Northmont High School

Northmont High School

Established 1960
Type Public secondary
Principal George Caras
Students 1766 [1]
Grades 9-12
Location 4916 National Road,
Clayton, Ohio 45315, USA
Colors Kelly green      and White     
Website Northmont Website

Northmont High School is part of Northmont City Schools. The school is located in Clayton, Ohio, and serves 1766 students from the communities of northern Montgomery County, including Clayton, Englewood, Phillipsburg, and Union.

The school's mascot is the Thunderbolt, but its student populace are more colloquially known as the T-Bolts or just the Bolts. This moniker was unintentionally gained from a basketball commentator in the school system's early years (circa 1960's), who, while watching the high school boy's team racing back and forth across the court, exclaimed that they zipping back and forth like "thunderbolts."

Departments

New Building

A 5.9 mills levy was placed on the November 8, 2011 ballot to construct a new early learning center and new high school, as well as making improvements to the other buildings in the district. It passed with a 53% yes vote.[2] Construction on the new building began in late 2012 with the relocation of the tennis courts, softball diamonds, and band rehearsal field. The only part of the current building that will remain is the school's auditorium, constructed in 1987, which must be brought up to current fire code with the new building. Construction is expected to be completed in late fall 2015

NJROTC

Northmont NJROTC has won the Area Championships in the last four years straight and has made 8 appearances to Navy Nationals in Pensacola, Florida, including a 10th place finish in 2010, an 8th place finish 2011, and a 6th place finish in 2012. The NJROTC program has also earned the distinguished Unit award for the last 9 years and academic honors in 7 of those 9 years

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Marching band

The Northmont marching band has previously been a finalist[4] at the Bands of America Grand National Championships and received Grand-Champions for the MSBA Championships in 2009, 2010, and 2012 in the AAAA Division.

The three previous head band directors were Willis R. Cool; Reginald Richwine (1981-2006), David Armbruster (2006–2009), and Mr. Jim Blankenship (2009–2013).

The head band director is now Mr. Andrew Brough (2013–Present).

Quiz Bowl

The Northmont Academic Challenge Team won the NAQT State Championship in 2010, 2013 and 2014 and the OAC state championship in 2013 and 2014, giving Northmont the 2nd most quiz bowl state championships in Ohio history (behind only Copley- 7 OAC and 1 NAQT).

In 2011, seniors Michael Czupryn, Brandon Williams, Emily Bingham and Daniel Welch led the Northmont Quiz Bowl team to a 13th place finish at the 2011 HSNCT. In 2014, junior Sam Blizzard, sophomores Helena and Meghan Jenkins, and freshman Kara Combs led Northmont to a 7th place finish at the PACE National Championship Tournament.

In 2012 and 2013, Sam Blizzard led Northmont to back-to-back National History Bowl Junior Varsity National Championships in Washington DC, marking Northmont's first ever national championship in any activity. In 2014, coach David Jones was named National History Bowl National Coach of the Year.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ NHS. "Northmont Profile". Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  2. ↑ http://wyso.org/post/montgomery-county-levy-results
  3. ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  4. ↑ Bands of America. "2000 Grand National Championship Finals Recap". Retrieved 2011-08-26.

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