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The absence of an English Primary School in the North inspired the major task of canvassing for, and eventually the building of, Northridge Primary School in 1974. Thanks to the efforts of an extremely hardworking, dedicated group of Sinoville parents under the leadership of Mrs. Anne Bouwer the school opened, officially, on 11 May 1976. The school opened to an enrolment of some 229 learners from Grade 1 to Grade 4. Today the school boasts a complement of 1204 learners with classes including Grades R to Grade 7. Northridge Primary School uses the School Communicator as our primary means of communication with parents. The School Calendar, various resources (Newsletters, etc), as well as selected homework, are posted on the Communicator. Please download it today, so that you can stay up to date with school events. In the Foundation Phase discipline is the responsibility of the class teacher and, on occasion, other teachers with whom the learner comes in contact. Most discipline takes the form of a warning or reprimand but on occasion, a learner needs to receive a firmer consequence and in these cases, a black dot will be issued. Should a learner accumulate 5 black dots he/she will be required to attend a detention on a Friday afternoon. A detention letter will be sent home advising parents of this action. A reward system is also in place to encourage and reinforce positive, desired behavior. Rewards come in the form of stickers on the chart. Once a learner receives 5 stickers in Grades 1-2 he/she will be allowed to wear civvies on a Friday. Grade 3 learners must accumulate 10 stickers to be able to wear civvies on a Friday. Parents will be advised on which day the learner may wear civvies. In the INTERSEC PHASE discipline is encouraged and reinforced through the use of a merit and demerit system. Positive behavior and good work are rewarded by the awarding of merits. As learners accumulate merits they are further rewarded with certificates, civvies, tuckshop vouchers, trips to the cinema, and the top merit earners are taken on an outing at the end of the year. Undesirable behavior is discouraged by the issuing of demerits. This is usually only done after a learner has been warned. Once a learner has received 5 demerits he/she will be required to attend a detention on a Friday from 1:35 to 3:30 p.m. Should a learner continue to receive detentions it will be taken that he/she is non-compliant with our discipline structure and parents will be required to attend a meeting with the principal and the learner’s educators. Further failure to comply will result in the learner and his /her parents attending a meeting with the SGB. Learners who continually flaunt the rules will be excluded from excursions and camps as a child who cannot behave in the classroom could prove to be a risk and an embarrassment when out of the confines of the school environment. Northridge Primary has an Aftercare Centre which caters to learners who cannot go home directly after school. In the Aftercare Centre learners are provided with a nutritious lunch and their homework is supervised daily from Monday to Thursday. The Aftercare Centre is open until 17:30 (5:30 pm) by which time all learners should have been collected unless special arrangements were made with the manager of the Aftercare Centre. The Aftercare Centre does not operate in school holidays nor on public holidays. Fees are determined each year and are payable in advance at the beginning of each month. At Northridge Primary School we offer a wide variety of extra-mural activities. We cater to the sporty child as well as the cultural child. The cultural activities are done throughout the year: Drum Majorettes, Eco Club, Chef Club, Marimba Band, Bible club, Comfort Zone, Brotherhood, Inside-out Club, Science Club. An extra-mural timetable goes out at the beginning of each term which indicates on what day and at what time the extramural activity starts and ends. View full school

California State University, Northridge, exists to enable students to realize their educational goals. The University's priority is to promote the welfare and intellectual progress of students. To fulfill this mission, we design programs and activities to help students develop the academic competencies, professional skills, critical and creative abilities, and ethical values of learned persons who live in a democratic society, an interdependent world, and a technological age we seek to foster a rigorous and contemporary understanding of the liberal arts, sciences, and professional disciplines. We demonstrate excellence in teaching. We honor and reward high performance in learning, teaching, scholarship, research, service, and creative activity. Because our academic programs' quality is central to our mission, we encourage intellectual curiosity and protect the multiple expressions of academic freedom. We set the highest standards for ourselves in all of our actions and activities and support faculty, staff, and administrators' professional development. We assess our performance so that every area of university life will be continually improved and renewed. We recognize and reward our most significant distinction efforts and, through them, provide state and national leadership. We aspire to behave as an inclusive, cooperative community. Our behaviors, policies, and programs affirm every member of the university community's worth and personal dignity and contribute to a campus climate of civility, collegiality, tolerance, and reasoned debate. We seek partnerships with local schools, community colleges, businesses, government, and social agencies to advance our surrounding communities' educational, intellectual, artistic, civic, cultural, and economic aspirations. We seek to provide an environment conducive to innovation, experimentation, and creativity. We encourage all community members to take intellectual and creative risks and embrace changes that will enhance the fulfillment of the University's mission. California State University, Northridge, is inspired by the belief that our commitment to educational opportunity, inclusion, and excellence will extend America's promise to succeeding generations. Our graduates will be the vanguard of leaders for this century—committed to sustaining a democracy in which diverse people share in the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, proficient in applying technology to wise purposes, and dedicated to securing a humane world community and sustaining the bounty of the earth, as an institution of higher learning. CSUN Marketing and Communications is a full-service creative team that highlights the student, faculty, and alumni success stories that make the University one of its leading academic institutions. Our professional communicators work with all media, including on-campus publications, local, state, national and international press. Our staff issues media releases, assists with media events, and handles all its strategic communications. Our office also maintains a list of faculty experts who can provide informed comments on timely topics. Our emergency communications systems are used to immediately notify the campus community of significant emergency or dangerous situations involving an immediate threat to the health or safety or students, staff, or faculty. We will use various channels to tell you what you need to know and what you need to do to be safe. The Office of Admissions and Records promotes student success through services that begin with the application to Cal State Northridge and culminate with graduation. WHEN YOU APPLY, we communicate admissions criteria, timelines, and instructions to evaluate your course work, credit, and test scores and provide online tools to monitor and complete your application process. DURING YOUR STUDIES, we answer your questions, help you interpret university policies about enrollment, provide degree planning tools, maintain your student records, and verify enrollment and GPA. AS GRADUATION NEARS, we assist you with applying for the bachelor's degree and diploma, offer guidance to meet all degree requirements, and verify completion of those requirements. BEYOND GRADUATION, we maintain your permanent academic record. In many ways, Cal State Northridge began like many other Valley institutions: Trees were cleared, and foundations poured at sites that were once orange, lemon, or avocado groves. Hand-lettered signs gave directions to temporary buildings connected by plank pathways. However, before that humble start, there was a great deal of political maneuvering to ensure that a four-year college would even be located in the Valley. In 1952, state officials had initially been identified Baldwin Hills as the site of a satellite campus for Los Angeles State College (now Cal State Los Angeles). In reaction to the decision, Valley leaders organized to overturn the legislation successfully and to ensure later that a four-year college would be situated in the San Fernando Valley. On December 21, 1954, advocates for a Valley four-year college hosted 23 legislators for dinner at the Brown Derby on Wilshire Boulevard. Armed with demographic projections, they pitched the Valley as the only logical place for the next state college. The pitch worked. In 1955, state Assemblyman Judge Julian Beck sent the legislation for approval to purchase land in the north San Fernando Valley for a new satellite campus to Los Angeles State College. View full university

Northridge offers a rigorous liberal arts curriculum focused on educating the whole person. Our students learn not only their subjects; they learn how to work hard, think critically, and develop a spirit of adventure. And they learn how to care for others and appreciate the beauty and goodness of creation. Our graduates score impressive results on AP exams and standardized tests, and many go on to the top universities in the country. Our mission is to develop men of great character, the type of men you would want your daughter to marry, who have the professional competence to become leaders in society, and who love God and their faith. Built upon the foundation of a liberal arts curriculum, personal character formation, and collaboration with parents, Northridge encourages each student to pursue his studies with professional excellence, to possess a spirit of adventure and optimism towards life's challenges, and to become a man of virtue who desires to love God and serve others. The spiritual formation available at Northridge is entrusted to a priest of Opus Dei, a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. Northridge offers a contemporary liberal arts education to all its students. The curriculum is grounded in literature, history, mathematics, science, languages, philosophy, and theology. It focuses on helping the student acquire intellectual virtues and a hunger for the truth. As a result, a young man learns how to write and speak well, form the habit of concentrated study, and develop a sincere interest in the world's goodness. Unlike a vocational or technical curriculum that emphasizes specialization, a liberal arts education can be seen as the best preparation for many professions. However, its chief value is not its practical utility but that it cultivates the student's mind and leads him to pursue a more dignified human life. In conjunction with academic studies, an integral component of the curriculum is the student's participation in the school's athletic teams, performing and pleasing arts programs, and other clubs and activities. These are the training ground for the cultivation of essential virtues such as fortitude, the order in one's use of time, commitment to a cause, and a spirit of service. Starting this educational program in middle school gives a young man a more significant opportunity to mold his character and study habits, thus preparing him to make the most of high school. The high school curriculum, in turn, is challenging and comprehensive so that it prepares the student for any college major and provides him with a broad understanding of Western culture. Northridge places a strong emphasis on its approach to education. Every student is unique and will face different challenges if he becomes a man of culture and virtue. The staff seeks to get to know each young man well and tailor the school's mission to his circumstances. The most important and concrete reflection of this individual attention to each student is the advisory program. Every student is assigned an advisor from among the faculty who, together with his parents, facilitates his full development as a man. The advisor frequently meets with him one-on-one and, through his example, advice, and encouragement, helps the young man grow in self-knowledge, achieve his maximum academic potential, and motivate him to struggle for virtue. Communication and cooperation between the parents (who know their son best) and the advisor make this program successful. All of the men at Northridge – teachers, administrators, and staff alike – serve as an extension of the advisory program, whether in or beyond the classroom, through their countless interactions with students. Northridge maintains high standards of professionalism for each student, evident in nearly every aspect of school life. They are found in coursework that challenges a young man to develop enduring work habits such as perseverance and attention to detail while prioritizing to make fair use of his time. They are found in a faculty that strives to embody and present to a student a model of a man who is both professionally dedicated and personally invested in those around him. They are also found in extracurricular programs that offer a young man additional opportunities to strive for excellence in all that he does. A Northridge education would be an empty shell if it did not help each student grow in character and discover the importance of his life's spiritual dimension. The example of the faculty, the guidance each student receives from his advisor, and the image of the human person that permeates the school as a whole all contribute to an environment where the practice of virtue is made attractive. As a result, during his years at Northridge, a student will have the opportunity to develop a father-son relationship with God. He will be taught to seek the truth and to form his conscience according to it. And he will be encouraged to foster within himself a genuine desire to serve and respect others, seeking their ultimate good. View full school