North High School
Principal	Alan Paradise
Rival Schools	Centennial, South
Established	1953
District	Kern High School District Kern High School District The Kern High School District is headquartered in Bakersfield, California and serves the county of Kern located at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. The Kern High School District is California's largest 9-12 high school district with more than 35,000 students and 3,500 employees.The KHSD...
School Type	Public
Grades	9th through 12th
Street Address	300 Galaxy Avenue
Location	Bakersfield Bakersfield, California Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively.... , California, U.S.
Campus Type	Urban
Student Body	Approximately 1,800
Faculty/Staff	Approximately 145
Mascot	Stars Star (symbol) A star is an ideograph whose outer edge forms a symmetrical polygon whose vertices alternate between joining outward- and inward-pointing pairs of edges. The figure may be the border or interior of the polygon, or one or more closed polygonal paths that include all of the border and also have some...
School Colors	Red, Gray, White
Website	Website

North High School (abbr. NHS) is an American senior high school set in Bakersfield

Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively....

, California. The school is part of the Kern High School District

Kern High School District

The Kern High School District is headquartered in Bakersfield, California and serves the county of Kern located at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. The Kern High School District is California's largest 9-12 high school district with more than 35,000 students and 3,500 employees.The KHSD...

. Its campus is located on Galaxy Avenue.

History

NHS was founded in 1953. It became apparent that the existing high schools in the Kern High School District were not sufficient in number for the accelerated growth of greater Bakersfield. After several years of planning, ground was broken on March 23, 1952, for the construction of NHS. On September 8, 1953, NHS held their first ever classes with an enrollment of 625 students, with 28 teachers and counselors. Over 50 years later, NHS is currently home to over 1,800 students and nearly 150 members of the administration, faculty, and staff. Their school mascot is Twink.

North High School
Principals	Years
Jack Hill	1953–1955
George Williamson	1955–1965
Jack Hilton	1965–1969
Harold Corrie	1969–1973
Dr. Richard M. Brown	1973–1985
C. Warner Brooks	1985–1991
William B. Bimat	1991–1998
Jim Wren	1998–2010
Dr. Bryon Schaefer	2010–present

Administration

The following is a link to the administration department at NHS: NHS Administration.
The following is a link to the counseling department at NHS: NHS Counselors

Academics

All students enrolled at NHS must at least meet the following criteria before graduation:

• 4 years of English (40 credits)
• 3 years of Social Studies (30 credits)
• 1 year of World History, Culture, Geography (10 Credits)
• 1 year of American History and Geography (10 Credits)
• 1 year of U.S. Government/Economics (10 Credits)
• 3 years of Math (30 credits)
  • All students must pass Algebra or an approved sequence of courses covering the Algebra standard (Ed. Code 51224.5) in grades 7–12.
• 2 years of Science (20 credits)
• 1 year of Extra Sexual Activities
• 1 year of Physical Science (10 Credits)
• 1 year of Biological Science (10 Credits)
• 2 years of P.E. (20 credits)
• 1 year of Foreign Language/Fine Arts (10 credits)
• 1 semester of Health (5 credits)
• 65 credits of electives

In total, 220 credits are necessary for a student at NHS to graduate. Also, every student who graduates must pass the CAHSEE

California High School Exit Exam

The California High School Exit Exam is a requirement for high school graduation in the state of California, created by the California Department of Education to improve the academic performance of California high school students, and especially of high school graduates, in the areas of reading,...

 and an approved Algebra course.

Furthermore, NHS offers the following AP

Advanced Placement Program

The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...

, GATE

Gifted education

Gifted education is a broad term for special practices, procedures and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as gifted or talented...

, and Honor’s courses, which students can take to earn college credit, pass an SAT II exam, or be academically challenged:

• AP Calculus AB
  AP Calculus
  Advanced Placement Calculus is used to indicate one of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board, AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC....
  
  
• AP English Language and Composition
  AP English Language and Composition
  Advanced Placement English Language and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program....
  
  
• AP English Literature and Composition
  AP English Literature and Composition
  Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The Course:This course is designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an...
  
  
• AP French Language
  AP French Language
  Advanced Placement French Language and Culture is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level French course...
  
  
• AP Spanish Language
  AP Spanish Language
  Advanced Placement Spanish Language is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The course:...
  
  
• AP United States History
  AP United States History
  Advanced Placement United States History is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program...
  
  
• AP Environmental Science
  AP Environmental Science
  Advanced Placement Environmental Science is a course offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school students interested in the environmental and natural sciences...
  
  
• AP Government
• AP Economics
  AP Economics
  Advanced Placement Economics consists of two, separate examinations that are offered as part of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.*AP Macroeconomics*AP Microeconomics...
  
  
• AP European History
  AP European History
  Advanced Placement European History is a course and examination offered by the College Board through the Advanced Placement Program...
  
  
• AP Statistics
  AP Statistics
  Advanced Placement Statistics is a college-level high school statistics course offered in the United States through the College Board's Advanced Placement program...
  
  

• GATE Earth Science
• GATE Freshman English
• GATE Sophomore English
• Honor’s Algebra II
• Honor’s Chemistry
• Honor's Physics

The athletic director for NHS is Steve Faulk. NHS sports teams are called the Stars, and have their home games on campus. The Stars participate in the Southwest Yosemite League (Div. II, CIF

California Interscholastic Federation

The California Interscholastic Federation is the governing body for high school sports in the state of California. It mirrors similar governing bodies in other states; however, it differs from some of the others in that it covers most high schools in the state of California, both public and...

 Central Section) and have varsity

Varsity team

In the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of secondary schools, against...

, JV

Junior varsity

Primarily in North America, junior varsity or JV players are the members of a team who are not the main players in a competition , usually at the high school and college levels in the United States and Canada. The main players comprise the varsity team...

 and Frosh

Freshman

A freshman or fresher is a first-year student in secondary school, high school, or college. The term first year can also be used as a noun, to describe the students themselves A freshman (US) or fresher (UK, India) (or sometimes fish, freshie, fresher; slang plural frosh or freshmeat) is a...

/Soph

Sophomore

Sophomore is a term used in the United States to describe a student in the second year of study at high school or university.The word is also used as a synonym for "second", for the second album or EP released by a musician or group, the second movie of a director, or the second season of a...

 teams. The following is a link to NHS Athletics: website. Below are all the sports that NHS participates in and their respective season:
Fall

• Cross Country
• Football
• Women's Golf
• Women's Tennis
• Women's Volleyball

Winter

• Men's Basketball
• Men's Soccer
• Women's Basketball
• Women's Soccer
• Wrestling

Spring

• Baseball
• Men's Golf
• Men's Tennis
• Softball
• Swimming
• Track & Field

Clubs & Organizations

Every year, NHS has the following clubs and organizations that students can participate in:

• ASB
  Student council
  Student council is a curricular or extra-curricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems across the United States, Canada and Australia these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student...
  
  
• Action Club
• AVID Club
  Advancement Via Individual Determination
  Advancement Via Individual Determination is an American college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges, focusing on students in the academic middle. The formula is to raise expectations of students...
  
  
• Band
• Choir
• Class Representatives (President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer for each class)
• CSF
  California Scholarship Federation
  The California Scholarship Federation, or CSF, started in 1921 by Charles F. Seymour, seeks to recognize students living in the state of California who possess high standards in academic scholarship, community service and citizenship....
  
  
• FCA
  Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a non-profit interdenominational Christian organization founded in 1954 and that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. It falls within the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Although established by evangelical Protestants, the concept has...
  
  

• FFA
• Forensics
• French Club
• Friday Night Live!
• Gay-straight Alliance
• Interact Club
• Link Crew
• Environmental Science

• MAYA
• Mock Trial
• North Star Players
  Drama
  Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
  
  
• Peer Counseling
• Philosophy Club
• Photography Club
• Spanish
• Video Game Club
• Virtual Enterprise
• Web Design
• Wildlife Club
• Yearbook

Alma Mater

Resounding from the foothills of the valleys

Our chants ring!

Remembering our everlasting friendships,

We join together as we sing!
May our praises reach the uncaring creator,

We will raise our voices high!

To her majesty North High!

Notable alumni

• Kevin Harvick
  Kevin Harvick
  Kevin Michael Harvick is an American stock car auto racing race car driver and car owner currently competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing, driving the No. 29 Budweiser/Jimmy John's/Rheem/Okuma/Realtree Outdoors/Bad Boy Buggies Chevrolet Impala...
  
   NASCAR driver
• Colby Lewis
  Colby Lewis
  Colby Preston Lewis is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers.Lewis was originally a first-round draft choice of the Texas Rangers in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft, and made his major league debut in...
  
   Won game three of the 2010 World Series for the Texas Rangers
  Texas Rangers (baseball)
  The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
  
  
• Stephen Underwood
  Stephen Underwood
  Stephen Underwood is an American drummer who has worked with several artists and musicians. He is best known for being the drummer and later vocalist for the Southern Gospel quartet The Lighthouse Boys...
  
   Drummer/Vocalist for Southern Gospel Recording & Touring artist The Lighthouse Boys
  The Lighthouse Boys
  The Lighthouse Boys are a Southern Gospel band from Bakersfield, California, and progenitors of "The Bakersfield Sound". The group began in 1974 by brothers Mark and Bill Underwood and their friend Steve Johnson. In 1976, the trio expanded from a vocal ensemble to a full band with the addition of...