Northmont High School is part of Northmont City Schools. The school is located in Clayton, Ohio, and serves 1702 students from the communities of northern Montgomery County, including Clayton, Englewood, Phillipsburg, and Union. 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, who, while watching the high school boys' team racingback and forth across the court, exclaimed that they zipping back and forth like "thunderbolts."
The Northmont High School's curriculum offers 13 Advanced Placement courses in science, mathematics, social studies, language arts, and the visual/performing arts. Northmont also provides several honors and College Credit Plus courses.
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. 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 will remain is the school's auditorium, constructed in 1987, which must be brought up to code with the new building. Construction was completed and opened to students January 11, 2016.
NJROTC
Northmont NJROTC has won the Area Championships in the last four years straight and has made 9 appearances to Navy Nationals in Pensacola, Florida, including a 10th-place finish in 2010, an 8th-place finish 2011, a 6th-place finish in 2012 and a 9th-place finish in 2016. The NJROTC program has also earned the distinguished Unit award for the last 9 years and academic honors in 7 of those 9 years.
The Northmont Marching Band has previously been a finalist 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, David Armbruster, Jim Blankenship, and Andrew Brough. The head band director is Brian Wissman
Quiz Bowl
The Northmont Academic Challenge Team won the NAQT State Championship in 2010, 2013 and 2014 and the OAC state championship in 2013 and 2014, giving Northmont the 2nd most quiz bowlstate championships in Ohio history. In 2011, seniors Michael Czupryn, Brandon Williams, Emily Bingham and Daniel Welch led the Northmont Quiz Bowl team to a 13th-place finish at the 2011 HSNCT. In 2014, junior Sam Blizzard, sophomores Helena and Meghan Jenkins, and freshman Kara Combs led Northmont to a 7th-place finish at the PACE National Championship Tournament. In 2012 and 2013, Sam Blizzard led Northmont to back-to-back National History BowlJunior Varsity National Championships in Washington DC, marking Northmont's first ever national championship in any activity. In 2014, coach David Jones was named National History Bowl National Coach of the Year.
