| Omaha Northwest High Magnet School | |
| Established: | 1971 as Omaha Northwest High School |
| Type: | Public high school |
| Principal: | Kimberly Jackson |
| Head Name: | Second master |
| Head Name2: | Assistant headmaster |
| Teaching Staff: | 81.45 (FTE) |
| Ratio: | 19.56 |
| Enrollment: | 1,593 (2022–23)[1] |
| Grades: | 9–12 |
| Streetaddress: | 8204 Crown Point Avenue |
| City: | Omaha |
| State: | Nebraska |
| Country: | United States |
| District: | Omaha Public Schools |
| Colors: | Navy, scarlet and old gold [2] |
| Nickname: | Huskies |
| Free Label: | Emblem |
Omaha Northwest High Magnet School at 8204 Crown Point Avenue in northwest Omaha, Nebraska, United States, is located on a 61acres 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.
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.[3] Jefferson was detained half an hour later.[4] Eight nearby schools were placed on lockdown after the shooting for safety.[5]
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.[6]
| State championships[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | of championships | Year(s) | |
| Winter | Basketball, boys' | 2 | 1979, 1985 | |
| Spring | 6 | 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1994 | ||
| Total | 8 | |||