Niles North High School, officially Niles Township High School North, is a public four-year

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

located in

Skokie, Illinois Skokie (; formerly Niles Center) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, neighboring the City of Chicago's northern border. Its population, according to the 2020 census, was 67,824. Skokie lies approximately north of Chicago's do ...

, a North Shore suburb of

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in the

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. It is part of Niles Township Community High School District 219, which also includes

Niles West High School Niles West High School, officially Niles Township High School West or NWHS, is a public four-year high school located in Skokie, Illinois, a north suburb of Chicago in the United States. It is part of Niles Township Community High School Distric ...

. Its feeder middle schools are Old Orchard Junior High, Oliver McCracken Middle School, East Prairie School, and Golf Middle School. Before being moved to a separate facility in

Lincolnwood, Illinois Lincolnwood (formerly Tessville) is a village in Niles Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 13,463. An inner suburb of Chicago, it shares its southern, eastern, and a small section of its west ...

, the school hosted the Bridges Adult Transition program.

Athletics

Niles North competes in the

Central Suburban League The Central Suburban League is an IHSA-recognized high school extracurricular conference comprising 12 public schools located in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago. Comprising 12 relatively large high schools, it is among the larger high school ...

and

Illinois High School Association The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is an association that regulates competition of interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level for the state of Illinois. It is a charter member of the National Fed ...

. Its mascot is the Viking. Niles North's rival is

. The crosstown rivalry is referenced as the "Skokie Skirmish."

Activities

The Niles North chess team has won the

State Championship in 2006, 2010, and 2012. The Niles North Robotics Team (333) won the Illinois State Tournament In their 2013-14 inaugural season,. In the 2014–15, all 8 of the Niles North Teams qualified for the Illinois State Competition, with one of the teams, 333M, being crowned the Illinois State Tournament Champions and competing at VEX Worlds. In 2015-16, eight of the nine Niles North teams qualified for the Illinois State Competition. Three teams qualified and competed at the U.S. Robotics Competition; one team was crowned the Illinois State Tournament Champion; one team was crowned the Illinois State Design Award Champions & the Illinois State Robot Skills Champions; three teams competed at VEX Worlds, with one being a Semifinalist in their division.

Notable alumni

* Jerry Avenaim (1979), fashion photographer *

Mike Byster Michael Byster (born March 5, 1959) is an American mathematician, mental calculator, and math educator. He worked as a commodities market, commodity trader until he quit his job to devote himself to teaching children his methods. He has spoken to ...

(1977), mathematician *

Jonathan Carroll Jonathan Samuel Carroll (born January 26, 1949) is an American fiction writer primarily known for novels that may be labelled magic realism, slipstream or contemporary fantasy. He has lived in Austria since 1974. Life and work Carroll was b ...

, politician *

Gregg Edelman Gregg Edelman (born September 12, 1958) is an American movie, television and theatre actor. Biography Edelman was born in Chicago, Illinois, attended Niles North High School, where he starred as Li'l Abner opposite future soap star Nancy Lee Gra ...

, Broadway and movie actor *

Nancy Lee Grahn Nancy Lee Grahn (born April 28, 1956) is an American actress known primarily for her work in daytime soap operas, portraying Julia Wainwright Capwell on '' Santa Barbara'' from 1985–93 and Alexis Davis on ''General Hospital'' since 1996. E ...

, actress *

Erin Heatherton Erin Heather Bubley (born March 4, 1989), known professionally as Erin Heatherton, is an American model. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2010 to 2013. Early life Heatherton was born and raised in Skokie, Illinois, the daughter of Laura ( ...

, model. *

Lynn Holly Johnson Lynn-Holly Johnson is an American retired figure skater and actress. After achieving some success as a figure skater in the mid-1970s, she began an acting career, including a Golden Globe-nominated role in 1978's ''Ice Castles'' and her role as ...

, ice skater and actress *

Demetria Kalodimos Demetria Kalodimos is a television news presenter based in Nashville, Tennessee. She was formerly an anchor for WSMV-TV, an NBC affiliate based in Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat ...

(1977), anchorperson on TV *

Jonathan Kite Jonathan Kite (born September 2, 1979) is an American actor, comedian and impressionist. He is perhaps best known for his role as Oleg Golishevsky on ''2 Broke Girls.'' Life and career Kite grew up in Skokie, Illinois, the son of Lynn and Dav ...

, actor * Mike Krasny, businessperson *

Ronnie Kroell Ronnie may refer to: *Ronnie (name), a unisex pet name and given name * "Ronnie" (Four Seasons song), a song by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe *"Ronnie," a song from the Metallica album ''Load'' *Ronnie Brunswijkstadion, an association football stadium ...

, model and actor. *

Paul Lisnek Paul M. Lisnek was born on June 19, 1958 and is an attorney, legal consultant, political analyst, public speaker, television and radio talk show host, and interviewer, and author. He has consulted on and analyzed numerous nationally recognize ...

(1976), attorney, author and TV personality *

Abdel Nader Abdel Nader ( ar, عبد الرحمن نادر; born September 25, 1993) is an Egyptian-American professional basketball player who last played for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for ...

, forward for the Phoenix Suns *

Brent Novoselsky Brent Howard Novoselsky (born January 8, 1966), is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League. Novoselsky, who is Jewish, was born in Skokie, Illinois. Novoselsky's career highlight took place in the last ...

, former NFL player *

Noam Pikelny Noam Pikelny (born February 27, 1981, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American banjoist. He is a member of the group Punch Brothers and was previously in Leftover Salmon as well as the John Cowan Band. Pikelny is a nine-time Grammy Award nominee, win ...

, banjo player * Eric Rosen, chess master and streamer *

Joel Pollak Joel Barry Pollak (born 25 April 1977) is a South African-American conservative political commentator, writer, and attorney. He currently serves as the senior-editor-at-large for Breitbart News.Felsenthal, Carol (1 March 2012)Andrew Breitbart's ...

(1995), journalist *

Connor Price Connor Price (born November 11, 1994) is a Canadian-American actor and hip hop artist. Beginning his career as a child actor, he is best known for his roles in the films ''Cinderella Man'' (2005) and ''Good Luck Chuck'' (2007). Career Price's c ...

, actor *

Esther Povitsky Esther Povitsky (born March 2, 1988), formerly known by the stage name "Little Esther", is an American actress and comedian. She is the co-creator and star of the comedy series ''Alone Together'' (2018), and starred as Izzy in the Hulu series '' ...

, (2006) comedian and actress. *

Elaine Quijano Elaine Cagas Quijano is an American television reporter. Formerly with CNN, she is now an anchor with CBS News. Early life and education Quijano is a second-generation Filipino American. She grew up in the Skokie and Morton Grove suburbs of C ...

, broadcast journalist * Marc Selz (1998), film director and producer. *

Calla Urbanski Calla Vita Urbanski-Petka (born June 26, 1960) is an American former pair skater. With Rocky Marval, she is the 1991 Skate America champion, the 1992 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion (1992–1993). They represented ...

(1978), Olympic figure skater *

Barrington Wade Barrington Wade (born March 16, 1998) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at Iowa. College career Wade was a member of the Iowa Hawkeyes for five seasons, redshirting as a true freshman. He finishe ...

(2016), NFL player

References

External links

Official website
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