Born in a refugee camp in Tanzania, Kwizera Imani’s story begins half-a-world away from North High. Now a senior, Kwizera shared his story as the keynote speaker at the 2015 Iowa STEM Summit, talking about his experience with AP courses, aviation technology, the robotics team and more. What’s next for Kwizera? Studying aerospace engineering at Iowa State University. Click his photo to read what he had to say.
North High School Theater Arts will be presenting the farcical ghost story, Blithe Spirit. Charles Condomine (played by Michael Xayavong) has invited Madame Arcati, a psychic (played by Jake Mentzer) over to perform a séance in an attempt …
Wednesday, April 1st, North High School will be administering Iowa Assessment tests for 9th, 10th & 11th grades. Please note that seniors do NOT have to attend this day. Here are some important things to remember to help …
North High School Senior Abby Espinosa-Gonzalez Bellolio recently participated at the State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa at Iowa State University. She presented her project “Testing the Viscosity of Liquid in Proportion to Weight in Hydraulics”. In …
North High School journalism teacher Jenn Dryden knows how to jump at an opportunity. When she ran into Brandon Jones, star of ABC’s Pretty Little Liars, who was filming at the Iowa statehouse, she invited him to visit her classroom. He accepted! Click the image to see more of the star’s visit to North High School this week.
Congratulations! Des Moines North High School recently became the first and only high school to send a team to Drake University’s Enactus (entrepreneural-action-us) Expo and received glowing reviews from a panel of Drake professors and Enactus members. Enactus is an …
Our students were fantastic, and I couldn’t be more proud of them. Not only did they put on a great performance, but they had a blast helping students at Ruby try out each of their instruments. They were …
AP Exams are administered by schools worldwide on set dates each May. Exams usually last around three hours. Each AP Exam usually consists of multiple choice questions and free-response questions. Reasons to consider taking the exam. College Credit, …
North High School Theater Arts had a GREAT day at Individual Speech Contest this past Saturday. 9 of 14 performances received Superior ratings and 5 of those received a superior rating from ALL three judges! The following students …
Meet some of the toughest kids at North High School. Krystal O’Morrow, Zach Hall, Binh Doan, Phillip Clearman, Ian Penman, Jasmine Moreno, James Milton, Wyatt Powers and Rose Wallace-Smith proved that they had the mental strength to excel …
