Northport Public School

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Northport Public School is a K-12 public school in Northport, Michigan, located at 104 Wing Street. It is one of seven high schools in Leelanau County. The K-12 enrollment is approximately 150 students. Northport is located in the Northport Public Schools school district. Northport offers classes for students in grades kindergarten - 12. Additionally, students are given the option to dual enroll and attend classes at Northwestern Michigan College or the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District. In addition to the dual enrollment program, AP Biology and English classes are offered.Extracurricular activitiesYouth Advisory Council is a student group organized under the Leelanau Township Community Foundation. Through a matching grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, YAC was created to offer young students the opportunity to volunteer and learn about philanthropy. The Youth Advisory Council recommends grants to the Leelanau Township Community Foundation, where the grant is either approved or denied by the board.Art Attack is new to Northport as of 2011. It is the after school Art Club where the students spend time fundraising to go on trips to New York, Grand Rapids, and San Francisco. Its fundraisers are all art-related.Fine artsNorthport has a high school and middle school drama program that each put on two shows a year. The performances are free to the public and are held in the school's auditorium, which seats close to 400 people. There is a fall and spring production. Recently the high school, under the direction of teacher Donna Wilson, produced "The Magician's Nephew", "Bye Bye Birdie", "1984" and "Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily". The middle has also been a part of theater, putting on shows such as "Anne Frank and Me" in 2010.