Appleton North High School
| Appleton North High School | |
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Appleton, Wisconsin United States | |
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| Type | public |
| Established | 1995 |
| Oversight | Appleton Area School District |
| Principal | Mr.Huggins |
| Faculty | 100+ |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1879 |
| Color(s) | Gold, Silver, Navy Blue |
| Mascot | Lightning |
| Newspaper | The Noctiluca |
| Yearbook | The Almanack |
| Website | Appleton North High School |
Appleton North High School is a comprehensive secondary school in Appleton, Wisconsin that is part of the Appleton Area School District. Opened in August 1995, it is the most recently built of the three four-year public high schools in the district. The school has roughly 1900 students.
The school colors are gold, silver and navy blue. The school's nickname is the Appleton North Lightning.
North is led by Principal James Huggins, with Associate Principals David Pynenberg, David Mueller, and Jack Knaack.
Extra-curricular activities
Band
North has three bands, distinguished by experience and talent: Concert Band, Wind Symphony, and Honors Band. The music department has approximately 200 band members who participate in parades, pep band at the home varsity basketball games, a pre-game show for most home football games, and a half time show for the homecoming football game. Formal concerts are performed in November, February, and May. The band also performs in the Appleton Holiday Parade, Flag Day Parade, and Veterans Day Parade. There are two jazz ensembles, Jazz I and Jazz II, with Jazz I for the more talented and experienced jazz musicians. These ensembles perform shows throughout the course of the year.
Orchestra
North has two orchestras: freshmen lightning orchestra, and the lightning symphonic orchestra for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The North honors orchestra is for qualified string students who take private lessons and participate in Youth Orchestra.
Choir
North has five choirs: Overture Men's Chorus, for freshmen boys; Women's Choral Society, an unauditioned ensemble for women in grades 9-12; Varsity Men's Choir, for men in grades 10-12; Varsity Women's Choir, an auditioned ensemble for grades 10-12; and North Choir, an auditioned, touring mixed ensemble for students in grades 11-12. North's Holiday Classics a holiday show put on by the choirs during the Christmas season, features a collection of choral songs, soloists, and a play.
Theatre
The theatre department has performed the musicals, Cinderella, The Sound of Music, Aida, Les Misérables, The Secret Garden, and The Phantom of the Opera, and the Tony Award-winning play Metamorphoses. In 2003, North's production of Les Misérables featured a rotating stage. For the 2006 Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival, the school gave a one-act version of Hamlet. The spring drama for the 2006-2007 school year was The Arabian Nights. In March 2008, Miss Saigon was performed. In 2008, the production of Cyrano de Bergerac was performed in the round with the audience on the stage. The winter 2009 play was The Odyssey. The Appleton all-school musical, The Music Man, involved the drama departments from North, East and West. Appleton North High School is also the setting of Appleton's Summer Shakespeare Theatre.
Performance dance team
In 2009, the school's performance dance team took first place in the medium poms division at the national high school dance championship in Orlando, Florida.
Math Team
The Appleton North math team is made up of North's most accomplished math students, who have a win ratio of 2:1,. During the 2006-2007 season, the Appleton North Math Team won the Fox Valley Math League competition for the first time in school history.
DECA
DECA is an association of marketing students.
Athletics
Football
Appleton North Lightning is led by Rob Salm. During the 2011-2012 football season, the Lightning were the FVA Conference Champions, advancing to the playoffs, where North's playoff run was ended by DC Everest.[1]
During the 2010 football season Appleton North went undefeated. That team is the first in school history to go 12-1 (only loss was to Menomonee Falls, level 4 playoffs).
The class of 2006 was the first class in history to defeat Appleton East and West all four years in football.
During the 2004 football season Appleton North went undefeated.
Boys' basketball
Since the team was founded, the Appleton North boys' basketball program has never won the FVA or made an appearance at the state basketball tournament. In 2009, former girls' basketball coach, Eric Eastman, took over after a dismal 3 win and 19 loss season.
Boys' volleyball
The Appleton North boys' volleyball team won consecutive FVA championships from 2005 to 2009 and advanced to the WIAA State Tournament in all four years. The team compiled a perfect season in 2012 (34-0) by defeating Burlington to claim their first boys' volleyball state championship.
Girls' volleyball
During the 2008 women's soccer season the varsity team won conference, regionals, sectionals and went to the state tournament, losing to the eventual state champions.
Boys' hockey
In the 2007-08 season, Appleton United Men's hockey team went to the state tournament for the first time. The following year they had a record of 20-0-1 during the regular season.
Girls' hockey
During the 2006-2007 inaugural season, Appleton United Women's hockey team won sectionals and went to the state tournament, eventually winning against Chippewa Falls 4-2 in the State Championship Game.