Northside High School (Columbus, Georgia)
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Northside High School is a public high school
located in Columbus, Georgia
. Founded in 2002, Northside offers both honors and advanced placement courses within its college preparatory
program. The school also offers an academy program, Engineering and Engineering Design and Technology, which is associated with Project Lead the Way. This program prepares students for fields in engineering
, engineering design, architecture
, and information technology
.
; Art Club; Astronomy Club; BEST Robotics
; DECA
; Dinner Theater
; Engineering Honor Society; FBLA
; FIRST Robotics; HOSA; Japanese Club ; JROTC
; Literary Magazine; Madrigal Dinner
; Math Team; Mock Trial
; Model United Nations
; Mu Alpha Theta
; National Honor Society
; National Technical Honor Society
; Northside Annual; Northside Newspaper; Northside Singers; One Act Play
; Poetry Club; Science Honor Society; Skills USA; Spanish Club; Speech/Debate Team; TEAMS
Instructors
Senior Army Instructor - LTC(R) Richard Brewer
Army Instructor - SGM(R) James Guynn
Command Group
Battalion Commander - C/LTC Matthew Sitler
Battalion Executive Officer - C/MAJ Aaron Teasley
Battalion Command Sergeant Major - C/CSM Ja'vae Thompson
Staff
S-1 - C/SGT Siera Jacobs
S-2 - C/SGT Chris Cowell
S-3 - C/MAJ Courtland Johnson
S-4 - C/CPT Chealsea Johnson
S-5 - C/PFC Andreea Cotlet
Company Commanders
Alpha Company Commander - C/CPT Xavieria Jeffers
Bravo Company Commander - C/CPT Pascal
Charlie Company Commander - C/CPT Bradley Durbin
Michael Cousins - United States Air Force Academy
Class of 2009
Jean Roman - United States Military Academy
Ian Young - United States Military Academy
Andy Zittrauer - United States Naval Academy
Class of 2010
Lawrence Hoffman, III - United States Military Academy
Doug Ricketts - United States Coast Guard Academy
Zachary Zabel - United States Coast Guard Academy
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...
. Founded in 2002, Northside offers both honors and advanced placement courses within its college preparatory
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...
program. The school also offers an academy program, Engineering and Engineering Design and Technology, which is associated with Project Lead the Way. This program prepares students for fields in engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, engineering design, architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
, and information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
.
Athletics
- Baseball
- Boys/Girls Basketball
- Cheerleading (Competition, Football, and Basketball)
- Chess Team
- Cross Country
- Drill Team
- Football
- Boys/Girls Golf
- JROTC Raiders
- Rifle: 2005, 2006, and 2007 State Champions
- Boys/Girls Soccer
- Softball
- Swim Team
- Boys/Girls Tennis Team
- Track and Field
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Clubs/organizations
Academic DecathlonUnited States Academic Decathlon
The United States Academic Decathlon is an annual high school academic competition organized by the non-profit United States Academic Decathlon Association. The competition consists of seven multiple choice tests, two performance events, and an essay...
; Art Club; Astronomy Club; BEST Robotics
BEST Robotics
BEST, Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology, is a national 6-week robotics competition in the United States held each fall, designed to help interest middle school and high school students in possible engineering careers...
; DECA
DECA (organization)
DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...
; Dinner Theater
Dinner theater
Dinner theater is a form of entertainment that combines a restaurant meal with a staged play or musical. Sometimes the play is incidental entertainment, secondary to the meal, in the style of a sophisticated night club, or the play may be a major production with dinner less important, or in some...
; Engineering Honor Society; FBLA
FBLA-PBL
The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...
; FIRST Robotics; HOSA; Japanese Club ; JROTC
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...
; Literary Magazine; Madrigal Dinner
Madrigal dinner
A Madrigal Dinner or Madrigal Feast is an American form of dinner theater often held by schools and church groups during the Christmas season. It is set in the Middle Ages and is generally comedic in nature. The meal is divided into courses, each of which is heralded with a traditional song...
; Math Team; Mock Trial
Mock trial
A Mock Trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower-court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of volunteers as role players to test theories or...
; Model United Nations
Model United Nations
Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....
; Mu Alpha Theta
Mu Alpha Theta
Mu Alpha Theta is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 89,000 student members in more than 1,800 schools worldwide. Its main goals are to inspire keen interest in mathematics, develop strong scholarship in the subject, and promote the...
; National Honor Society
National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
; National Technical Honor Society
National Technical Honor Society
The National Technical Honor Society is an honor society for outstanding career and technical students of workforce vocational education institutions in the United States....
; Northside Annual; Northside Newspaper; Northside Singers; One Act Play
One act play
A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. In recent years the 10-minute play known as "flash drama" has emerged as a popular sub-genre of the one-act play, especially in writing competitions...
; Poetry Club; Science Honor Society; Skills USA; Spanish Club; Speech/Debate Team; TEAMS
JROTC
Army Junior ROTC's mission is "to motivate young people to be better citizens." JROTC emphasizes a broad curriculum including Leadership Theory and Application, World Geography and Map Reading, Citizenship in American History, Financial Management, First Aid and much more.Instructors
Senior Army Instructor - LTC(R) Richard Brewer
Army Instructor - SGM(R) James Guynn
Command Group
Battalion Commander - C/LTC Matthew Sitler
Battalion Executive Officer - C/MAJ Aaron Teasley
Battalion Command Sergeant Major - C/CSM Ja'vae Thompson
Staff
S-1 - C/SGT Siera Jacobs
S-2 - C/SGT Chris Cowell
S-3 - C/MAJ Courtland Johnson
S-4 - C/CPT Chealsea Johnson
S-5 - C/PFC Andreea Cotlet
Company Commanders
Alpha Company Commander - C/CPT Xavieria Jeffers
Bravo Company Commander - C/CPT Pascal
Charlie Company Commander - C/CPT Bradley Durbin
Publications
The yearbook is produced by students in the Yearbook class, a split class lasting all year. The school newspaper is written by the school's journalism class. The literary magazine is written by the journalism class and select students who turn in their original work.- Amor Patriae, yearbook
- The Patriot Reveille, newspaper
- The Lantern, literature/art magazine
Graduates attending service academies
Class of 2008Michael Cousins - United States Air Force Academy
United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States...
Class of 2009
Jean Roman - United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
Ian Young - United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
Andy Zittrauer - United States Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States...
Class of 2010
Lawrence Hoffman, III - United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
Doug Ricketts - United States Coast Guard Academy
United States Coast Guard Academy
Founded in 1876, the United States Coast Guard Academy is the military academy of the United States Coast Guard. Located in New London, Connecticut, it is the smallest of the five federal service academies...
Zachary Zabel - United States Coast Guard Academy
United States Coast Guard Academy
Founded in 1876, the United States Coast Guard Academy is the military academy of the United States Coast Guard. Located in New London, Connecticut, it is the smallest of the five federal service academies...