Northville High School
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| Northville High School |
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| Motto: Knowledge is Freedom | |
| Established | 1888? |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Robert Watson |
| Faculty | 131 |
| Students | approx. 2100 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Location | 45700 Six Mile Road Northville, Michigan USA |
| District | Northville Public Schools |
| Colors | Black and orange |
| Mascot | Mustangs |
| Yearbook | Palladium |
| Website | www.northville.k12.mi.us/nhs/ |
Northville High School is the public high school of Northville Public Schools that serves the city of Northville, Michigan, the larger Northville Township, and the southern part of the city of Novi, Michigan. As the school district population has grown throughout the years, so has the high school. Over two-thousand students were in attendance at the beginning of the 2005-06 school year.
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[edit] Academics
Northville High School is noted for its high-achieving students. The school reported that the class of 2005 had a 99.7% graduation rate and a 90.4% college enrollment rate. Out of the 432 students that made up the senior class that year, 265 graduated with a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale, and 138 of those students graduated with a 3.5 or above.
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[edit] Sports
Northville High School has teams in the following sports: football, cross country, soccer, golf, basketball, wrestling, swimming, hockey, baseball, track, tennis, lacrosse, cheerleading, pom pon, volleyball, gymnastics, and softball.
The football teams have their own website, www.northvillemustangs.com, sponsored by the Northville Football Parents Association.
Northville High School also offers club sports teams in hockey, bowling, figure skating, and equestrianism.
[edit] Clubs
Northville offers many extracurricular activities, including National Honor Society, Quiz Bowl, German club, band, choir, Science Olympiad, drama club, and SADD.
[edit] Band Program
Under the direction of Mike Rumbell, Northville High School's band program has been recognized both in state competitions and various festivals. Though the marching band does not compete against other schools, Northville's concert bands have frequently received high marks at state festivals, and the Northville High School Jazz Ensemble I has won "best of show" in the MSBOA State Jazz festival numerous times along with frequently being invited to perform at such venues as the Detroit International Jazz Festival.
[edit] Publications
Until the 2005-2006 school year, Northville High School offered a journalism class that produced The Mustanger, the school newspaper. The class was discontinued that year due to lack of interest. The school currently does not have a newspaper.
The yearbook Palladium is produced through a course.
[edit] Recent Population Growth
The high school used to be located in the city of Northville itself. Because of overcrowding, the district constructed a larger facility in the township south of the city, and the previous building became Hillside Middle School. Two years after construction, an addition was needed to the new building, and with the current rate of growth, another addition or the construction of a second high school is foreseen within five years.
[edit] External links
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