North Side High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
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| North Side High School | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Fort Wayne, Indiana, Indiana, USA | |
| Information | |
| School district | Fort Wayne Community Schools |
| Principal | Charles DeFord |
| Enrollment |
1,582[1] |
| Type | Free public |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Campus | urban |
| Mascot | Redskins |
| Color(s) | Cardinal and White |
| Established | 1927 |
| Homepage | North Side High School |
North Side High School is a secondary school in the Fort Wayne Community Schools system, serving the North Central area of Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States.
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[edit] History
Established 1927, North Side High School is dedicated to giving the best education available. Recently, it has had a massive renovation to accommodate the growing number of students expected to attend in coming years.
The North Side High School Gym was home to the Fort Wayne Pistons of the Basketball Association of America (later the National Basketball Association) from 1948 to 1952.
Graduation rate: 68.1%[2]
[edit] Accomplishments
North Side Marching Redskins competed in the ISSMA State Finals and received 6th place. The men's basketball team were the 2005-2006 Summit Athletic Conference Champions and star guard Eshaunte "Bear" Jones was an Indiana Junior All-Star. The following season, Jones was an Indiana Senior All-Star, wearing #10 in a pair of wins over Kentucky in the state's annual games. In 2008, Justin Jordan was an Indiana Junior All-Star as well.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Bob Cowan, former NFL player for Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens[3]
- Paul Helmke, three-term mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
- Drake Hogestyn, actor, Days of Our Lives
- Henry James, former NBA player for Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers[4]
- Craig Johnson, professional trumpet player
- Eshaunte Jones, will attend Oregon State University in 2008 to play basketball; most high-profile college recruit in school history
- Graham Richard, former mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana
- George Webb Sweigert, NCAA record-holder for college basketball while attending Miami University
- Kevin Wall, Internet entrepreneur, Emmy Award-winning producer who founded and executive produced Live Earth in 2007
- John Richards Jr., entrepreneur and co-founder of Higher Grounds Coffee House
- Eric Hoffman, writer on HBO's sketch program Mr. Show and co-author of the McSweeney's book Comedy By The Numbers
- Charlie Savage, recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting on the issue of Presidential Signing Statements
[edit] References
- ^ School Snapshot
- ^ School Snapshot
- ^ "Hoosier hero: Former pro football player Bob Cowan is the only athlete in three Indiana halls of fame" No. 18. Northeast Indiana's Top 50 Athletes of the Century Fort Wayne: News-Sentinel, 2006.
- ^ "Making a long shot: Henry James came out of nowhere to play in the NBA." No. 24. Northeast Indiana's Top 50 Athletes of the Century Fort Wayne: News-Sentinel, 2006.
