Activities
Organizations & clubs 2022-2023
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 Mr. Campos
- National Honor Society (NHS), sponsor Ms. Aston and Ms. Smith
- 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. Taurus Rucker, our women's athletic coordinator, Ms. Gail Martin, our drill team sponsors, Ms. Portillo and Ms. Numa, or our cheer sponsor, Ms. Williams. (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, Dr. Kelly, our Journalism / Newspaper / Yearbook sponsor, Ms. Jemison, our Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) sponsor, Ray Joran, or our Career & Technology Education department lead, Mr. Myers.
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 | Last Name | First Name | Social Media Accounts |
| AcDec/Oct | Campos | Juan | twitter: @AcdecRaiders, IG: acdecraiders |
| Activity Director | Edens | Hannah | |
| ACT-SO | |||
| African & Black Student Union | Corbin Okeke | Michelle | |
| Asian Students Association | Tran | Nam | |
| American Red Cross Club | Belizaire | Nadelle | |
| Anime Club | |||
| Asian Pop Club | Riley | Kathryn | |
| Athletic Coordinator - Women's | Martin | Gail | |
| Athletic Director - Campus | Rucker | Taurus | |
| AVID Coordinator | Aston | April | |
| AVID Coordinatior | Rojas | Anne | |
| AVID Freshmen | Rojas | Anne | |
| AVID Club | Sendejo | Esmeralda | instagram @ng_avid_club |
| AVID Juniors | Belizaire | Nadelle | |
| AVID Juniors | Le | David | |
| AVID Seniors | Esquivel | Janizelle | |
| AVID Seniors | Aston | April | |
| AVID Sophomores | Equihua | Nelsy | |
| Band/Percussion Ensemble | Lopez | Antuon | |
| Band | Green | Cameron | |
| Band/Jazz Band | |||
| Baseball | Haynes | Travis | |
| Baseball | Taylor | Vince | |
| Baseball Head Coach | Garcia | Jody | |
| Basketball - Boys - JV | Johnson | Jeff | |
| Basketball - Boys - Freshman | Lewis | Shomaria | |
| Basketball - Boys - Varsity | Johnson | Chris | |
| Basketball - Boys - Varsity Asst. | Hicks | Lewis | |
| Basketball - Girls - Freshman | Horton | Daryl | |
| Basketball - Girls - JV | Washington | Cherie | |
| Basketball - Girls - Varsity | Martin | Gail | |
| Basketball - Girls - Varsity Asst. | Followwell | Candice | |
| Beta Club | Barth | Dustin | |
| Black Student Association | Corbin Okeke | Michelle | |
| Body Positivity Club | |||
| Book Club | Reed | Debra | |
| Broadcast | https://linktr.ee/ngjournalism | ||
| Card Game Club | Gillam | Daniel | |
| Cheerleading- Freshman | Williams | Ericka | Instagram: @NGHS_cheer |
| Cheerleading - JV | Williams | Ericka | Instagram: @NGHS_cheer |
| Cheerleading - Varsity | Williams | Ericka | Instagram: @NGHS_cheer |
| Chess Club | Bland | Marilyn | |
| Choir | Sweet | Samuel | @NGHChoir1! |
| Class of 2023 - Seniors | Martinez | Crystal | Twitter : @NGHS_2022 |
| Class of 2024 - Juniors | Munoz | Aldrin | @nghs2023 Instagram and Twitter |
| Class of 2025- Sophomores | Sheckells | Chelsey | @nghs2025 |
| Class of 2026 - Freshmen | Henricshon | Morgan | |
| Club Passport | Rojas | Anne | NGHSClubPassport: Instagram |
| Cross Country - Girls (Head) | Hill | Joy | |
| Cross Country - Girls (Assistant) | Walker | Bryan | |
| Cross Country - Boys | Johnson | Jeff | |
| CyberPatriots | |||
| Debate, Poetry/Prose, Interp | Esquivel | Janizelle | |
| DECA | Adams | Kim | |
| Design Club | Knesnik | Alex | |
| Design Club | Godoy-Diguette | Cryss | |
| Drama Club | McDonald | Becki | @nghsits |
| Drama Club | Gibson | Nancy | @nghsits |
| Drill Team - Mam'selles | Numa | Nicole | |
| Drill Team JV - La Petites | Portillo | Sally | IG and Twitter @NGHSlapetites |
| Dungeons and Dragons Club | Boyd | Eric | |
| EL Teen Leaders | Olivarez | Jessica | |
| Environmental Club | Bland | Marilyn | |
| Esports Club | Le | David | |
| Fashion Club | |||
| Feminists United | Ortiz | Alexis | Instagram @nghsfeminists.united |
| Film Club | Morrissey | Greg | |
| Football - Freshmen | Ford | Bryce | |
| Football - Freshmen | Saltzman | Tomer | |
| Football - Freshmen | Scott | Kenyon | |
| Football - Freshmen - Head Coach | Sims | Jermaine | |
| Football - Varsity | Wright | Torrence | |
| Football - Varsity | Wilson | Chace | |
| Football - Varsity | Cavitt | David | |
| Football - Varsity | Taylor | Vince | |
| Football - Varsity | Jackson | Keelon | |
| Football - Varsity | Walters | Shawn | |
| Football - Varsity | Haynes | Travis | |
| Football - Varsity - Head Coach | Rucker | Taurus | Twitter:@N_Garland_HS_FB Instagram:nghs_raiders |
| Football - Varsity (Defensive Coordinator) | Wiseman | Matt | |
| Football - Varsity (Offensive Coordinator) | Tatum | John | |
| Future Teacher Internship | Ray | Jordan | |
| Genders and Sexualities Alliance | Brieske | Mary | |
| Genders and Sexualities Alliance | Knesnik | Alex | |
| Genders and Sexualities Alliance | Koch | Cyrus | |
| German National Honor Society | |||
| Guitar Club | Tuerck | Banner | |
| Hispanic Youth Organization (HYO) | Campos | Juan | @NGHS_HYO |
| Hispanic Youth Organization (HYO) | Rivera | Palmira | |
| HOSA | Climer | Lara | |
| HOSA | Macaluso | Eva | |
| HOSA | Hunter | Kevin | |
| HOSA | Kelly | Dusty | |
| HOSA | Robinson | Kristal | |
| HOSA | Shelton | Deidre | |
| HOSA | Ghali | George | |
| IMPACT | |||
| Interact | Buhl | John | |
| International Thespian Society | McDonald | Becki | @nghsits |
| International Thespian Society | Gibson | Nancy | Becki McDonald |
| JHOTS/History Day | Nowlin | Bruce | |
| Key Club | Blakley | Joel | |
| Lady Raider Athletic Club | Martin | Gail | |
| Library Advisory Team | Reed | Debbie | |
| Louder Than A Bomb/Young DFW Writers | Boyd | Eric | |
| Magic the Gathering Club | |||
| Men's Volleyball Club | Sweet | Samuel | |
| Men's Volleyball Club | Carlson | Bret | |
| Mentors | Aston | April | |
| MST & AMS Advisor | Mathew | Natalie | |
| MSTSA (MST Student Association) | Mathew | Natalie | |
| Mu Alpha Theta | Robertson | Michal | |
| Mu Alpha Theta | Koch | Cyrus | |
| Muslim Student Association | Benner | Meg | |
| National Honor Society | Aston | April | |
| National Honor Society | Smith | Claire | |
| Newspaper | Jemison | Madora | https://linktr.ee/ngjournalism |
| NGHS Robotics | Nash | David | |
| NGHS Robotics | Myers | Marcus | |
| NG STRONG | Ortiz | Alexis | |
| Orchestra | Garza | Adrianna | @ng_orchestra (Twitter, IG, TikTok) |
| Power Lifting | Wright | Torrence | |
| Power Lifting - Head Coach | Wilson | Chace | |
| Principals Advisory Committee (PAC) | Fishpaw | John | |
| PTECH & ECHS Advisor | Carlson | Bret | |
| Raider Rocketry | Nash | David | |
| Raider Rocketry | Myers | Marcus | |
| Raider Rowdies | |||
| Science Bowl Club | Isaacs | Jennifer | |
| Skills USA (Engineering) | Nash | David | |
| Skills USA (Robotics) | Myers | Marcus | |
| Soccer - Boys -JV2 | Saltzman | Tomer | |
| Soccer - Boys - JV | Cavitt | David | |
| Soccer - Boys - Varsity | Mendoza | Angel | |
| Soccer - Girls -JV2 | |||
| Soccer - Girls - JV | Gwin | Katie | |
| Soccer - Girls - Varsity | Carrera | Amy | |
| Social Club (Formerly Table Tennis) | Munoz | Aldrin | |
| Social Club (Formerly Table Tennis) | Munoz | Aldrin | |
| Softball - JV | Walker | Bryan | |
| Softball - Varsity Assistant | Fenlon | Rachel | Twitter: northgarlandSB |
| Softball - Head Coach | Henderson | Shawna | |
| Spanish National Honor Society | Hopland | Jason | |
| Step Team | McDonald | Becki | Twitter: NGHS_RaiderHeat Instagram: NGHS_RaiderHeat |
| Student Council | Barth | Dustin | |
| Student Leadership/Youth Summit | |||
| Swimming (GISD Team) | Wiggins | Phillip | |
| TAFE (Texas Assoc of Future Educators) | Ray | Jordan | |
| Tennis | Buhl | John | |
| Track - Boys | Jackson | Keelon | |
| Track - Boys | Sims | Jemaine | |
| Track - Boys | Walters | Shawn | |
| Track - Boys - Head Coach | Card | Jonathan | |
| Track - Girls | Medford | ShaToya | |
| Track - Girls | Washington | Cherie | |
| Track - Girls | Horton | Daryl | |
| Track - Girls - Head Coach | Hill | Joy | |
| Trainers - Boys Athletics | Montgomery | Cody | |
| Trainers - Girls Athletics | LaBeau | Natalia | |
| Tutor Club | Gray | Jason | |
| UIL Academic Co-Coordinator | Buhl | John | |
| UIL Academic Co-Coordinator | Gibson | Nancy | |
| UIL Accounting | McGee | Connie | |
| UIL Calculator Apps | Koch | Cyrus | |
| UIL Computer Science | |||
| UIL Current Events | McMillan | Chris | |
| UIL Debate & Speaking | Esquivel | Janizelle | |
| UIL Journalism | Jemison | Madora | |
| 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 | |
| UNICEF Club | Benner | Margaret | |
| Volleyball - Freshmen | Gwin | Katie | |
| Volleyball - JV | Carrera | Amy | |
| Volleyball - Varsity | Steininger | Jill | Twitter: @NGVolleyball |
| Volleyball - Varsity Assistant | Medford | ShaToya | |
| Yearbook | Jemison | Madora | https://linktr.ee/ngjournalism |
| Youth in Government | Campos | Juan | |
| World Dance Company | Portillo | Sally | IG NGHS_WDC twitter @NGHSWDC |