North Hollywood Senior High

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North Hollywood High School or simply as NHHS, is a public secondary school located in the San Fernando Valley, North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. Opened in 1927 as Lankershim High School, NHHS is part of Local District 2 of the Los Angeles Unified School District and serves grades 9 to 12. The school enrolls approximately 3500 students each year and serves several neighborhoods, including most of North Hollywood, Valley Village, Studio City, and Woodbridge Park. 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). The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. Average Class Size Grade 9: 30 Grade 10: 32 Grade 11: 26 Grade 12: 27 Student-Staff Ratio Students per paraprofessional staff: 107 Students per office/clerical staff: 187 Students per other classified staff: 166

North Hollywood High School Configuration Grade: 9-12 Year Opened 1927 School Type Public Principal Randall Delling Location 5231 Colfax Ave, No Hollywood, Ca 91601 Students 4479 (approx.) Telephone 818-769-8510 Website Official Website

Contents 1 Ranking 2 History 3 Map & Directions 4 Faculty & Staff Information 5 Ethnic Diversity 6 Parent & Staff Comments 7 About the Neighborhood 8 Admissions Info 9 Famous Alumni List 10 External Links

Ranking

• State Rank: 3 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
• API Score: 640 (The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school’s or school district’s performance)

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.

History

1927 - NHHS, formerly known as Lankershim High School, was founded.

2006 - East Valley High School opened and relieved North Hollywood. 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.

Map & Directions

1] Head east on Magnolia Blvd toward Costello Ave.

2] Turn left at Colfax Ave.

Faculty & Staff Information

• Randall Delling - School Principal

• Teachers with full credential: 89%
• Teachers with emergency credential: 5%
• Average teaching experience: 11 years
• Average teaching in district: 11 years
• First year teachers: 6%

Ethnic Diversity

73% Hispanic/Latino

15% White

6% Asian

5% African American

2% Filipino

<1% American Indian/Alaska Native

<1% Pacific Islander

Parent & Staff Comments

(parents and staff members can post their comments about this school here)

About the Neighborhood

North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. It is home to the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery is located in the area, and is notable for its special section memorializing aviators.

The new MTA Orange Line is now open, running from North Hollywood to Woodland Hills. The MTA Red Line also connects North Hollywood to Hollywood, Wilshire, and Downtown Los Angeles.

Admissions Info

North Hollywood High School enrolls students from the surrounding area. Students from anywhere in the Los Angeles Unified School District can enroll in our two magnet programs.

• Required Immunizations - New students will not be enrolled unless a written immunization record, provided by a physician or the health department, is presented at the time of enrollment and immunizations are up- to-date.

• Tuberculosis Clearance - All kindergarten students, all new first grade students who have never attended kindergarten and all students entering an Early Education Center must present a written report (usually on the immunization record) provided by a private physician or health department, giving the results of a Mantoux test for tuberculosis done within one year prior to school entry.

For further information, and to find out the documents necessary to enroll a student in North Hollywood High School, please call the school at 818-769-8510 and go to extension 291.

Famous Alumni List

• 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

External Links

• North Hollywood High School LAUSD Profile Page
• North Hollywood High School Website
• North Hollywood High School Calendar
• North Hollywood High School Staff
• North Hollywood High School Departments
• North Hollywood High School Newspaper
• North Hollywood High School Statistics
• North Hollywood High School Rankings