Activities
Organizations & clubs 2020-2021
North Garland High School makes dozens of organizations and clubs available each year to students creating many additional participation and enrichment opportunities.
Please see the full listing below of all NGHS Organizations and Clubs to assist you in seeking out activities where you may have interests.
In addition to the full Organizations & Clubs listing, here are just a few highlights of campus organizations you may be interested in joining:
- Student Council and/or Beta Club, sponsor Mr. Barth
- Key Club, sponsor Mr. Blakley
- AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), sponsor Ms. Aston
- HYO (Hispanic Youth Organization), sponsor Ms. Ortega
- National Honor Society (NHS), sponsor Ms. Aston
- Spanish National Honor Society (SNHS), sponsor Mr. Hopland
- Interact, sponsor Mr. Buhl
- UN Club, sponsor Ms. Belizaire
Another avenue you might consider for becoming active in campus activities includes joining a sports, business or occupational organization:
- Athletics / Drill Team / Cheer: For information about joining a North Garland High School athletic organization, drill team, or cheer team, you may contact our campus athletic director, Mr. Joe Castillo, our women's athletic coordinator, Ms. Gail Martin, our drill team sponsors, Ms. Fishback and Ms. Portillo, or our cheer sponsor, Ms. Sheckells. (Of course, you may instead contact the specific sponsor listed below in the area where you have interest.)
- Business / Occupational Specialties: There are many NGHS business and occupational student organizations you may be interested in joining. Highlighting a few, you may have interest in contacting our Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) sponsor, Ms. Adams, our Health Occupations Student Organization (HOSA) sponsor, Ms. Stewart, our Journalism / Newspaper / Yearbook sponsor, Ms. Williamson, our Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) sponsor, Ms. Atmar, or our Career & Technology Education department lead, Ms. Matthew.
Full listing of NGHS organizations & clubs
For more information about a particular club or organization, including how to join, please contact a listed sponsor.
| Organization | Sponsor Last Name | Sponsor First Name |
| AcDec/Oct | Campos | Juan |
| Activity Director | Edens | Hannah |
| ACT-SO | ||
| African Student Association | Lacy | Adrian |
| African Student Association | Cooper | Kevin |
| Asian Students Association | ||
| American Red Cross Club | Belizaire | Nadelle |
| Anime Club | Ortiz | Esteban |
| Asain Pop Club | Riley | Kathryn |
| Athletic Coordinator - Women's | Martin | Gail |
| Athletic Director - Campus | Castillo | Joe |
| AVID Coordinator | Aston | April |
| AVID Freshmen | Esquivel | Janizelle |
| AVID Club | Sheran | Esmeralda |
| AVID Juniors | Rojas | Anne |
| AVID Freshmen | Taylor | Katie |
| AVID Seniors | Rojas | Anne |
| AVID Sophomores | Belizaire | Nadelle |
| AVID Sophomores | Hisbrook | Mercedes |
| Band/Steel Band | Lopez | Anton |
| Band | Gallegos | Salvador |
| Band/Jazz Band | Adler | Christopher |
| Baseball | Porter | Gary |
| Baseball | Garcia | Jody |
| Baseball Head Coach | Springfield | Bo |
| Basketball - Boys - JV | Johnson | Jeff |
| Basketball - Boys - Freshman A | Terrell | Carl |
| Basketball - Boys -Freshman B | Jackson | Keelan |
| Basketball - Boys - Varsity | Johnson | Chris |
| Basketball - Boys - Varsity Asst. | Lacy | Adrian |
| Basketball - Girls - Freshman | Leffall | LaFontaine |
| Basketball - Girls - JV | Woods | Artrell |
| Basketball - Girls - Varsity | Martin | Gail |
| Basketball - Girls - Varsity Asst. | Collier | Jess |
| Beta Club | Barth | Dustin |
| Black Student Association | Cooper | Kevin |
| Book Club | Parr | Ginny |
| Book Club | Reed | Debra |
| Broadcast | Williamson | Myca |
| Card Game Club | Gillam | Daniel |
| Card Game Club | McKee | Suzanne |
| Cheerleading- Freshman | Sheckells | Chelsey |
| Cheerleading - JV | Sheckells | Chelsey |
| Cheerleading - Varsity | Rose | Johnna |
| Chess Club | Graber | Kurt |
| Choir | Ritter | Brandon |
| CISCO BPA | Not Active | |
| Class of 2020 - Seniors | McClelland | Amanda |
| Class of 2020 - Seniors | Hisbrook | Mercedes |
| Class of 2021 - Juniors | Johnson | Jeff |
| Class of 2022 - Sophomores | Esquihua | Nelsey |
| Class of 2023- Freshman | Martinez | Crystal |
| Club Passport | Rojas | Anne |
| Cross Country - Girls (head) | Hill | Joy |
| Cross Country - Girls (assistant) | Fuller | Melanie |
| Cross Country - Boys | Johnson | Jeff |
| CyberPatriots | Cunningham | Trina |
| Debate | Esquivel | Janizelle |
| DECA | Adams | Kim |
| DECA | McGee | Connie |
| Drama Club | McDonald | Becki |
| Drama Club | Gibson | Nancy |
| Drill Team - Mam'selles | Fishback | Kelly |
| Drill Team JV - La Petites | Portillo | Sally |
| ELL Teen Leaders | Olivarez | Jessica |
| Environmental Club | Bland | Marilyn |
| Esports Club | Tran | Nam |
| Fashion Club | Johnson | Kalyn |
| Forensic Science Club - Skills USA | Campos | Juan |
| Football - Freshmen | Card | Jonathan |
| Football - Freshmen | Ennis | Tim |
| Football - Freshmen | Jackson | Keelan |
| Football - Freshmen | Cavitt | David |
| Football - Freshmen - Head Coach | Springfield | Bo |
| Football - Varsity | Garcia | Jody |
| Football - Varsity | Porter | Gary |
| Football - Varsity | Leishner | Mark |
| Football - Varsity | Aubrey | Jason |
| Football - Varsity | Raymond | Bryan |
| Football - Varsity | Rucker | Taurus |
| Football - Varsity | Ludlow | Brian |
| Football - Varsity | Brandenburg | Rob |
| Football - Varsity - Head Coach | Castillo | Joe |
| Football - Varsity (Defensive Coordinator) | Dagen | Trent |
| Football - Varsity (Offensive Coordinator) | Wiseman | Matt |
| Future Teacher Internship | Edens | Hannah |
| Genders and Sexualities Alliance | Stephens | Allison |
| Genders and Sexualities Alliance | Rodriguez | Robert |
| German National Honor Society | Morgan | Vanessa |
| Hispanic Youth Organization (HYO) | Ortega | Erika |
| HOSA | Martinez | Crystal |
| HOSA | Mckee | Suzanne |
| HOSA | Macaluso | Eva |
| HOSA | Hunter | Kevin |
| HOSA | Kelly | Dusty |
| HOSA | Bailey | Devon |
| HOSA | Fisher | Christy |
| HOSA | Stewart | Nancy |
| HOSA | Hein | Karen |
| IMPACT | King | Kathy |
| Interact | Buhl | John |
| International Thespian Society | McDonald | Becki |
| International Thespian Society | Gibson | Nancy |
| JHOTS/History Day | Nowlin | Bruce |
| Key Club | Blakley | Joel |
| Lady Raider Athletic Club | Martin | Gail |
| LIGHT Brigade | ||
| Louder Than A Bomb/Young DFW Writers | Martinez | Crystal |
| Magic the Gathering Club | White | Christina |
| Mentors | Aston | April |
| Model UN | ||
| MST Advisor | Mathew | Natalie |
| MSTSA (MST Student Association) | Mathew | Natalie |
| Mu Alpha Theta | Robertson | Michal |
| National Honor Society | Aston | April |
| National Honor Society | Smith | Claire |
| Newspaper | Williamson | Myca |
| NGHS Robotics | Nash | David |
| NGHS Robotics | Mathew | Natalie |
| NG STRONG | Blankenship | Jesse |
| NG STRONG | King | Kathy |
| NG STRONG | Wilson | Craig |
| NG Strums | Blankenship | Jesse |
| Orchestra | Garza | Adrianna |
| Poetry Club - LTAB (Louder Than A Bomb) | Martinez | Crystal |
| Principals Advisory Committee (PAC) | Arreola | Michael |
| Power Lifting | Rucker | Taurus |
| Power Lifting - Head Coach | Leishner | Mark |
| Project 7 (P7) | Campos | Juan |
| Raider Rocketry | Nash | David |
| Raider Rocketry | Myers | Marcus |
| Raider Rowdies | ||
| Skills USA (Engineering) | Mathew | Natalie |
| Soccer - Boys -JV2 | Mark | Leishner |
| Soccer - Boys - JV | Chad | Henkelman |
| Soccer - Boys - Varsity | Mendoza | Angel |
| Soccer - Girls -JV2 | Steinenger | Jill |
| Soccer - Girls - JV | Agulefo | Ejike |
| Soccer - Girls - Varsity | Davis | Sarah |
| Softball - JV | Griffith | Troy |
| Softball - Varsity Assistant | Fuller | Melanie |
| Softball - Head Coach | Martin | Erin |
| Spanish National Honor Society | Hopland | Jason |
| Step Team | McDonald | Becki |
| Student Council | Barth | Dustin |
| Student Leadership/Youth Summit | Looking for sponsor | |
| Swimming (GISD Team) | Wiggins | Phillip |
| Table Tennis Federation | Hernandez | Zach |
| Table Tennis Federation | Wilson | Craig |
| TAFE (Texas Assoc of Future Educators) | Edens | Hannah |
| Tennis | Buhl | John |
| Track - Boys | Raymond | Bryan |
| Track - Boys | Rucker | Taurus |
| Track - Boys | Wiseman | Matt |
| Track - Boys - Head Coach | Card | Jonathan |
| Track - Girls | Collier | Jess |
| Track - Girls | Leffall | LaFontaine |
| Track - Girls | Steininger | Jill |
| Track - Girls | Woods | Artrell |
| Track - Girls - Head Coach | Jackson | Jeff |
| Trainers - Boys Athletics | Montgomery | Cody |
| Trainers - Girls Athletics | Oliphant | Quentin |
| UIL Academic Co-Coordinator | Buhl | John |
| UIL Academic Co-Coordinator | Gibson | Nancy |
| UIL Accounting | McGee | Connie |
| UIL Calculator Apps | Koch | Cyrus |
| UIL Computer Applications | McGee | Connie |
| UIL Computer Science | Cunningham | Trina |
| UIL Current Events | McMillan | Chris |
| UIL Debate & Speaking | Esquivel | Janizelle |
| UIL Journalism | Williamson | Myca |
| UIL Literary Criticism | Bland | Marilyn |
| UIL Math | Koch | Cyrus |
| UIL Number Sense | Koch | Cyrus |
| UIL One Act Play | McDonald | Becki |
| UIL One Act Play | Gibson | Nancy |
| UIL Prose & Poetry | Esquivel | Janizelle |
| UIL Ready Writing | ||
| UIL Science | Borders | Patricia |
| UIL Social Studies | Aston | April |
| UIL Spelling & Vocabulary | Bland | Marilyn |
| UN Club | Belizaire | Nadelle |
| Volleyball - Freshmen | Griffith | Troy |
| Volleyball - JV | Agulefo | EJ |
| Volleyball - Varsity | Steininger | Jill |
| Volleyball - Varsity Assistant | Martin | Erin |
| Yearbook | Williamson | Myca |
| Youth in Government | Campos | Juan |