Topic - Lincoln North Star High School

Lincoln North Star High School is a public secondary school located in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Lincoln North Star opened its doors in 2003 to 1,150 students, it currently has over 1900 students, and remains the newest high school in Lincoln, and is modeled the same as Lincoln Southwest High School. North Star along with Papillion-La Vista South High School, and Elkhorn South High School (both in the Omaha Metro area) are the 3 newest high schools in the state of Nebraska, with LNS and PLS opening in 2003 and ES opening in 2010. It currently is the second largest high school in Lincoln. It operates on a traditional 7-period day schedule, sometimes 8 periods for those who choose it. North Star also features a system of academies to assist students with post-secondary planning. The means to implement the academies was provided through federal and local grants. Students are able to participate in a Science and Engineering Academy, a Business and Information Technology Academy, a Law and Global Affairs Academy, a Health and Biotechnology Academy, and an Arts and Communications Academy. Additionally, all freshmen are placed in a separate academy designed to help them transition to high school. North Star was the first Lincoln high school to use this innovative system, and the program has since been expanded to the other five Lincoln public high schools in the form of Professional Learning Communities. North Star was originally supposed to be named Lincoln Northwest (Every high school in Lincoln is named after a direction depending on where they are located with the exception of Lincoln High) due to its location in Northwest Lincoln. After a student vote before the school opened, the students voted on the name North Star due to the schools location and the positive symbolism and uniqueness of the name. North Star rivals Lincoln High as the most diverse school in Lincoln, Nebraska. - Source: Wikipedia