North High is the oldest existing high school in Fargo after its predecessor, Fargo Central High School, was destroyed in a fire in 1966. Over the following decades, the building was expanded several times. The most recent expansion was completed in 2006 when a new wing was added to the southeast part of the building to accommodate freshmen after Fargo Public Schools relocated them from the nearby Ben Franklin Jr. High School.
State Class 'A' Volleyball: 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999
State Class 'A' Boys' Track and Field: 1967
State Class 'A' Baseball: 2002
State Girls' Tennis: 2000
State Boys' Tennis: 1977, 1978
State Class 'A' Boys' Cross Country: 1970, 1971
Music
The music department of Fargo North consists of three concert bands, one jazz band, two concert choirs, one jazz choir, two concert orchestras, and one symphony orchestra.
Choir
There are four choirs offered at Fargo North: a treble choir, a mixed choir, a concert choir, and the 19th Avenue Jazz Choir. The jazz choir is the only one joined by audition and also includes two sound technicians. Female freshmen take part in the treble choir, and female upperclassmen may as well if they so choose. The mixed choir features freshman boys and all sophomore students. The concert choir is where the majority of juniors and seniors sing. The choirs are conducted by Shelley Zietz.
Band
The band program is for all grades, with a mixed junior-senior band. There are two jazz bands, one by audition and the other open. Band students frequently participate in pep band during sporting events. The freshman, junior/senior, and audition jazz bands are conducted by Kelsey Dragosavich and the sophomore and open jazz bands are conducted by Greg Calrow.
Orchestra
There are three string orchestras: one featuring freshman, known as the Spartan orchestra, another for students in grades 10–12, known as the symphony orchestra, and an audition group for all grades, known as the chamber orchestra. The chamber orchestra rehearses on their own time after school hours as a small group of highly dedicated musicians. Occasionally, the orchestra is joined by band students playing woodwind, brass, percussion, and sometimes, although seldom, voice accompaniment from the choir. The orchestras are conducted by Greg Schultz.
Theatre
Fargo North Theatre consists of three different levels of performing arts: the International Thespian Society, an independent tech crew, and the Performing Arts class. There are three main shows a year - a musical in the fall, a one-act play in the winter in competition for the North Dakota One-Act Festival, and a straight show in May. Fargo North also has an improv group, the Improvinati, which puts on performances monthly. Since 2004, the theatre department has been directed by Thomas Gillen.
