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'''Italic text''{{Infobox school |name = Northwestern High School |image =[[File:Northwestern HS logo.gif]] |motto = |streetaddress = 3431 North County Road 400 West |city = [[Kokomo, Indiana|Kokomo]] |state = [[Indiana]] |county = [[Howard County, Indiana|Howard County]] |zipcode = 46901 |country = United States |coordinates = {{coord|40|31|31|N|86|12|11|W|type:edu|display=inline,title}} |established = |type = [[State school|Public]] [[high school]] |district = [[Northwestern School Corporation]] |grades = [[Ninth grade|9]]-[[Twelfth grade|12]] |principal = Kristen Bilkey |enrollment = 556<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1802040&ID=180204000255|title=Northwestern Senior High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=November 12, 2017}}</ref> |enrollment_as_of = 2014-15 |faculty = 33.58 FTE |athletics = [[Indiana High School Athletic Association]] |conference = [[Hoosier Athletic Conference]] |colors = {{Color box|#520063}} {{Color box|#FFFFFF}} |team name = Tigers |free_label = |free_text = |free_label2 = |free_text2 = |information = |website = [http://nhs.nwsc.k12.in.us/ School website] }} '''Northwestern High School''' is a [[public high school]] located approximately 4.5 miles northwest of the city limits of [[Kokomo, Indiana|Kokomo]], [[Indiana]], United States. The building houses grades 9&ndash;12 and also functions as the primary athletic building. ==History== Northwestern High School was founded in 1948 as the result of a merge between Clay, Ervin, and Howard High Schools,<ref name="Goad2017">{{cite news|last1=Goad|first1=Jenn|title=Howard Elementary Centennial Celebration: School building turned 100 on Sept. 7|url=http://www.kokomoherald.com/Content/Community/Community/Article/Howard-Elementary-Centennial-Celebration/32/759/32226|accessdate=21 May 2018|work=The Kokomo Herald|location=Kokomo, Indiana|agency=The Kokomo Herald|publisher=The Kokomo Herald|date=23 March 2017|ref=harv}}</ref><ref name="Pemberton2017">{{cite news|last1=Pemberton|first1=Caele|title=Northwestern superintendent recognized for two decades of service|url=http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/northwestern-superintendent-recognized-for-two-decades-of-service/article_3fe6bd00-db84-11e7-9772-dbb0f488335e.html|accessdate=21 May 2018|work=Kokomo Tribune|agency=Kokomo Tribune|publisher=Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.|date=11 December 2017|ref=harv}}</ref> during a period known as the "Consolidation Boom" when many other schools were also being consolidated.<ref name="Hockney2017">{{cite news|last1=Hockney|first1=Dean|title=An original Purple Tiger: Dayton Merrell looks back on the founding of Northwestern and his contributions|url=http://kokomoherald.com/Content/Sports/Northwestern-Tigers/Article/An-original-Purple-Tiger/39/319/30851|accessdate=21 May 2018|work=The Kokomo Herald|location=Kokomo, Indiana|agency=The Kokomo Herald|publisher=The Kokomo Herald|date=23 March 2017|ref=harv}}</ref> The Clay High School sign still stands outside the main entrance to the school.<ref name="Pemberton2017"/> The school received its name because of its geographic location within [[Howard County, Indiana|Howard County]],<ref name="Hockney2017"/> but the founders of the school also deliberately modeled the school after [[Northwestern University]] because of the university's reputation for scholastic excellence.<ref name="Hockney2017"/> Northwestern High School's [[school colors]] of purple and white and the school [[fight song]] "Go You Northwestern" were both directly adopted from Northwestern University.<ref name="Hockney2017"/> The school faced difficulties early in its history because it is located in a remote, rural area<ref name="Hockney2017"/> and there were no cities or towns included within its boundaries.<ref name="Hockney2017"/> Dayton Merrell, who graduated from the school in 1955 and has continued to live in the area ever since, remarked in an interview in 2017, "Sixty-eight years ago, that was a big deal... We had nothing but cornfields."<ref name="Hockney2017"/> The class of 1949, the first class to graduate from Northwestern, contained only forty-two students.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Senior Class History|title=Northwestern High School PANORAMA 1949|date=1 January 1949|publisher=Northwestern High School|location=Kokomo, Indiana|page=61|url=http://www.howardcountymemory.net/item.aspx?details=10256|ref=harv}}</ref> For the first seven years of its history, Northwestern did not have a gymnasium of any kind,<ref name="Hockney2017"/> so the school could only compete against other schools that would let them use their gymnasiums.<ref name="Hockney2017"/> As a result of this, for two years, Northwestern was the only school in the state that would compete against [[Crispus Attucks High School]], an all-black high school in Indianapolis.<ref name="Hockney2017"/> Originally, basketball, baseball, and track were the only sports that Northwestern offered.<ref name="Hockney2017"/> Northwestern eventually became the first consolidated school to win the Kokomo Sectional against a top ten team in boys' basketball,<ref name="Hockney2017"/> a feat which the school replicated in both 1981 and 1982.<ref name="Hockney2017"/> In 2006, the school added a new auditorium to its main campus.<ref name="Pemberton2017"/> The addition was controversial at the time,<ref name="Pemberton2017"/> but the superintendent Ryan Snoddy affirmed in 2017 that he still thought it was the best decision.<ref name="Pemberton2017"/> In June 2012, the school installed a [[wind turbine]], making it the first school in the county to attempt to harness [[Wind power|wind energy]].<ref name="Ziliak2012">{{cite news|last=Ziliak|first=Lindey|title=Northwestern tapping into wind energy|url=http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/northwestern-tapping-into-wind-energy/article_377fe540-c969-5f5a-95b8-2d204da9228e.html|accessdate=21 May 2018|work=Kokomo Tribune|agency=Kokomo Tribune|publisher=Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.|date=10 June 2012|ref=harv}}</ref><ref name="Ziliak20October2012">{{cite news|last=Ziliak|first=Lindey|title=Northwestern educates students about new wind turbine |url=http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/northwestern-educates-students-about-new-wind-turbine/article_149b0cd2-30a8-5f26-8199-d0f24a68f181.html|accessdate=21 May 2018|work=Kokomo Tribune|agency=Kokomo Tribune|publisher=Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.|date=20 October 2012|ref=harv}}</ref> The school paid roughly $2.5 billion on the windmill, with most of the interest being covered by the federal government.<ref name="Ziliak2012"/><ref name="Ziliak20October2012"/> At the time, school officials expected that the windmill would probably result in around seven million dollars worth in energy savings over the course of its projected twenty-five-year lifespan.<ref name="Ziliak2012"/><ref name="Ziliak20October2012"/> In 2013, the school corporation adopted [[iPad]]s for all students.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fitch|first=Lauren|date=16 December 2013|title=Unlocking creativity with technology in Howard County|url=http://indianaeconomicdigest.com/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=80&ArticleID=72512|work=Indiana Economic Digest|agency=Indiana Economic Digest|publisher=Indiana Economic Digest|ref=harv}}</ref> ==Extracurricular activities== Northwestern competes in the [[Hoosier Athletic Conference]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kokomotribune.com/sports/x2117414521/Hoosier-Conference-to-add-4-schools |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-05-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20140527182046/http://www.kokomotribune.com/sports/x2117414521/Hoosier-Conference-to-add-4-schools |archivedate=2014-05-27 |df= }} Hoosier Conference to add 4 schools » Sports » Kokomo Tribune; Kokomo, Indiana</ref> In 2007, the Northwestern Boys' Basketball team won the [[Indiana High School Boys Basketball Tournament]].<ref name="ihsaa">{{cite web|url=http://www.ihsaa.org/dnn/Schools/StateChampHistory/StateChampionshipsbySchool/tabid/1940/Default.aspx#35772035-n|title=IHSAA State Championships by School|first=|last=IHSAA|work=ihsaa.org|accessdate=25 August 2016}}</ref> In 2018, the Northwestern Girls' Basketball team won the Class 3A state title in the Indiana High School Girls Basketball Tournament.<ref name="ihsaa"/><ref name="Bagley">{{cite news|last1=Bagley|first1=Lewis|title=IHSAA girls basketball: Northwestern's dominance culminates with Class 3A state title|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/02/24/ini-0224-hs-girls-basketball-class-3-final/370093002/|accessdate=21 May 2018|work=IndyStar|agency=IndyStar|publisher=USA Today Network|date=24 February 2018|ref=harv}}</ref><ref name="KokomoTribune6march2018">{{cite news|author=Kokomo Tribune staff writers|title=Lawmakers honor Northwestern girls basketball champs at Statehouse|url=http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/lawmakers-honor-northwestern-girls-basketball-champs-at-statehouse/article_32e197b8-2172-11e8-be92-9f3c2b421475.html|accessdate=21 May 2018|work=Kokomo Tribune|agency=Kokomo Tribune|publisher=Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.|date=6 March 2018|ref=harv}}</ref> The Northwestern High School TIGER PRIDE Band performs and competes in the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) circuit. The Band has performed in the Indiana State Marching Band Finals a total of 5 times, earning the honor of state Runner-Up in 2017 <ref>http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/northwestern-tiger-pride-band-named-runner-up-in-class-d/article_7e12eeda-c18c-11e7-8f0b-2f26b49f3a0b.html</ref>. The Northwestern Band has also earned ISSMA's All-Music Award for both the Band and the Total Music Department, being the smallest school in Indiana to earn this award in the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years <ref>www.issma.net</ref>. In May 2017, the Northwestern Band was selected to represent ISSMA in the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade <ref>http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/three-howard-county-marching-bands-to-participate-in-saturday-s/article_162f6e04-40b0-11e7-afc3-5bb876453451.html</ref>. In January 2018, Northwestern High School's State Competition Cast, Troupe 3924, earned highest distinction at the Indiana Thespian State Conference with their show ''Waylen''<ref name="Goad2018">{{cite news|last1=Goad|first1=Jenn|title=Northwestern wins state title|url=http://kokomoherald.com/Content/Community/Community/Article/Northwestern-wins-state-title/32/759/32751|accessdate=21 May 2018|work=The Kokomo Herald|location=Kokomo, Indiana|agency=The Kokomo Herald|publisher=The Kokomo Herald|date=1 February 2018|ref=harv}}</ref><ref name="NorthwesternHighSchoolTheatreOnline">{{cite web|title=Northwestern High School Theatre ONLINE|url=http://nhs.nwsc.k12.in.us/index.php?option=com_joomlaconnect_ce&Itemid=106&task=showPage&page_id=90|website=Northwestern High School|accessdate=22 May 2018|ref=harv}}</ref> and was selected as the Indiana Thespiana Chapter Select to compete at the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska in June of that year.<ref name="Goad2018"/><ref name="NorthwesternHighSchoolTheatreOnline"/> ==Notable alumni== * [[Brandon Beachy]] - former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[pitcher]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Gaskins|first=Bryan|title=Braves sign NW's Brandon Beachy|url=http://www.kokomotribune.com/sports/x518901521/Braves-sign-NWs-Brandon-Beachy|publisher=[[Kokomo Tribune]]|accessdate=March 20, 2014|date=July 22, 2008}}</ref> *[[Austin Parkinson]] - former Purdue basketball player. IUPUI Women's basketball coach.<ref>https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Austin-Parkinson/Summary/5229</ref><ref>https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/2018/03/14/iupui-womens-coach-austin-parkinson-knows-purdue-well/423982002/</ref> ==See also== * [[List of high schools in Indiana]] {{Commons|Category:Northwestern High School (Kokomo, Indiana)}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://nhs.nwsc.k12.in.us/ School website] [[Category:Public high schools in Indiana]] [[Category:Schools in Howard County, Indiana]]'