Northwest High School (Montgomery County, Maryland)
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Northwest High School

Motto	Learning is a life long process. Make your education a priority.
Established	1998
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Sylvia Morrison
Students	2044 (2008)
Grades	9–12
Location	Germantown, Maryland, USA
District	Montgomery County Public Schools
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Black , Silver and White
Mascot	Jaguars
Rival	Seneca Valley High School
Newspaper	The Jagwire
Website	http://northwesths.net/

Northwest High School is a public high school (grades 9-12) in Germantown, Maryland, United States located on Richter Farm.

Northwest is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools. As of 2006, its enrollment is over 2,000 students. It is the second high school in Germantown, the first 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 has also recently undergone 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

NWHS currently offers a number of honors and AP courses along with French, Spanish, Chinese, and Latin for foreign languages. The school is ranked as one of the most competitive schools in Montgomery County, with an average SAT score above the national mean. 80% of NWHS graduates attend community college or join the work force, while most of the other graduates go on to attend four year colleges in the state of Maryland.

Northwest High School also hosts the Ulysses Program, designed to enrich advanced senior students in interdisciplinary programs.

Sports

Aerial view of NWHS(before the 2006 expansion)

Northwest has a noted athletic rivalry with Seneca Valley High School and Quince Orchard High School.

All teams have both 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 specified.

Fall Sports

• Football (State Champs in Fall of 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 6-4 (Seneca Valley)
• Quince Orchard High School, In football the series stands at 7-3 (Northwest)

The Battle for The King's Trophy

The Battle for the King's Trophy or the Battle for Germantown is an annual football game between Northwest High School's main rival, Seneca Valley High School. Located only 1 mile apart, the rivalry started in 1999 when Northwest first opened. The rivalry has been recognized as one of the fiercest in Maryland by local media, including all 4 major news networks, The MD Examiner, The Gazette, The Washington Post and several other media stations in the area.^{citation needed} The Battle for Germantown is the cause of pep rallies, tailgating 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. ¹

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', where all students, staff, and parents are encouraged to wear black. ²

Light Up The Night

Similar to the Black Hole concept, in the 2008-2009 school year, students, parents and staff are encouraged to wear white to away games. T-shirts were sold featuring the Light Up The Night logo.

Extracurricular activities and organizations

• Airsoft/Milsim Club
• Students 4 Change in Darfur
• Jewish Student Association
• U.S. Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Held at neighborhing Seneca Valley High School)
• Model United Nations
• Students For Peace in the Middle East
• Show Choir
• Treble Choir
• Men's Ensemble
• Drama Club
• Debate Team
• Forensics Team
• Hockey Team
• Jag-TV
• Jag-Wire
• Mountain Biking Club
• Muslim Student Association (MSA)
• Yearbook development
• Chess Team
• Hip-Hop Dance Team
• Mock Trial Club

• The Marching Jaguars held the first marching band competition in Montgomery County in 2007. They also traveled to the USSBA National Championships. They also participated in the 2005 Shanghai Tourism Festival.

References

1. ^ Seneca Valley Football
2. ^ "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