Westmont Hilltop School District

Westmont Hilltop School District
Location
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
Information
School type	Public
Motto	Scientia fons Veritatis "Knowledge is the Source of Truth (English translation)
Established	1919
Superintendent	Dr. Susan J. Anderson
Enrollment	1760 students(2010)^[1]
Color(s)	Red and Gray
Mascot	The Hilltoppers
Website	http://www.whsd.org/

The Westmont Hilltop School District is a public school district located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It geographically comprises Upper Yoder Township, Westmont Borough, and Southmont Borough in the western suburbs of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

The schools within the district include Westmont Hilltop High School, Westmont Hilltop Middle School, and Westmont Hilltop Elementary School. The Middle School houses the district administrative offices and football stadium.

Westmont School District merged with Upper Yoder School District to form Westmont-Upper Yoder School District in 1919. The school district became its current entity when Southmont School District merged with Westmont-Upper Yoder School District in 1956, forming Westmont Hilltop School District.

In the 1960s, the Elim, Stutzman and Tioga Street Elementary Schools were closed and students transferred to the Southmont and Goucher Street Elemetary Schools.

Stutzman School was located at the NE corner of the Goucher St./Menoher Blvd. in Westmont Borough. The building was renovated into a Professional Arts Building with medical and other business offices using the space. The building is again abandoned, but a recreational area on the former schoolyard playground is still in use.
Tioga Street School was located at the NW corner of Tioga and Colgate Streets in Westmont Borough with a playground extending on the Tioga St. side of the school. The property was demolished and several homes have been built on the site.
Elim School on Harshberger Rd. and Elim St. in Upper Yoder Township now serves as the municipal building and police station for Upper Yoder Township.
In 1977 Southmont School was closed and Goucher Street, the only remaining elementary, was renamed Westmont Hilltop Elementary School. The Southmont School was renovated into an apartment/condo complex.

Westmont Hilltop School District is governed by a popularly elected school board with nine members who are elected at large from the entire district. School board members are elected to either four-year terms or two-year terms in odd election years.

National Merit Scholarships

In the class of 2010, two girls were national merit finalists, one was a semi-finalist, and another was awarded the National merit scholarship. The young woman who won the scholarship that year was the first Westmont alumnus ever to be awarded the National merit scholarship.

References

^ "2010 Performance Audit Report". Pennsylvania Auditor General. http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/Reports/School/schWestmontHilltopSD092010.pdf. Retrieved 10 March 2011.