North Hollywood High School (NHHS) is a

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in the

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neighborhood of

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, United States. It is located in the

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and enrolls approximately 2,500 students. Several neighborhoods, including most of North Hollywood,

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and Sun Valley, send students to this school. NHHS is accredited by the

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. The

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is Ricardo Rosales.

Facilities

The campus facilities include three main buildings (Kennedy Hall, Frasier Hall and Randolph Hall), an agricultural area with livestock, a garden, an auditorium, a cafeteria, two gymnasiums, multiple computer labs with internet access, an auto mechanic shop, a wood shop, an instrumental music room, a football field, two softball fields, a baseball diamond, two tennis court areas, a teachers' parking lot, an art room, a college center, a parent center, a student store and a library.

History

Built in 1927, Lankershim High School was named for the town of Lankershim (first called Toluca, now North Hollywood) and its founding family. It opened with only a main building, auditorium, gymnasium and a shop and mechanics building, with 800 students, graduating its first class in 1928. The Board of Education was asked to employ teachers who were already residents of North Hollywood, creating jobs and education opportunities in the area. Lankershim High School was renamed North Hollywood High School in 1929. In 1937, a girls' gymnasium and a second major classroom building, now named Frasher Hall after former principal Roscoe Frasher, were built. In 1950, the third major classroom building, now named Randolph Hall, was built. In the 1950s, many smaller construction projects took place, including the agricultural classrooms, the boys' gymnasium, the home-side bleachers and the instrumental music room. In 1965, the main hall was named the

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Memorial Hall after the president. In 1966, the cafeteria, student store and two shop buildings were built. In 1973, the Amelia Earhart Continuation High School was built on the campus' northeast corner. In the late 1990s, thirteen modular buildings were installed to support an increase in the number of students. It was in the

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until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD.

1990s and beyond

In 1996, the LAUSD board voted to move NHHS to a year-round schedule, but after more classroom space was found, the board reversed course. Several NHHS parents and community members did not want a year-round schedule since they feared it would negatively impact the

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. According to the 1996 scheduling magnet, students were supposed to get July–May, which would have affected their ability to attend summer programs operated by

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universities. The Zoo magnet students were to get the September–June schedule. In 2000, Ramón C. Cortines, the LAUSD superintendent, stated that the overcrowding at NHHS was more severe than originally anticipated, and he announced that NHHS was going year-round. This was despite parents and students protesting against the move for several months. From 2000 to 2007, NHHS was a year-round school with three tracks. In 2006, East Valley High School opened, relieving overcrowding at NHHS. In 2007, the traditional calendar was re-adopted and the students were divided into many

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(SLCs). All but three of these were closed in June 2012. In 2015, it was announced that NHHS was selected to undergo major renovations, including upgrading buildings and removing portable buildings, to be completed in five years. In 2018, there was a proposal to co-locate a charter school, Valley International Preparatory High School (VIPHS), on the NHHS campus, but there was student opposition; students created an online petition to oppose the co-location.

Academics

NHHS contains three magnet programs; the

(HGM), the Zoo Magnet, and the STEM Magnet. There are also three

(SLCs); the Humanitas School for Advanced Studies, the Home Engineering Academy, and the Freshmen Academy.

Highly Gifted Magnet

The

was established in 1989, and is a component of the voluntary integration program of the LAUSD, designed to provide an academically challenging college preparatory program. The program is designed to prepare its students to thrive in the most demanding of university environments. The students in the HGM are from all over Los Angeles, and have a variety of extracurricular interests, as well as diversity in their academic directions. Children are eligible if they test in the 99.5th percentile or above on an intelligence test conducted by an LAUSD psychologist. Priority is given to children with 99.9%, officially “Highly Gifted” by LAUSD definition. If there are openings remaining in the program, “Gifted” students with 99.5%-99.8% may be admitted with priority based on magnet points. The program had 265 students, 4 administrators, and 7 faculty members in 2016.

Zoo Magnet

The Zoo Magnet was established in 1981, and is a specialized school that buses students to a small campus next to the

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. At this site, approximately 300 students take standard classes such as history, math, and English, in addition to

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classes related to biological and zoological sciences. Many of these classes include fieldwork in the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens,

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ecosystem,

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and the natural world of

for tours and observation. Classes are on a block schedule, meeting three days a week for two hours per class.

STEM Magnet

The STEM Magnet was established in 2018, and is an alternative course of study that prepares students for college and career opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

Small Learning Communities

The

(SLCs) are intended to increase student achievement by personalizing the educational experience of students in large schools. Of the eight SLCs originally created, three remain as of 2019; the Humanitas School for Advanced Studies (HSAS), the Home Engineering Academy (HEA), and the Freshmen Academy (FA). The HSAS is designed for identified gifted, high achieving, high-ability students who show an interest in taking Honors and

courses. The HEA specializes in the construction and building trades.

Rankings

In 2022, '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked NHHS as #1,349 in the country, #197 of CA High Schools, #92 in CA Metro Area High Schools, #13 in LAUSD, and gave it a College Readiness Index of 45.8/100. In 2022, academicinfluence.com ranked NHHS as #32 in the country. In 2022,

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designated NHHS as #911 in the country, #26 in California, #17 in the Los Angeles area, and #15 in Los Angeles County. NHHS was awarded an overall grade of "A+", with an A in Academics, an A in Diversity, an A+ in Teachers, an A in College Prep, a B in Clubs and Activities, a B in Administration, a B− in Sports, a C in Food, and a C− in Resources and Facilities. In 2022, schooldigger.com ranked NHHS as #416 of all high schools in California. In 2020, ''

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'' ranked NHHS as #2183 in the country for STEM programs, with a score of 63.6/100. In 2018, the

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evaluated 11th grade students in English and Mathematics. In the area of English, 11th grade students were classified as 15% standard not met, 17% standard nearly met, 32% standard met, and 36% standard exceeded. In the area of Math, 11th grade students were classified as 37% standard not met, 26% standard nearly met, 17% standard met, and 20% standard exceeded. In 2017, ''

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'' ranked NHHS as 624th in the country, 77th of all high schools in California, 58th of all public high schools in California, 21st of all high schools in Los Angeles County, 11th of all high schools in LAUSD, and 1st of all high schools in District 2. For the 2017-18 school year, the average

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scores were a 25 in Reading, a 25 in English, a 24 in Math, and a 24 in Science, each out of 36 points. In 2016, LAUSD's new School Quality Improvement Index scored NHHS's 2014-15 year as 80/100, broken down into 10.51/15 in Academic Performance English Language Arts (64% met or exceeded standards), 12.01/15 in Academic Performance Math (37% met or exceeded standards), 11.25/20 in Four Year Cohort Graduation Rate (85% graduated class of 2014), 3.7/5 in Five Year Cohort Graduation Rate (90% graduated class of 2013), 3.51/5 in Six Year Cohort Graduation Rate (89% graduated class of 2012), 12.68/13.33 in Chronic Absenteeism (6% chronically absent), 13.35/13.33 in Suspension Rates (0% suspended/expelled), and 13.33/13.33 in English Learner Re-Designation (21% re-designated). In 2015, the ''

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'' gave NHHS a grade of "A" in arts education, ranking it 6th of all secondary schools, and 9th of all schools within LAUSD. Out of over 700 schools, only 35 received an "A" grade. In 2014, ''

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'' ranked NHHS 14th in

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, 7th of all public schools in the county, 4th of all LAUSD schools, and 1st in District 2. In 2013, NHHS's

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(API) score was 778, which is 22 points below the state goal, but an improvement of 8 points since 2012. For the 2013-14 school year, the average

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score was 1557 of a possible 2400 points. For the 2013-14 school year, the

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(CAHSEE) classified 84% of 10th graders in English and 83% of 10th graders in Mathematics, as "proficient or better". For the 2014-15 school year, in the Physical Fitness Exam for 9th graders, 89.8% of students in Abdominal Strength, 65.5% of students in Aerobic Capacity, 63.1% of students in Body Composition, 91.2% of students in Flexibility, 92.1% of students in Trunk Extension Strength, and 80.9% of students in Upper Body Strength, were considered to be in the "Healthy Fitness Zone."

Advanced Placement Courses

NHHS offers 25

courses in

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

, calculus AB, calculus BC,

chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

, computer science A, computer science principles, English language and composition, English literature and composition,

environmental science Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geograp ...

European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500 to AD 1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early ...

French language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

human geography Human geography or anthropogeography is the branch of geography that studies spatial relationships between human communities, cultures, economies, and their interactions with the environment. It analyzes spatial interdependencies between social i ...

macroeconomics Macroeconomics (from the Greek prefix ''makro-'' meaning "large" + ''economics'') is a branch of economics dealing with performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole. For example, using interest rates, taxes, and ...

music theory Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (ke ...

, physics 2, physics C: electricity and magnetism, physics C: mechanics,

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

Spanish language Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 millio ...

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, studio art, US government and politics,

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and

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. For the 2019-20 school year, 793 students took 1,762 AP examinations, with 13% receiving a score of 1, 19% receiving a score of 2, 26% receiving a score of 3, 23% receiving a score of 4 and 19% receiving a score of 5.

Extracurricular

There are a wide variety of extracurricular activities offered at NHHS. While many of these activities are provided by the school, after-school partnerships exist with

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(LAVC) and L.A.C.E.R. Afterschool Programs.

Competitive academics

NHHS offers many highly successful teams in competitive academics:

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, DECA, Duke Moot Court,

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Mock Trial A mock trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower-court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting ...

Model United Nations Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an educational simulation in which students can learn about diplomacy, international relations, and the United Nations. At a MUN conference, students work as the representative of a count ...

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, and

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Sport

The NHHS Huskies compete in the CIF Los Angeles City Section's East Valley League. NHHS's rivals are Polytechnic High School and Ulysses S. Grant High School. The NHHS Athletics Department offers

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archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

(boys' and girls'),

cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

, cross country,

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

(boys' and girls'),

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

(girls'), Students Run LA,

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

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(boys' and girls') and

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Performing arts

NHHS offers a wide variety of performing arts courses. *

Marching Band A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Most marching bands wear a uniform, ofte ...

- During the fall semester, the marching band is typically a Division 2A, 70-member ensemble called the ''Royal Regiment''. The band performs as a

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at football games and competes in field tournaments. *

Concert Band A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion famil ...

- During the spring semester, the marching band becomes a concert band that performs at festivals, the annual Spring Concert, and various school events. *

Percussion Ensemble A percussion ensemble is a musical ensemble consisting of only percussion instruments. Although the term can be used to describe any such group, it commonly refers to groups of classically trained percussionists performing primarily classical m ...

- During the fall semester, the percussion ensemble prepares and performs for the annual Winter Concert. *

Indoor Drumline An indoor percussion ensemble or indoor drumline is type of marching ensemble consisting of the battery and front ensemble instruments. It differs itself from a traditional percussion ensemble by not only on musical performance, but on theatrics ...

- During the spring semester, the indoor drumline performs in drumline tournaments, the annual Spring Percussion Concert, and various school events. * Advanced Jazz Band - Meeting before school during both semesters, the jazz band is an approximately 20-member ensemble that performs in festivals, the annual Winter Concert, the annual Spring Concert, and various events. * Beginning Guitar - During both semesters, beginning guitars is an introductory-level class for students with interest in guitar. *

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- During the fall semester, the color guard teams up with the marching band to perform at football games and compete in field tournaments. *

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- During the spring semester, the colorguard becomes a dance team that performs in competitions and the annual Spring Dance Show.

Demographics

For the 2021-22 school year, NHHS had a total enrollment of 2,555 students, with 8.5% English Learners, 0.2% homeless, 11.5% with disabilities, 0.4% foster youth, and 66.1% socioeconomically disadvantaged. During the 2014-15 school year, the

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was 24 to 1, with 11 administrators, 114 teachers and 10 pupil services workers. Of the 114 teachers, one had a

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, 61 had

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, 48 had

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and four were unreported.

Achievements

*At the California

, NHHS won 8th place in 2001, 4th place in 2002, 7th place in 2005, 9th place in 2006, 4th place in 2007, 5th place in 2008, 3rd place in 2009, 45th place in 2013, 46th place in 2014, 31st place in 2015, 51st place in 2016, 8th place in Division 3 in 2017, and 12th place in Division 2 in 2019. *At the Regional

, NHHS has won 1st place every year since 1998, missing only 2005 and 2014. At the National

, NHHS won 1st place in 2001, 2nd place in 2006, 6th place in 2008, 10th place in 2009, 3rd place in 2010, 2nd place in 2012, 7th place in 2013, 5th place in 2016, 9th place in 2017, 2nd place in 2018, 3rd place in 2019, 4th place in 2020, and 1st place in 2021. *At the

's Los Angeles Surf Bowl, NHHS won 3rd place in 2012. *At the

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Math Day at the Beach, NHHS won 1st place in 2006, 2nd place in 2012, 5th place in 2013, and 4th place in 2014. *At the Regional

FIRST Robotics Competition FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international high school robotics competition. Each year, teams of high school students, coaches, and mentors work during a six-week period to build robots capable of competing in that year's game that weig ...

, NHHS's NohoRobo Team was a quarterfinalist and received the Rookie Inspiration Award in 2010, and was a 6th seed (of 66) semifinalist in 2015. *At the International

Botball Botball is an educational robotics program that focuses on engaging middle and high school aged students in team-oriented robotics competitions. Thousands of children and young adults participate in the Botball program. It has been active since 1 ...

Competition, NHHS received the Outstanding Programming award and the Judges' Choice award in 2011. At the Greater Los Angeles Regional Botball Tournament, NHHS won 2nd place overall in 2017. *At the Duke

Moot Court Moot court is a co-curricular activity at many law schools. Participants take part in simulated court or arbitration proceedings, usually involving drafting memorials or memoranda and participating in oral argument. In most countries, the phrase " ...

National Tournament, NHHS has won 1st place in 2009, 1st and 2nd place in 2010, was a semifinalist in 2012 and won 2nd place in 2016. *At th
Constitutional Rights Foundation
s Mock Trial State Competition, NHHS won 1st place in 1982 and 2nd place in 1983. *At the

National Speech and Debate Association The National Speech and Debate Association is an American student debating society. It was established in 1925 as the National Forensic League; the name was changed in 2014. It is one of four major national organizations that direct high school ...

's district qualifier, NHHS's

speech and debate Debate is a process that involves formal discourse on a particular topic, often including a moderator and audience. In a debate, arguments are put forward for often opposing viewpoints. Debates have historically occurred in public meetings, a ...

team won sweepstakes in

Congressional Debate Congressional Debate (also known as Student Congress, Legislative Debate) is a competitive interscholastic high school debate event in the United States. The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA), National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) ...

in 2014. In three of

California High School Speech Association The California High School Speech Association, or CHSSA, is a speech and debate organization offered to all schools in the state of California. It is the governing body for local and state speech and debate competitions in California, with higher-le ...

's Tri-County Forensics League competitions, NHHS's team took sweepstakes in 2014. At the CHSSA's state championships, NHHS students won 10th and 11th in Congressional Debate. *At the

National Finals, NHHS won 4th and 6th place in 2013, 1st place in 2014, and 2nd and 5th place in 2015. At the California Cyber Innovation Challenge, NHHS won 1st place in 2016 and 2017. In 2017, three teams were sent to the national finals and one team won 1st place. In 2018, three teams were sent to the national finals and won 1st, 2nd, and 9th place. In 2019, NHHS won 2nd place in the Open Class Division. *The NHHS FFA chapter was ranked a "Superior Chapter" by the California FFA Association in 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1980, 1989, and 1990. At the Los Angeles FFA Horticulture Contest, NHHS teams won 1st place in both Advanced Horticulture and Floral Horticulture in 2015. *At the Southern California DECA Conference, NHHS won 1st and 2nd place in marketing, and 1st place in business law and ethics in 2016. *The NHHS Baseball Team won the title of city champions in 1957 and 2012, and was a city championships runner-up in 1949, 1980, and 2011. *The NHHS Boys' Basketball Team won the title of city champions in 1990, and was a city championships runner-up in 1959, 1960, 1978, 1991, 2000, and 2003. *The NHHS Girls' Basketball Team won the title of city champions in 2016, and was a runner-up in 1987, 1988, and 1993. *The NHHS Cheerleading Team won 1st place at DREAM TEAM Championships in 2011, 2nd place at YPI's Dance-Drill-Cheer Competition in 2014 and 4th place at City CIF Cheer Championships in 2018. *The NHHS Varsity Football Team was undefeated and league champions in 2004 and 2007. *The NHHS Junior-Varsity Football Team finished 10-1 and were League Champions in the 2017 Season, with two non-consecutive 5 game winning streaks. *The NHHS Girls' Golf Team won the title of city champions in 2010, and won individual champions in 2008 and 2009. *The NHHS Boys' Tennis Team was undefeated and league champions in 2017. *The NHHS Girls' Tennis Team won the title of Division II city champions in 2015. *The NHHS Boys' Volleyball Team won the title of city champions in 2000. *The NHHS Girls' Soccer Team won the title of city champions of Div II in 2020. *At the

LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a public school district in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the 2nd largest public school district in ...

Band and Drill Team Championships, the NHHS Royal Regiment won 1st place in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2018, and 2022. *At the Southern California Band and Orchestra Association marching band circuit, the NHHS Royal Regiment was a finalist in 2004, 2005, and 2006. *At the West Coast Performance Association's

Championships, the NHHS Indoor Drumline won 1st place in the AA division in 2022. *At th
Drums Across California
s

Championships, the NHHS Indoor Drumline won 5th place in 2012, 4th place in 2013, 3rd place in 2014, 2nd place in 2015, 1st place in 2016, 2nd place in 2017, 1st place in 2018, and 1st place in 2019. *At the

Drumline Championships, the NHHS

won 2nd place in 2012, 2nd place in 2013, and 4th place in 2014. *In 2011, Mr. Randall Delling was named California Secondary Principal of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators. In 2014, Mr. Jay Gehringer was named LAUSD Teacher of the Year. In 2015, Mr. Altair Maine was named LAUSD Teacher of the Year. In 2016, Ms. Carrie Schwartz was named Secondary Co-Administrator of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators. In 2018, alum Ms. Dorothy Williams-Kohlmeyer was named LAUSD Rookie of the Year. *As of 2022, NHHS has a graduation rate of 95.3%.

Filming Location

NHHS has been the filming location for movies, television shows, and other productions, including the following: * The Human Comedy (1943) *

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(2020)

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References

External links

North Hollywood High School website
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