Northwestern High School (MD)

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Northwestern High School is a public comprehensive secondary school located in Hyattsville, Maryland in Prince George's County. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Two middle schools (Hyattsville Middle School and Nicholas Orem Middle School) feed into Northwestern as well as nine elementary schools which are part of the Northwestern cluster of schools.

Northwestern houses a branch of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington and operates an Evening High School for the Northern half of the county as well as a Saturday High School program. Northwestern hosts a very popular Saturday-run "ISP Flea Market" that is sponsored by the school's International Studies Program (ISP). NHS is an official county site for conducting the nationally administered SAT college assessment exams.

Northwestern High School sports teams are called the Wildcats. The Wildcats sports teams compete in the Prince George's Athletic Conference North Division, and are a part of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA). Northwestern is a class 4A school, which are those in the upper one-fourth of schools in the state by enrollment.

The Wildcats have a long and illustrious sports history. Over the years, Northwestern teams have produced 13 team state championships, as well as numerous regional and county championships. A number of student-athletes have also won numerous individual state championships in sports such as track & field and wrestling. The most recent team state championship came in 2004 for boys' basketball, led by current Georgetown University starter Jeff Green. Northwestern has also produced other well known athletes, including Len Bias.

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