Northwest Whitfield High School | |
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Address | |
1651 Tunnel Hill-Varnell Rd Tunnel Hill, Georgia 30755 United States |
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Coordinates | 34°52′38″N 84°59′50″W / 34.877086°N 84.997336°WCoordinates: 34°52′38″N 84°59′50″W / 34.877086°N 84.997336°W |
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School type | Public, high school |
Established | 1975 |
School board | Whitfield County School District |
Superintendent | Judy Gilreath |
Principal | Britt Adams |
Grades | 9-12 |
Language | English |
Color(s) | Blue and orange |
Mascot | Bruin |
Website | Northwest Whitfield High School |
Northwest Whitfield High School is a public high school in the Whitfield County, Georgia school district, United States. 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), and is located in Tunnel Hill.
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.
Students can take college prep, honors, and Advanced Placement classes.
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.
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.
Men's sports:
Women's sports:
State Champions
Fine arts at Northwest consist of choral, band, art, and drama departments.