"We wish to form a colony of intelligent industrious and enterprising people so that each one's industry will help to promote his neighbor's interests, as well as his own."

John W. North, 1870

• Born January 4, 1815, Sand Lake, New York
• Died February 22, 1890, buried in Riverside
• Teacher
• Committed to free education for all
• Anti-slavery debater
• Lawyer, judge
• Married Ann Loomis
• Fathered six children
• Moved to Riverside Sept. 18, 1870
• Found the area to be a "forbidden place" with a few adobe huts
• Opened the first square mile of Riverside
• Completed the irrigation canal in Riverside
• Story of his life, his letters, and memories are part of the collection in the Huntington Library, San Marino
• His biography is John Wesley North and the Reform Frontier by Merlin Stonehouse

• Located in Riverside, a residential suburban community with a population of 254,000, 55 miles east of Los Angeles
• Committed to serving "one community... diverse, challenged, prepared"When ranked with similar schools by the California Department of Education, North scores a perfect "10"
• Accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges. 2000-2006
• Authorized to award the International Baccalaureate Diploma and certificates
• Serves a socio-economically and ethnically diverse group of over 2,400 students
• Offers numerous co-curricular and extra-curricular programs
• Highly competitive athletic programs
• Highly competent and caring staff
• Highest University of California going rate of any high school in Riverside County
• Increased number of North graduates enter Riverside Community College
• Home to three California Partnership Academics: Education & Human Services and Global Business Information & Technology Home to AVID college preparatory program for underrepresented and or economically disadvantaged students.