Northwestern High School (Michigan)

For schools of the same name, see Northwestern High School.
Northwestern High School
Address
2200 West Grand Blvd
Detroit, Michigan
Information
School type Public high school
School district Detroit Public Schools
Principal Kenyuano Jones
Grades 9-12
Language English
Area Urban
Color(s)      Red
     Grey
Team name Colts

Northwestern High School is a public high school in Detroit, Michigan. The most recent enrollment figures for Northwestern indicate a student population of approximately 2,000.

The school features numerous extracurricular activities, including Debate, US Army JROTC, and interscholastic and intramural athletics. NHS also offers several advanced placement (AP) courses.

In 2012 Southwestern High School closed; many former Southwestern students were rezoned to Northwestern.[1]

Northwestern Colts

For more than one hundred years, Northwestern High School has produced many outstanding student athletes who excelled at the collegiate level and beyond; Colt alumni achievements include National Collegiate Athletic Association championships and Olympic gold medals.

In 2008, Northwestern High won the Detroit Public Secondary Schools Athletic League Championship in men's basketball. Since 1919, Northwestern basketball teams have claimed a total of sixteen DPSSAL titles.[2] Northwestern also won the 1928 Michigan High School Athletic Association basketball championship.[3]

Coach Bert Maris led Northwestern's swimming and diving program to three consecutive MHSAA team titles (1925 through 1927). In 1930, the Colt swimming team, coached by Leo Maas, won another MHSAA championship trophy;[4] Maas also guided the school to five consecutive DPSSAL titles (1933 through 1937). To this day, Northwestern remains the only Detroit public high school to win a state team championship in the sport of swimming and diving.

The Northwestern Colts also boast an impressive record in track and field.

Bert Maris and Coach Warren Hoyt led Northwestern to the 1925 MHSAA title in track. Coach Malcom Weaver and the Colts won the state track championship in 1927, 1929 and 1930.[5]

The Michigan high school sports archives also document Northwestern's MHSAA championship titles in tennis (1927), and cross country (1929).[6][7]

Notable alumni

References

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External links

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