Northside High School (Columbus, Georgia)
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Northside High School is a public high school
High school
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 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
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 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
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, engineering design, architecture
Architecture
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, and information technology
Information technology
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.

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 Decathlon
United 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
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; DECA
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; Dinner Theater
Dinner theater
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; 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
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; Math Team; Mock Trial
Mock trial
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; Model United Nations
Model United Nations
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; Mu Alpha Theta
Mu Alpha Theta
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; National Honor Society
National Honor Society
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; National Technical Honor Society
National Technical Honor Society
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; Northside Annual; Northside Newspaper; Northside Singers; One Act Play
One act play
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; 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 2008

Michael Cousins - United States Air Force Academy
United States Air Force Academy
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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
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