Northern University High School

Laboratory school in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States

Northern University High School

Address

1901 Campus Street

Cedar Falls

Iowa

United States

Information
Type| Laboratory school
Established| 1954
Closed| 2012
Color(s)| Orange and Black
Mascot| Panther
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.

## Athletics

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* Basketball
* 2008 IHSAA Boys' Class 1A State Champions
* Golf
* 2008 IHSAA Boys' class 1A State Champions
* Cross Country
* 3-times IHSAA Boys' Class 1A State Champions (1984, 1985, 2010)[1]
* Track and Field

* Iowa School of Character awards (2007 and 2008).

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

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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

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

## Scandal

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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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This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (October 2020)

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* Trev Alberts, American football player[8]
* Annabeth Gish, American actress[8]
* Vivek Goyal, American engineering professor, author, and inventor[8]
* Gary Kroeger, American actor
* Ras Smith, American politician

## References

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1. ^ "2023 Record BookCross Country" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. June 17, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
2. ^ Sullivan, Jim (June 3, 2009). "Aldrich was more than just a coach". Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier. Cedar Falls, IA.
3. ^ "Cyber Defense Competitions - Information Assurance Center Wiki". Iowa State University Information Assurance Center Wiki. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014 - via www.iac.iastate.edu.
4. ^ "Hall of Fame | ISEAGE Cyber Defense Competitions". ISEAGE Cyber Defense Competitions. Iowa State University Information Assurance Center. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
5. ^ "All-State Music Festival Results". Northern University High School. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012.
6. ^ Christensen, Emily; Reinitz, Jeff (April 8, 2010). "Nine parents face charges in Price Lab tuition probe". Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier. Cedar Falls, IA.
7. ^ Hinz, Tina (April 9, 2010). "UPDATE: GOP questions timing of charges against Kerry Burt". Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, IA.
8. ^ a b c Northern University High School (January 1, 1988). "1988 Reach for the Stars". Malcolm Price Laboratory School Yearbooks.

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