Northern University High School

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Northern University High School
Address
1901 Campus Street

,
United States
Information
Type Laboratory school
Established1954
Closed2012
Color(s)Orange and Black
MascotPanther
Affiliation North Iowa Cedar-East Conference
Website www.uni.edu/iowa-rds

Northern University High School was a small high school in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States, run by the University of Northern Iowa. It comprised grades 9-12 of the Pk-12 Malcolm Price Laboratory School. It closed in July 2012 under controversy and university budget cuts, and was mostly demolished in June 2013, save for the athletics Wing, part of which was re-purposed into the UNI Childhood Development center, previously housed in the building's east wing.

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Athletics

In earlier years, the school was known for football, for 21 years under coach John Aldrich (1955–1976). Playing the single-wing offense, the team compiled a 120–49 record under Coach Aldrich, who was a member of the Iowa High School Coaches Hall of Fame. [2]

Information Technology

Northern University won multiple Information Technology competitions in the Cyber Defense category. In 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 the school won first place in the Cyber Defense category of the IT-Olympics held at Iowa State University. [3] [4]

Fine arts

Despite its small size, students from Northern University High School were consistently accepted into the Iowa All State Orchestra, Band and Choir. [5]

Scandal

The school became a subject of controversy in July 2009 after local media agencies reported that nine families had defrauded the school in order to receive discounted tuition. [6] One person implicated in this scandal is Iowa State Representative Kerry Burt. [7]

Notable alumni

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