Fast Facts 

Principal: John Colclough

College Access Coordinator: Holly Guss

   919-560-3956 x56175

Address: 117 Tom Wilkinson Rd.  Durham  NC 27712

Map

Phone : 919-560-3956

Fax : 919-479-3001

Hours of Operation : 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Office Hours :  7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Enrollment : 1633

Traditional High School

  4 x 4 Block Schedule

All visitors must report

 to the Main Office  



 

Media Fast Facts 

Hours:  7:00-3:30 M-F

Staff:  

    Esther Cooper

    Ruth Key

    Lori Colyer 


Our Mission

Northern High School strives to ensure that students achieve at their highest potential, regardless of gender, ethnicity, ability, or socio-economic status. Our mission is to provide a safe environment for learning where every student makes continuous progress and is prepared for a productive future.


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Media Center


 

Welcome to the Northern High School Media

Center!


It's a great place to start!!! 


 

KNOWLEDGE is POWER!

 

What POWER do you want TODAY?

 

POWER to find Northern Media Center’s Materials

·         Northern's Online Catalog

 

POWER to efficiently search the Internet

·         Which Search Tool should I use for the Information I need?

·         WebPath Express (very best research sites selected by experts)

·         Ask.com

 

POWER to find Information

·         Durham County Library Online Catalog

·         Bloom's Literary Reference Online

·         Facts on File Issues and Controversies 

·         Magazine & Newspaper Articlesthrough NCWiseOwl

·         Grolier Online Encyclopedia through NCWiseOwl 

·         World Book Online

·         Lands and People (country studies) through NCWiseOwl

·         NC Wise Owl

·         Information Please

·         How Not to Plagiarize

 

POWER to find Lexiled/Measured Reading

·         Lexile site

·         Gale's Science Resource Center

·         Grolier Online

·         EBSCO through NCLive

·         NovelList

 

NC River Basins site