, The Odd Couple

2003-04: South Pacific, Waiting For Godot, M*A*S*H

2004-05: Little Shop of Horrors, The Wooden Box, Arsenic and Old Lace

2005-06: Pippin, The Ugly Duckling, It Runs in the Family

2006-07: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Much Ado About Nothing

2007-08: The Secret Garden, Hands Across the Sea, Dracula

2008-09: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The Actor's Nightmare, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

2009-10: Urinetown, All in the Timing, You Can't Take It with You

2010-11: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Trifles, Richard III

2011-12: Godspell, Noises Off

2012-13: The Wedding Singer, The Farnsworth Invention

2013-14: The Pirates of Penzance, All My Sons

2014-15: West Side Story, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged], King Lear

2015-16: The Drowsy Chaperone, The Kentucky Cycle "Tall Tales", Hayfever

Notable alumni

• Roxana Saberi – freelance journalist; former Miss North Dakota 1997; accused of spying in Iran; Hall of Fame inductee, 2007
• Jule Selbo – television writer
• Timm Sharp – television actor
• Luke Olson - Hockey Goaltender

References

• "North High Drama Department". Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

• Fargo North High School