Westview High School (Beaverton)

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Westview High School
Westview High School Logo
Established 1994
Type Public secondary
Principal Matthew Coleman
Faculty 111
Students 2,487 (2005)
Grades 9–12
Location Portland, Oregon USA
Oversight Beaverton School District
Campus Suburban
Colors Red, silver, and blue
Mascot Wildcats
Website www.beavton.k12.or.us/westview

Westview High School is a suburban high school in Portland, Oregon. It opened in 1994 and its first graduating class was in June 1996. It is the largest of 7 high schools in the Beaverton School District. The school currently offers Advanced Placement testing and courses. It belongs to the Metro League for interscholastic athletics and activities. Westview is the largest high school in the Beaverton School District and one of the largest in the state of Oregon.

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[edit] Students

Of the 2,208 students at Westview in 2002-2003, 6.7% required ESL education. Westview had a 3.9% dropout rate in 2002-2003.

[edit] Notable Alumni

  • Marcques Nettles (Class of 2002) - Killed in Asad, Iraq, April 2, 2006 [1] [2]
  • Trevor Crowe (Class of 2002) - Proffessional Baseball Player: Cleveland Indians Organization

{http://www.trevorcrowe.org]

[edit] SAT scores

Year Math Critical Reading
1997/1998 557 539
1998/1999 553 543
1999/2000 554 539
2000/2001 542 537
2001/2002 551 544
2002/2003 564 554
2003/2004 567 553

[edit] Faculty

Westview employs 111 teachers with an average of 11.9 years of experience. 75.2% have earned at least a masters degree. In addition, the school employs 4 administrators, 17 instructional assistants and 34 other staff members.

[edit] Curriculum

Westview offers the following Advanced Placement courses:


The school also offers the following 'challenge' courses, taught in conjunction with Portland State University:


Westview offers the following foreign language programs:

[edit] Extracurricular offerings

[edit] Clubs and Activities

[edit] Westview Robotics Team/Club

In 2005, the team won the Rookie All Star Award at the Pacific Northwest Regional held at the Portland Colliseum, and a seat at the FIRST Robotics Championship in Atlanta [3]. At the Championship, the Westview Team 1510 placed second in the qualifying rounds in the Curie Division, receiving the Highest Rookie Seed Award. In the finals their alliance (teams 337, 1510 & 85) finished in second place, receiving the Curie Division Finalist Award. In 2006 they participated in both the Pacific Northwest Regional, where they won the Xerox Creativity Award, the Woodie Flowers Award, and made it to the quarter finals with their alliance (teams 604, 1510,& 847), and the Las Vegas Regional. The Xerox Creativity Award celebrates creative design, use of a component, or a creative or unique strategy of play and the Woodie Flowers Award was presented by Small Parts, Inc. to our Coach, Williane Tenca to celebrate an outstanding engineer or teacher. The students choose and write about a person on their team who best demonstrates excellence in teaching science, math, and creative design. One is presented at each Regional. Click here for the team website

[edit] Speech/Debate Team

Under the guidance of Coach Trudi Harte, the team won the Linfield College Invitational on February 4, 2006. Later on February 23, 2006, the team took 2nd place at the University of Oregon Tournament. Westview High School also won the Northern Oregon District Tournament, sending five students to the National Tournament (Alan Hsu, Ferris Zhang, John Tan, Nima Ahmadi, and Prateek Bhide). The normal Speech year ended for Westview with a State Championship in the 2006 OSAA State Competition.

[edit] Westview Theatre Department

Directed by Ms. Carolyn Reid, the Westview theatre department produces over 6 productions each year. The school boasts a student-led Thespian Club, a large auditorium with fly-space, and a former professional technical director Mr. Derek Lane. The theatre department involves many students and parents each year, and prides itself on offering many opportunities for student participation, whether it be acting, technical, directorial, or otherwise. The department's season this year includes: ART, The Importance of Being Earnest, Seussical The Musical, Crazy For You, Give My Regards to Broadway, Sylvia, All I Ever Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten, and the One-Act Play Festival. For more information, check out our website: Westview Theatre Department

[edit] Sports

[edit] External links and references

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