Flint Northern High School

Flint Northern High School was a public secondary school located in Flint, Michigan. The original building "#1" was built in 1928 and demolished in the 1980s, after being the home of the Flint Academy. It was one of the high schools in the Flint Community Schools district along with Flint Northwestern High School (now Flint Junior High School) and Flint Southwestern Academy. It was closed in 2013 and reopened as Northern Academy. The Flint school board finally closed the school completely in 2014.

Flint Northern High School
Address
G-3284 Mackin Road

Flint
,
Michigan
48504

United States
Coordinates43.0356°N 83.7374°W / 43.0356; -83.7374
Information
School typepublic secondary Jr. High
Motto"Respect, Responsibility, and Results"
Opened1928
Closed2013 (Reopened as Northern Academy and closed again soon after)
School districtFlint Community Schools
SuperintendentLinda Thompson[1]
CEEB code231500[2]
PrincipalJanice Davis[3]
Grades7–12
Gendercoed
Color(s)  scarlet
  gray[4]
SloganWe Are The Vikings
Athletics conferenceSaginaw Valley HS Ass'n[4]
Team nameVikings[4]
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools[5]
Websitehttp://nhs.flintschools.org

Athletics

Its terms were the Vikings. The school competed in the Saginaw Valley High School Association and the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA).

The following teams have won their respective MHSAA state championships.

  • Basketball (boys): 1932–33, 35–36, 38–39, 39–40, 46–47, 70–71, 71–72, 77–78, 94-95[6]
  • Basketball (girls): 1978–79, 79–80, 80–81, 81–82, 94–95, 95-96[7]
  • Cross Country (boys): 1974-75[8]
  • Cross Country (girls): 1981-82[9]
  • Tennis (boys): 1930-31[10]
  • Track & Field (boys): 1949–50, 52–53, 60–61, 62–63, 75–76, 78-79[11]
  • Track & Field (girls): 1978–79, 79–80, 80–81, 82-83[12]
  • Wrestling: 1962–63, 94-95[13]

Notable alumni

See also

References
  1. "District Administration directory". Flint Community Schools. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. "High School Code Search". College Board. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  3. "Flint Community Schools: High Schools". Flint Community Schools. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  4. "School info for Flint Northern HS". Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA). Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  5. "Institution Summary for Maine South High School". AdvancED profile. North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  6. "Boys Basketball Team Champions 1925-2011 (Class A)". Michigan High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  7. "Girls Basketball Team Champions 1973-2011 (Class A)". Michigan High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  8. "Boys Cross Country Team Champions 1978-2010 (Class A)". Michigan High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  9. "Girls Cross Country Team Champions 1978-2010 (Class A)". Michigan High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  10. "Boys Tennis Team Champions 1925-2011 (Class A-B)". Michigan High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  11. "Boys Track & Field Team Champions 1925-2011 (Class A)". Michigan High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  12. "Girls Track & Field Team Champions 1973-2011 (Class A)". Michigan High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  13. "Wrestling Team Champions 1948-2011 (Class A)". Michigan High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  14. "Wayman Britt". biographic sketch. Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame / Flint Public Library. 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2011. Wayman arrived in Flint as a sophomore at Flint Northern and after graduating from Northern, he received a basketball scholarship to the University of Michigan ... In 1976 Wayman was drafted by the L.A. Lakers in the fourth round ...
  15. "Wayman Britt". statistics & biographic info. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  16. "J'Nathan Bullock". player profile. Cleveland State University Athletics. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011. Fourth team all-state choice by the Detroit Free Press as a senior at Flint Northern High ...
  17. "Tony Burton". biographic sketch. Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame / Flint Public Library. 2005. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011. At Northern he played halfback.
  18. "Mateen Cleaves". statistics & biographic info. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  19. Associated Press (18 February 1996), "Michigan Players Involved in Accident", Los Angeles Times, retrieved 26 June 2011, The players were Maurice Taylor, who was driving, Willie Mitchell, Robert Traylor, Louis Bullock, all starters, and Ron Oliver. The recruit was Mateen Cleaves, a 6-foot-2 guard who led Flint Northern to the Class-A Michigan state championship last season.
  20. Hayes, Patrick (3 June 2009), "Flint native Deanna Nolan visits fans at Hill Road Meijer and talks about the Detroit Shock's upcoming season", Flint Journal, retrieved 26 June 2011, Flint Northern grad, former Michigan Ms. Basketball and Georgia graduate Deanna Nolan, in her eighth season with the Detroit Shock, has become one of the top players in the WNBA.
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