Grosse Pointe North High School opened in 1968 to serve the municipalities north of Moross Road. It is located off of Vernier in Grosse Pointe Woods and today has more than 1,500 students and 160 faculty members.
Famed North alumni include David Legwand and Carly Piper. Legwand plays for the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League. Piper is a swimmer who won a gold medal in 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
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Teacher Ardis Herrold, third from left, supervises members of the RATz -- radio astronomy team -- as they work on Grosse Pointe North High School's radio telescope, which they built atop the school's Science Building.
Grosse Pointe North's radio astronomers keep an electronic ear cocked to space
Most high school students aren’t allowed to handle power tools on school property. Most aren’t permitted to walk on the roof. Most don’t have access to high-tech electronics and sensing equipment.
The students in Grosse Pointe North High School’s astronomy club aren’t most students.
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Grosse Pointe North zooms upward in Washington Post High School Challenge
A high-school ranking system with a formula simple enough for a grade-schooler to understand has given a lift to Grosse Pointe North High School.
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Grosse Pointe North Jazz Band scores highest overall at Cedar Point
Congratulations to the members of the Grosse Pointe North Jazz Band for their outstanding performance this past weekend at the Music in the Parks Festival held at Cedar Point. They were awarded a "superior" rating from the judges along with the highest overall score of the entire band festival.
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South's top graduating seniors, in alphabetical order: Katherine Barbour, Kylie Barrett, Joseph Biglin, Craig Campbell, Melissa Caramagno, Margarette Clevenger, Carolyn Condino, Elise Corden, Kellen Degnan, Charlotte Dossin, Dan Dou, Mark Dulchavsky, Holly Fleszar, Stephen Fox, Ryan Graham, Teresa Hedges, Michaela Houff, Charlotte Klein, Mary Kramer, Emma Maniere, Kathryn Nowak, Raya Saksouk, Jenna Sanocki, Karen Schumann, Natalie Sohn, John Willard and Julie Wittwer.
It's not quite a rare baseball card, but a collector's item just the same
Amid the hubbub of top administrators getting sent to the showers for storing porn on their office computers, the Grosse Pointe Senior Men’s Club honored 49 graduating seniors from South and North high schools. Each student will graduate with a 4.0 or better grade-point average over four years.
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Comment: GPNHS' North Pointe earns national Gold Crown award
With good news, you don’t usually ask for a second opinion, but the North Pointe staff received one last week when they were awarded the Gold Crown from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at Columbia University in New York.
This follows a Pacemaker Award last fall from the National Scholastic Press Association. Just two high school newspapers earned both honors this year, which are the highest awards given nationally. El Estoque of Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, Calif., is the other.
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GP North class of 1970 announces 40th reunion
The Grosse Pointe North High School Class of 1970 has scheduled its 40th reunion for June 19 at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club.
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Lights, camera, me – savvy athletes market themselves via YouTube
Online video sharing has become an increasingly popular trend among high-school student athletes interested in playing college sports.
Over the past few years, websites like YouTube and Scout.com have opened the door for many high-school athletes seeking broader recruitment to larger universities. No longer do students have to count on a visit by a coach or scout to play before influential eyes. With online video, they don't even have to send a DVD.
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These nine North student journalists won awards from the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association this spring. Back row, left to right, James Hicks, Kyle Campbell, Christine Bedway, Michelle Ewart and Rachel Neuenfeldt; Front row, left to right: Emily Biegas, Hannah Colborn, Kayla Snitgen, Olyvia Brown
North journalists score highest honor at MSU conference
Grosse Pointe North High School journalists earned a Spartan Award from the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association at Michigan State University last month. A Spartan is the state’s highest honor for student publications. The staff also set a school record for individual honors.
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