West Salem High School (Oregon)

Infobox high school


image_caption =
imagesize = 180px
name=West Salem High School
motto = It's a great day to be a Titan.
established =2002
type =Public 4-year
staff =
faculty = about 83
principal =Ed John
enrollment =1,593 (as of March 2008) [cite web|url=http://www.salkeiz.k12.or.us/districtcenter/DistrictFacts/enroll.pdf|title=Student Enrollment Distribution Report|Publisher=Salem, Oregon= Salem-Keizer Public Schools|Date=March, 2008|accessdate=2008-03-20|format=PDF|date=2008-03-20]
students =
city =Salem
state =Oregon
country =United States
colors = Green/Black with Silver trim
mascot =Titans
information =503-399-5533
website =http://west.salkeiz.k12.or.us/index.htm
footnotes =

West Salem High School (WSHS) is a high school located in Salem, Oregon, United States. Built in 2002, WSHS is the newest of the six high schools in the Salem-Keizer School District and serves about 1,600 students.

Choir

The 2006-2007 concert choir went to Washington DC last year, and this year has made it to the state championships once again, as it did last year. There are three choirs at West - the Chorale - made up mostly of freshmen and sophomores - the Titan Choir (intermediate), and Concert Choir, the most advanced. There are also two jazz ensembles - Rhythm Express is the beginning jazz group, and Soundscape is the most advanced. Soundscape took a trip to Idaho for the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow this past February. The West Salem Chorale department is growing more and more every year with nearly one hundred passionate singers in Concert Choir alone. The program is developing a fantastic reputation and is challenging itself to succeed by keeping one phrase in mind "What we can do together, none of us can do alone!"

The 2007-2008 Concert Choir qualified for the State Choir competition that took place on May 2, 2008, at George Fox University. They placed 5th within the State of Oregon.

Athletics

*Baseball
*Basketball
*Cheerleading
*Cross Country - [http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=276 Schedule]
*Equestrian Team
*Fencing
*Football
*Soccer
*Golf
*Lacrosse
*Softball
*Swimming- [http://home.comcast.net/~titanaquatics/site/?/page/Swim_Team/ Swim Website]
*Tennis
*Track & Field - [http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/School.aspx?SchoolID=276 Schedule]
*Volleyball
*Water Polo
*Wrestling

Football

The West Salem High School Titans football team was ranked #4 in Oregon in the 2007 season. Their record was 10-2, and were the CVC (Central Valley Conference) champions. They made it to the high school playoffs semi finals, but lost to Tualitan.

The Promethean Newspaper

The Promethean was established at the start of West Salem High School, and has proved itself among competitors across the state numerous times. Once headed by John Divelbiss, it's more recently been advised by Nancy Ingerson.

Titan News Television (TNT)

TNT was established in 2002, at the start of the first school year. Dedicated to excellence and bringing the news to the students, with Entertaining media. TNT is headed by teacher Grant Huhn, who has always pushed for the creativity of his students. The opening year TNT was mostly run student Tom Murphy, with the assistance of the teacher at that time Gahr Willoughby. Tom Murphy help drive the phrase for TNT "TNT...Its Dynamite, using the hit song from ACDC TNT as the main theme song for much of that first year. In 2003 at the start of the second school year teacher Grant Huhn took charge with the addition of Sophomore Christopher Ziegenhagel who began working with Tom Murphy on editing and producing the shows which aired daily. Chris Ziegenhagel later into that year soon became the main driving force of TNT, working on TNT until he graduated in 2006. Chris Ziegenhagel was the one that pushed for TNT to become a weekly project, instead of the daily project it was, in order to put together better and more entertaining episodes, In Farwell TNT came out with the unforgettable TNT Finale Which Aired June 6th, 2006. The TNT Finale Included then Co-Anchor Brandon Miletta, who had been working on visual effects for much of his life. The two teamed together to create an unbelievable and memorable Finale, I fight to the death, with light sabers. The Finale coined the Phrase "One Anchor...Will Fall". The TNT Finale can still be viewed to this day on Youtube.com ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=SceOMvov_rQ ) as well as several other older TNT shows. Mr Huhn now archives all episodes to his site: http://titannews.blogspot.com/

Heads of Departments

*Business - Carol Kilfoil
*English - Karen Holm
*Math - Jon Kawamura
*Music - Dr. Ike Nail
*Science - Steve Holman
*Social Sciences - Scott Whipple

MaPS Credit Union Education Branch

West Salem High School is one of three high schools in Salem, Oregon that is home to an education branch of Marion and Polk Schools Credit Union. MaPS Credit Union education branches provide an opportunity for high school students to participate in the day-to-day operations of a real credit union. Students in certain business classes spend a small amount of time conducting real teller transactions for other students during lunch hours, under the supervision of a trained faculty member. The branch has been open since 2003.

References

External links

* [http://west.salkeiz.k12.or.us/index.htm West Salem High School]
* [http://www.salkeiz.k12.or.us/ Salem-Keizer Public Schools]