Sheboygan North High School, is a

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Sheboygan, Wisconsin Sheboygan () is a city in and the county seat of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 49,929 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a populatio ...

operated by the Sheboygan Area School District. The school opened in 1938 in what is now Urban Middle School on the city's north side, with the current building opening just northeast of Urban in 1961; the 1938 facility had been designed originally as a north side

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as a complement to the South Side Junior High School (the current-day Farnsworth Middle School), but during building was converted to a

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in the midst of Sheboygan's population at the time growing to the north. The building has undergone many expansions, with the newest being an 'Advanced Technology Center' sponsored by many large area businesses, which is tied into Manufacturing and Technology Education. This addition was welcomed in 2016. The last most major addition was in 2006, when a cafeteria, commons area, expanded facilities for indoor athletics, and currently unutilized space for future use were added. The weight room is the second largest publicly funded weight room in the state, after that of the

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. In February 2018, the school moved their offices and main entrance to the North 10th Street side of the building (closer to the building's main parking lot) for school security and building flow concerns, mirroring a move done by Sheboygan South the year before. The former address of 1042 School Avenue was also abandoned for a new North 10th Street address. The North High team is the Golden Raiders, represented by a

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mascot resembling the

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logo with differing coloring, with the school colors being royal blue and gold. The school newspaper is ''North Star'', and the

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the ''Polaris''. The school's rival is Sheboygan South High School.

Athletics

The school participated in the Fox River Valley Conference from the school's opening in 1938 until the 2007–08 school year, when the WIAA realigned the state's athletic conferences, placing North in the

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. North High teams include cheer and stunt, gymnastics, basketball, soccer, track, volleyball, tennis, golf, baseball, softball, football, cross county, trap, swimming, hockey, and wrestling. The boys basketball team won the 1986

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class A state basketball title.

Notable alumni

* James Baumgart, former Wisconsin State Senator *

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, former Milwaukee and Los Angeles sports journalist *

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, former world record holder in the high jump *

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, former Wisconsin State Senator *

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, former Wisconsin State Senator *

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, former Mayor of Sheboygan and former Wisconsin State Representative

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Sheboygan North High School
{{authority control High schools in Sheboygan, Wisconsin Educational institutions established in 1938 School buildings completed in 1961 Public high schools in Wisconsin 1938 establishments in Wisconsin

Athletics

Notable alumni

See also

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