Northwood High School (North Carolina)

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Northwood High School
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Northwood High School
Address
Northwood High School (North Carolina)
310 Northwood High School Rd

27312

United States
Coordinates 35°44′39″N79°10′09″W / 35.7440347°N 79.1691806°W / 35.7440347; -79.1691806
Information
Type Public
Established1972(53 years ago) (1972)
School boardChatham County Schools
CEEB code 343135
PrincipalBradford Walston
Staff54.52 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment702 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio12.88 [1]
Color(s)Gold and green
  
MascotCharger
Website chatham.k12.nc.us/Domain/18
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A school bus at Northwood High School

Northwood High School is located in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. The school is the largest of three high schools in Chatham County and is operated by Chatham County Schools. The school's mascot is the Charger and the school colors are gold and green. [2] It is a member of the Big Eight 3A Athletic Conference. It currently serves around 750 students. [3] The school receives students primarily from the eastern and northeastern portions of the county, which coincidentally are the fastest growing parts of the county. [ citation needed ]

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History

Northwood High School opened in time for the 19721973 school year to replace the older Pittsboro High School which is now the headquarters of Chatham County Schools. The school was opened two school years after school integration (schools were not fully integrated in Chatham County until the 19701971 school year) as a way of consolidating black and white students into a larger facility than available at Pittsboro High. [4] The school building has changed little since its opening with the exception of a new math wing and modular classrooms. A green steel roof was added during the 20002001 school year. During the 20092010 school year the arts wing was remodeled and expanded and the gymnasium was renovated.

Northwood High School has held their annual commencement ceremonies on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill at the Dean Smith Center since 2008.

Principal: Bradford Walston (2018–present)

Athletics

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Northwood currently provides the following JV and Varsity sports:

Fall:

Winter:

Spring:

Student organizations

Northwood currently has around 48 clubs, such as FBLA, FCCLA, DECA, FFA, weight-lifting, and a Chess Club. [5] The school's Ultimate Frisbee team took 1st in state during their 20062007 season, defeating Cardinal Gibbons High School in the state semi-finals, and then Chapel Hill High School in the championship game, 13–11. Northwood's branch of FCCLA are renowned for their excellence in Parliamentary Procedure competitions. A team of eight females, all class of 2008 students, have won three state and national championships since 2004, traveling to San Diego, Nashville, and Anaheim. In 2009 the music department added a Tri-M honor society. [6] Northwood fielded a Science Olympiad team in the spring of 2010 winning multiple 1st, 2nd, and 5th place medals at the Regional competition at UNC-Greensboro. In 2011, the Science Olympiad team won first place overall at Regionals that took place at Campbell University, advancing to the State competition level. In 2019, FBLA had eight members place in the top 4 at the state level and advance to the national competition in San Antonio.

Marching band

The Marching Chargers take the field to perform their show, Heartbeat, in the Yamaha Cup. Giants' Stadium, October 7, 2006. Marching Chargers October 7th, 2006 Yamaha Cup.png
The Marching Chargers take the field to perform their show, Heartbeat, in the Yamaha Cup. Giants' Stadium, October 7, 2006.

Former director Eugene Cottrell led Northwood's marching band to its first ever all-superior season in 2002, an achievement repeated by the band numerous times under Cottrell's 15 years of leadership. [7] [8] In 2004 The Marching Charger Band received a grant from the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation and was selected as an exemplary national model for band program development. [9] On October 7, 2006, The Marching Chargers placed 2nd in class and 11th overall nationally in The Yamaha Cup, a marching band competition held at Giant's Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. [8] In 2014, Brett Cox was hired to be Cottrell's successor. During his tenure as band director, the marching band continued to win championships at distinguished regional competitions including Western Alamance, The Brick Capital Classic, Danville Dixie Classic, and Union Pines. [10] In 2018, Jason Freeman took Brett Cox's place as head band director at Northwood High. Hagan Zoellers took the place of Jason Freeman as head band director beginning in the 2022–2023 school year. [11]

Notable alumni

Notable staff

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Northwood High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  2. "Home page". Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved October 29, 2007.
  3. "About Northwood High School". Archived from the original on December 2, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  4. "When education moved from the few to many" (PDF). Chathamcountyline.org. September 2006. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  5. "Co-curricular Clubs & Organizations" . Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  6. "Tri-M comes to Northwood". Chatham Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  7. "Band director Eugene Cottrell says goodbye to Northwood". Chatham Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Northwood Band ends competition season on high note". Chatham Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  9. "FALL04" (PDF). Chathamcountyline.org. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  10. "Marching to a New Beat: Cox replaces Cottrell as band director – The Northwood Omniscient". Nhsomniscient.com. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  11. "Our Band Director". Northwood High School Bands. July 27, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  12. "Tobais Palmer Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  13. "Austin Brice Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & MoreBrice". Baseball-Reference.com.
  14. "Jarin Stevenson's Northwood High School Career Home". www.maxpreps.com.
  15. "Drake Powell, North Carolina Tar Heels, Small Forward". 247Sports.
  16. Jensen, Aidan. "Drake Powell's NBA Draft selection gives Hubert Davis a first in his UNC coaching career". Tar Heels Wire. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  17. Rojas, Asheebo (November 9, 2023). "Tyler Zeller entering third year helping Northwood basketball". The Chatham News + Record.