- Northwest High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)
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For schools of the same name, see Northwest High School (disambiguation).
Northwest High School 
Location 13501 Richter Farm Road
Germantown, Maryland 20874
United States of AmericaInformation Type Public Secondary Motto Do your best and the best will come back to you. All For One, One For All Established 1998 School district Montgomery County Public Schools Principal Lance Dempsey Grades 9–12 Number of students 2046 (2009–2010) Campus Suburban Color(s) Black , Silver and White Mascot Jaguar Rival Seneca Valley High School Newspaper The Jagwire Website http://northwesths.net/ Northwest High School is a public high school in unincorporated Germantown, Maryland.
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History
Northwest is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools. As of 2006, its enrollment was over 2,000 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 city of Gaithersburg. The school underwent an expansion project that was completed during the summer of 2006. Its 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 French, Spanish, Chinese, and Latin. The school is competitive academically, with average SAT scores above the national mean.[1][2]
Northwest hosts the Ulysses Signature Program which is 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.[3] Students are recommended for the rigorous research program as freshman and remain in the program throughout their senior year.[4]
Principals
- Dr. Shirley 1998-2002
- Sylvia Morrison 2002-2009
- Lance Dempsey 2009-
Areas served
Students attending Northwest come from parts of Germantown, parts of Boyds, portions of Gaithersburg, Darnestown and very small portions of Poolesville and Potomac.[5] 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)
Sports
Aerial view of NWHS (before the 2006 expansion)
Northwest has noted athletic rivalries with Seneca Valley High School and Quince Orchard High School.
All teams have varsity and junior varsity teams with the exception of tennis, golf, hockey, swim and dive, indoor track and field, poms, and boys/coed volleyball. JV lacrosse teams were recently added to Montgomery County athletics in 2008.
All teams have both boys and girls teams except for those where gender is unspecified.
Fall sports
- Football (state champs in fall 2004)
- Soccer
- Cross-Country
- Girls Tennis
- Golf
- Field Hockey
- Girls Volleyball
- Marching Band
Winter sports
- Basketball
- Wrestling
- Indoor Track
- Hockey
- Swim and Dive
Spring sports
- Boys Baseball
- Girls Softball
- Field and Track
- Lacrosse
- Boys Tennis
- COED Volleyball
- Boys Volleyball
Multi-season
- Poms
- Cheerleading
Rivalries
- Seneca Valley High School: In football the series stands at 4-9
- Quince Orchard High School: In football the series stands at 4-8
The Battle for The King's Trophy
Year NWHS SVHS Winner Series 1998 13 42 Seneca Valley 1-0 Seneca Valley 2000 19 14 Northwest 1-1 Tied 2001 7 26 Seneca Valley 2-1 Seneca Valley 2002 22 0 Northwest 2-2 Tied 2003 37 34 Northwest 3-2 Northwest 2004 35 36 Seneca Valley 3-3 Tied 2005 7 14 Seneca Valley 4-3 Seneca Valley 2006 21 19 Northwest 4-4 Tied 2007 13 34 Seneca Valley 5-4 Seneca Valley 2008 0 6 Seneca Valley 6-4 Seneca Valley The Battle for the King's Trophy or the Battle for Germantown is an annual football game with Northwest High School's main rival, Seneca Valley High School. Located only 2.6 miles apart, the rivalry started in 1998 when Northwest first opened. The rivalry has been recognized as one of the fiercest in Maryland by local media, including all four major news networks, The MD Examiner, The Gazette, The Washington Post and several other media stations in the area.[6] The Battle for Germantown is the cause of pep rallies, tailgate parties, and intense hype at the two schools and among fans in Montgomery County. Every year, the winner of the game receives the King's Trophy and is deemed the "Kings" of Germantown.[7]
The Black Hole
The Northwest High School football/soccer stadium, home to the Battalion of Black, a nickname given to the Northwest fans. Because of black being one of the school colors, a motif of black is used in Northwest's stadium, nicknamed the Black Hole. The football team enters the stadium to a rendition of the The Imperial March and select Fridays are designated Black-out Fridays, when all students, staff, and parents are encouraged to wear black.[8]
Light Up The Night
Similar to the Black Hole concept, in the 2008-2009 school year, students, parents and staff were encouraged to wear white to away games. T-shirts were sold featuring the Light Up The Night logo.
Boys tennis team
The boys tennis team has been making great strides toward excellence. The 2008-2009 season was Northwest's most successful. Led by new coach Jeff Barnes, Northwest finished in 4th place within Division 1. 1st singles player Stephen Katzel was the first player in Northwest's history to make the All Gazette Team for Northwest and the first player in Northwest's history to make the Montgomery County #1 singles tournament final. 2nd singles player Neil Soni won the Montgomery County #2 Singles tournament and was the first player in Northwest's history to win a county tournament for tennis. Soni also reached the semifinals of the Maryland State tournament during the 2007-2008 season and finished in 3rd place, becoming the first player in school history to do so.
Extracurricular activities and organizations
- Airsoft/Milsim Club
- Break dance Team
- Chess Team
- Debate Team
- Drama Club
- Forensics Team
- Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)
- G.H.E.A.R.S.
- Hip hop Dance Team
- Hockey Team
- It's Academic team
- Improv Team
- Jag-TV
- Jag-Wire
- Jewish Student Association
- Meemaw's for Peepaw's Society
- Men's Ensemble
- Mock Trial Club
- Model United Nations
- Mountain Biking Club
- Muslim Student Association (MSA)
- Naval Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Held at neighborhing Seneca Valley High School)
- Show Choir
- Step Team
- Students 4 Change in Darfur
- Students For Peace in the Middle East
- Treble Choir
- The Marching Jaguars (Held the first marching band competition in Montgomery County in 2007. They traveled to the USSBA National Championships and participated in the 2005 Shanghai Tourism Festival.)
- Yearbook development
References
- ^ "2008-2009 SAT Overall Mean Scores" (PDF). Maryland State Department of Education. http://www.msp.msde.state.md.us/college_readiness/SAT/2009SAT_150246.pdf. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ "Total Group Profile Report" (PDF). CollegeBoard. pp. 1. http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/cbs-2009-national-TOTAL-GROUP.pdf. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ "Local School Signature Programs". Montgomery County Public Schools. http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/high/signatures/. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ "Northwest Seniors Unveil Research Projects". Gazette. 20 January 2010. http://www.gazette.net/stories/01202010/montsch193433_32548.php. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ "Northwest High School 2010-2011 Service Area" (PDF). Montgomery County Public Schools. 20 September 2010. http://gis.mcpsmd.org/gis/ServiceAreaMaps/NorthwestHS.pdf. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ Papuchis, Matthew "Seneca Valley Overpowers Northwest in 12th Annual Battle for Germantown, 37-0", Germantown Patch, October 9, 2010.
- ^ Seneca Valley Football
- ^ "The Black Hole", NW Jags Football Site, 2007. Accessed November 27, 2007.
External links
- Northwest High School
- Northwest High School Booster Club
- Northwest High School Staff Directory
- Northwest High School Athletics
- Northwest High School Football Website
- Northwest statistics from MCPS
Consortiums High Schools Albert Einstein · Bethesda-Chevy Chase · Blake · Winston Churchill · Clarksburg · Damascus · Gaithersburg · Walter Johnson · John F. Kennedy · Magruder · Montgomery Blair · Northwest · Northwood · Paint Branch · Poolesville · Quince Orchard · Richard Montgomery · Rockville · Seneca Valley · Sherwood · Springbrook · Wootton · Whitman · Watkins Mill · Wheaton
Technical High Schools Closed High Schools Robert E. Peary · Charles W. Woodward
Middle Schools A. Mario Loiederman · Argyle · Benjamin Banneker · Briggs Chaney · Cabin John · Col E. Brooke Lee · Earle B. Wood · Eastern · Forest Oak · Francis Scott Key · Gaithersburg · Hoover · John Poole · John T. Baker · Julius West · Kingsview · Lakelands Park · Martin Luther King · Montgomery Village · Neelsville · Newport Mill · North Bethesda · Parkland · Pyle · Redland · Ridgeview · Robert Frost · Roberto W. Clemente · Rocky Hill · Rosa M. Parks · Shady Grove · Silver Spring International · Sligo · Takoma Park · Tilden · Westland · White Oak · William Farquhar
Primary Schools Alternative Schools
and Special EducationAlternative Programs · Carl Sandburg Center · Emory Grove Center · Fleet Street · Glenmont · Hadley Farms · Longview · Mark Twain · McKenney Hills · Regional Institute For Children & Adolescents · Rock Terrace · Stephen Knolls
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