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Northwest Guilford High School
Address
Map
5240 Northwest School Road

Greensboro, North Carolina
27409

United States
Coordinates36°09′13″N 79°57′17″W / 36.1535361°N 79.9547°W / 36.1535361; -79.9547
Information
TypePublic
Motto"It's a great day to be a Viking."
Established1962 (62 years ago) (1962)
School districtGuilford County Schools
CEEB code341606
PrincipalBrian Muller
Teaching staff97.35 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,991 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio20.45[1]
Color(s)Red, black, white
   
Team nameVikings
Websitegcsnc.com/northwest_guilford_high

Northwest Guilford High School is a public high school in Guilford County, North Carolina. It currently has an enrollment of 1,947 students[2] in grades 9 through 12.

The school was ranked by Newsweek's Best High Schools in America as 261st among American high schools.[3] The school also received an award from Siemens for its strength in Science and Math AP education,[4] and was listed by High Schools That Work[5] as one of the top 36 high schools in the United States.[citation needed]

Traditions

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Northwest has three dances during the school year: the Homecoming dance the Saturday night after the Homecoming football game on Friday, a TWIRP dance in the spring, and the Junior/Senior Prom.

Facilities

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Due to an increase in population in the area, several additions occurred at Northwest during the early 2000s, including the adaptation of a two-story educational building completed in 2002, a second gym completed in 2003, and a cultural arts wing. Northwest now has the "Old Gym" and the "New Gym;" as well as two main buildings, the "Old Building" and the "New Building."

The original main building at the school, the "Old Building," serves primarily as the English, CTE, and Environmental Science building, and the Educational Building, or "New Building," serves primarily as the Mathematics, Foreign Language, Biology, and Physical Science building.

The Vocational Building houses classes such as Drafting, Technology, and Graphic Design, and trailers serve mostly as the Social Studies classrooms. The Vocational Building used to be the home of the school's Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC), until the program was decommissioned in the Spring of 2004.

A new field house, football field bleachers and track were opened to Northwest students in the fall of 2012. R. L. Billings Stadium now has a capacity of 5,000.

Academics

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Northwest has a large selection of Advanced Placement courses, including US History, Environmental Science, Calculus AB & BC, Physics, Statistics, World History, European History, Human Geography, Government, Psychology, Art 2D, Art 3D, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, Latin, English Language & Composition, German Language and Composition, and English Literature. The school also has Honors and College Prep courses.

Northwest's school paper modified its name in 2007, from The Northwest Express to Northwest Horizons.

Athletics

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Northwest Guilford High School is a member of North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA), with sports programs in cross country, soccer, basketball, football, tennis, swimming, lacrosse, baseball, wrestling, track, field hockey, volleyball, rugby, and golf, among others.

Arts

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Northwest has a fine arts program, including concert and marching bands, orchestral ensembles, arts classes, drama department, and vocal ensembles.

Orchestra program director Donald Walter, was selected as a finalist in 2020 for the Music Educator of the Year Grammy Award.[6] In 2024, the Northwest Guilford High School Chamber Orchestra attended and competed in the ASTA National Orchestra Festival.

Bands

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There are three class bands: Concert, Symphonic, and Wind Ensemble, as well as a Jazz Band and Percussion Ensemble.

Marching band

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The marching band has competed at the national level at Bands of America events since the early 80's.[7] The band also hosts a well-known competition at the end of October called "Fall Festival."[8] Many bands perform at the festival, with 25 bands in 2021, and a record of 30+ in 2019. The program also has competitive winter ensembles such as a winter percussion ensemble and a winter guard program that competes in both regional AIA events as well as national-level competitions at WGI.[9]

Bowl games and other notable marching events

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Winter guard

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  • 2023 AIA Championships Scholastic AA Class- 1st Place[12]

Concert bands

  • 2021 80th Commemoration Concert Series at Pearl Harbor[13]

Jazz band

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Theatre

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Northwest's theatre arts department maintains a heavy emphasis on production, programming 3 mainstage shows and 2 "POPs" shows each season and typically including at least one musical theatre title. The program currently offers four unique theatre/drama classes centered on the NC Essential Standards; Theatre Arts I, II, III/IV, and Technical Theatre Arts.[16] The school's theatre department is home to the International Thespian Society's Troupe 8010 and inducts new members into the society each spring.[17]

Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Northwest Guilford High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  2. ^ http://nwhs.gcsnc.com/pages/Northwest_Guilford_High Northwest High School Homepage [Dead link]
  3. ^ http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380/?q=2008/rank/201/Newsweek [Dead link]Best High Schools in America Archived 2009-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://schoolcenter.gcsnc.com/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=191048Siemens [Dead link]Award Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/insnoteworthy/HSThatWorkInvolvedSchls.html High Schools that Work[dead link]
  6. ^ "Northwest Guilford Duo in GRAMMY Finals – North Carolina Music Educators Association". Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  7. ^ Viking Band Archive (May 26, 2023). Northwest Guilford Marching Band 1983 | Grand Nationals (Multi-Cam). Retrieved September 18, 2024 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "2024 Fall Festival". mysite. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  9. ^ "Winter Guards". mysite. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  10. ^ Viking Band Archive (June 20, 2024). Northwest Guilford Marching Band 1984 | DeSoto/Tropicana National Band Contest. Retrieved September 18, 2024 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ "Northwest Guilford Marching Viking Band". The Hollywood Christmas Parade. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  12. ^ "2023 Archives |". Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  13. ^ "Event moved inside as Northwest Guilford High School band prepares for Pearl Harbor commemoration concert in Hawaii". wfmynews2.com. December 7, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  14. ^ Viking Band Archive (May 2, 2024). Northwest Guilford Jazz Ensemble 1996 | Atlanta Summer Olympics- Performances in the Parks. Retrieved September 18, 2024 – via YouTube.
  15. ^ Viking Band Archive (April 27, 2023). Northwest Guilford Jazz Band 1996 | Atlanta Summer Olympics (WFMY2 Good Morning Show). Retrieved September 18, 2024 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ "Northwest Guilford High School Theatre".
  17. ^ "Thespian Troupe Membership - Educational Theatre Association". November 9, 2021.
  18. ^ Bringle, Jennifer. (Jun 2, 2019). Leah Naomi Green celebrates winning the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved Aug 21, 2020.
  19. ^ Scott Houston UNC Men's Track and Field. goheels.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Elizabeth Kitley - Women's Basketball". Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  21. ^ "Rusty LaRue". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  22. ^ "NW gets Junior Title". The Greensboro Record. May 21, 1980. p. 18. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  23. ^ Michael B Skeen, professional auto car racing driver, Young, Jim. (Apr 7, 2004). No thinking, Just Riding. Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved Mar 5, 2020.
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