Academics
Northwest has the largest selection of Advanced Placement courses in Guilford County. The school also has Honors and College Prep courses. Due to lack of interest, it no longer has an ROTC program.
The school is also actively involved and successful in competitions such as We the People in which the team has held the state title and participated in national competition for all but one of the past 14 years, placing in the Top Ten at nationals in the spring of 2007 and 2011. Their winning streak was cut short by the Raleigh Charter High School team, which went on to place 13th in its first trip to nationals. This motivated William Parrish to work harder with the next year's class and has since then the We the People team has made it to nationals and in the Top 10 competing high schools. Northwest also participates in Mock Trial, the National Forensic League, Science Olympiad, and has sent numerous students to the International Beijing Science Competition. The Speech and Debate Club currently participates in the National Forensic League.
Northwest's school paper modified its name in 2007, from "The Northwest Express" to "Northwest Horizons". "Northwest Horizons" has received numerous awards. In 2008, it won First Place Features and Second Place Graphics from the North Carolina Press Association (NCSPA). In 2009 and 2010, it was named "All-North Carolina" by the NCSPA and won the Southern Interscholastic Press Association's "Shoquist Freedom of the Press" Award.
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