Keeping Northwest High School Under Wraps

What's up with websites that refuse to tell you the venue's geographical location?

I found this photo labeled Northwest High School, and wanted to find out what town it was in, so I could research small town beefcake.

The school athletics website listed boys' sports (football, basketball, golf, wrestling, and something called MX).

 Activities like band, choir, debate, and drama (oddly, they had pages for coaches, schedules, varsity lineup, asif they were sports teams, too).




And the various summer camps (football, wrestling, swimming, volleyball).  But nothing indicating where Northwest is.  How are you supposed to get there to see the games?







There are Northwest High Schools in California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Ohio,  Texas, Virginia, and probably other states.  This one is from Georgia.

No way I'm looking through them all.

The high school website had an Academic Services Directory, with information on foster care and homelessness, gifted education, GED classes, title programs, tutoring programs, and Missouri Options (for kids who are at risk of dropping out).

Aha!  We're in Missouri! That narrows it down a bit.

The Community page lists partners in the community, including the Fenton Chamber of Commerce.

Ok, searching on Google Maps for high schools near Fenton, Missouri, I managed to find Northwest High School.  It's a long, low, dismal looking building 15 miles from Fenton, in an unincorporated area.  The nearest town is Cedar Hill, two miles away, a blip on the map, nothing there but the Big River Pizza Company, an Italian restaurant, a grocery store, and a Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

No wonder they emphasize indoor sports.  Who wants to go outside into the nothingness?

The High School is just off Highway 30, on a fork between Cedar Hill Road and  Local Hillsboro Road,   There's a Subway across the street, and a gas station and a bank to the west.

If you go north/east on Highway 30, you will go through House Springs, High Ridge, Parksville, Murphy, Fenton, Sunset Hills, and finally reach St. Louis, 35 miles away.

 If you go south/west  you will go through Cedar Hill, Dittmer, Grubville, Parkway, St. Clair, and eventually Jefferson City, 100 miles away.

Sorry for the meticulous detail, but I still don't understand why none of the high school websites lists an address, or even a city and state.


Maybe they don't want anyone to watch their athletes in action.