Northwestern High School (Baltimore, Maryland)

Northwestern High School
Address
6900 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore , Maryland 21215 United States
Coordinates	39°21′52″N 76°42′14″W
Information
School type	Defunct public high school
Founded	1965
Closed	2017
School district	Baltimore City Public Schools
School number	401
Grades	9-12
Area	Urban
Color(s)	Blue and White
Team name	Wildcats
Website	www.baltimorecityschools.org/401

Northwestern High School was a public high school located in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1965 to 2017. When it was built in 1965, it was racially integrated. The school's track and field teams from the 1970's and 1980's were some of the state's best, winning multiple MSA A Conference Championships.

When plans were announced in 2016 to close the school, alumni and community leaders mounted an ultimately unsuccessful campaign to keep it open.^[1] Northwestern High School closed at the end of the 2016–2017 school year, having been merged with Forest Park High School as part of the city school district's "21st Century Schools Building Plan" to consolidate and modernize its schools in response to declining enrollments. Student records are obtainable through BCPS school headquarters.

Notable alumni

• Frank M. Conaway, Jr., member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Keandre Cook, basketball player^[2]
• Sheila Dixon, mayor of Baltimore
• Mark A. R. Kleiman, criminal justice professor and author
• John Clark Mayden, photographer
• Ray Snell, NFL player
• Sean Vanhorse, NFL player
• Terrance West, NFL player

References

1. Green, Erica L. (July 5, 2016). "City schools building plan causes upset in Northwest Baltimore". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
2. "Keandre Cook - Men's Basketball". Missouri State.

Louis Moorman, NFL Guru

External links

• Northwestern High School - Maryland Report Card