North Side High School (Jackson, Tennessee)

For schools of the same name, see Northside High School (disambiguation).

North Side High School
Location
Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.
Information
Type	Public
Established	1943
Superintendent	Dr. Nancy Zambito
Principal	Jan Watson
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1015
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Blue, Gold
Athletics conference	Football - 4A Region 7 Other sports - AA Region 7 District 14
Mascot	Indian
Website	http://www.jmcss.net/nshs/nshs/

North Side High School is one of the five public high schools in the city of Jackson, Tennessee (the others being South Side High School, Jackson Central-Merry High School, Liberty Technology Magnet High School, Madison Academic Magnet High School). Within the state, the school is commonly known as Jackson North Side.

History

In 1943, what is now called the South Building was completed and North Side was formed with the consolidation of Huntersville, Pope, Fairview, Browns Church, and Spring Creek schools. In 1972, the football stadium was completed. East High consolidated with North Side in 1970, and Beech Bluff in 1977. In 1992, Jackson City and Madison County school systems were combined. In that year, the Tech Prep Center (middle building) was completed, and the following year the Fine Arts Building was completed.

School Mascot

The school mascot is an Indian, but it is also known as a Warrior. The school colors are blue and gold. The stadium is also known as "The Reservation."

Organizations

• Academic Decathlon, ended in the 2010-2011 school year
• Beta Club
• Future Farmers of America
• Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
• Key Club
• Health Occupation Students of America
• Mu Alpha Theta
• Air Force JROTC
• Spanish Club
• Skills USA
• Drama Club
• Creative Writers

Athletics

North Side High School participates in the following sports:

• Soccer (Men's/Women's)
• Golf
• Cheerleading
• Baseball
• Softball
• Football
• Basketball (Men's/Women's)
• Cross Country
• Volleyball
• Tennis
• Track

North Side High School is the home of boys state basketball championship teams and all time leading scorer Leshun Holmes (2,386 points)and former Ole Miss star, Marcus Hicks, 2nd all time leading scorer (2,024 points). They are the only two players to have scored 2,000 points and have jerseys retired at North Side High School. Other notable basketball alumni are Richard and Reginald Delk (nephews of NBA great, Tony Delk) and Drew Woods, a 3-time NAIA All-American at Bethel College (Tennessee) who was selected in the 2006 NBA Development League Draft.

From 2003-2007, the women's basketball team at North Side made 4 straight state tournaments with key players like Sha Brooks, Danielle Spencer, Gwen Delk, LaVanda Ross, Sequoyah Cliff, and Amber Penn. Out of those tournaments they made the championship only once.

In men's soccer, North Side was the first public school, from Jackson, Tennessee, to make the Class AA state soccer tournament. They lost to Chattanooga Christian in the quarterfinals 3-2.

External links

• School Website
• School Calendar