Type Public secondary Principal Jimmy D'Andrea Enrollment 2097 (2011–2012) Mascot Jaguar | Established 1998 Grades 9–12 Phone +1 301-601-4660 | |
School district Montgomery County Public Schools Address 13501 Richter Farm Rd, Germantown, MD 20874, USA Motto Do your best, and the best will come back to you. District Montgomery County Public Schools Similar Our Lady Of Good Counsel, Northwes High School, Montgom Blair High School, Bullis School, The Avalon School Profiles | ||
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.
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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.
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.
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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:
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.
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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".