Northwest Whitfield High School

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Northwest Whitfield High School
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Address
Northwest Whitfield High School
1651 Tunnel Hill-Varnell Rd

Tunnel Hill
,
Georgia
30755

United States
Coordinates 34°52′38″N84°59′50″W / 34.877086°N 84.997336°W / 34.877086; -84.997336
Information
School type Public, high school
Established1975
School board Whitfield County School District
SuperintendentJudy Gilreath [1]
PrincipalMandie Jones
PrincipalJennifer Eller
PrincipalLaurie Grant
PrincipalRodney Shields
Staff73.10 (FTE) [2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,219 (2022-2023) [2]
Student to teacher ratio16.68 [2]
Language English
Color(s)   blue and orange
Mascot Bruin
Website

Northwest Whitfield High School or Northwest High School (NHS) is a public high school located in unincorporated Whitfield County, Georgia, United States. It has a Tunnel Hill postal address and is adjacent to, but not within, the city limits of Varnell. [3] It is a part of the Whitfield County School District. The school colors are royal blue and burnt orange, and the mascot is the Bruin. The school is in Class AAAA of the Georgia High School Association (GHSA).

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History

Northwest Whitfield High School opened in the fall of 1975. It was created by a merger of North Whitfield High School and Westside High School. Southeast Whitfield High School was also opened in fall of 1975 as the Whitfield County School District merged its four high schools into two.

Businessman and later 45th President Donald Trump attended the 1991 homecoming football game. [4]

Academics

Students can take college prep, honors, and Advanced Placement classes.

Feeder schools

Two middle schools feed into Northwest Whitfield High School: New Hope Middle School and Westside Middle School. Before the opening of Coahulla Creek, North Whitfield Middle was also one of Northwest Whitfield's feeder schools. The recently built Coahulla Creek High School's feeder school is now North Whitfield Middle School.

Athletics

Northwest Whitfield fields 20 varsity-level teams (10 men's and 10 women's), and competes in Region 7AAAA.

Northwest Whitfield traditionally has three rivals: Southeast Whitfield High School, Dalton High School, and Murray County High School, and more recently newer Whitfield County school Coahulla Creek High School.

Men's sports:

Women's sports:

State Champions

Fine arts

Fine arts at Northwest consist of choral, band, art, and drama departments.

The 2007 Sound of the Blazing Blue NHS20Band2020071.jpg
The 2007 Sound of the Blazing Blue

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "Judy Gilreath is new superintendent of Whitfield Co. Schools".
  2. 1 2 3 "Northwest Whitfield County High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Home". Northwest Whitfield High School. Retrieved 2021-06-21. 1651 Tunnel Hill-Varnell Road, Tunnel Hill, Ga 30755 - Compare to:
  4. ↑ Oliver, Charles (2016-02-27). "The day 'The Donald' came to town". The Daily Citizen. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  5. ↑ "HOME". blazing-blue. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
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