Omaha Northwest High Magnet School at 8204 Crown Point Avenue in northwest Omaha, Nebraska, United States, is located on a campus. Construction was completed in 1971. Further renovations were completed in 2004, adding several classrooms and improving the choral and band facilities. Northwest is one of nine public high schools in the Omaha Public School District.
Special features within the building include an auditorium center, a 2,200 seat gymnasium with two balcony areas for physical education instruction and interscholastic athletics, and the latest equipment for students in specialized areas such as computer technology, art, business, mathematics, industrial technology and science. However, while the school has swim teams, the building has no pool.
Northwest's colors are scarlet, navy, and old gold. Its mascot is the Husky.
The current principal of Omaha Northwest High Magnet is Dr. Kimberly Jackson.
Shooting On September 10, 2024, at 12:23 p.m, a 14-year-old boy, identified as Ramone Jefferson, shot and wounded a 15-year-old boy in the torso on school grounds. Jefferson was detained half an hour later. Eight nearby schools were placed on lockdown after the shooting for safety.
Jefferson was charged as an adult with first-degree assault, use of a weapon to commit a felony and possession of a gun on school grounds, and was set at a $275,000 bond. Jefferson will be required to wear a GPS monitor if he makes bond.
Athletics State championships State championships Season Sport of championships Year(s)Winter Basketball, boys' 2 1979, 1985Spring Baseball 6 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1994Total 8
Notable alumni
Tyrie Ballard, cast member on The Real World: Denver Brad Beckman, former NFL tight end for the New York Giants and the Atlanta Falcons Damon Benning, former Nebraska Cornhuskers running back (class of 1992) John Carroll, member of Survivor: Marquesas John Ewing Jr., mayor of Omaha Ron Kellogg, former NBA player and former Kansas Jayhawks basketball star Zach Kroenke, former MLB player (Arizona Diamondbacks and Washington Nationals) Kevyn Morrow, actor Gregg Olson, former Major League Baseball American League Rookie of the Year in 1989 Patrick Peirce, former college baseball player: Indian Hills CC class of 1982 comedian-writer Shane Powers, contestant on Survivor: Panama Timothy Prince and Thomas Prince, former college basketball players Iowa and Southeast Juco class of 1984 Lee Terry, United States House of Representatives congressman Harold Waddell, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 NAHA Pro Hillclimb national champion (class of 2000)
See also Omaha Public Schools
References
External links
Omaha Northwest's Official Alumni Association site