Cranston High School West

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The front entrance of Cranston High School West.
The front entrance of Cranston High School West.

Cranston High School West (often called West, Cranston West or abbreviated as CHSW) is a high school located in Cranston, Rhode Island. The school comprises five buildings; one of these buildings is the Cranston Area Career and Technical Center. The school grounds include six tennis courts, a baseball field, and a track and football field. West has 155 staff members who work with the student population of approximately 1750. The program of studies encompasses 203 different courses. The Cranston Area Career and Technical Center offers 17 different courses. All courses are geared toward student academic abilities. Fifty-two percent of graduates go on to pursue a four-year degree while twenty-two percent pursue a 2-year degree.

The school has a student-published newspaper called The Mighty West Wind. Additionally, the school boasts an award-winning news broadcast titled The Mighty West Watch, which received numerous first place awards at the 2006 New England Scholastic Press Association conference.[citation needed]

Numerous athletic teams have won championship titles for the school, more recently being the 2004 varsity football team, 2006 varsity wrestling team, 2007 varsity wrestling team, 2008 varsity wrestling team, 2006 baseball team, 2007 baseball team. It is also the high school of former NFL Pro Bowl running back Mark Van Eeghen.[1][citation needed]

In 2007, the school was downgraded from "High Performing" status to "Low Performing and Making Insufficient Progress" status.[citation needed]

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[edit] The West Watch

The West Watch is West's online news broadcast. Started in 2005, the West Watch received a first place award as best broadcast at the NESPA conference. In addition, it also won several individual achievement awards.[citation needed]

[edit] Notable alumni

  • Chris Famiglietti - college baseball player at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
  • Dan Hopkins - college baseball player at UMASS
  • Anthony Meo - college baseball player. He is attending Coastal Carolina on a baseball scholarship. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 43rd round of the 2008 MLB draft.
  • Monty Are I - a band named after Cranston West's band director. They attended Cranston West. The band used to be called Monty's Fan Club.
  • Mark van Eeghen - Former NFL Pro Bowl running back. Van Eeghen is the only person ever from Cranston West to have their number retired in any sport.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Scholar Athlete Hall of Fame", Institute for International Sport. Retrieved on 2006-06-02. 
  2. ^ "Scholar Athlete Hall of Fame", Institute for International Sport. Retrieved on 2006-06-02. 

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