The school was established in 1998, and completed an expansion project 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.[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]
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)
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.[9]