Council
Council is an activity unique to THG’s North Hills Prep. Based on
Native American tradition, it gives students an opportunity to come
together and express themselves in a safe manner and environment.
Emphasis is placed on listening without judgment, exploring personal
truth, and universal understanding.
Science Fair
THG’s North Hills Prep’s annual Spring Science Fair offers students the
opportunity to display their knowledge and creativity and educate the
rest of us on specific topics in biology, chemistry, physics, and earth
science
Community Service
THG’s North Hills Prep students are expected to perform community
service annually as part of their promotion or graduation requirement.
Seniors 20 hours
Juniors 15 hours
Sophomores 10 hours
Freshmen 5 hours
Jr. High 5 hours
Service Learning
To expand our students’ sense of connection to the community and the
world at large, Service Learning Projects are developed in each
homeroom. Students with individual passions will be allowed to develop
an Individual Service Learning Project. Classroom activities will expand
the students’ knowledge base of the issue or community need they’ve
selected. Each class project and individual student project will be
presented to the entire student body at the conclusion of the school
year. Service Learning Projects typically involve the students
volunteering their time off or on campus, or doing fundraising for a
specific cause. All school districts have implemented a Service
Learning component to the graduation requirements. Graduating seniors
must complete their hours in order to receive their diploma.
Student Leadership
Leadership is an important element to the THGNHP campus. Interested
students gather to form the Student Cabinet, holding elections for
officers. They discuss issues on campus, participate as a committee for
the Western Association for Schools and Colleges, and plan school wide
events.
Clubs
Each year students have the opportunity to participate in various clubs
and come together with peers of like interests. Anime Club, Gay-Straight
Alliance, Literary Club, Hiking and Zoology Clubs are just some of the
lunch-time clubs offered at THGNHP.
Yearbook
THG’s North Hills Prep creates an annual digital yearbook, available at
the end of the school year. Yearbook is a semester class where students
get the practice of bringing together photography, graphic arts, and
text in a meaningful way, documenting the people and events of the
school year.
Field Trips
Field Trips include both educational and “reward” excursions into the
community. Over the past few years, North Hills Prep has taken students
to the Aquarium of the Pacific, The Museum of Tolerance, the Los
Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles County Art Museum, California Museum of
Science, as well as to restaurants and movies.
Special Presentations
THG’s North Hills Prep also contracts with guest speakers during the
school year. Typically we have provided speakers on the topics of safe
sex, drug and alcohol abuse, and developing the ability to make
positive, healthy choices.