North Hollywood High School

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North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey.

North Hollywood High School is located in the San Fernando Valley and enrolls approximately 3500 students each year. It is located in local district 2 of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Several neighborhoods, including most of North Hollywood, Valley Village, Studio City, and Woodbridge Park [1], are zoned to this school.

As of 2002, the school principal is Dr. Randall V. Delling. Since 2000, North Hollywood High has been a year-round school with 3 tracks (A, B, and C). The school itself is divided into small learning communities that include various academies with a wide range of focuses, along with a population of students in general education and not in an academy (or magnet).

Portola Middle School, Walter Reed Middle School, and Sun Valley Middle School feed into North Hollywood.

Contents 1 History 2 Zoo Magnet 3 Highly Gifted Magnet 4 Notable alumni 5 External links

[edit] History

The school opened as Lankershim High School in 1927.

In 2006 East Valley High School opened, relieving North Hollywood [2] [3] [4]; grades 9 and 10 in the eastern portion of the North Hollywood attendance zone were reassigned to East Valley, with 11th and 12th grades phased into East Valley over a two-year period.

[edit] Zoo Magnet

Begun in 1981, this magnet is a specialized school that buses its students out to a site next to the LA Zoo. At this site, the approximately 300 students who attend take all the regular classes such as history, math, and English. The difference is that there are several classes, as well as Advanced Placement classes, related to biological and zoological sciences, which the students can choose from in place of chemistry or physics, and as general electives. Many of these classes also include trips into the zoo for tours and observation. One class, animal behavior, requires observation time in the zoo; the class meets three days per week (each class meets only three days, lasting two hours each) - during class time. Another class, animal husbandry, requires community service, working with the wildlife in different areas of the zoo.

[edit] Highly Gifted Magnet

Main article: Highly Gifted Magnet

"The HGM program was established in 1989 for students who have a measured IQ of 145+ and is designed to provide an academically challenging, college preparatory program. The 300 students in grade 9-12 study a stringent, rigorous curriculum commensurate with the most demanding of public or private schools in the country. The HGM student is a well-rounded individual whose emotional, intellectual and physical success is fostered by involvement in the regular high school and community. These students have gained immeasurably by interacting in a culturally diverse, urban high school. The program seeks to prepare students to thrive in the most demanding of university environments. Students display a variety of interests in their extracurricular activities and academic directions."

[edit] Notable alumni

• Mayim Bialik, actress from Blossom
• Christy Canyon, erotic actress
• Adam Carolla, comedian and radio personality
• Edan Everly, musician, singer, songwriter, producer.
• Terri Garr, actress
• Cuba Gooding, Jr., Oscar award-winning actor
• Brian Austin Green of the television show Beverly Hills 90210
• Lili Haydn, aka Lili Sniderman actress, musician
• Khrystyne Haje of the television show Head of the Class
• Alyson Hannigan of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and also in the movie series, American Pie
• Michael Hutchence, singer of INXS, attended while living in the US
• J-five, singer
• Sasha Jenson, actor likely best known for playing Don Dawson in the film Dazed and Confused
• Alan Ladd, actor
• Christina Milian, singer, actress
• Martin Milner of the television show Adam-12
• Shawnee Smith, actress from Becker (TV series)
• Susan Sontag, public intellectual
• Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, pianist and composer
• Ken Weatherwax, Pugsley from The Addams Family
• Morgan Webb, G4 television show host
• John Williams, composer who is best known for writing the film scores for Star Wars, and Indiana Jones
• Philip Zimbardo, the world-renowned psychologist, attended NoHo for one year

[edit] External links

• North Hollywood High School website
• North Hollywood High School Alumni website
• North Hollywood High School Royal Regiment Band & Dance Team website

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