Were you at Northland during the 2010 school year? Just 15 years ago, the US population was 308,745,538 people and the average life expectancy was 78.7 years. The median household income was $49,578 and the average new home cost $221,900. A gallon of gasoline was $2.79, a gallon of milk would cost you $3.32 and eggs were $1.66 a dozen.
At the academy Awards, do you remember the movie that took four Oscars home? Among them – Best Actor (Colin Firth) and the statue for Best Picture. Whose “speech” was it that won four of it’s twelve nominations? Other winners that night included Natalie Portman, Best Actress for “The Black Swan.” “The Fighter” took both best supporting Actor (Christian Bale) and Best Supporting Actress (Melissa Leo). The top grossing Movies were “Toy Story 3” and “Alice in Wonderland.”
The top rated television shows were “American Idol” and “Dancing with the Stars.” The Emmy award for best drama went to “Mad Men” and the best comedy went to “Modern Family”. Best actor in a drama went to Brian Cranston for “Breaking Bad” and Kyra Sedgwick took the best actress in a drama for her role in “The Closer”. Best Actress in a Comedy went to Edie Falco for “Nurse Jackie” and Best Actor in a Comedy was won by Jim Parsons for “The Big Bang Theory.”
At the American Music Awards, the album of the year was “My World 2.0” from Justin Beiber. Additionally, he won the Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist. Lady Gaga was the winner of the Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist. A young lady won the favorite Country Female Artist award. (Hint-she just got engaged to an NFL football player ~ do you know her name?)
In the world of sports, the OSU Buckeyes won the Rose Bowl and the New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl XLIV. In the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers took home the crown, the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup and the San Francisco Giants won the World Series. To see what else was going on in the world during 2010 click the link below.
What was going on at Northland in the 2009-2010 school year? Without a doubt, one thing dominated the year and that was Basketball, and more specifically Jared Sullinger. Not only was the boys varsity basketball team ranked the number one team in the nation by USA Today. Jared and his father, Coach Satch Sullinger, also had the honor of being the first father/son duo named Naismith National Player and National Coach of the year.
There was more than Basketball happening at Northland, Kevin Ferguson and Tiaira Turner were crowned Homecoming King and Queen
and the Stem Club competed in its second straight National Competition.
The Viking Marching band had the honor of marching in Ohio Stadium and the Drama department put on 4 plays “Check Please”, “Rumors”, “Up the Down Staircase”, and You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”.
The students of Northland High also continued the tradition of giving with Drama department collecting over 1000 pounds of food for local food pantries and art students auctioning off their works to raise money for Partners in Conservation.
But of course, student life at NHS didn’t take a backseat to anything…
Current NHSAF Members can check out the 2010 Yearbook and all the other years we have by clicking this link