Westmont High School (Westmont, Illinois)

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Westmont High School
Motto Where Choices Become Opportunities
Established 1972 (building 1976)
Type Public secondary
Principal Steven Carr
Students 568
Grades 9–12
Location 909 N. Oakwood Dr.
Westmont, Illinois, USA
Campus Suburban
Colors Burgundy, Gold
Mascot Sentinels
Website www.cusd201.org/srhigh

Westmont High School, or WHS, is a public four-year high school located in Westmont, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Westmont Community Unit School District 201.

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[edit] History

The school first opened for education for the 1972-1973 school year. The current Westmont High School building opened in October of 1976.

[edit] Academics

In 2005, Westmont had an average composite ACT score of 20.1, and graduated 75.1% of its senior class. The average class size is 21.8. Westmont has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.[1]

[edit] Athletics

Westmont competes in the Interstate 8 Conference and Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Sentinels.

[edit] Activities

Fall Sports

  • Football
  • Volleyball
  • Cross Country
  • Golf
  • Marching Band

Winter Sports

  • Basketball
  • Wrestling

Spring Sports

Multi-season Sports

  • Cheerleading
  • Pom Pon
  • Flags

Non-Athletic Activities

  • Music-Instrumental
  • Music-Vocal
  • Student Council
  • SADD
  • Theatre
  • NHS
  • Chess Club
  • World Language Club
  • Geography Club
  • BPA
  • DECA
  • PBIS
  • Rotary Interact
  • WEB
  • Yearbook Club
  • Snowball

[edit] References

  1. ^ Illinois School Report Card (2007)

[edit] External links