Westmont High School (Illinois)

Westmont High School is a public high school with 500-600 students, located in the village of Westmont, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. The student population and building size are much smaller than adjacent public high schools.

History

Created as part of the newly formed CUSD 201 in Westmont in 1972, the community approved of building the high school in 1973. Westmont High School opened for its first days of class in September, 1974, and graduated its charter class in June 1978. The school mascot, the Sentinel, is a sentry, or guard wearing a uniform of the school colors, burgundy and gold. The name is also word play from "Centennial," since the building was not opened until October of 1976, the year of the United States Bicentennial. The school's original architecture was unique; a circular building with class areas divided by movable partitions, an attempt to make the school easily adaptable to changing needs. More recently, some classrooms have been reconstructed with permanent walls and closing doors.

Administration

Westmont High School is part of the Community Unit School District 201.

*Steven T. Carr, Principal
*Nancy Bartosz-Thompson, Assistant Principal
*Michael R. McCord, Dean/Athletic Director

Athletics

With the current school enrollment, Westmont is placed in these class categories in the IHSA:

Football (8 class system): 3A4-class system: 2A3-class system: 1A2-class system: A

Westmont High School has had some highlights in athletics in its history, including a number of Regional and Sectional Champions:

Information about IHSA state series championships can be downloaded from [http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum2319.htm Westmont High School's] IHSA Season Summary page.

External links

* [http://www.cusd201.org/srhigh Westmont High School Home Page]
* [http://www.cusd201.org/ Community Unit School District 201]