North Side High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

North Side High School
Location
475 East State Blvd. Fort Wayne , Allen County , Indiana 46805 United States
Coordinates	41°5′49.85″N 85°8′7.73″W
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1927
School district	Fort Wayne Community Schools
Principal	David West
Faculty	86.92 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,474 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.96[1]
Color(s)
Team name	Legends (formerly known as Redskins) [2]
Website	northside.fortwayneschools.org

North Side High School is a secondary school in the Fort Wayne school system, serving the north central neighborhoods of Fort Wayne.

History

A postcard depicting North Side, circa 1930–1945.

Designed by noted architect Charles R. Weatherhogg (1872–1937) and established 1927, North Side High School has been dedicated to giving the best education available. Recently, it has had a massive renovation to accommodate the growing number of students expected to attend in coming years.

Gym

North Side High School Gym was an indoor gymnasium in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It hosted the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons from 1941 until they moved to the newly constructed 10,000-seat War Memorial Coliseum in 1952.^[3] The gymnasium held near 3,000 people and hosted games through 2004 when the school was renovated. The teams at North Side now play in a new gym, By Hey Arena, and the old facility was transformed into the school's library in the renovation.^[4]

Notable alumni

• Bill Boedeker, NFL Halfback
• William F. Borgmann, lineman for the national champion 1932 and 1933 Michigan Wolverines football teams
• Keion Brooks Jr., American basketball player
• Bob Cowan, NFL Halfback
• Louis Edward Curdes, WWII flying ace^[5]
• Roberto Fortes, Angolan basketball player
• Paul Helmke, Former Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Dick Hickox, All-American college basketball player (University of Miami)^[6]
• Zach McKinstry, American baseball player
• Gray Morrow, American illustrator
• Amanda Perez, American R&B singer-songwriter
• Jeanette Reibman, Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Graham Richard, former mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Drake Hogestyn, Actor, notably John Black on Days of Our Lives

See also

• List of high schools in Indiana
• Summit Athletic Conference
• Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Fort Wayne Daisies

References

1. "North Side High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
2. "North Side Athletics - Home". Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
3. Reichard, Kevin. "The Detroit Pistons and the Journey to Little Caesars Arena", Arena Digest, September 20, 2017. Accessed January 31, 2024. "In those early NBL days, the Zollner Pistons played out of Fort Wayne’s North Side High School Gym. But the Fort Wayne Pistons outgrew that 3,000-seat high-school gym (which was later repurposed into a library, still standing), and the team’s success led to the construction of Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in 1952. Seating over 10,000 for basketball, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum also hosted pro hockey (indeed, the original Fort Wayne Komets launched in the IHL in 1952, though the present Komets franchise dates back only to 1990) and still is a community resource, hosting the aforementioned Komets as well as G-League basketball."
4. "Exploring great Indiana high school gyms", Indianapolis Star, August 10, 2016, updated March 2, 2023. Accessed January 31, 2024. "The By Hey Arena at Fort Wayne North Side was named for Byard Hey, former coach at North Side for 31 years. The gym was dedicated in 2004. The former gymnasium hosted the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons until 1952. That gym was repurposed into the school's library."
5. "Louis E. Curdes: The American Pilot Who Shot Down an American Plane". TheCollector. 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
6. "Dick Hickox Indiana Basketball HOF profile". hoopshall.com. Retrieved 2023-08-06.

External links

• North Side High School