Western High School (Parma, Michigan)
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| Name | Western High School |
| Established | 1959 |
| City | Parma |
| State | Michigan |
| Principal | Brent Cryderman |
| Grades | 9th - 12th |
| Enrollment as of | September 2005 |
| Enrollment | 842 Students |
| Grade 9 | 248 Students |
| Grade 10 | 208 Students |
| Grade 11 | 217 Students |
| Grade 12 | 196 Students |
| Campus | Rural |
| Homepage | http://www.westernschools.org |
Western High School is a public senior high school in Parma, Michigan, USA. It has classes for grades 9 through 12. Western is located on Dearing Rd, just inside the border of the "Planned Community" of Spring Arbor yet still with a Parma mailing address. This is indicative of the community balance the school must maintain--it serves both Spring Arbor--a college community--and Parma--a mostly rural farming community.
[edit] History
In the year 1923, Parma decided it needed to build a middle school. The Parma Union School District served the village and surrounding rural areas until 1957, when it consolidated with other school districts to form the Western School District. High school students from Parma therefore currently attend Western High School, which Parma shares with nearby Spring Arbor and the western edge of Jackson. The high school was built in 1959 and has been modified several times--the most recent and one of the largest being in 2004 with the addition of a new hallway/wing with a new art room, science lab, 2 classrooms, a state-of-the-art (at the time) computer lab and a suite of administrative offices. Additions to the phys-ed facility were also made with a new weight room and new varsity locker rooms. The cafeteria was also doubled to accommodate the growing population of the school. The high school, along with the middle school and district administration, are located three miles east of the village of Parma but just inside Spring Arbor. One of the district's three elementaries, Parma Elementary School, is located on the south side of the village, near the site of the demolished Parma High School. The other two elementary schools, Bean off of King Rd. and Warner off of M-60/Spring Arbor Rd./Main St., are in the Spring Arbor area. Western High School will celebrate its 50th Anniversary in 2009.
It currently has an uproar in the student body about many administrative changes put that will be put in effect to next school year. The deletion of College Prep endorsement and the "removal" of Senior Transistions has some students crying out about how the school's new motto is, "If it worked before, CHANGE IT!"
[edit] Special programs
Choir program with a teacher who wears spandex while riding a motor cycle
Football (Varsity 1-8, JV 5-4, Freshman 6-3)
Band program
Art/digital art program led by Michigan Art teacher of the year
General Shop, web design
AP courses
PE program led by Michigan PE teacher of the year
Drama--2 plays and a talent show per year
Yearbook, Journalism, and Video Studio Productions
Quiz Bowl, NHS, Key Club, Destination Imagination
various sports programs (state qualifiers in track, wrestling, and tennis)
Foreign Languages in French, Spanish and an online Chinese Class
