Northland High School Alumni Foundation

May 2024 Valhalla Newsletter

Website: www.northlandhigh.com

Hello Northland Alumni and Friends,

NHS VIKING WELLNESS CENTER

Calling all alumni! NHS is looking to build a new student wellness center!

Coming out of the pandemic, NHS realized the need to support students in all aspects - not just coaching them at sports but helping them personally as well. This center will develop a positive health aspect with teams and peer relationships. It will give students a competitive advantage against other schools with improvements made to the exercise and weight rooms.

Your Alumni Foundation is trying to help by raising $15,000 for this facility. This is only NHSAF's portion towards the larger total needed for this important project.

Join other donors to be listed in our donation section for this fundraising project

Viking Green - Donations of $100 - $499

Viking Gold - Donations of $500 or more

Make a donation by clicking this link, Donate. Click the PayPal button on the right side of the page that opens.

If you prefer, checks made out to NHSAF, with Wellness Center in the memo, can be mailed to

NHSAF   PO Box 1894   Westerville, OH   43086 

Need more information? Check out our flyer HERE

NHSAF GOLF OUTING

The NHSAF Alumni Golf Outing is Saturday, June 22nd at Village View Golf Course in Croton. Don't miss this fun day out on the golf course looking for your golf ball.

Put together a foursome with your friends, family and other alumni to help support your Alma Mater. Or, support the event by becoming a hole sponsor. Sponsors will be recognized on the course and at other events. Proceeds go towards programs for the students at NHS. We appreciate all the continued support and involvement of our golfers and sponsors. Click the link below for all the details.

2024 NHSAF Golf Outing Flyer 

All Fees are due by June 14, 2024

SCHEDULE OF UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, May14 , 2024 6:30pm - NHSAF Monthly Meeting at NHS, 1919 Northcliff Dr, Columbus, OH 43229 (Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month)

Friday, May 24, 2024 4:00pm - Fourth Friday - visit with alumni who gather at Gabby's on Tamarack Circle (first gathering of the summer)

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 6:30pm - NHSAF Monthly Meeting at Flannagan's (Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month)

Saturday, June 22, 2024 Shotgun start time 9:00am - NHSAF Viking Golf Outing at Village View Golf Course in Croton, Ohio

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 6:30pm - NHSAF Monthly Meeting at Quaker Steak and Lube (Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month) 

Saturday, August 3, 2024 7:00pm - NHSAF Annual All-Class Reunion at Flannagan's in Dublin, Ohio

Friday, August 23, 2024 7:00pm - NHSAF Alumni Gathering Game (Northland vs Walnut Ridge at NHS) Tailgate 6:00pm ~ 50th Anniversary honorees: NHS Class of 1974

Sunday, September 22, 2024 Noon to 4:00pm - NHSAF Classic Car and Motorcycle Show at Quaker Steak & Lube Polaris Parkway.

Monday, March 24, 2025 to Friday March 28, 2025 - NHSAF Alumni Cruise to the Bahamas. See Details here

NHSAF 2024 Monthly Summer meetings will be on Tuesdays at 6:30pm: June 11 at Flannagan's, July 9 at Quaker Steak and Lube, August 13 at Massey's Pizza. We hope you'll come to share your ideas.

*We will have additional detailed information on 2024-2025 events in future newsletters.

Also see the Recurring Events tab on the NHSAF Website for yearly events, or check out our Facebook Page for additional information.

CATCHING UP WITH THE VIKINGS.

NHSAF is sponsoring a new series, "Catching Up with the Vikings". It features an NHS alumnus every few months and showcases their achievements and stories of inspiration.

The third edition of the series features Jelanah Cheatham,  NHS class of 2014. Our Viking went on to graduate from the University of Cincinnati in 2019 and earned her degree in engineering.

Check out her interview by clicking the link below. 

Catching Up with the Vikings - Jelanah Cheatham  

To see all of our past episodes click HERE

NHS FLASHBACK... 1989

Were you at Northland during the 1989 school year? Back then, 35 years ago, the US population was 246,819,230 and the average life expectancy was 75.1 years. The median household income was $28,906 and the average new home cost $148,800. A gallon of gasoline cost you $1.12 to get to the grocery store to buy a gallon of milk ($2.34) along with a dozen eggs ($0.96), all totaling less than $3.50. A postage stamp was only $0.25.

At the Academy Awards, the "Oscar" winner for Best Actor was Daniel Day-Lewis ("My Left Foot"), and Jessica Tandy ("Driving Miss Daisy") won for Best Actress. What movie won Best Picture for producers Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck? Oliver Stone won Best Director for "Born on the Fourth of July" and the two top money making movies were "Batman" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

The top rated television show was "Roseanne," with "The Cosby Show" second. The Emmy Award for best Drama went to "L.A. Law," the best comedy award was won by "Murphy Brown" and the award for best variety show was won by "In Living Color."

Over at the Grammy's, album of the year was "Nick of Time" by Bonnie Raitt, who also won Best Pop and Rock Female Vocal. Bette Midler won Record and Song of the Year with "Wind Beneath My Wings", while the Billboard top song was "When I See You Smile" by Bad English.

In the world of sports, the San Francisco Forty-Niners won Super Bowl XXIV, the Calgary Flames won the Stanley Cup, the Detroit Pistons won the NBA championship and the Oakland A's won the World Series. The winner of the 115th running of the Kentucky Derby was a colt named Sunday Silence, who also went on to win The Preakness but fell short of the Triple Crown when he was bested by Easy Goer. (That horse won it by 8 lengths!)  To see what else was going on in the world during 1989 click the link below.  

1989 Flashback

What was happening back at old Northland High in 1989? Well the 88'-89' school year saw former vice principal, Robert Stamps return to Northland, this time as Principal Stamps. The drama department put on two plays, "California Suite" and "Ordinary People" and also entertained students throughout the school for 5 minutes in the mornings before homeroom with episodes of the student written and produced soap opera "The Morning Show."

Shelly Graves and David Dennis were voted Homecoming Queen and King. And as for sports, well, let's just say 1989 was a rebuilding year for many of our teams. To see some pictures of what else was going on at Northland in 1989 head on over to our website by clicking the link below. 

NHS Flashback... 1989 

YOU ARE INVITED

Interested in getting involved, or just learning more about what our organization does? Our next NHSAF monthly organization meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 at Northland High School, 1919 Northcliff Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43229. Meetings start at 6:30pm

Alma Mater:

Northland we will all be true. Hearts unite in song for you. Wave we high the green and gold. Mem'ries last 'tho years will roll. Lives are molded by your frame. Loyalty is not in vain. Echo back the proud reply, we are for you old Northland High.

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