NORTHERN SECONDARY SCHOOL

'Northern Secondary School' is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
It teaches grades 9 through 12
Northern's football team, the Red Knights, has won numerous titles in Toronto's high school league (including 2 Metro Bowls, and the first Toronto Bowl). As well, a number of top players have gone on to join the Canadian Football League.Northern Secondary School Back on Track (March 10, 2004) - Article in CANadian Online Explorer (CANOE) about The Red Knights football team.
Northern was the first Ontario school to have a student council.^[2]
Northern has a gifted program and a Deaf and Hard of Hearing program that bring students in from across the city.
Northern has long-standing rivalries with neighbouring high-school North Toronto Collegiate Institute and also with Central Technical School, and Leaside High School.
The films ''Billy Madison'' and '' were filmed inside the school.

Contents

Student Awards

Notable alumni

TV and movies

Professional sports

Arts and literature

School Song

References

External links

Student Awards

★ NASA Space Settlement competition (1997) 1st Place: Jeremy Burman, James Crawford, Justine Dembo, Margarita Marinova, Rachel Nordstrom and Silas Wang ^[3]

★ NASA Space Settlement competition (1998) 1st Place: Jeremy Burman, James Crawford, Justine Dembo, Margarita Marinova and Rachel Nordstrom.^[4]

Notable alumni

This is a selective listing of notable alumni. There was also a larger list at NSS.

TV and movies

★ Marco Brambilla^[5] - Director of ''Demolition Man''

★ Susan Clark⁵ - Played Katherine on ''Webster'' TV series.

★ Jayne Eastwood⁵ (also credited as Jayne Easton or Jane Eastwood) - Actress in several TV shows such as ''King of Kensington'' and many films, such as ''Dawn of the Dead'' (2004).

★ Heather Graham⁵ - Played Mary in ''Swiss Family Robinson'' TV series based on the book of the same name (no relation to the American Heather Graham).

★ Sally Gifford^[6] - Host on CBC's national children's show, ''The-X''

★ Kelly Rowan⁵ - Plays Kirsten Cohen, a leading character, on the popular TV show, ''The O.C.''

★ Ali Velshi⁵ - Journalist with CNN.

★ Richard Williams⁵ - Won two Oscars as director of animation for ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''.

Professional sports

★ Tom Europe⁵ - Played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and British Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL)

★ Bob Goldham⁵ - Won two Stanley Cup championships with the Toronto Maple Leafs and three with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL). He also acted as an analyst on ''Hockey Night in Canada'' with the CBC.

★ Leif Pettersen⁵ - Played for Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL

★ Neil Lumsden⁵ - As a player he helped win three CFL Grey Cup titles with the Edmonton Eskimos, and as the General Manager he helped the Tiger-Cats win the Grey Cup in 1999.

Arts and literature

★ Herbert H. Carnegie⁵ - Became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2003. He was a top hockey player in the country, but at the time (1940s and 1950s) blacks, including him, were unofficially rarely able to enter the top professional level. He became an author and also created the 'Herbert H. Carnegie Future Aces' which awards scholarships.^[7]

★ Jean Johnson⁵ - Member of the Order of Canada (1993) - Artist. ^[8]

School Song

The first verse of the school song is as follows:
:Hail Dear Old Northern
:School of Fame and Learning
:Thy praise we’re singing
:Hear our voices ringing
:Through the years to follow
:Always we’ll be true to
:Thy colors flying
:Red, Gold and Blue
:Rah Rah Rah

References

1. "Northern's TDSB Profile"
2. "Northern Secondary School History", ''Northern Secondary School''; URL last accessed July 11, 2006.
3. Space Settlement competition (1997); URL last accessed April 12, 2006
4. Space Settlement competition (1998); URL last accessed April 12, 2006
5. Northern Alumni Members in the Community
6. "Profile of Sally Gifford by the CBC"; URL last accessed Dec 12, 2004.
7. "Herbert H. Carnegie, C.M., O.Ont.: Member of the Order of Canada – 2003", ''Northern Secondary School''; URL last accessed May 24, 2006.
8. "Jean Johnson: Order of Canada Member 1993. Former Student Northern Secondary School 1942", ''Northern Secondary School''; URL last accessed Dec 9, 2004.

External links

★ Northern Secondary School Website

★ School Anniversary and Alumni Site - Operated by alumni and designed to keep former students in touch with one another.

★ School's History and Geography Department's Website

★ Northern Athletics Department Website

★ Northern's Boys Ice Hockey Team Website

★ Northern Photography Website

★ Toronto District School Board - Profile of school with related links.

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