Terre Haute North Vigo High School

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Location
Terre Haute North Vigo High School
3434 Maple Avenue Terre Haute, IN 47804
Information
Principal	Mick Newport
Enrollment	approx. 2040
Type	Public
Grades	9-12
Yearbook	Polaris
Newspaper	The Continental Crier
Established	1971
Information	(812) 462-4312
Colors Mascot	Red, White, and Navy North Patriots
Rival Conference	South Braves Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference
Homepage	http://www.vigoschools.org/~thnvhs/index2.html

Terre Haute North Vigo High School is a public high school located in Terre Haute, Indiana.

1 Overview
2 Administrative Staff
3 Academics
4 Alumni
5 Athletics
6 School Song
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] Overview

Terre Haute North (THN), or simply North, was opened in the fall of 1971 for grades 10-12. The 9th grade was added during the '93/'94 school year. The school mascot is the Patriot and the school colors are red, white and navy. Approximately 2,250 students are currently enrolled at North, in grades 9-12. The teacher to student ratio is 1-18, and the average expenditure per student is $8.847.^[1]

[edit] Administrative Staff

Superintendent: Danny Tanoos
Principal: Mick Newport
Assistant Principal: Juile McLaughlin and Stacy Mason
Deans: Chris Barrett, Greg Gauer, Aaron Hughes
Athletic Director: Ron Clinkenbeard

[edit] Academics

Terre Haute North is on a trimester schedule. Students have five seventy-minute periods per day every day for twelve weeks. THN uses the Core 40 curriculum. The school takes high priority on the success of both students and alumni.

[edit] Alumni

Notable alumni include: Anthony Thompson, class of 1986, a record-setting running back at Indiana University where he was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy voting in December 1989. Thompson received 1003 votes to winner Andre Ware's 1073 votes. Steve Weatherford, Punter of the New Orleans Saints also attended North Vigo where he played on the football, soccer, basketball, and track teams.

It is a school with a solid academic record. Teachers and administration work with a wide variety of students in an effort to ensure life success.

[edit] Athletics

There are 23 varsity sports teams THN: boys' and girls' cross country, Marching Band, soccer, tennis, golf, chess, basketball, swimming & diving and track & field; boys' football, wrestling, and baseball; and girls' cheerleading, gymnastics and softball. Terre Haute North has been part of the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference since 1996. At one time, they were embroiled in a controversy over their use of the copyrighted New England Patriots swept head logo. The school has announced a search for a new logo.

[edit] School Song

The lyrics to the school fight song are as follows: (words in Italics are chanted, not sung) To the tune of "Go U Northwestern"

Go, you North Vigo! For Red, White and Blue!
With our colors flying we will cheer you forth and be true!
Red, White, Blue!
Go, you North Patriots, Fight for victory!
Spread far the fame of our fair name
Go, you Patriots, win that game!
Go! Go! Go right in!
Fight! Fight! Fight to win!
Go right in! Fight to win!
Go! Fight! Win!
P-A-T-R-I-O-T-S!
Go, Patriots, Go!