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

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located in

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, 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

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. 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

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, the Bridges Adult Transition program was hosted at the school.

Athletics

Niles North competes in the Central Suburban League and

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. 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

* Bushra Amiwala, (2016) youngest Muslim elected official in the United States * Jerry Avenaim (1979), fashion photographer *

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(1977), mathematician * Jonathan Carroll, politician * Gregg Edelman, Broadway and movie actor *

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, actress * Erin Heatherton, model. * Lynn Holly Johnson, ice skater and actress * Demetria Kalodimos (1977), anchorperson on TV * Jonathan Kite, actor * Mike Krasny, businessperson * Paul Lisnek (1976), attorney, author and TV personality *

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, forward for the Phoenix Suns * Brent Novoselsky, former NFL player * Kevin Olickal (2011), Illinois State Representative for the 16th district * Noam Pikelny, banjo player * Eric Rosen, chess master and streamer *

Joel Pollak Joel Barry Pollak (born 25 April 1977) is a South African-born American conservative political commentator, writer, radio host, and attorney. He currently serves as the senior editor-at-large for ''Breitbart News''. He attended Harvard College ...

(1995), journalist * Connor Price, actor * Esther Povitsky, (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 ...

, broadcast journalist * Marc Selz (1998), film director and producer. * Calla Urbanski (1978), Olympic figure skater * Barrington Wade (2016), NFL player

References

External links

Official website
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