The story of Newton High School:

Newton High Shool was built at the corner of Walnut and Elm Streets in Newtonville in 1859. In 1874 an addition was built. There were only 2 curricula - college and non-college, with most of the resources aimed at college bound students. Gradually experiments with business education subjects were introduced, but it was only in the 20th century that real vocational courses would flower. In 1897 the high school was rebuilt to include laboratories, lecture hall, library, assembly hall for 900 and about 30 classrooms. In 1905 the Technical High School was built on the opposite side of Elm Street from what was then known as the Classical High School. Around 1923 the two high schools merged under one name, Newton High School. In 1927 a third building was built to house an auditorium suitable for dramatic performances, and a gymnasium with showers and locker rooms. By 1930 a stadium was opened and named in honor of Alfred W. Dickinson. After World War II a Junior College was established within Newton High School, but declining enrollment showed that the college needed to create a separate identity, so it moved to the former Claflin School building. Buildings I, II, and III were connected to each other via a series of maintenance tunnels.. The new Newton North High School opened for classes in September 2010.

House system

The school is divided into administrative units called "Houses". Each has its own office, secretary, and Dean (formerly "Housemaster"), who deals with administrative and disciplinary matters for house students. The House system was designed to provide better communication, distributed administration, more personal attention to individuals, a smaller peer group for students, more practical social events, and intra-house athletic teams. The houses are Adams, Barry, Beals and Riley, with each year group occupying one house. In the period of its largest population (≈3,000 students in the 1960s and later), there were six houses – the two additional houses being Bacon and Palmer – which also contained student common rooms and teachers' lounges. Originally, students in the same class were broken up into different houses; now the four houses correspond to the four grade levels. Students remain in the same house throughout their four years at Newton North. Houses are named for notable former principals, such as J.N. Beals and E.D. Adams.

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In celebration of our 50th year anniversary, The Reunion Committee produced an updated Reunion Edition Yearbook with current photos and stories submitted by classmates in 2023 which you can see here

To view the original Yearbook, click here Newtonian 1973 Yearbook 

1973 Yearbook courtesy of Newton Free Library