Northwest High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)

For schools of the same name, see Northwest High School (disambiguation).

Northwest High School
Do your best, and the best will come back to you.
Address
13501 Richter Farm Road Germantown, Maryland 20874 United States
Coordinates	39°09′06″N 77°16′48″W / 39.151549°N 77.279963°W / 39.151549; -77.279963Coordinates: 39°09′06″N 77°16′48″W / 39.151549°N 77.279963°W / 39.151549; -77.279963
Information
Type	Public secondary
Established	1998
School district	Montgomery County Public Schools
Principal	Jimmy D'Andrea
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2097 (2011–2012)
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Black, Silver, and White
Nickname	Jaguars
Rivals	Seneca Valley, Quince Orchard
Newspaper	The Jagwire
Website	www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/northwesths/

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 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 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 French and Spanish languages. The school is competitive academically, with average SAT scores above the national mean.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3] Students are recommended for the rigorous research program as freshmen and remain in the program throughout their senior years.^[4]

Principals

Edward Shirley (1998-2002)
Sylvia Morrison (2002-2009)
Eileen "E. Lance" Lancellotti Dempsey (2009-2016)^[5]^[6]
James "Jimmy" D'Andrea (2016-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.^[7]

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, hockey, 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 (2004 3A, 2013, 2014 4A Maryland State Champions)
Soccer
Cross country (Boys' 2001, 2002 Maryland State Champions)
Girls' tennis
Golf
Field hockey
Girls' volleyball

Winter sports

Basketball
Wrestling
Indoor track (Boys' 2014 Maryland State Champions)
Hockey
Swim and dive

Spring sports

Baseball (2012 Maryland State Champions)
Softball
Track and field (Girls' 2011, Boys' 2013 Maryland State Champions)
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".

Notable alumni

Anwar Phillips (Class of 2001), football cornerback, Penn State Nittany Lions, New Orleans Saints, and Baltimore Ravens
Joe Young (Class of 2006), formerly Joe Lefeged, football safety

References

↑ "2008-2009 SAT Overall Mean Scores" (PDF). Maryland State Department of Education. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
↑ "Total Group Profile Report" (PDF). CollegeBoard. p. 1. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
↑ "Local School Signature Programs". Montgomery County Public Schools. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
↑ "Northwest Seniors Unveil Research Projects". Gazette. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
↑ Taylor, Andre L. (July 22, 2009). "NW principal sets high expectations: Former Shady Grove Middle School principal meets parents and students". The Gazette. Gaithersburg, Maryland: Post-Newsweek Media, Inc. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
↑ Montgomery County Public Schools (June 25, 2002). "Highlights of the June 24 Meeting of the Board of Education". Montgomery County Public Schools. 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, Maryland: Montgomery County Public Schools. Archived from the original on August 9, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
↑ "Northwest High School 2010-2011 Service Area" (PDF). Montgomery County Public Schools. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Northwest High School (Montgomery County, Maryland).

Official website
Northwest statistics from MCPS
Northwest High School at the Wayback Machine (archived October 6, 1999)

Montgomery County Public Schools

Consortiums	DCC NEC

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	Edison

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 Herbert Hoover John Poole John T. Baker Julius West Kingsview Lakelands Park Martin Luther King, Jr. Montgomery Village Neelsville Newport Mill North Bethesda Parkland Thomas W. 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	List of 131 Schools

Alternative Schools and Special Education	Alternative 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

Montgomery County, Maryland high schools

Montgomery County Public Schools

Zoned schools	Albert Einstein Bethesda-Chevy Chase Blake Clarksburg Damascus Gaithersburg John F. Kennedy Magruder Montgomery Blair Northwest Northwood Paint Branch Poolesville Quince Orchard Richard Montgomery Rockville Seneca Valley Sherwood Thomas Sprigg Wootton Walt Whitman Walter Johnson Watkins Mill Wheaton Winston Churchill

Magnet/alternative schools	Thomas Edison High School of Technology

Independent schools

Secular private	Barrie School Bullis School German School Washington, D.C. Holton-Arms School Landon School Lycée Rochambeau Nora School

Religious	Academy of the Holy Cross Avalon School Brookewood School Connelly School of the Holy Child Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School Georgetown Preparatory School The Heights School Our Lady of Good Counsel High School St. Andrew's Episcopal School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

This list is incomplete.

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