Westview High School (Beaverton, Oregon)

Infobox Secondary school
name = Westview High School

principal = Michael Chamberlain
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
established = 1994
city = Portland
state = Oregon
country = USA
oversight = Beaverton School District
enrollment = 2,700 (2007)
faculty = 111
campus = Suburban
mascot = Wildcats
colors = Red, Silver, and Blue
website = [http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/westview/ www.beavton.k12.or.us/westview]

Westview High School is a suburban high school in Portland, Oregon. It opened in 1994 and its first graduating class was in June 1996. It is the largest of 9 high schools in the Beaverton School District. The school currently offers Advanced Placement testing and courses. It belongs to the Metro League for interscholastic athletics and activities. Westview is the largest high school in the Beaverton School District and one of the largest in the state of Oregon. It also has a newspaper called the Prowl and a member of the Metro League for athletics.

tudents

Of the 2,208 students at Westview in 2002-2003, 6.7% required ESL education. Westview had a 3.9% dropout rate in 2002-2003. Westview has about now 2798 students this year in the 2007 school year

Notable Alumni

*Trevor Crowe (Class of 2003) - Professional Baseball Player: Cleveland Indians Organization

*Kara Braxton - WNBA Detroit Shock

*John Storie (Class of 2002) - Session Musician, Guitarist: Renee Olstead, New West Guitar Quartet, NBC Studios Burbank

SAT scores

In 2007, Westview High School had a total of 17 National Merit Award-Winners, the most in its history. Three out of five of Oregon's State AP Scholars for 2007 came from Westview. [ Oregonian, January 10 2008, Westview High score with three AP Scholars by Melissa Navas http://www.oregonlive.com/metrowest/oregonian/beaverton/index.ssf?/base/metro_west_news/119958631163260.xml&coll=7 ]

Faculty

Westview employs 135 teachers with an average of 11.9 years of experience. 78% have earned at least a masters degree. In addition, the school employs 4 administrators, 17 instructional assistants and 34 other staff members.

Curriculum

Westview offers the following Advanced Placement courses:

*AP Biology
*AP Calculus
*AP Chemistry
*AP Economics
*AP English Language
*AP English Literature
*AP Environmental Science
*AP European History
* AP Government
*AP Music Theory
*AP Physics B
*AP Psychology
*AP Spanish Literature
*AP Statistics
*AP Studio Art
*AP United States History

The school also offers the following 'challenge' courses, taught in conjunction with Portland State University:
*AP Calculus
*Senior Inquiry
*Spanish V

Westview offers the following foreign language programs:
*American Sign Language (ASL)
*English as a second language (ESL)
*French
*German
*Japanese
*Spanish

Extracurricular offerings

Clubs and Activities

*Adventure Crew
*Awareness to Action (African development)
*Anime Club
*Art Club
*AWSEM (Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics)
*Bowling Club
*Cat Crew
*Chess Club
*Diversity Club
*eClub (Engineering Club)
*Environmental club
*Flash Club
*French Club
*Gay-Straight Alliance
*International Thespian Society
*InvenTeams
*Jazz Combo
*Key Club
*Marching Band
*Math Club
*Mount Hood Snow Bus
*Model United Nations
*Music Appreciation Club
*National Honor Society
*Science Bowl
*Spanish Club
*Speech and Debate Team
*Robotics Club/Team
*Wall Ball Club
*music club
*SPACL
*Wrestling Club
*Ultimate Frisbee Club
*Young Democrats
*Young Republicans
*International Culinary Club

Westview Robotics Team/Club

In 2005, the team won the Rookie All Star Award at the Pacific Northwest Regional held at the Portland Colliseum, and a seat at the FIRST Robotics Championship in Atlanta [http://www.oregonlive.com/metrowest/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_west_news/1111143530111471.xml] . At the Championship, the Westview Team 1510 placed second in the qualifying rounds in the Curie Division, receiving the Highest Rookie Seed Award. In the finals their alliance (teams 337, 1510 & 85) finished in second place, receiving the Curie Division Finalist Award. In 2006 they participated in both the Pacific Northwest Regional, where they won the Xerox Creativity Award, the Woodie Flowers Award, and made it to the quarter finals with their alliance (teams 604, 1510,& 847), and the Las Vegas Regional. The Xerox Creativity Award celebrates creative design, use of a component, or a creative or unique strategy of play and the Woodie Flowers Award was presented by Small Parts, Inc. to Coach Williane Tenca to celebrate an outstanding engineer or teacher. The students choose and write about a person on their team who best demonstrates excellence in teaching science, math, and creative design. One is presented at each Regional. [http://www.team1510.com Click here for the team website]

Westview Concert Choir

Westview High School Concert Choir, as of 2008, has been claimed as one of the most well rounded performing groups in the Northwest U.S. The Choir has reached the OSAA State Choir Championships for 10 consecutive years, and placed 4th in 2008. It was the first time in the 21 year history that a Beaverton School has placed in the top five. Also, in 2008, teams that have competed in OSAA events submitted GPAs of 3.0 and above to Dairy Farmers of Oregon, who give the Academic All-State Award. Few teams are as large as this 73 Voice Choir, which tied for 5th in the 6A Classification for teams with a combined GPA of 3.0 and above.

Choirs have been directed by Marci Taylor since 1995, who earned her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Music Education from Portland State University.

Westview Winter Percussion/Drumline

The westview winter percussion ensemble maintained an undefeated season in 2006 and were crowned the WGI Regional Champions. The westview winter percussion ensemble also flew to Dayton, Ohio to compete in the 2007 WGI World percussion/guard championships. The ensemble performed "Magnificent Sevens", a piece that was entirely in 7/4, 7/8, and 7/16 time. The ensemble competed against 48 other ensembles, and placed fifth in the world in the Scholastic A class. In 2008, the Westview Winter Percussion ensemble performed an abstract piece entitled "Industrial Zen"--featuring the music of John Adams and Lyle Mays. Percussion writers include Ronnie LaGrone and Eric Swanson. Instruction and design by Josh Madrid and Ronnie LaGrone.

Speech/Debate Team (Forensics)

The Westview Forensics Team is currently the largest in the Northern Oregon district, and has found success under the guidance of Coach Trudi Harte. The team won 1st place at the Linfield College Invitational in 2006 and 2007. The team took 2nd place at the University of Oregon Tournament in both 2006 and 2007.

Westview High School has also won the Northern Oregon District Tournament for four years in a row, sending outstanding students to the National Tournament. In 2006, the team sent five members to nationals in Dallas, Texas. In 2007, nine team members qualified for nationals in Wichita, Kansas, and in 2008, three students qualified for nationals in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the 2007 Northern Oregon District Tournament the team was also awarded a National Excellence Award by the National Forensics League.

The 2006 and 2007 season both ended with a State Championship Title in the Oregon School Activities Association [OSAA] State Competition. In 2008, Westview High School won 4th place in the 6A division of the OSAA State Championships and individual state titles in Extemporaneous Speaking and Public Forum Debate.

Westview Awareness to Action

Awareness to Action is a club that focuses on raising awareness on global crises. Through a partnership with the nonprofit organization Nomad Charities, Awareness to Action has adopted two sister schools in Kibwezi, Kenya.

During a two-month period in the spring of 2008, Awareness to Action collected over 40,000 books for Kibwezi. The MP of the Kibwezi District was so impressed by the donation that he built a library to store all these books and named the library "The Westview Library" in honor of Westview High School.

In the Spring of 2007, the club raised $10,000 from a school-wide "Walk-a-Thon" to build a well in their sister school in Kibwezi, Kenya for clean water. Through a matching grant from the Olive Bridge Fund, the club was able to donate $20,000 for the well.

In previous years, Awareness to Action also ran a school supplies drive, supporting more than 500 HIV/AIDS affected orphans in Kibwezi for two years worth of supplies.

The club has also run district-wide summits on issues surrounding AIDS in 2007 and a summit on global crises in 2008. The club is a member of the Portland Global AIDS Coalition and a member of the K-12 Education Program of the World Affairs Council of Oregon. The Global Citizen Corps program has also partnered with the club to raise awareness of global poverty through its leadership program.

Westview International Culinary Club

The International Culinary Club (ICC) was a club few people knew of. In fact, after 2006, the club may have gone under as the President graduated and the supervising teacher retired from Westview. Members paid only $10 a year and enjoyed both creating international dishes and eating them too! Some examples of dishes that ICC cooked included Irish Soda Bread for St. Patrick's Day, Spring Rolls for Chinese New Year, and a baked Banana dish native to Africa.

Westview Theatre Department

Directed by Ms. Carolyn Reid, the Westview theatre department produces over 6 productions each year. The school boasts a student-led Thespian Club, a large auditorium with fly-space, and a former professional technical director, Mr. Derek Lane. The theatre department involves many students and parents each year, and prides itself on offering many opportunities for student participation, whether it be acting, technical, directorial, or otherwise. The department's season this year includes:"Willy Wonka","Crimes of the Heart,""Give my Regards to Broadway,""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,""On the Verge,""Fahrenheit 451,"and the "One-Act Play Festival."

ports and Activities

*Concert Choir - 4th in State 2008
*Symphonic Band - State Champions 2000,2001,2002
*Baseball-2nd in state 2007
*Basketball- Girls state champions 1999-2000
*Bowling
*Cheerleading -State Champions of 2005, 2007, 2008 and 3rd place at 2005 nationals in Anaheim [http://usacamps.com/pdf/Nationals/SN_results_05.pdf results] .
*Cross Country
*Dance Team
*American football-2007 metro league champions
*Golf
*Lacrosse
*Soccer
*Softball Won the state championship in 2004.
*Skiing
*Swimming- Girls Swim team won 1st in State for their 4th consecutive year 2008. [Citation| last = Ulmer| first = Jerry| title = Girls swimming: Westview dominates pool| newspaper = The Oregonian| year = 2008| date = 02-15-2008| url = http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianpreps/2008/02/girls_swimming_westview_domina.html] Boys swim 2nd in State 2008 [Citation| last = Hellman| first = Nathan| title = Boys swimming: After 23 year drought, Scots have title again| newspaper = The Oregonian| year = 2008| date = 02-15-2008| url = http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianpreps/2008/02/boys_swimming_after_23_year_dr.html]
*Tennis
*Track and Field
*Volleyball
*Water polo has won 9 State Championships starting in 1998 [ [http://tuleya.com/hspolo/history.html Oregon Water Polo - 2000's Championships ] ]
*Wrestling
*Roller Hockey

External links and references

References

Neal, Emily, Emily Wirsig, and Sarah Fagin, eds. One Day At a Time. Vol. 12. 2006. 30.

External links

* [http://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/westview/home.html|Westview Homepage]
* [http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/reportcard/RCpdfs/05/05-ReportCard-1320.pdf Oregon's 2003-2004 report card for Westview] (PDF)
* [http://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/district_info/bsd9701profile.pdf Beaverton School District district profile]
* [http://www.westviewgradnight.org/ Westview Grad Night]
* [http://westviewwrestling.org/ Wrestling Team Homepage]
* [http://ericw.freepgs.com/whskey/ Westview Key Club Homepage]
* [http://westviewband.org/ Westview Band Homepage]
* [http://whseclub.be/ Westview eclub Homepage]
* [http://www.team1510.com/ Westview Robotics Homepage]
* [http://www.westviewtheatre.org/ Westview Drama Department]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=150412727/ Westview Concert Choir music page]