Northwestern School Corporation

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Northwestern School Corporation is a public school corporation located in Howard County, Indiana. The population of the school has never reached more than 800 children. The school colors are purple, gold and white. The school mascot is the tiger.

Administration

  • Ryan Snoddy, Superintendent

Building Directory

  • Northwestern Elementary School
  • Howard Elementary School
  • Northwestern Middle School
  • Northwestern High School

Achievements

  • In 2007, The Boys Basketball team became State Champions after winning the class 2A game against Winchester in 2OT, 78-74. Several Indiana State Championship records were broken in this lengthy thriller.
  • Northwestern was recognized by the Department of Education with a Blue Ribbon Award two years in a row. Currently the school does not hold that honor.

Notable alumni

  • Sylvia, female country singer/song writer who graduated from Northwestern High School in the 70's.
  • Brandon Beachy is a former Northwestern baseball player. He currently pitches for the Atlanta Braves MLB team. Last season Brandon held a 1.12 ERA, the lowest in all of the MLB, going into July when he went on the disabled list in order to get Tommy John Surgery. Brandon recovered from the surgery and was put back into the Braves rotation in July 2013.

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