Novato High School

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Location
Novato High School
625 Arthur Street Novato, CA 94947
Information
School district	Novato Unified School District
Enrollment	1200+
Type	Public
Mascot	Hornets
Color(s)	Black and Gold
Established	1957

Novato High School (NHS) is a high school located in Novato, California, in Marin County. Built in 1955 and founded in 1957, it is one of two comprehensive high schools in the Novato Unified School District. The other being San Marin High School.

Since the mid 1980's the schools student population has ranged from 1000-1200 students. As of recent, the demographic distribution is White (67.1%), Latino/Mexican (20.1%), Black (4.0%), Asian (5.7%), and Other (3.1%).

NHS rests on a thirty-eight acre site, with two gymnasiums, a Lecture Hall/Performing Arts Center, three computer centers, a library with a computer lab, dance studio, weight room, and a music room. Outdoor facilities include tennis courts, basketball courts, softball and baseball diamonds, a recently built, state of the art turf football stadium, soccer field, and a swimming pool. These facilities are also shared by Marin School of the Arts(MSA, an award winning school) and Marin Oaks High School (a continuation school) students as well as groups from the greater community.

Novato High School has several comprehensive academic program including college preparatory courses, Honors and Advanced Placement classes, fine and performing arts classes, and industrial arts courses. Novato High School also provides support services such as the English Language Development (ELD) Programs for those students who require additional resources.

Varsity sports teams of note include football, volleyball, soccer, baseball, basketball, and water polo. The football program has won four California regional (North Coast Section) titles in the last six years (2002, 2005, 2006 & 2007). ^[1].On Dec. 9th, 2007 The Varsity Football Team was elected to play in California's Div. II State Championship and lost to Oceanside of San Diego, 28-14 in Carson, CA. The boy's soccer team came in first in the North Coast Section tournament for the first time in school history in 2007 beating Marin Catholic 1-0. The baseball program recently won the North Coast Section championship in the spring of 2007.^[2] The women's basketball program won the California state Div. II championship in the 1986 season, in which they went undefeated, 35-0. ^[3] The Novato High School Varsity Water Polo team received third place at the county level (Marin County Athletic League) in 2005 and 2006.^{[citation needed]}.

It is also home to California's first Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC).

Teaching staff work with administration during faculty meetings, where open discussion about school issues take place. In addition, NHS has extensive parent involvement, via the Marin School of the Arts (MSA) Boosters, Sports Boosters, English Language Advisory Committee (ELAC), Parent Teacher Association (PTSA), Drama Boosters, Site Leadership Team, and Parent Beautification Committee, among others.