North High School
Class of 1966

In Memory of

North High Class of ’66

"50 Year" Reunion News ………

Day 1:  Friday, August 26, 2016:  Richfield American Legion  65^th & Portland Ave. S.

Options for everyone: casual conversation in reserved room starts at 5 pm;  music & dancing in club area at 8 pm (“Tamarak”)

Day 2:  Saturday, August 27, 2016:  Bloomington DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton

Highways  494 & 100   Bloomington, MN   (site of prior reunion)

Great conversation before and after dinner; cash bar available; brief program; classmate memorial; etc.

For more information visit the Class of 66 fabulous website at:  www.nhs66.com

Contact us for details… to register… or to share information helpful in locating classmates…

Terry Tompkins (612-922-9448)           Carol Pagel-Haider (612-788-1700)

4536 Drew Avenue South                            2338 Roosevelt Street N.E.

Minneapolis, MN   55410                            Minneapolis, MN  55418

tpdrewcrew@gmail.com                         dhaider@isd.net

or 

Floyd Ruggles (651-777-5605)

2453 Cowern Place East

North St. Paul, MN  55109

Floyd@weststpaulantiques.com

Saturday’s Main Event:    Reception begins at 5:00 PM          Dinner served at 7:00 PM

Dinner Entree choices…………….

Choice 1:  Herb Roasted Chicken and Tarragon Au Jus, with Roasted Golden Potato; or

Choice 2: Seared Atlantic Salmon with tomato basil relish and Wild Rice Sauté

Dinner served with salad, seasonal vegetables, potato, rolls, dessert & beverage.

On request, a vegetarian alternative may be available.

For accommodations at the DoubleTree: contact the reservation line at  1-800-222-TREE

Or call the hotel’s direct number: 952-835-7800.   A block of rooms is available at $89 per night.

Door Prizes gratefully accepted

Cut or Copy and mail back ASP:

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Make all checks payable to:  "NHS Class of ‘66" .... then complete and mail this form to:

Terry Tompkins   at  4536 Drew Avenue South,  Minneapolis, MN  55410

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Special Request: On the back of this form, please list all of the jobs you have had since graduation, no matter what you did or how long you did it. Who had which jobs will not be identified.  Instead, a list of jobs held by our whole class will be compiled as a way of highlighting the contributions made by our class, the “Working Class of 66”, over the past 50 years.  Thanks!

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The Minneapolis school district is negotiating a contract with the Institute for Student Achievement to lead the hoped-for turn-around of the city's new North High School.

The New York-based nonprofit has worked with districts in Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, New York and Texas, developing new curricula for under-performing high schools that serve more than 20,000 students.

After hearing presentations from three finalists last month, a team of Minneapolis residents and district administrators selected the firm, which intends to hire a north Minneapolis resident to aid in the process.

Officials have not decided where the new North High will be located; it is scheduled to open in 2012.

Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson also extended the deadline, by four weeks, for North High supporters to recruit incoming freshmen to the current school at 1500 James Av. N. The North High Community Coalition now has until the end of April to recruit the 125 students needed to ensure a freshman class in the fall.

In the four months since the board decided to keep the school open, the coalition attracted fewer than 50 students to the school. If the target is not met, district staff will consult with the Institute for Student Achievement to determine how to proceed.

Supporters of North High School have issued a set of requests to the Minneapolis school district in hopes of propping up the 122-year-old institution while district leaders make plans for its replacement.

The North High Community Coalition e-mailed letters to school board members urging them, during Tuesday night's meeting, to restate their intent to keep North open and also to abolish the 125-student requirement to retain a freshman class next fall at the school, 1500 James Av. N.

Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson thus far has refused to budge on the freshman enrollment mandate.

Although the board will not vote on the matter Tuesday, the North High group has valid concerns, Board President Jill Davis said.

"We are committed to that high school," Davis said. "We can do better in showing it."

With more than 80 seniors set to graduate from North this year, the lack of a freshman class could speed the school's decline in enrollment, which plummeted to fewer than 280 students last fall.

Fewer students mean fewer class options and possibly fewer parents willing to commit to North in the long term, said Kale Severson, president of the North High Alumni Association.

"It could be do or die," Severson said. "That's how crucial having a freshman class could be."

Despite the struggles to recruit students to the current North, the district is moving forward with plans for a new North, set to open as a 500-student magnet school in fall 2012.

The district has not determined whether the school will be relocated; those discussions, with comments from residents and students, are to begin in several weeks, Superintendent Johnson has said.

A public meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday at North High to hear presentations from three firms bidding to lead the design process.

The group also wants the district to create an attendance zone for North, making it the default high school for neighborhood students. Under current policy, students who live nearby, even across the street from North, attend Edison or Henry high schools unless they specifically choose to enroll at North.

With Principal Birch Jones returning to retirement before the end of the school year, North's supporters also want the search for his replacement to start immediately, with the goal of hiring a new school leader before the end of March.

"It's the right thing to do," Severson said. "This community needs North High School."

We have listed the latest news headlines that include North High School. This site has been created to offer a place for NHS alumni to reconnect and share memories.

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