FOR A GIFT OF $20 OR MORE YOU
WILL RECEIVE THIS GORGEOUS
ORNAMENT AS A THANK YOU FROM
WCCO AND NORTH FURNITURE.
NORTH HIGH SCHOOL IN
MINNEAPOLIS IS HAVING QUITE A
YEAR.
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 2016
THEIR ATHLETES HAVE WON A STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
ON SATURDAY THE FOOTBALL WON
THE PREP BOWL.
THE VICTORY MADE NORTH THE
FIRST MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL
TO WIN A STATE FOOTBALL TITLE
SINCE 1977.
WCCO'S ANGELA DAVIS SHOWS US
HOW THE POLARS ARE MAKING A
COMEBACK IN MANY WAYS.
IT WAS SO EXCITING.
IT WAS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE.
Reporter: THE PRINCIPAL OF
NORTH HIGH SCHOOL SEEMS MORE
LIKE A PROUD PARENT.
I CRIED BECAUSE I WAS SO
EXCITED, AND I WAS EXCITED
BECAUSE THEY WON FOR THE NORTH
SIDE, YOU KNOW.
NORTH HIGH IS THE PRIDE OF THE
NORTH SIDE.
Reporter: IN 2010, STUDENT
ENROLLMENT AND ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE WERE SO LOW, THE
DISTRICT NEAR LECLOSED THE
SCHOOL.
BUT IN 2012 A REBUILDING
PROCESS BEGAN WITH JUST 67
STUDENTS AND ONE GRADE LEVEL.
NINTH.
WE HAD TO BORROW, BEG AND
STEAL KIDS, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO
GET KIDS TO COME TO NORTH HIGH
SCHOOL.
NOW WE GET CALLS ON A REGULAR
BLAIR SIS.
Reporter: DR. BARRY SAYS
TODAY THERE ARE MORE THAN 400
STUDENTS IN GRADES 9 THROUGH
12, AND LAST YEAR 93% OF THE
SENIORS GRADUATED.
WE ARE A FAMILY HERE AT
NORTH HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WRAP AROUND OUR KIDS.
WE KNOW OUR KIDS PERSONALLY.
Reporter: CHARLES ADAMS IS
THE FOOTBALL COACH.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE
PRIDEFUL ONCE AGAIN AND GIVE
THESE KIDS SOME ENCOURAGEMENT.
HE REINFORCES THE MESSAGE
THAT GRADES MATTER.
BEING CONSISTENT AND LETTING
THEM KNOW THAT YOUR ATHLETIC
ABILITY IS A WASTE IF YOU DON'T
HAVE TO ACADEMICALLY.
I SAY YOU GOT DO BOTH.
Reporter: ISAAC JOHNSON IS A
SENIOR ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
IT MEANS A LOT.
IT MEANS THAT WE ARE MORE THAN
JUST A BASKETBALL SCHOOL.
IT MEANS WE CAN GET IT DONE IN
ANY SPORT.
THE WHOLE CITY WAS HYPED US.
Reporter: ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO
4 NEWS.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS
LAST YEAR 100% OF NORTH HIGH
SENIORS WHO WERE IN SPORTS
GRADUATED ON TIME WITH A B
AVERAGE.
