Northwest High School (Maryland)

Northwest High School (NWHS) is a public high school in Germantown, Maryland. It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools public school system. As of 2019, its enrollment was around 2,650 students. It is one of two high schools in Germantown, the other being Seneca Valley High School, with which Northwest shares an athletic rivalry. The school also serves small sections of the cities of Gaithersburg and Darnestown.

The school underwent an expansion project that was completed during the summer of 2006.

Northwest's school mascot is the jaguar and its colors are black, silver and white.

Academics

Northwest High School offers a number of honors and Advanced Placement courses, along with American Sign Language (ASL) French and Spanish languages. The school is competitive academically, with average SAT scores above the national mean.

Northwest hosts the Ulysses Signature Program, a four-year research-based program in which students develop projects focused on one of the Ulysses Project themes: Arts and Humanities; Public Policy and Public Service; and/or Math, Science and Technology. Students are recommended for the rigorous research program as freshmen and remain in the program throughout their senior years.

Principals

* Edward Shirley (1998–2002)
* Sylvia Morrison (2002–2009)
* Eileen "E. Lance" Lancellotti Dempsey (2009–2016)
* James "Jimmy" D'Andrea (2016–2021)
*Scott "Scottie" Smith (2021–Present)

Areas served

Students attending Northwest come from parts of Germantown, Boyds, Gaithersburg, and Darnestown, as well as very small portions of Poolesville and Potomac.

Northwest is fed by three area middle schools and eight area elementary schools in the following feeder patterns:

* Kingsview MS (grades 6–8): Great Seneca Creek (K-5), Ronald McNair ES (pre-K-5), Spark M. Matsunaga ES (K-5)
* Lakelands Park MS (grades 6–8) (split articulation with Quince Orchard Cluster): Darnestown ES (K-5), portions of Diamond ES (K-5)
* Roberto Clemente MS (grades 6–8) (split articulation with Seneca Valley Cluster): Clopper Mill ES (pre-K-5), Germantown ES (K-5), Great Seneca Creek (K-5)

Athletics

All teams have varsity and junior varsity teams with the exception of tennis, golf, swim and dive, indoor track and field, poms, and boys'/coed volleyball. JV lacrosse teams were added to Montgomery County athletics in 2008.

Fall sports

*Football
*Soccer
*Cross country
*Girls' tennis
*Golf
*Field hockey
*Girls' volleyball

*Cheerleading

Winter sports

*Basketball
*Wrestling
*Indoor Track and Field
*Hockey
*Swim and dive
*Cheerleading

Spring sports

*Baseball
*Softball
*Outdoor Track and field
*Lacrosse
*Boys' tennis
*Coed volleyball
*Boys' volleyball

Multi-season

*Poms
*Cheerleading

Rivalries

Northwest High School has sports rivalries, particularly in football, with neighboring Seneca Valley High School, and Quince Orchard High School. The annual football game between Northwest and Seneca Valley is known as "The Battle for the King's Trophy" or the "Battle for Germantown". The football rivalry with Quince Orchard is widely considered one of the best in the state, with each school winning three state titles.

State championships

Northwest High School has won a total of 31 state championships in team events, as well 67 individual state championships.

Notable alumni

* Britt Eckerstrom (Class of 2011), Portland Thorns FC Goalkeeper
* Mia Khalifa (Class of 2011), adult entertainment actress, sports analyst
*Ashley Nee, Olympic slalom canoeist
*Anwar Phillips (Class of 2001), football cornerback, Penn State Nittany Lions, New Orleans Saints, and Baltimore Ravens
* Joe Young (Class of 2007), formerly Joe Lefeged, football safety

References

External links

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Northwest statistics from MCPS
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Public high schools in Montgomery County, Maryland
Educational institutions established in 1998
1998 establishments in Maryland
Germantown, Maryland