About Norup

Norup's History

Dr. John (Johannes) Norup was born April 30, 1889 in Denmark. He was the fifth child of a Lutheran Minister, Carl Wilhelm Norup and Anna Maria Tranberg Norup.

He was educated at Ribe Gymnasium in Denmark in 1916 and graduated from the Professional University in Copenhagen in 1924. He was a German prisoner of war in World War I. After graduation, he took postgraduate work in a number of Copenhagen hospitals. The M.D. served as the Health Officer on Laso Island, off the Danish Coast.

Dr. John Norup came to America and practiced in Chicago from 1925-1926. He then moved to Calumet from 1926-1928 then to Detroit from 1928-1932. He married Evelyn Norbom in Detroit 1928. Dr. Norup moved to Berkley in 1932 and remained in Berkley until is death in 1957. The Norups first lived at 2615 Coolidge and his office was located at 2635 Coolidge. The family then moved to 1772 Edgewood. They had two daughters, Elizabeth and Karen.

Dr. Norup belonged to the Oakland County Medical Society, the Michigan State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of General Practice of Wayne County, the American Academy of General Practice, Berkley Exchange Club, Mohawk Lodge F & M and was a charter member of the Gethsemene Lutheran Church, now Cana Lutheran.

Dr. Norup served on the Berkley School Board from 1936-1948 and for most of those years he was the Board Treasurer. He belonged to the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary from 1941-1948. His favorite recreation was sailing.

Dr. Norup died April 17, 1957 in William Beaumont Hospital. He was a member of the William Beaumont Hospital staff and also a member of Mt. Carmel Hospital, Detroit.
His wife and daughters survived him, as did his brother, Hans and two sisters, Ingeborg Norup and Elizabeth Knudson, all in Denmark.

The new junior high, later made a middle school, and then a 3rd- 8th grade school, was named for Dr. Norup on May 14, 1957.

Norup now is a K-8 school serving the north Oak Park community for elementary school and Huntington Woods/north Oak Park for middle school.  

Dr. Norup was buried in White Chapel Cemetery.

What is PBIS

PBIS is a process for creating safer and more effective schools. It is a systems approach to enhancing the capacity of schools to educate all children by developing research-based, school-wide, and classroom behavior support systems. The process focuses on improving a school’s ability to teach and support positive behavior for all students. Norup International has developed a set of expectations or rules for your child’s behavior at school. We will teach these expectations to all of our students, and we will recognize students who meet them. The expectations will be the same for students in all areas of our school, including the playground, the cafeteria, the classroom, and in the hallways. 

Hawks Honor

We are calling this program Hawks Honor and all elementary students will be participating. They will be able to earn Hawks Honor tickets when staff members observe them following school rules. Students will be able to earn rewards via a weekly name drawing and also for accruing a certain numbers of tickets. The elementary class with the highest number of tickets will also win a monthly prize! The goal is to focus on the positive behavior of students; however, we know that all students make mistakes and we will be using Fix It Tickets to help students learn and grow. If a student receives a Fix It Ticket the family will be informed and it will be sent home. 

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Hawks Honor Expectations

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