Grosse Pointe North High School

Grosse Pointe North High School is a public high school in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. North is a four-year comprehensive high school with an enrollment of around 1,400 and expected 2016 graduating class of 350. Classes are in session for 182 days per year and the school day is from 8:00 AM to 3:05 PM.

Grosse Pointe North High School
Location
707 Vernier Road Grosse Pointe Woods , Michigan 48236-1527 United States of America
Coordinates	42.436386°N 82.888350°W / 42.436386; -82.888350
Information
Other names	North, Grosse Pointe North, GPN, GPNHS
Type	Comprehensive public high school
Opened	1968; 57 years ago (1968)
Status	Currently operational
School district	Grosse Pointe Public School System
NCES District ID	2625740[1]
Superintendent	Jon Dean
CEEB code	231-801[2]
NCES School ID	262574006230[3]
Principal	Kate Murray
Teaching staff	62.08 FTE[3]
Grades	9-12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	1,007[3] (2023-2024)
• Grade 9	225[3]
• Grade 10	257[3]
• Grade 11	244[3]
• Grade 12	274[3]
• Ungraded	7[3]
Student to teacher ratio	16.22[3]
Schedule type	Semester
Schedule	7 50-minute periods
Area	342,148 square feet[4]
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Green  and  Gold
Song	"Grosse Pointe North Alma Mater"
Athletics conference	Macomb Area Conference - White division
Mascot	Norseman
Nickname	Norsemen
Rival	Grosse Pointe South High School Blue Devils
Accreditation	Cognia
ACT average	22.5[2]
Publication	Harbinger (art and literary magazine)
Newspaper	North Pointe (print) North Pointe Now (online)
Yearbook	Valhalla
Communities served	Grosse Pointe Harper Woods
Feeder schools	Parcells Middle School Students from all elementary school zones[5] Brownell Middle School Students only from Monteith elementary school zone[5]
Website	www.gpschools.org/north
Last updated: March 31, 2022

Student assessments
2021–22 school year[6] Change vs. prior year[6]
M-STEP 11th grade proficiency rates (Science / Social Studies)
Advanced %	20.9 / 15.4
Proficient %	28.9 / 31.6
PR. Proficient %	12.1 / 41.5
Not Proficient %	38.1 / 11.5
Average test scores
SAT Total	1029.7 ( −44.7)

The principal is Kate Murray; she won the 2015 Educators Voice Award.^[7] The assistant principals are Katy Vernier, Michelle Davis, and Geoffrey Harris Young. Davis is also the school's athletic director.^[8]

North consistently ranks among the nation's best high schools.

• North is ranked the 11th best public high school in Michigan on the 2017 Niche rankings.^[9]
• On The Washington Post's list of most challenging high schools, North is #14 in Michigan.^[10]
• Newsweek's list of top high schools places North #487 nationally.^[11]

The school opened in 1968 after Grosse Pointe High School was split into two schools, and Grosse Pointe North took the northern side of Grosse Pointe's students and Northeastern Harper Woods' students. It is a member of the Grosse Pointe Public School System.

Communities served and feeder patterns

The school serves the following communities:^[12] all of Grosse Pointe Woods,^[13] the GPPSS section of Harper Woods,^[14] a small northwest section of Grosse Pointe Farms,^[15] and the Wayne County section of Grosse Pointe Shores.^[16]

Three elementary schools, Ferry, Mason, and Monteith, feed into GPNHS. All of the attendance boundary of Parcells Middle School and a section of the boundary of Brownell Middle School coincides with that of GPNHS.^[12]

Athletics

Grosse Pointe North athletic field

Boys' sports include: baseball, basketball, crew, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, sailing, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and wrestling. Girls sports include: basketball, cheerleading, crew, cross country, dance team, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, sailing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. Grosse Pointe North has won numerous state championship titles: Baseball (1980, 2006), Girls' Basketball (2008), Boys' Cross Country (1973, 1975, 1976, 1982), Boys' Hockey (2001, 2002), Girls' Lacrosse (1999), Girls' Swimming & Diving (1999), and Girls’ Soccer (2023). ^[17]

Extracurricular clubs

Grosse Pointe North's Radio Astronomy Team, the "RATz", under Ardis Herrold, are credited as being the first high school group to build its own radio telescope from scratch in the United States.^[18]

The Quiz Bowl team won the Class A Michigan High School State Championship in 2010^[19] and participates in many NAQT tournaments. The team has attended the NAQT National High School Championship tournament (HSNCT).^[20]

Notable alumni

• Gregg Alexander — Frontman of alternative rock band New Radicals
• Michael Bramos — Lega Basket Serie A basketball player with Reyer Venezia
• Robert Brooks Brown — Commanding general U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC)
• Jared Lee Gosselin — Latin Grammy Award-winning producer
• David Legwand — Former NHL center with the Nashville Predators, Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, and Buffalo Sabres
• Andy Miele — NHL center with the Arizona Coyotes
• Mark Osler — Law professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law
• Carly Piper — Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Corey Tropp — AHL right winger with the San Diego Gulls. Formerly with the Anaheim Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Buffalo Sabres of the NHL.
• Zach Werenski — NHL defenseman with the Columbus Blue Jackets
• Meg White — Drummer and singer of the White Stripes
• Brooke Castile - Figure Skater, 2007 U.S. Nationals Pairs Champion
• Karen Dionne - Author, The Marsh King's Daughter