Northeast Catholic followed the Salesian tradition, which means that "North's" priests followed in the footsteps of Saint Francis de Sales in their day-to-day actions and mission statement.

In 1928, the school newspaper, The Good News, was founded, followed by The Falcon, the North Catholic Yearbook in 1929.

Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Government sought men with engineering and technical skills for the armed forces.

A night school was established at North, and instructors from nearby colleges and universities conducted the classes.

On November 23, 1942, an Open House attracted over 5,000 people to visit the displays marking the achievements of North Catholic.

Among the graduates of 1942 who served in World War II was Joseph Francis Kuhn who would return to Philadelphia and launch a successful music composing career.

While many high schools canceled their Spring Sports programs due to the many students working part-time in the War industries, North fielded championship teams in baseball, track, and crew.

Since North was the only Catholic High School in the entire Northeast and suburbs, students traveled from neighborhoods like North Philadelphia, Germantown, Mount Airy, Logan, Olney, & Wayne Junction, Mayfair Tacony, and the entire Far Northeast.

This was due to the school's access to Frankford Station, including trolleys, buses, and the "El" to many parts of town and beyond.

Some students even took the rail lines and buses and came to North from suburban areas such as Bristol, Jenkintown, Willow Grove, Glenside, and Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

After the 1950s and the building of several new Catholic High Schools, the traditional nearby Parishes in Neighborhoods such as Frankford, Fishtown, Port Richmond, Bridesburg, Wissinoming & Kensington remained the core of N.C. students.

On June 5, 1949, the school dedicated the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima to the 183 North Catholic alumni who paid the supreme sacrifice.

Due to the overcrowding at North, the Archdiocese took some students from traditional feeder parishes like Visitation BVM in Kensington and sent them across town on the "El" to attend West Catholic during the early 1950s.

September 1955 was remarkable in that, for the first time in 16 years, first-year students attended classes in the Main Building.

The fall of 1963 marked the seventh consecutive Catholic League title for the soccer team, and they repeated in 1964.

Instead, the junior varsity team took the floor at the Palestra and defeated Bishop McDevitt High.

John J.Hurley, OSFS, winning a first-place award at the Harvard University Model U.N. with an all junior lineup.

President Richard M. Nixon invited the team to the White House Rose Garden for a recognition ceremony.

The Debate team continued its streak by taking the National Championships in Washington, DC, in 1975 and the bicentennial year, 1976.

In 2007, North Catholic added a brand new computer lab and Information Technology Academy.

certification and computer literacy courses were included in the students' tuition at no extra cost.

[2] It had been hoped that the fees from the adult education component would help fund the school, but that portion of the program did not develop.

[citation needed] Before closing, the Language Department offered Latin, Spanish, German, and French.

North Catholic had several graduates accepted into the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School for Business.

"[5] Some students transferred to Father Judge High School, which had agreed to accept Northeast's financial aid packages.

[10] In January 2013, Charles Englehardt, an oblate priest, was convicted of child abuse that allegedly occurred in 1998 and 1999 at a local parish while he resided at the faculty house at the high school.

Electives were available in foreign languages (French, German, Latin, and Spanish), television production, computer science, business/accounting, journalism, art, and music.

North Catholic participated in the Philadelphia Catholic League (PCL) since 1926 as well as the PIAA since 2008 in the following sports: baseball, basketball, bowling, crew, cross country, football, indoor track and field, golf, lacrosse, outdoor track and field, soccer, and wrestling.

In September 1927, North Catholic entered an inter-scholastic competition with a football schedule of eight games.

From 1934 to 1937, North's Football team, coached by Si Simendinger featuring players like future NFL stars Frank Reagan and Bucko Kilroy, won four straight League Championships.