ACQUIRING BILINGUAL LEADERS IN EDUCATION (ABLE) Grades 10-12
This is a multilingual teaching career academy sponsored by the LAUSD and the districts’ Career Ladder.  It is designed to prepare students to enter the field of education as professionals with bilingual abilities. Students tutor at our feeder elementary schools, and once they graduate and enroll in college, then are hired as paraprofessional bilingual and special education aides at our local schools.

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES / ZOO MAGNET Grades 9-12
This program, established in 1981, is located adjacent to the Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park and is ten minutes by shuttle bus from the main campus. Students have the opportunity to excel in a highly academic curriculum with emphasis on animal studies and biological sciences, while observing and conducting research at the zoo facilities and in the nearby park and museums.

ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA ACADEMY (EMA) Grades 10-12
This Academy is dedicated to educating students in the power of the media to change the world and they are encouraged to use that power to make positive contributions to society on a local and global level. The EMA offers a standards-based curriculum at a rigorous level, including a full complement of both honors and Advanced Placement classes that fulfills the A to G requirements needed for admission to a college or university. The EMA strives to integrate aspects of media and the arts in the core curriculum and incorporates cross-curricular instruction that culminates in performance-based assessments. There   are also an abundance of extra-curricular performance opportunities including plays, drama and music festivals and film projects.

FRESHMAN ACADEMY Grade 9
The teachers, counselors, administrators, and supporting staff of the Freshman Academy strive to create a community of successful critical thinkers and life-long learners that are actively involved in evaluating, refining, and improving their own performance, expectations, and goals toward academic success. Through a high level of concentrated support toward student achievement, the Academy teaches, encourages, and motivates freshmen students to become independent learners that are better prepared to comprehensively choose a future Small Learning Community in their tenth grade year. In addition, they are counseled and supported toward developing life-long learning goals that include their completion of high school and receiving their diplomas as well as promoting their consideration toward a post-secondary college or university, technical school, or other areas of interest and opportunity.

HIGHLY GIFTED MAGNET (HGM) Grades 9-12
The HGM program was established in 1989 for students who have a measured IQ of 145+ and is designed to provide an academically challenging, college preparatory program. The 317 students in grades 9-12 study a stringent, rigorous curriculum commensurate with the most demanding of public or private schools in the country. The HGM student is a well-rounded individual whose emotional, intellectual and physical success is fostered by involvement in the regular high school and community. These students have gained immeasurably by interacting in a culturally diverse, urban high school. The program seeks to prepare students to thrive in the most demanding of university environments. Students display a variety of interests in their extracurricular activities and academic directions.

HOME ENGINEERING ACADEMY (HEA) Grades 10-12
Funded by a California Partnership Academy grant from the California Department of Education, the Home Engineering Academy specializes in the Construction and Building Trades.  The newly revitalized Construction Technology Lab (formerly the Wood Shop) is the headquarters for the academy.  In addition to a comprehensive, college preparatory program of classes, our students will take at least two years Construction Technology, then they will be a part of various job shadowing, mentoring and work experience programs.  Further our students will be involved in groundbreaking Service Learning programs in helping our community.  The Home Engineering Academy is supported by the LAUSD Facilities Division, the Regional Occupational Program, the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley, United LA, Habitat for Humanity Los Angeles, Monster House, UCLA-LOSH, ACE Mentors, John Laing Homes, “We Build”, and more.

HUMANITAS SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES Grades 9-12
The School for Advanced Studies is an Honors/AP program composed of identified and unidentified gifted students, as well as talented and high-ability students that show an interest in an accelerated curriculum. Courses in the SAS curriculum will go beyond a standard, high-quality instructional program by treating particular themes and using hands-on, apprenticeship-style practicums in addition to a standard didactic approach. Students will take required and elective courses and will a have access to the many academic and extracurricular opportunities at NHHS. 

SCIENCE AND MEDICAL CAREERS ACADEMY (SMCA) Grades 10-12
The Science and Medical Careers Academy (SMCA) is a college preparatory program for students who are interested in exploring professional careers in the medical and science industries. All students who join the academy enroll in those classes that prepare them to meet college entrance requirements.  Our students are encouraged to enroll in advanced mathematics, science classes, and foreign language.  In SMCA, the emphasis in our curriculum is to expand our students awareness of the wide variety of professional careers in the science and medical fields

SOCIAL JUSTICE ACADEMY (SJA) Grades 10-12
This program is designed to help students become active members of their school community and to promote social awareness. Through interdisciplinary instruction, performance-based assessments and a college preparatory focus, a theme of social justice and community service is woven through each curricular area. The mission is to promote human potential by engaging students in a rigorous course of study to strengthen leadership skills through a reciprocal relationship between school and community.

TRANSPORTATION CAREERS ACADEMY (TCA) Grades 10-12
This program is designed to prepare students for college and has a particular focus in the areas of urban planning and engineering. Students spend 1-3 hours each day working directly on computers. TCA students frequently work with others on long-term projects. They can also participate in summer internships with the LA County MTA.