Northwood was the only IUSD high school to receive the California Distinguished School Award in 2024, as announced by State Superintendent Tony Thurmond on Feb. 29. Northwood previously won the title...

Close your eyes and imagine. In the next couple of months, you will enter the halls of Northwood, a school of more than 2,000 students. How does it feel? Maybe nerve-wracking. Or exciting. Maybe somewhere...

Fine Arts Week, hosted by ASB, featured showcases and performances from different visual and performing art classes at Northwood from April 8-12 to promote and expose students to the arts electives. Organized...

The Northwood core values of compassion, mutual respect and integrity exist near students every day: they are stapled to the classroom walls, displayed on the official Northwood logo and even in the big...

Fifteen entries from Northwood’s National History Day team qualified for the California State Finals after a successful performance at the Orange County District Tournament on March 9. NHD is a historical...

The minimum wage for most California fast-food workers was raised to $20 effective April 1, $4 above the current $16 minimum wage for workers in the state. The increase in wages, which comes after the...

Northwood’s first ever Movie night, planned by the Sophomore Class Council, was held on March 22 at the upper grass field, featuring a showing of “Spiderman: No Way Home” and concessions hosted by...

Live music and lively chatter intertwine on the Irvine Spectrum’s Giant Wheel Lawn. Despite the nighttime rain and the chill of shaved ice, a festive aloha warmth reverberates around the huge tent as...

ASB and Thrive’s “Part of the Pack” campus activities began last week and will continue throughout the month of March, promising to deliver on a new “give, don’t ask” philosophy behind school-commissioned...

The Measure D Charter Amendment to transition to district election was passed during the primary elections on March 5.  Measure D will expand the Irvine City Council from five to seven members by adjusting...

The Irvine CONNECT shuttle service will officially launch on April 1, providing free transportation from Irvine Spectrum to Northwood Town Center.  With a total of 76 stops including points of interest...

Room 501, the instrumental music classroom, underwent repair from Feb. 22-23 to repair the ceiling that has been prone to rain leakage since the school first opened in 1999.  The leak was caused by the...