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{{Short description|High school in Commerce Township, Oakland County, Michigan}}
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{{Infobox school
 | name                    = Walled Lake Northern High School
 | established             = 2002
 | city                    = [[Commerce Township, Michigan|Commerce Township]]
 | state                   = [[Michigan]]
 | country                 = [[United States]]
 | coordinates             = {{Coord|42.61|-83.5|type:edu_region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                  = Suburban
 | type                    = Public High School
 | affiliation             = [[Kensington Lakes Activities Association]]
 | principal               = Gregory Diamond
 | students                = 1,457 (2023–2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2635160&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=263516001289|title=Walled Lake Northern High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=February 8, 2025}}</ref>
 | ratio                   = 21.84<ref name=NCES/>
 | teaching_staff          = 66.70 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
 | grades                  = 9-12
 | address                 = 6000 Bogie Lake Road
 | district                = [[Walled Lake Consolidated Schools]]
 | feeders                 = C H Smart Middle School<br />Walnut Creek Middle School
 | accreditation           = [[North Central Association of Colleges and Schools]]<ref name="NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement">{{cite web|url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/? |title=NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement |access-date=2010-02-17 |author=NCA-CASI |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315213852/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/? |archive-date=March 15, 2010 }}</ref>
 | mascot                  = Knights<ref name=colors/>
 | colors                  = Maroon, silver and black<br>{{color box|maroon}} {{color box|silver}} {{color box|black}} <ref name=colors>{{Cite web|title=Walled Lake Northern High School|url=https://www.mhsaa.com/schools/walledlakenorthern|access-date=2024-04-02|website=Michigan High School Athletic Association|language=en-US}}</ref>
 | rivals                  = [[Walled Lake Central High School|Walled Lake Central]]<br />[[Walled Lake Western]]
 | website                 = {{URL|www.wlcsd.org/Northern.cfm}}
}}

{{Infobox High school student assessments in Michigan
| year = 2021–22
| M-STEP Advanced = 15.1 / 15.7
| M-STEP Proficient = 28.4 / 28.9
| M-STEP PR Proficient = 16.5 / 38.4
| M-STEP Not Proficient = 40.0 / 17.0
| PSAT Total = 
| SAT Total = 1020.2
| SAT Total change = -76.2
| ref = <ref name="misd">{{cite web |url=https://www.mischooldata.org/annual-education-report-1/ |title=MI School Data Annual Education Report|publisher=MI School Data|access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref>
| change ref = <ref name="misd" />
}}

'''Walled Lake Northern''' (WLN) is a [[public high school]] in the [[Walled Lake Consolidated School District]], located in [[Commerce Township, Michigan]] in [[Greater Detroit]].<ref name=Comtwp>"[http://www.commercetwp.com/sites/default/files/ZoningMapEffective6-23-10_11x17.pdf Zoning Map]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120911052812/http://www.commercetwp.com/sites/default/files/ZoningMapEffective6-23-10_11x17.pdf Map]) Commerce Township, Michigan. Retrieved on November 8, 2012.</ref> It was completed in April, 2003 by TMP Associates, Inc. at a cost of $67.5 million.  The school serves 1612 students.

==About==

The school contains academic, athletic, technological, and performing [[arts]] facilities.  The academic wings of the school surround the Media Center, and follow a loop pattern. The school has main and an auxiliary gym, an indoor [[swimming pool]], as well as an upstairs indoor track.  The football field contains a home grandstand, two concession stands, and a [[Fieldturf]] football field. The [[Track and field athletics|track]] is a full quarter mile, and is set parallel from the football field. In addition, there are tennis courts, a lacrosse field, four baseball fields, and a full practice football field.

The fine and performing arts wing of the school contains two computer labs (1 [[Computer-aided design|CAD]]), two art rooms, and a [[technology]] lab.  One of the art rooms contains a [[kiln]] and a dark room.   The [[School band|band]], [[orchestra]], and [[choir]] rooms have full sound systems, projector screens, and full acoustic design implemented in the ceilings and walls. The auditorium seats approximately one thousand people and includes a second story balcony for additional seating. As of 2011, its mascot officially became a Jolly Knight. Before then, the school alternated between using images of a Jolly Knight and a chess Knight for its mascot imagery.

==History==
When Walled Lake Northern opened in August, 2002, only one half of the school was accessible to students.  The Gym, Pool, Auditorium, and Fine arts wing were still under construction throughout the 2002–03 school year.<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FA55F04DA0DDDB0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Walled Lake school to expand]." ''[[The Detroit News]]''. April 8, 2003. Retrieved on June 19, 2013. ID: det16141029. "For half a year, Walled Lake Northern High School has been half a school. Freshmen and sophomores, brought here by a redistricting process that split many of them from friends, could only watch as workmen traipsed in and out of the blocked-off back half of their brand-new school. Behind a temporary wall, contractors were putting together those places that, for many students, are what makes school special: A new pool. A fitness room. A large basketball court. Art,[...]"</ref>

==Notable alumni==
*[[Connor Hellebuyck]] - Ice hockey goaltender for the [[Winnipeg Jets]], [[Mike Richter Award]] and [[Vezina Trophy]] winner
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{{Commerce Township, Michigan}}
{{Oakland County, Michigan High Schools}}
{{Kensington Lakes Activities Association}}

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[[Category:Public high schools in Michigan]]
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[[Category:High schools in Oakland County, Michigan]]
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