Two scholarships are available for your application:

• $1000 Volunteer Service Scholarship — This scholarship recognizes graduating seniors for their volunteer service in schools and communities, allowing them to register for courses at accredited colleges, universities, trade or technical schools. Applicants must be PTA members graduating from a California high school between January 1 and June 30 of the current academic year.
• $500 Dr. Ralph E. White Graduating Senior Scholarship – Honoring the volunteer and public-service legacy of Dr. Ralph E. White and his wife, Eleanor, this additional scholarship provides $500 each to two successful applicants of the Volunteer Service Scholarship who intend to pursue a career in a medical field.

Applications, reference forms and all supporting documents must be received in the California State PTA office by February 1, 2022. All applicants are notified of their status in March. Scholarship winners receive a letter of congratulations and recognition certificate from California State PTA along with a check. Download the application for a complete list of requirements.

The career lunchtime speaker program gives students the availability to connect with different professionals and gain insight on the various industry occupations. This program provides NHS students exposure to a variety of career paths after high school, and the PTSA, with the help of NHS counseling department, began Lunchtime Career Speakers seven years ago. The career targets are based on interest data gathered from the students through Naviance, the counseling department, as well as various surveys conducted at PTSA events. 



Lunchtime career presentations are done on a volunteer basis.  They are about half an hour, twice a month at the College and Career Center, from November through May. Students usually bring their lunch to the class to listen to the speaker while they eat.  The daily lunch times at NHS for 2021-2022 are around 12:05-12:45 pm.

Students are interested in knowing about your career, its path- academic requirements, day to day realities of the career, salary info, growth prospects, job satisfaction, different options available in the field, etc.  If you are available and interested in sharing your career with the students and/or need more information, please email programsptsanhs@gmail.com.  Thanks in advance for your consideration! 

If you are interested in donating to the NHS library, please see visit our link here. This drive is part of the Pack the Shelves book drive started last year to restock the NHS library.

Northwood High School is a community filled with diversity. If there is a cultural/language parent group that can help enrich the high school experience for your family, please let us know so PTSA can support you. 

Currently PTSA has a Chinese language Parent Group liaison. Yan Sun is available if you have any questions or just want to connect. All of the board members are also available to meet and connect. If you would like to host a cultural/language parent group with the NHS PTSA, please reach out.  

Our school has one of the highest PTSA memberships in the district but, to continue it, we need your support!  To become a member and/or to pledge to NHS PTSA, please register (or log into) your NHS PTSA website account and go to the "Account/My Forms" page to fill out your online membership form.

The Annual Pledge drive is also open so please consider making a pledge!  Please include NHS PTSA in your employer’s matching grant. 

Thank you all for your membership, service, and donations! If you have any questions on membership or pledge, please contact our VP of Membership, Jen King, at: membershipptsanhs@gmail.com

**Amazon gives 0.5% of your purchase back to NHS PTSA when you add “Northwood High School PTSA -Irvine, CA” as your charity. Thanks for considering NHS PTSA as your charity!

Lunchtime servers needed every day. If you are interested in helping out during lunchtime, please see this sign up sheet. 

SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR YOUR CHILD

All students deserve to have access to educational opportunities that help them discover how they will make their mark on the world. At Irvine Public Schools Foundation (IPSF), we believe in nurturing the spark of curiosity within each child to grow and discover their unique gifts, talents, and passions.

Donations to IPSF from parents like you make a difference by creating the educational opportunities our children need now more than ever. www.ipsf.net/eef2021

ACE CLASSES

IPSF is offering ACE classes for high schoolers. More info can be found here.