Northgate High School (Walnut Creek, California)

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**Northgate High School**
Established	1974
School type	Public
District	Mt. Diablo Unified School District
Grades	9-12
Principal	Dr. Martha Riley
Colors	Crimson and Gold
Mascot	Broncos
Location	425 Castle Rock Road Walnut Creek, CA
Information	(925) 938-0900
Website	[1]

Northgate High School, Home of the Broncos, is located in a suburban neighborhood in Walnut Creek, California. Part of the Mount Diablo Unified School District, the school was built in 1974. Its name derives from its location at the north entrance of Mount Diablo. The building is constructed almost entirely out of concrete. The only main windows (often vandalized) are large ones located in the entrance, office, atrium, and cafeteria.

In the athletic field, Northgate is also known for its football team and cross country team, which won NCS in 2004.

The instrumental music program at Northgate is considered to be very good. It consists of a Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Orchestra, and Marching Band. The head of the music department and instrumental music teacher is Greg Brown.

The Northgate Marching Band is a group of close-knit band kids who are greatly devoted to marching band, but know how to have a good time. Although the band is often quite small, being made up of about 30 to 40 people (most bands usually have from 50 to 150 members,) they still do quite well in competition

In the 1990-91 school year, Northgate High School was temporary relocated to portable trailers on an adjacent property. This was done in fear of fire-retardant asbestos fibers leaching from ceiling structures following the Loma Prieta earthquake. The Mount Diablo Unified School District spent several million dollars inspecting and removing material from the main buildings and a debate was raised whether the district should have closed the facility indefinitely without making such a substantial investment. For local parent groups, the nearest alternative for their children, Clayton Valley High School, was insufficient and politics rebuilt the school for the fall of 1992.

As of October 2006, the school is anticipating the long-awaited new "Little Theatre". The new name of the theatre is the "Jack DeRieux Little Theatre", named for the former drama teacher at the school.

[edit] Trivia

The movie The Principal was partially filmed at the school. Northgate's current drama teacher, Mr. Meehan, attended Northgate as a student at the time, and can be seen in the film during the classroom scene in the beginning of the movie.