Hillwood Comprehensive High School

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Hillwood High School
Established	1959
School type	Public high school
Locale	Large city
Grades	9-12
Principal	Mr. Karl Lang
Location	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Students	1,475
Colors	Kelly Green and White
Mascot	Hilltopper
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Website	[3]

Hillwood Comprehensive High School is a public high school located in Nashville, Tennessee and is part of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) District. The school mascot is the Hilltopper and the school colors are kelly green and white. Hillwood was built in 1959.

1 Administration
2 Academics
- 2.1 AP courses offered
3 Athletics
4 Music and the Arts

[edit] Administration

Karl Lang , Executive Principal
Christopher Cameron, Assistant Principal (11th Grade)

Brian Mast, Assistant Principal (10th Grade)
Rentonia Moore, Assistant Principal (12th Grade)
Lisa Sanders, Assistant Principal (9th Grade)

As part of the administration's vision of Hillwood, students are reminded nearly every day over the intercom that "here at Hillwood, we are about the business of school!" Mr. Lang also occasionally announced that "good citizenship is doing what's right and what's expected!"

[edit] Academics

Hillwood offers all levels of academics. Standard and honors level courses are available along with Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses. Hillwood became one of the first IB World Schools in Tennessee in February of 2004. It offers the Diploma Programme. Additionally, the AVID (meaning Advancement Via Individual Determination) Program is available.

[edit] AP courses offered

AP Environmental Science
AP European History
AP US History
AP Biology II
AP English IV
AP Economics
AP Chemistry II
AP Calculus
AP Spanish

[edit] Athletics

There are many sports available for students to participate in. The Topper Athletic Club (TAC) is a parent/faculty organization that helps support all sports teams. They generally meet once a month. All sporting events are overseen by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA)