The school has educated some of the region's best leaders and it continues to play a pivotal role in Jamaica's development[citation needed].

In that year, the Methodist Church purchased a property named York Castle near Alderton, where they established a Theological College in 1876.

Despite this closure, the need for education in the area remained a constant challenge to men of vision who embraced the idea which has originally led to the founding of York Castle in 1876.

By this time, the idea of continuing the principle of education found custody in the hands of concerned citizens who renamed the school Northside in 1955.

with a proposed loan from the Methodist Church and gifts from past students of the former York Castle and the sale of the property which the former York Castle was sited, it was agreed that as of January 1, 1957 the Methodist Church would assume control over Northside Secondary School.

The book in the upper left hand corner of the crest bears the words, "Gloria Deo", meaning Glory be to God.

The team members were Danmar Clarke (captain), Kadijah Cox, Micheal Miller and Bobby Francis.