North Davidson High School

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North Davidson High School
North Davidson High School logo
Established 1952
Type Public secondary
Principal Gary Fishel
Students 1,568 (as of 2006-2007)
Grades 9–12
Location Welcome, North Carolina USA
Oversight Davidson County Schools
Campus Rural
Colors Orange, Black, and White
Mascot Black Knight
Yearbook Nordahi
Newspaper Armored Pen
Website NDHS Website

North Davidson Senior High School (commonly referred to as "North Davidson High", "NDHS", "North" or jokingly "The University of Welcome") is a public high school in Welcome, North Carolina (with a Lexington, NC address). It is located along Old US Highway 52 in the northern section of Davidson County. The high school serves the Welcome, Arcadia and Midway areas.


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[edit] Education

North Davidson is often ranked among the best high schools in the state in terms of academics. In 2002, for example, NDHS was ranked 28th out of the 393 public high schools in North Carolina. NDHS is the top ranked high school in Davidson County.

Feeder schools are Welcome Elementary (Welcome), Northwest Elementary (Arcadia), Friedberg Elementary (Arcadia), Midway Elementary (Midway) and North Davidson Middle (Welcome).

[edit] Advanced Placement Courses

NDHS offers the following Advanced Placement courses:

[edit] Athletics

Athletics are an integral part of life for students at NDHS as well as the North Davidson community.

The school's mascot is the Black Knight, although girl athletes often use the term "Lady Knights". Enrollment is approximately 1,568 students[1].

NDHS is a member of the Central Piedmont 4-A Conference and NDHS's biggest rival is Ledford Senior High School in Wallburg.

North Davidson's Black Knight logo.
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North Davidson's Black Knight logo.

The school's athletics logo is an interlocking "ND" in orange, black, and white colors. It is derived from the University of Notre Dame athletics logo. Other NDHS logos feature black knights riding upon horses or knights in armor.

The Athletics Director is Tanya Burcham.

North Davidson offers the following sports:

[edit] Baseball

  • Varsity Head Coach: Mike Meadows
  • JV Head Coach: Chris Sotriffer


[edit] Basketball

  • Men's Head Coach: Frederick "Freddy" Hurt
  • Women's Head Coach: Kim Payne

Through Hurt and Payne learn the game.

[edit] Cross Country

  • Men's Head Coach: Greg Simpson
  • Women's Head Coach: Amy Mercer


[edit] Football

  • Head Coach: Mike Meadows


[edit] Golf

  • Head Coach: Jeff Long

[edit] Soccer

  • Men's Head Coach: Greg Beall
  • Women's Head Coach: Greg Beall

[edit] Softball

  • Head Coach: Mike Lambros


[edit] Swimming

  • Head Coach: Rhonda Frazier


[edit] Tennis

  • Head Coach: David Prescott


[edit] Track

  • Men's Head Coach:
  • Women's Head Coach:


[edit] Volleyball

  • Head Coach: Denese O'Hara


[edit] Wrestling

  • Head Coach: Danny Crotts

[edit] Band

NDHS Marching Black Knights
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NDHS Marching Black Knights

The NDHS marching band is known as "The Marching Black Knights." The band performs at many events including festivals, parades, and the annual Festival of Bands.

The band consists of instrumental talent as well as color guard. Every year, two drum majors are selected to help lead the marching band.

Students and volunteers help to create the props for the "set" for the football program every year.

In addition to the marching band, there is an orchestra band which performs at concerts and competitions.

The band also participates in band camps every year.

The band director is Norian Fordham (Big man).

[edit] Clubs


[edit] Trivia

  • Many North Davidson residents, students and alumuni refer to Appalachian State University as "North Davidson University" or "NDU" since a large portion of college-bound NDHS alumuni attend or have attended ASU for higher education.

[edit] References and External Links

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