Walled Lake Northern High School

Walled Lake Northern (WLN) is a public high school in the Walled Lake Consolidated School District, located in Commerce Township, Michigan in Greater Detroit.[3] It was completed in April, 2003 by TMP Associates, Inc. at a cost of $67.5 million. The school serves 1612 students.

Walled Lake Northern High School
Address
6000 Bogie Lake Road

Commerce Township
,
Michigan

United States
Coordinates42.61°N 83.5°W / 42.61; -83.5
Information
TypePublic High School
Established2002
School districtWalled Lake Consolidated Schools
PrincipalGregory Diamond
Faculty73.20 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Number of students1,620 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio22.13[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Maroon, Black & Silver
MascotKnight
RivalsWalled Lake Central
Walled Lake Western
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
Feeder schoolsC H Smart Middle School
Walnut Creek Middle School
AffiliationKensington Lakes Activities Association
Websitewww.wlcsd.org/Northern.cfm

About

The school contains academic, athletic, technological, and performing arts facilities. The academic wings of the school surround the Media Center, and follow a loop pattern. The school has main and an auxiliary gym, an indoor swimming pool, as well as an upstairs indoor track. The football field contains a home grandstand, two concession stands, and a Fieldturf football field. The track is a full quarter mile, and is set parallel from the football field. In addition, there are tennis courts, a lacrosse field, four baseball fields, and a full practice football field.

The fine and performing arts wing of the school contains two computer labs (1 CAD), two art rooms, and a technology lab. One of the art rooms contains a kiln and a dark room. The band, orchestra, and choir rooms have full sound systems, projector screens, and full acoustic design implemented in the ceilings and walls. The auditorium seats approximately one thousand people and includes a second story balcony for additional seating. As of 2011, its mascot officially became a Jolly Knight. Before then, the school alternated between using images of a Jolly Knight and a chess Knight for its mascot imagery.

History

When Walled Lake Northern opened in August, 2002, only one half of the school was accessible to students. The Gym, Pool, Auditorium, and Fine arts wing were still under construction throughout the 2002-03 school year.[4]

Notable alumni
gollark: If I'm actually available *on* Halloween, I'll probably just grab 6 new ones and trade them for cool stuff when they hatch.
gollark: I mean, someone *did* apparently drop a prize there...
gollark: *meanwhile, has scroll packed with eggs, hatchlings*
gollark: ... I got a dino on my CB red zyu trade.
gollark: Do you *want* a CB ice?

References
  1. "Walled Lake Northern High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  2. NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  3. "Zoning Map." (Map) Commerce Township, Michigan. Retrieved on November 8, 2012.
  4. "Walled Lake school to expand." The Detroit News. April 8, 2003. Retrieved on June 19, 2013. ID: det16141029. "For half a year, Walled Lake Northern High School has been half a school. Freshmen and sophomores, brought here by a redistricting process that split many of them from friends, could only watch as workmen traipsed in and out of the blocked-off back half of their brand-new school. Behind a temporary wall, contractors were putting together those places that, for many students, are what makes school special: A new pool. A fitness room. A large basketball court. Art,[...]"
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