North Medford High School

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North Medford High School

Established	1966
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Ronald Williams
Faculty	126
Students	2,006 (2006)
Grades	9–12
Location	1900 North Keene Way Drive Medford, Oregon USA
Oversight	Medford School District
Campus	Open Air Campus
Colors	Red and Black
Mascot	Black Tornado
Website	North Medford High School Web Page

North Medford High School is a secondary school located at 1900 North Keene Way Drive, in the city of Medford, Oregon. Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, NMHS started its Freshman Academy program, after a monetary grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Currently the South Medford High School Panthers are the school's largest competitors. The school where the band Either Or started.

1 Bell Schedule
2 Preamble of the Student Body Constitution
3 Activities
4 Sports
5 Criticisms
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Bell Schedule

This bell schedule is for the 2006-2007 school year at North Medford High School. It does not cover early release days. The school follows Block Scheduling.

**North Medford Regular '06-'07 Schedule**
Red	Black	Time	Total Time
Block 0*	Block 0*	7:30AM - 8:30AM	60 Minutes
Block 1	Block 2	8:40AM - 10:10AM	90 Minutes
Block 3	Block 4	10:20AM - 11:50AM	90 Minutes
Lunch	Lunch	11:50AM - 12:40 PM	50 Minutes
Block 5	Block 5	12:40PM - 1:40PM	60 Minutes
Block 6	Block 6	1:45PM - 2:45PM	60 Minutes
Block 7	Block 7	2:50PM - 3:50 PM	60 Minutes

*There is no Block 0 on Wednesdays

[edit] Preamble of the Student Body Constitution

"In the search for self-government, those who oppose that which is highest in the American spirit often are misguided or ignorant. We, the members of the Associated Student Body of North Medford High School, dedicate this tablet to the furtherance of student liberty and true education." - ratified May 10th 1995.

[edit] Activities

For the 2006-2007 school year the clubs are as follows:

Art Club
Band
Brain Bowl
Buddy Program
Chefs in Black
Choir
Color Guard
Debate
DECA
FCA
FBLA
French Club
GSA
German Club
Gaming Club
"Hi-Times" Newspaper
International Club
Key Club
Latin Traditions
LINK Crew
Math Team
Mock Trial
Orchestra
Hip Hop Tornado
Science Bowl
SCUBA Club
Spanish Club
Skills USA
STARS
Student Alliance for Acceptance
Student Government
Thespian Troupe #358 / Tornado Theater
Torch Honor Society
Tornado With Life
Tornadia Yearbook

[edit] Sports

Athletic Director - Tim Sam

The Sports for the 2006-2007 season are as follows:

Fall:

Cross Country

  *Coach - Pieter Voskes

Football

  *Coach - Jeff Olson

Soccer

  *Coaches -- 
   Boys - Matt Soper  
   Girls - Lu Crenshaw

Volleyball

  *Coach - Ron Beick

Winter:

Basketball

  *Coaches -- 
   Boys - Scott Plankenhorn
   Girls - Tim Karrick

Swimming

  *Coach - Barbara Clements-Houck

Wrestling

  *Coach - Bill Jones

Spring:

Baseball

  *Coach - Brett Wolfe

Golf

  *Coaches --
   Boys -
   Girls - Tim Sam

Softball

  *Coach -

Tennis

  *Coaches --
   Boys - 
   Girls - Dale Jensen

Track

  *Coach - Pieter Voskes

Club Sports:

Bowling
Equestrian
Figure Skating
Ice Hockey
Skiing
Snowboarding
Water Polo

[edit] Criticisms

The new schedule used by the school this year has angered many students and teachers alike at NMHS, because the students now have 5th, 6th, and 7th block classes everyday. This means some students could have up to six classes each day, as opposed to a five-class maximum as was the case under the previous schedule. The new schedule also eliminates "office hours", which were a half hour period in between the Early Bird (Zero Block) classes and 1st Period. Office hours were used by students to seek help from teachers, get homework, or redo tests.

This new schedule has an "early release Wednesday" every few weeks, on which there are no afternoon classes. After lunch, there is a 50-minute time period which functions much the same as office hours used to. However, these do not come often enough for some students, and have also come under fire.