Westerville South High School (Ohio)
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Westerville South High School is a public high school located in Westerville, Ohio, northeast of Columbus, Ohio. Built in 1960 and originally known as Westerville High School, it is the oldest of the three high schools in the Westerville City School District. The current principal is Keith Bell, who has been at South since 2004. The school colors are red and white, and the mascot is the wildcat. South has a cross-town rivalry with Westerville North High School. However, this rivalry has been changed for the inclusion of Westerville Central.
The International Baccalaureate Organization [IBO] awarded South the prestigious distinction of IB school in 2005, and South is now the only high school in Westerville to offer the IB curriculum. Its first IB class was in 2007, when 31 students earned world-wide distinction in gaining the IB diploma. The graduating class of 31 in 2007 was one of the highest graduating classes in IB history.
South also boasts the highest scores in its district on the Ohio Graduation Tests. As well as a 2000 gold medal award for scholastic journalism from Columbia University. Recently, South received a silver medal award given out by the U.S.A. Today Magazine as one of the top high schools in the country. In the fall of 2007, South was also host to the Heartland Reneaissance Conference sponsored by Jostens. Schools from all across the mid-west attended this conference to learn about academic achievement in school.
Westerville South has graduated such football stars as Andy Katzenmoyer to Ohio State (New England Patriots), Ki-Jana Carter to Penn State, (Cincinnati Bengals), Lance Moore to Toledo (New Orleans Saints).
