North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in Valley Village in Los Angeles, California, near North Hollywood. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white and grey.
North Hollywood High School is located in the San Fernando Valley and enrolls approximately 3000 students each year. It is located in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Several neighborhoods, including most of North Hollywood, Valley Village, Studio City and Sun Valley, send students to this school.
As of 2012, the school principal is Dr. Randall V. Delling. From 2000 to 2007, North Hollywood High was a year-round school with 3 tracks (A, B, and C). During the 2007–2008 school year, a traditional calendar was re-adopted and the students were divided into many small learning communities (SLCs). Most of these SLCs were closed in June 2012.
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