CRN Celebrates 50 Years

By Marissa Cohen
 
This year at North has been more special than ever as students and teachers alike come together to celebrate North’s 50th anniversary. As crazy as it may sound, this building has been standing since 1969 with not many renovations since then. While it may seem cheesy to celebrate a school’s 50th anniversary, it’s important to recognize and celebrate the history that’s led to where North is now as a school and as a community. Furthermore, these celebrations can bring students closer to some of North’s alumni and give them an insight on how things used to be.

Throughout the school year, different clubs and honors societies have been celebrating North’s 50th anniversary in many different ways. These celebrations kicked off in the beginning of the school year, during grade-level assemblies. In these assemblies, Mrs. McCarthy handed out phone wallets featuring our school’s unique hexagon windows and announced that all year, students and teachers would be planning activities to celebrate this anniversary.

After that, the junior class hosted the first official Council Rock North Homecoming with the theme of North through the ages, paying homage to the 50th anniversary. The student government hung pictures of alumni and teachers from 1969 to the present down the hallways for everyone to see as they walked in. Some of these pictures can still be found in the frames across from the attendance office. 

After Homecoming, anniversary celebrations slowed down for a bit as some clubs and honors societies began to prepare for the rest of the year. One organization that’s working on the 50th anniversary is Rho Kappa, the social studies honors society. In the beginning of the year, administration asked Rho Kappa to plan some of the 50th anniversary celebrations as a part of their yearly activities and so far everything has been going really well.

The biggest project Rho Kappa has taken on is researching and creating a brochure outlining the past 50 years at North, including famous alumni, important dates and changes to the school, and more. Students have been working on this for a while and it will be available soon.

However, if you want to know more about North’s history before then, check out some of the old yearbooks on display in the library. These yearbooks go all the way back to the 1960s, making it easy to trace North’s unique history.

Another effort some students are making is to try and get in touch with as many alumni as possible. It’s a great way for students and teachers alike to see not only what’s changed, but what’s stayed the same over the past 50 years. From brochures to dances to interviews, North’s 50th anniversary celebrations in the first half of the year have brought people closer to the history of not only this building but also the people who have passed through it just like students today. Hopefully, the excitement and energy surrounding North’s 50th anniversary will continue through the rest of the school year. 

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