Westlake High School (Ohio)


Westlake High School is a public high school located in Westlake, Ohio, United States, west of Cleveland. It is the only high school in the Westlake City Schools district. Its principal is Paul Wilson, and assistant principals are Ned Lauver and Bridget Elias.

Campus

Westlake High School was rebuilt and completed in 2013. With a design by MKC Associates, the high school features a large rotunda housing the cafeteria for the students. Academic Wings are divided into two floors, with classrooms grouped in sections. Two large gyms and a weight training room are for physical education, and a large Performing Arts Center next to several music classrooms and a television studio is the arts wing.
Outside, the school has two baseball diamonds, and one softball diamond, two tennis courts, and a football stadium complete with turf, where Westlake plays in the fall, winter, and spring.

Academics

Westlake High School offers a variety of academic choices to students beyond regular courses, including Honors, AP, IB, and CCP courses offered through Cuyahoga Community College.

Quality of Education

Westlake has constistently ranked higher than state average's over the years, being in the top four percent of schools in the state of Ohio. The school has been ranked one of the Top 10 Schools in Northeast Ohio. Achieving high accomplishments, ninety-three percent of students who graduate Westlake continue on to a two or four year university.

Technology and Engineering

The Westlake Technology and Engineering Department is an award winning area of study recognized at the local, state, and national level. The Technical Drawing and Design class has participated and been in the top ten in the annual Student Model Home Design Contest for the last twenty years. Other awards include the Verizon Innovative App Challenge, the Hyland Innovation Contest, the rp+m Product Design Contest, and the Ohio Technology & Engineering Education Showcase's Best of Show and Zupanic Award. More than two hundred students from the Westlake Technology and Engineering Program have majored in a STEM field, and are employed professionally in the growing S.T.E.M. Field.

Arts

Westlake High School offers a variety of music education programs. Instrumental Music programs include Marching Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Concert Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra, Jazz 1 & Jazz 2. Choral music programs include a show choir, Company D, Symphonic Chorus, Women's Chorus, Men's Chorus, Chorale, and Mixed Choir. In addition, Music Theory and History is also offered at the high school.

Westlake High School "Demon" Marching Band

The 160-member Westlake High School "Demon" Marching Band, known to many as the "Pride of Westlake", provides half time entertainment at every home and away Varsity football games, as well as competitions during the year. In the past, the band has gone to the Citrus Bowl and the Chicago Thanksgiving Parade, as well as taking trips to Florida, Atlanta, and a variety of other cities both nationally and internationally.
During the year, students are divided into Symphonic and Concert Band, where both have taken home Superior ratings at the Ohio Music Education Association competitions in the last few years.

Student media

The Westlake High Broadcasting System is a student-run and faculty-advised cable television station serving the entire Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area on AT&T U-Verse channel 99 and the city of Westlake on Wide Open West channel 99 and WideOpenWest channel 18. WHBS-TV produces a weekly news show for WHS announcements, called Friday Morning News. They also have a comedy show called Monday Afternoon Recorded started in the 2018-19 school year.
The Green and White is a monthly student newspaper serving Westlake High School. It is advised by English teacher Laura Miller.

Mascot

The school mascot, the Demon, has occasionally caused controversy because of its assumed religious connotations. When Westlake was known as Dover, the school teams were called the "Dover Men". Popular usage shortened this to "D-Men", which when spoken is indistinguishable from the word 'demon', hence the current name.

Student Life

Westlake High School offers a variety of sports, clubs, and activities to its students during and after the school day.

Sports

Westlake High School has a variety of sports teams that compete in the Southwestern Conference throughout the school year.
Fall Sports include Football, Cross Country, Golf, Tennis, Soccer, Volleyball, and Cheer.
Winter Sports include Basketball, Gymnastics, Wrestling, Hockey, Swimming & Diving, Cheer, and Bowling.
Spring Sports include Baseball, Softball, Track, Lacrosse, and Tennis.

Clubs

Westlake High School offers a variety of clubs available to its students.