NORTH FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL

'North Farmington High School' is a public secondary school located in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA. Established in 1961, it currently has 1300 students in grades 9-12. The principal is Mr. Richard Jones, class of 1967.

Contents

Mission

History

Notable Alumni

Teachers

Art

Business

Counseling

English

Foreign Language

Learning Resource

Life Management

Math

Music

Physical Education

Science

Social Studies

Technology

Publications

External links

Mission

The mission of North Farmington High School is to educate our students so that they demonstrate performance and skill levels commensurate with a technologically changing society, that they reach their potential for creativity and life-long learning, and that they enter the global community as productive, contributing members. We will accomplish all of this in a spirit of respect and partnership, with open communication between parents, students, staff and community.

History

In 1959, many homes in the area were being built by families with older children, so it was apparent that a new junior and senior high school were needed. The Board of Education put together a proposal asking voters to approve a $3 million dollar bond for the construction of:
#A new junior-senior high on a site at 13 Mile and Farmington Road
#Two new elementary schools
#Renovation of existing schools
The proposal was passed by voters and the final outcome of the vote was 1,618 in favor and 1,276 opposed. In January of 1960, the School Board appointed Harold Humble, an assistant principal at Farmington High School , to principal of the new school. The suggested name “Farmington Northern High,” was later changed to “North Farmington High School.”
It was not until the summer of 1960 that the architectural plans were approved for the new High School. As construction continued in January of 1961, the School Board unanimously approved the proposed color scheme of “shades of brown and yellow.” North Farmington High School opened on September 7, 1961 but lacked many needed supplies such as chalk boards. There were 598 students from grades 7-10 who attended that first day.
Students chose the name "Raiders" as their mascot but a personal identity was needed for the Raider, so the art class designed the original Raider logo that is still being used today and was named “El Cid.” As time went on, the Raider was increasingly referred to as the “Sidney Raider.”
The school colors were originally planned to be gold and brown, but instead, yellow and brown, along with white, are used to detail most of the uniforms and emblems. The change was due to the limited availability and higher price of the realistic gold material. The gold was replaced by "champion yellow", which today remains the color used by the school.

Notable Alumni

Stephen Rossiter '64, father of Michael Rossiter
Pam Dawber '69(?), actress. Played Mindy in the TV series Mork and Mindy, opposite Robin Williams. Spokeswoman for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Married to Mark Harmon.

Teachers

Art

Steve Deeb,Karen Feder,Hope Palmer,Melinda Wilcox

Business

Louise Conway, Cathy Cunningham, Nancy Price, Mike Wolschleger

Counseling

Jan Carlton, Lenore Hawkins, Darcie Layne, Lynn Maher, Jane Williams

English

Kristina Avant,
Tim Carruthers,
Dean Cobb,
Barbara Dubb,
Stephanie Lanning,
Kathleen Maisner,
Dawn Morse,
Kevin Ozar,
Phillip Pittman,
Erika Rust,
Parker Salowich,
Nikki Schueller,
Kathleen Stasys

Foreign Language

Trudy Alholinna,
Lisa DiPonio,
Susan Grant,
Christine Hosman,
Carol Kuenzel,
Krista Newcomb,
Pam Sofferin

Learning Resource

Chris DeYonke,
Pat Foster,
Pat Jordan,
Rachelle Pepple,
Jack Schulman,
Chuck Stenius,
Julie Wilson

Life Management

Amy Donato,
Sharon Drochack,
Linda Lethemon,
Ellen Morrish

Math

Nancy Bendick, Bethany Correll, Jill Gordon, Mike Horner, Ramon Kryzhan, Bill Pinnell, Robert Pruneau, Jeff Simpson, Gary Umlauf, Kristin Weber

Music

Jan Brachel, Peter Tolias, Angel Tuomi, Michael Yoskovich

Physical Education

Nicole Berling, Katherine Gabrielli, Mary Keen, Mike Lantzy, Mark Shenton

Science

Mike Bause, Jennifer Bellore, Todd Hecker, Janelle Kochanski, Kirk Moundros, Peggy Najarian, Bill Nedela, Melissa Richards, Ron Reed, David Ruehl, Beverly Schmitt, Susan Szegedi

Social Studies

Alyssa Aguilar, Dan Chomet, Derek Day, Jim Demko, Ken Heimerl, Kevin Kansman, Tracy Kendall, Elias Khalil, Tom Seremet, Todd Schultz, Marci Weingarden

Technology

Bruce Sutton, David Verbeke, Adam Williams

Publications

''The Northern Star'' is North Farmington's newspaper. It is published monthly by the advanced journalism class and is sold for one dollar. The Northern Star has won statewide journalism competitions on multiple occasions, including numerous Michigan Interscholastic Press Association awards. The yearbook class publishes the ''Aurora''. The 2006 edition recently won a Michigan Interscholastic Press Association award. Both publications have been in print since the school's inception.

External links

★ North Farmington High School

★ North Farmington High School Robotics Team