Northside High School (Warner Robins, Georgia)

Northside High School
Location
926 Green Street Warner Robins, Georgia 31093 United States
Information
Established	1963
School district	Houston County Schools
Principal	Dr. Greg Peavy
Faculty	120[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,958
Color(s)	Navy Blue and White
Athletics	AAAAA
Mascot	Eagles
Information	(478) 929-7858
Website	http://www.hcbe.net/schools/nhs/

Northside High School is a high school in Warner Robins, Georgia, USA. Located at 926 Green Street on the northern side of Warner Robins, it was built in 1963 and enrolls approximately 1960 students.

Northside's mascot is the eagle. Its official colors are blue and white, though orange is also commonly used.

History

Northside High School originally opened in 1963 as the second high school to be built in Warner Robins, after Warner Robins High School.

Campus

Many cosmetic changes were implemented starting at the end of the 2001 school year. At the end of the 2004-2005 school year, the school began renovation projects to increase the size of the school. Northside was last renovated during 2005 and 2006. This most recent renovation included a new commons area, an expanded lobby, a bigger cafeteria which connects the Vocational Building with the main building, an expansion of the Technology lab and the band room, and most recently a new gymnasium. Construction ended during the 2007-2008 school year.

Main entrance

Gymnasium at Northside High in Warner Robins

Tabor Academy

In 2004, Tabor Middle School became Tabor Academy at Northside, a 9th grade-only school which introduces 9th grade students to the high school atmosphere.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

The school sponsors athletic teams, including girls' and boys' basketball, baseball, cheerleading, cross country, volleyball, track, wrestling, soccer, tennis, swimming, golf, softball, and football.

Track

In 1998 Northside Eagle ladies' track team won state in the 100 meters.

Football

The Northside Eagles football team have had winning seasons for 22 consecutive years; they have been 146 - 15 from 1998 to present. Northside has had 17 consecutive seasons with 10 or more wins from 1998-2014.^[2]

From 1998 to 2005, the school had five teams go 10-0 in the regular season but falter in the playoffs. In 2006 and 2007, the school broke through with consecutive 15-0 finishes in Class 4-A, and won two state championships.

In 2009 the Eagles had wins against Lowndes (#1 in state, #4 in nation), Valdosta, and Newnan (#2 in state, #10 in nation) in the semi-finals leading the way for the Eagles to contest for the 5A state championship in 2009, which they lost against Camden County (December 12) at the Georgia Dome (31-3). Northside was moved back down to 4-A due to lack of enough students to remain in the 5-A classification. The last two years they were here they won the state championship.

Northside won the 5A Georgia State Football Championship in 2014. Bringing their total number of State Titles to three, with three state runner up titles.^[3]

Since 1999, Northside has had 9 semi final appearances and 6 final appearances in the play-offs, making to the second round or higher every year, except 2010.

The Blue Wind Band

Trailer used by the Blue Wind band for road trips

2011-2012 School year - 1st in class 3a East Georgia Marching Festival and 3rd overall band of the day. Superior Ratings LGPE Symphonic Band, Excellent Ratings Concert Band LGPE. Marching Show - The Music of Journey.

2012-2013 - Marching Show - Welcome to The Dark Side...

Show choir

The school has a show choir program, integrating fundamentals of dance and vocal music.

One-Act Play

Ray Horne Center for the Performing Arts

The annual Northside High School One-Act Play is under the direction of Brian Barnett, a 1985 Northside graduate. Over the years, Northside productions have participated in the GHSA One-Act Competition, the Georgia Theatre Conference, Georgia Thespian Conference, International Thespian Festival (held annually in Lincoln, NE; held in Muncie, IN prior to Lincoln), and the Southeastern Theatre Conference. Northside placed at the GHSA State One-Act Play Competition 34 years in a row from 1974-2008. Overall, Northside has finished 1st or 2nd 27 times, 19 of those as State Champion. State One-Act Champion – 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011,^[4] 2012, 2013, and 2014. Until the 1980s, the GHSA State One-Act Competition was held in late January or early February. During the 1990s it was held the first weekend in December. It is now held in mid-November.

State One-Act Champion – 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011,^[4] 2012, 2013, 2014.

Literary

The GHSA State Literary Contest has ten events: Boys'/Girls' Dramatic Interpretation, Boys'/Girls' Essay, Boys'/Girls' Extemporaneous Speaking, Boys'/Girls' Solo, Trio and Quartet. Until the 1999-2000 school year, One-Act Play and Debate were also included in the total points calculated for the literary events. Northside has placed as one of the top three schools 33 times and finished as State Literary Champion 20 times.

State Literary Champion – 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008,^[4] 2013.

Notable alumni

• Kal Daniels, former Major League Baseball player
• Corey Harris, NFL player^[5]
• Patrick Henry, Associate Head Coach for Women's Basketball at Miami University Ohio
• Abry Jones, NFL player
• David Perdue, US Senator
• Chansi Stuckey, NFL player
• Timothy Walker, former National Football League (NFL) Player
• Steven Nelson, NFL player

References

External links

• Northside High School
• Northside Football
• Northside Alumni Dot Com
• Northside Eagles Web Site
• Northside Eagles FourSquare

Coordinates: 32°37′40″N 82°37′47″W / 32.62778°N 82.62972°W / 32.62778; -82.62972