North Polar Bears: The Class of 2015

Between May 20-24, Des Moines Public Schools celebrated the Class of 2015 at eight commencement ceremonies, proud to present diplomas to students from all of our high schools. DMPS is pleased to share photographs – 513 photos, to be exact – from all eight of our graduation events, including North High School. Click the photo to see more from some of the most special events of the school year.

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State Team Championship winners

 Thomas Avant, Devin King, Kameron Russell, and Brad Warren competed in the state pentathlon  meet on May 26th in Washington, IA. They edged out Cedar Rapids Prairie to win the state team championship. Coaches Greg Holland Joe Muldoon, …

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Northside Orchestra Night

Thursday night our North students performed in the annual Northside Orchestra Night here at North High School.  Between the orchestras at North, Harding, Findley, Madison, Cattell, and Oak Park, we had over 200 students participating in the event. …

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Congratulations to Senior Cassie Harrington

 Congratulations to Cassie Harrington, she signed a letter of intent with the DMACC Bears for softball and will attend there in the Fall of 2015. Cassie’s family,friends attended the signing with Head Coach Bob Ligouri.

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Seniors Finals Schedule-Rehearsal Times

Graduation Rehearsal:  Graduation rehearsal for the seniors will be at 12:30 – 3:00 PM on Thursday, May 21st in the auditorium and gym.  There will also be cap and gown distribution at this time.  Seniors need to be …

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National Championships

Our young men performed extremely well in  Physical Fitness at the National Championships in San Diego today.  We finished 3rd overall in the competition and had two cadets make the medal rounds.  Senior Nicklous Foulk was a Bronze …

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NHS Band Night

Under the direction of Scott Davis, Laura Thieben, William Beyer and Dave Brown, several elementary, middle and high school bands came together and performed at North High School during Northside Band Night on Tuesday night. All four elementary …

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IPAD roll-ins

iPad Roll-in – will begin with the seniors turning in their borrowed IPad on Wednesday, May 13th and the underclassmen on Monday the 18th of May.

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North Moves to #16 on Iowa AP Index

For the third year in a row, all five DMPS high schools are listed among the state’s top 50 high schools on the Iowa Advanced Placement Index. And according to the list prepared by the University of Iowa, North has moved to number 16 among all Iowa school for offering AP courses! Click the headline to read the full story.

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NHS Rotary Scholarship winner

Congratulations to Senior Esperanza Vargas Macias for being awarded the $8,000 scholarship from The Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation.  The event was held at the Wakonda Club.

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