Westside High School (Macon, Georgia)

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Westside High School
Location
Macon, Georgia, United States of America
Information
Principal Laura Perkins
Campus Suburban
Students 1711 [1]
Faculty 96 [1]
Type Public magnet high school
Athletics American football, baseball, basketball, softball, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, cross country, and wrestling
Motto "We are Westside"
Mascot Seminoles
Color(s) Garnet and Gold
Established 1997
Conference Georgia High School Association (GHSA)
Homepage Westside High School

Westside High School is a public high school located in Macon, Georgia. Opened in 1997, it is the largest school in the Bibb County school district. They educate students in grades 9-12. Pat Coxsey was the school's principal from Westside's establishment in 1997 until her retirement in 2006. Westside's current principal is Laura Perkins.

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[edit] Academics

Westside is home to the district's pre-engineering magnet program and as such has some of the most up-to-date and modern computer lab facilities in Georgia.[2]

[edit] Athletics

The Westside Seminoles compete in numerous sports for which the school has received many honors and awards. Westside competes in Division AAAA of the Georgia High School Association (GHSA).

[edit] Student media

Established in 2005, the school newspaper, the Seminole Beat has already received accolades from the Georgia Scholastic Press Association, including a general excellence award in the AAAA division and an award for best first year adviser in 2006. [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Westside High School Public School Profile.
  2. ^ Living in Macon: About education. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  3. ^ Georgia Scholastic Press Association (2006), “2005-2006 Staff Awards”, The Winner's Circle 2006, <http://www.grady.uga.edu/gspa/Forms/2006.StaffAwards.pdf> 

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Educational Institutions in Macon, Georgia
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Schools of the Bibb County School system
Elementary Schools
Alexander II Magnet School • Agnes Barden Elementary School • Bernd Elementary School • Brookdale Elementary School • Bruce Elementary School • Burdell-Hunt Magnet School • Burghard Elementary School • Burke Elementary School • Sonny Carter Elementary School • Hamilton Elementary School • Matilda Hartley Elementary School • Heard Elementary School • Heritage Elementary School • Ingram-Pye Elementary School • Jones Elementary School • King-Danforth Elementary School • Lane Elementary School • Morgan Elementary School • Porter Elementary School • Rice Elementary Schoool • Joseph B. Riley Elementary School • Skyview Elementary School • Springdale Elementary School • Rosa Taylor Elementary School • Union Elementary School • Vineville Academy Fine Arts Magnet Elementary School • L. H. Williams Elementary School
Middle Schools
Appling Middle School • Bloomfield Middle School • Howard Middle School • McEvoy Middle School • Miller Core Knowledge Magnet Middle School • Rutland Middle School • H. G. Weaver Middle School
High School
Central High School • William S. Hutchings Career Center • Northeast High School • Rutland High School • Southwest Magnet High School • Westside High School
Specialty schools and programs
Joseph Neel Academy • Butler Childhood Academy • Renaissance Academy
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