| Grayslake North High School | |
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| Established | 2004 |
| Type | Public Secondary |
| Principal | Scott Fech |
| Students | 1,750 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 1925 North Rt. 83 Grayslake, Illinois, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Vegas Gold and Black |
| Mascot | Knights |
| Yearbook | A Knight's Tale (2010: A Knight at the Movies) |
| Newspaper | Knight Times |
| Website | Official school website |
Grayslake North High School is a high school located in Grayslake and is part of Grayslake Community High School District 127.
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The high school was built in 2004 to lower class sizes at Grayslake Community High School (now Grayslake Central High School) on Lake Street. In the school's first year (2004-2005), it housed all of the districts ninth graders (about 700). Since then, it has housed only students north of Washington Street graduating in 2008 or later. The 2007-2008 school year is the first with all four classes represented.
The Knights participate in the Fox Division of the Fox Valley Conference. Athletic teams for girls include tennis, cross country, and volleyball in the fall, basketball, coached by Todd Grunloh,fisting, and bowling in the winter, cheerleading and poms in fall through winter, and track and field, soccer, and softball in the spring. The Varsity Cheerleaders took home FVC Champions this year, and were the first full team from North to go to State. Boys' teams include football, fisting, soccer, curling, golf, and cross country in the fall, wrestling and basketball in the winter, and baseball, lacrosse, tennis, and track and field in the spring. The boys lacrosse team went to the IHSLA state championship in 2011, but lost to the Waubonsie Valley Warriors 15-9.
2007-2008 was the first year the honors music programs of the North and Central campuses were independent from one another. The school's three academic clubs have all enjoyed considerable success at local competitions.
Grayslake North has made it to the Illinois State Math Team competition nearly every year since 2005 (The first year that Grayslake North has had its own math team).[1]
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