NHS 40th logoThis year NHS is celebrating it’s 40th Anniversary. For the next 40 weeks we will unveil 40 interesting Northfield history facts. All of them were pulled for the Northfield News. Some are of major events and some are just fun! We hope you enjoy this series and remember you make history happen every day!

With its attendance rapidly growing, the Northfield High School was able to organize an orchestra on February 1, 1890. Total school attendance had just reached sixty-five, and the orchestra was comprised of eight students on as many instruments.