Westlake High School (Ohio)

Westlake High School is a public high school located in Westlake, Ohio, United States, west of Cleveland. It is the only high school in the Westlake City Schools district. Its principal is Paul Wilson.

Westlake High School
Address
27830 Hilliard Boulevard

Westlake
,
(Cuyahoga County)
,
Ohio
44145

United States
Coordinates41°27′39″N 81°55′42″W
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoWe Educate for Excellence, "All About the W"
Established1960
School districtWestlake City School District
SuperintendentScott Goggin[1]
PrincipalPaul Wilson
Teaching staff69.07 (FTE)[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,159 (2017-18)[2]
Student to teacher ratio16.78[2]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)  Forest green
  White[3]
Fight song"Stand Up & Cheer"
Athletics conferenceSouthwestern Conference[3]
MascotDemon
Team nameDemons[3]
RivalBay High School
NewspaperThe Green and White
Athletic DirectorsTony Cipollone, Dennis Sullivan
WebsiteOfficial website

Campus

Westlake High School was rebuilt and completed in 2013.[4] With a design by MKC Associates, the high school features a large rotunda housing the cafeteria for the students. Academic Wings are divided into two floors, with classrooms grouped in sections. Two large gyms and a weight training room are for physical education, and a large Performing Arts Center next to several music classrooms and a television studio is the arts wing.

Outside, the school has two baseball diamonds, and one softball diamond, two tennis courts, and a football stadium complete with turf, where Westlake plays in the fall, winter, and spring.

Academics

Westlake High School offers a variety of academic choices to students beyond regular courses, including Honors, AP (Advanced Placement), IB (International Baccalaureate), and CCP (College Credit Plus) courses offered through Cuyahoga Community College.

Quality of Education

Westlake has consistently ranked higher than state average's over the years, being in the top four percent of schools in the state of Ohio. The school has been ranked one of the Top 10 Schools in Northeast Ohio. Achieving high accomplishments, ninety-three percent of students who graduate Westlake continue on to a two or four year university.[5]

Technology and Engineering

The Westlake Technology and Engineering Department is an award winning area of study recognized at the local, state, and national level. The Technical Drawing and Design class has participated and been in the top ten in the annual Student Model Home Design Contest for the last twenty years. Other awards include the Verizon Innovative App Challenge, the Hyland Innovation Contest, the rp+m Product Design Contest, and the Ohio Technology & Engineering Education Showcase's Best of Show and Zupanic Award. More than two hundred students from the Westlake Technology and Engineering Program have majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) field, and are employed professionally in the growing S.T.E.M. Field.

Arts

Westlake High School offers a variety of music education programs. Instrumental Music programs include Marching Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Concert Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Jazz 1 & Jazz 2. Choral music programs include a show choir, Company D, Symphonic Chorus, Women's Chorus, Men's Chorus, Chorale, and Mixed Choir. In addition, Music Theory and History is also offered at the high school.

Westlake High School "Demon" Marching Band

The 160-member Westlake High School "Demon" Marching Band, known to many as the "Pride of Westlake", provides half time entertainment at every home and away Varsity football games, as well as competitions during the year. In the past, the band has gone to the Citrus Bowl and the Chicago Thanksgiving Parade, as well as taking trips to Florida, Atlanta, and a variety of other cities both nationally and internationally.

During the year, students are divided into Symphonic and Concert Band, where both have taken home Superior ratings at the Ohio Music Education Association competitions (in both Class AA and Class C, respectively) in the last few years.

Student media

The Westlake High Broadcasting System (WHBS-TV) is a student-run and faculty-advised cable television station serving the entire Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area on AT&T U-Verse channel 99 and the city of Westlake on Wide Open West channel 99 and WideOpenWest (WOW!) channel 18. WHBS-TV produces a weekly news show for WHS announcements, called Friday Morning News. They also have a comedy show called Monday Afternoon Recorded started in the 2018-19 school year.

The Green and White is a monthly student newspaper serving Westlake High School. It is advised by English teacher Laura Miller.[6]

Mascot

The school mascot, the Demon, has occasionally caused controversy because of its assumed religious connotations. When Westlake was known as Dover, the school teams were called the "Dover Men". Popular usage shortened this to "D-Men", which when spoken is indistinguishable from the word 'demon', hence the current name.[7]

Sports

Westlake High School has a variety of sports teams that compete in the Southwestern Conference throughout the school year.[8]

Fall Sports include Football, Cross Country, Golf, Tennis, Soccer, Volleyball, and Cheer.

Winter Sports include Basketball, Gymnastics, Wrestling, Hockey, Swimming & Diving, Cheer, and Bowling.

Spring Sports include Baseball, Softball, Track, Lacrosse, and Tennis.

Clubs

Westlake High School offers a variety of clubs available to its students.

Notable Alumni

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Westlake High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  3. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on November 3, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  4. Galbincea, Barb (3 September 2013). "Westlake High School ready as students return to new building Wednesday". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  5. "2017 Westlake Quality Report" (PDF). Westlake City School. 2017.
  6. "Westlake Chatter – May 23, 2012". West Life News. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  7. "Why are we called the Demons?". Westlake City Schools. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19.
  8. "Westlake High School". Westlake Athletics. September 15, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  9. "2009 Convention – Club Point Summary" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  10. "Constitution of the Ohio Junior Classical League" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. March 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2009. ...by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.
  11. Galbincea, Barb (23 August 2014). "Westlake Historical Society dedicates marker in memory of astronaut, Robert Overmyer (photo gallery)". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  12. "Ohio State recruit Tracy Sprinkle of Elyria headlines The Plain Dealer's 2012 football defensive All-Star team". 27 Dec 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  13. Benson, John (5 June 2018). "Westlake-raised YouTube star Jake Paul hitting Jacobs Pavilion with Team 10". The News-Herald. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  14. Koff, Stephen (1 April 2016). "Joe Biden's Buckeyes: the vice president really likes hiring Ohioans". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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