Northern High School’s Profile
A Rich Tradition of Academic, Artistic, and Athletic Excellence!
Address: 117 Tom Wilkinson Rd. Durham, NC 27712
Phone: 919.560.3956 Fax: 919.479.3001
Principal: Matthew Hunt
Enrollment: 1500
School Year Calendar Type: Traditional calendar on 4×4 Block Schedule
Points of Pride
- 2010 recipient of UNC-Chapel Hill Morehead-Cain scholarship – Cecelia Polanco
- 2010 Seimens National Science Fair Finalist, Cheyenne Stewart
- 2010 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Scholarship-Cheyenne Stewart
- 2007 recipient of NCSU Park Scholarship – Brian Parham
- Voted in the top 5% of the nation’s best high schools by Newsweek for 2004-2010
- 2009 DPS Teacher of the Year – Matthew Hunt
- 2010 and 2011 DPS Teacher of the Year finalists
- 13 National Board Certified Teachers
- First Habitat for Humanity high school chapter in the nation
- Home of the Polaris yearbook and school newspaper, The Round Table. Both have been nationally recognized
- 2010 State Champion Boys Cross Country – Blake Williams
- 2010 State Champion 1600m Boys Track – Blake Williams
- 2010 State Champions Men’s Doubles Tennis – Pierce Hoover and Robert Jenkins
- NHS Golf Team – 2009 Regional Title Runners-Up, State Final Four
- 1993 State Champions in Football
- State Champions in Track
- Girls Basketball – Regional Title Champions 2005, Final Four 2006.
- Word Rivalry Champions 2013
- Louder Than a Bomb Greensboro, 1st place, Indy Slam and 4th place, Team Slam
- Two award winning show choirs in National Competitions with Superior ratings:
Knight Sounds & Blues in the Knight.
- The NHS Concert Band consistently scores Superior ratings at competition concerts.
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2010-11 DPS AwardsPreview Changes
ABCs – Highest Growth (High Schools)
Clean School Award
Limited English Proficient Growth
Most Improved Attendance
Washington Post Top 7%
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