Northwest Guilford High School

Academics

Northwest has a large selection of Advanced Placement courses, English Language, English Literature, Seminar, Statistics, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Computer Science principles, Biology, Chemistry, Physics I & II, Environmental Science, Government & Politics, World History, Psychology, US History, Human Geography, African American Studies, Latin, German, Spanish, Studio Art-Drawing, Studio Art-2D.

Students may take additional online courses through the North Carolina Virtual Public School, and can take dual enrollment courses as part of the Career and College Promise program at Guilford Technical Community College.

Athletics

Northwest Guilford High School is a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and is classified as a 8A school. It is a part of the Central Piedmont 7A/8A Conference.

Fall sports include: cheerleading; field hockey; boys' soccer; boys' and girls' cross country; girls' flag football; girls' tennis; football; boys' and girls' volleyball; girls' volleyball; and girls' golf.

Winter sports include: boys' and girls' basketball; boys' and girls' indoor track; boys' wrestling; and boys' and girls' swimming.

Spring sports include: boys' baseball; girls' soccer; boys' and girls' track and field; boys' volleyball; boys' golf; and boys' and girls' lacrosse.

State Championships

Northwest Guilford has won the following NCHSAA team state championships:

• Baseball – 1998 (4A)
• Boys Basketball – 1967 (3A)
• Girls Basketball – 2017 (4A), 2018 (4A)
• Boys Golf – 1988 (3A), 1994 (3A), 2005 (4A)
• Girls Golf – 2007 (4A)
• Boys Lacrosse – 2011 (Open)
• Slow-Pitch Softball – 1996 (3A/4A)
• Wrestling Dual Team – 2019 (4A), 2023 (4A)

Arts

Northwest Arts Programs include Band, Visual Arts, Vikings Voices, Drama & Orchestra.

Bands

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

Marching band

About 15% of the student population participates in at least one of the band programs offered.

Bowl games and other notable marching events

• 1984 DeSoto/Tropicana National Band Contest Grand Champion
• 1991 Gator Bowl Competition Champion
• 2004 Outback Bowl Competition
• 2018 Hollywood Christmas Parade

Winter guard

• 2023 AIA Championships Scholastic AA Class- 1st Place Concert bands
• 2021 80th Commemoration Concert Series at Pearl Harbor

Jazz band

• 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics- Performances in the Parks

Theatre

The school's theatre department is home to the International Thespian Society's Troupe 8010.

Notable alumni

• Patrick Ball actor, currently stars in the HBO Max medical drama series The Pitt
• Traci Dinwiddie actress
• Adam Green cognitive neuroscientist
• Leah Naomi Green poet who was winner of the Walt Whitman award of the Academy of American Poets in 2019
• Scott Houston national champion pole vaulter who won at the 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
• Elizabeth “Liz” Kitley WNBA player
• Rusty LaRue former NBA player and 1998 NBA Champion
• Ryan Wesley Routh attempted assassin of Donald Trump in September 2024
• Mike Skeen professional stock car racing driver
• Tré Turner professional American football player

References

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