Fargo North High School, more commonly known in the district as Fargo North or North High, is a public high school located in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. It currently serves over 900 students in grades 9–12 and is a part of the Fargo Public Schools system. The official school colors are navy blue and gold, and its mascot is the Spartans. History North High is the oldest existing high school in Fargo after its predecessor, Fargo Central High School, was destroyed in a fire in 1966. Over the following decades, the building was expanded several times. The most recent expansion was completed in 2006 when a new wing was added to the southeast part of the building to accommodate freshmen after Fargo Public Schools relocated them from the nearby Ben Franklin Jr. High School (now Ben Franklin Middle School). Athletics Fargo North is a part of the North Dakota High School Activities Association and has won championships in a number of sports: Hockey-2012 Music The music department of Fargo North consists of three concert bands, one jazz band, two concert choirs, one jazz choir, two concert orchestras, and one symphony orchestra. Choir There are four choirs offered at Fargo North: a treble choir (formerly known as the women's choir), a mixed choir, a concert choir, and the 19th Avenue Jazz Choir. The jazz choir is the only one joined by audition and also includes two sound technicians. Female freshmen take part in the treble choir, and female upperclassmen may as well if they so choose. The mixed choir features freshman boys and all sophomore students. The concert choir is where the majority of juniors and seniors sing. The choirs are conducted by Eric Saari. Band The band program is for all grades, with a mixed junior-senior band. There are two jazz bands, one by audition and the other open. Band students frequently participate in pep band during sporting events. The freshman, junior/senior, and audition jazz bands are conducted by Kelsey Dragosavich and the sophomore and open jazz bands are conducted by Greg Calrow. Orchestra There are three string orchestras: one featuring freshman, known as the Spartan orchestra, another for students in grades 10–12, known as the symphony orchestra, and an audition group for all grades, known as the chamber orchestra. The chamber orchestra rehearses on their own time after school hours as a small group of highly dedicated musicians.