Northmont High School

Public secondary school in Clayton, Ohio , USA

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Northmont High School is a public high school in Clayton, Ohio. It is the primary high school in the Northmont City School District. The school serves approximately 1700 students from the communities of northern Montgomery County, including Clayton, Englewood, Phillipsburg, and Union.

Departments

Applied Technology
Art
Business & Technology
Foreign Language
Health & Physical Education
Language Arts
Mathematics
Navy Junior ROTC
Performing Arts
Science
Social Studies
Special Education
Vocational
Work & Family life

Academics

The Northmont High School's curriculum offers 13 Advanced Placement courses in science (AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics), mathematics (AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics), social studies (AP Economics, AP United States History, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Human Geography), language arts (AP English Language and Composition, AP Literature and Composition), and the visual/performing arts (AP Music Theory, AP Studio Art: Drawing). Northmont also provides several honors and College Credit Plus courses.

Ohio Academic Competition State Championships

2010, 2013, 2014, 2015

Athletics

Northmont is a member of the Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC).

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 1960s), who, while watching the high school boys' team racing back and forth across the court, exclaimed that they were zipping back and forth like "thunderbolts."

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Boys' Soccer – 1978, 1988
Boys' Cross Country – 1995, 1996
Girls' Soccer – 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989^[2]

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.^[3] 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 remained is the school's auditorium, constructed in 1987, which was brought up to code with the new building. Construction was completed and opened to students January 11, 2016.

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.

Previous head band directors were Willis R. Cool, Reginald Richwine (1981–2006), David Armbruster (2006–2009), Jim Blankenship (2009–2013), and Andrew Brough (2013–2016).

The head band director is Brian Wissman (2016–Present)^[5]

Notable alumni

Chris Hero (professional wrestler)
Kurt Coleman (Former safety in the National Football League)
John Seibel (former ESPN anchor)
Zebrie Sanders (Offensive tackle currently a free agent in the National Football League)
Kenny Hayes (professional basketball player)
Rod Moore (Defensive back for the Michigan Wolverines)^[6]
Andy Trick (Bass player for The Devil Wears Prada)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Northmont High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
^ "Montgomery County Levy Results". 9 November 2011.
^ Bands of America. "2000 Grand National Championship Finals Recap" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-08-26.
^ Brian Wissman. "Northmont Marching Band Staff". Retrieved 2017-02-28.
^ "Rod Moore - Football". University of Michigan Athletics.