Westlake High School (California)

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Westlake High School
File:WestlakeHS warrior1.png
Address
100 Lakeview Canyon Rd.
Thousand Oaks, California
United States
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1978
School district Conejo Valley Unified School District
Principal Jason Branham
Faculty 94[1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 2,391 (2014-15)[2]
Campus type Suburban
Color(s)      Blue
     Orange
     White
Team name Warriors
Website Westlake High School

Westlake High School (also known as Westlake High, Westlake, or WHS) is a public high school in the Westlake Village neighborhood of Thousand Oaks, in Ventura County, California. It is not in the adjacent City of Westlake Village. Westlake High serves grades 9–12 in the Conejo Valley Unified School District. Middle schools that feed into Westlake include Colina Middle School and Los Cerritos Middle School.

History

The first graduating class was the class of 1980. The first principal was Mr. William Albers. All students entering Westlake High School in 1979 signed a charter, which sits in the office today. Ron Lipari was the principal of WHS for fifteen years.[3] In 2015, Jason Branham was selected as the new principal.[4]

Academics

It is one of four high schools in the Conejo Valley Unified School District, that consistently has significantly above average API and SAT scores, and 96% of graduating seniors go on to attend some type of college or further education.[5] In 2013, a Westlake High grad was named a Rhodes Scholar.[6] In 2015, Westlake High ranked as the 210th top high school in the United States and the 26th best high school in the state of California according to Newsweek.[7] In 2015, Westlake's average score on Advanced Placement exams was 3.65.[7]

Academic teams

Westlake High School is home to several organized competitive academic teams, including: VEX Robotics, Academic Decathlon, Mock Trial, Science Olympiad, FBLA, and HOSA. In 2015, Westlake High School won the Ventura County Academic Decathlon for the fourth year in a row.[8]

Advanced anatomy

Westlake High offers a course called Advanced Anatomy. In the course, students work on a human cadaver.[9] Nancy Bowman, a physiology teacher, started the program in 1990.[9] As of 1994, the school was the only school to have a second-year program in advanced anatomy.[10] Jordan Michaels, co-founder of Ringadoc, participated in the program.[11] In 2015, Dr. Ira Byock spoke to the honors class about Death With Dignity laws.[12]

Athletics

Westlake High School offers a wide variety of sports and activities, including football, basketball, cross-country, tennis, volleyball, cheerleading, water polo, soccer, wrestling, lacrosse, softball, swimming, and track and field. Many Westlake athletic teams compete in the Marmonte League of the CIF Southern Section, and are known as the Warriors.

Football

Westlake has maintained a successful football program. In 1989, Jim Benkert became the head football coach at Westlake. Benkert’s reign at Westlake produced four CIF Southern Section championships — in 1999, 2003, 2009, 2011 — and 226 victories.[13] In 2015, Benkert announced he would be leaving Westlake for local rival Oaks Christian School.[13] In 2015, Tony Henney became the new head football coach.[14] Several professional football players have played at WHS, including Billy Miller, Gary Wellman, Rudy Carpenter, and Mike Seidman.

Golf

Westlake has had successful golf teams. In 2014, the Westlake High School boys golf team won the CIF/CGA California State High School Championship.[15] In 2015, the boys golf team again won the CIF/ CGA State Championship, becoming the first school to ever win back-to-back state titles in California.[16]

Aquatics program

From 1995-1999, the WHS boys' swim team won five consecutive Marmonte League titles.[17] In 2001, WHS opened an aquatics complex on its campus.[18] As of 2014, WHS boys' swim team had won three straight Marmonte League titles.[17][19] WHS grad Veronika Weiss, who played on the girls' water polo team, was killed in the Isla Vista shooting.[20] In 2015, the school retired her number 11.[20]

Soccer

In the late 1980s, Eric Wynalda and Cobi Jones played on the boys' soccer team. In the 1986-1987 season, Jones and Wynalda helped the team post a 22-2-2 record and led them to the semifinals of the Southern Section 4-A Division playoffs.[21]

Students

  • Native Americans/Alaska Native: 14 (0.4%)
  • Asian/Pacific Islander: 334 (9.8%)
  • Hispanic (of any race): 522 (15.33%)
  • African American: 47 (1.3%)
  • White: 2487 (73.3%)
  • Unspecified: 1 (.003 %)
  • Student to teacher ratio: 25.1

Filming site

  • Blink 182's music video for "Josie" (1998) was filmed at Westlake High School, using official Westlake High School uniforms.Video on YouTube
  • The 1994 movie A Friend to Die For was filmed at Westlake High School, using official Westlake High School cheer uniforms with the logo removed.[22]
  • The 2006 movie Gridiron Gang was filmed at Westlake High School.[23]

Notable alumni

References

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External links

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