Choir

Both the elementary and the secondary choir participate in "Goodwill" tours throughout the community as various times of the year but particularly Christmas. Hundreds of community members have had an opportunity to hear the Northland Choir and appreciate their uplifting message of joy and hope.

The Elementary Honor Choir won the Aldine I.S.D. Children's Choir Festival and was given the Most Outstanding Choral Performance Award for 4th and 5th grade choir for a second year in a row. They also participated in the Trills and Thrills Festival held at Deady Middle School in conjunction with Splashtown and were awarded a Superior Rating earning 98 out of 100 possible points.

Photography

Digital Photography has 47 students this year. In November, the class took a field trip to record directed observations on site. Several groups went into the tunnels under the streets. Everyone took pictures of architecture, trains and street life. Many of those images were displayed at the Christmas concert and art show. There were 235 students who participated in the Christmas concert, and the families of those students viewed artwork and photography from middle school and high school artists. Pictured below (from left to right) are works from Caitlyn Vazquez, Elizabeth Mitten and Noah Fouts. 

Robotics

Northland's Robotics Program helps prepare students for tournaments and competitions leading to excellence in achievement for themselves and their school. Students work together in teams during competition to solve the prescribed problems together. NCS is fortunate to have a Robotics Program that begins in elementary school and continues through middle and senior high school. A middle school team won the award for "Teamwork" and progressed to the Regional Competition. At Regional competition, the team finished in the top four teams. NCS sponsored a qualifying round for the Southwest Texas division of "FIRST Technology Challenge" robotics competition in January. The NCS high school team is pictured above and our middle school teams are pictured below.
 

Debate

The NCS Debate team has had a stellar year. The first semester was filled with SEVEN Sweepstakes trophies, which means the team placed in the top three teams at the tournament. In addition, debate had ten qualifications to the Texas Forensics Association State Tournament, and many students on the road to qualifying for state. On the national level, the debate program has continued to establish itself as one that continuously succeeds even when competing against top schools; Ms. Shania Hunt has already completed her qualification to the Tournament of Champions, a tournament that many would deem as the most prestigious in the country. The eighth grade team won first place in their tournament against private and public schools around the area. Our high school team is pictured above.