Westlake High School (Utah)
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Coordinates | 40°21′51.20″N 111°55′17.13″W / 40.3642222°N 111.9214250°W |
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Type | Public high school |
Motto | "Unleash the THUNDER" 2013-2014 |
Opened | August 20, 2009 |
School district | Alpine School District |
CEEB code | 450004 |
Principal | Gary Twitchell |
Teaching staff | 93 teachers |
Grades | 10-12 |
Enrollment | 2,541 (August 20, 2013[1]) |
• Foreign Exchange | 9 |
• Self-contained | 16 |
Campus size | 73.207 acres (29.626 ha) |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) | Carolina blue Vegas gold Navy blue |
Athletics conference | Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) |
Mascot | Thor, the God of Thunder |
Team name | Thunder |
Rival | Lehi High School |
Accreditation | Northwest Accreditation Commission |
Communities served | Cedar Fort, Eagle Mountain, Fairfield, Lehi, Saratoga Springs |
Feeder schools | Elementary schools: Cedar Valley Eagle Valley Harvest Hidden Hollow Mountain Trails Pony Express Sage Hills Saratoga Shores Middle school: Vista Heights Frontier |
Information | 801-610-8815 |
Mission | Lux et Virtus "Light and Excellence" |
Website | Westlake HS website |
Westlake High School (WHS) is a public high school located in Saratoga Springs, Utah, United States. It is part of Utah County's Alpine School District. The school first opened in 2009. In late 2011, construction began for a new junior high school, Frontier Middle School, in nearby Eagle Mountain, which removed 9th grade from Westlake for the 2013-14 school year onwards.
Adjacent to the school is a seminary building of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also nearby is Vista Heights Middle School.
Fine Arts
In 2012, Westlake High School's Marching Band was the 4A State Champion with the show "Making of a Masterpiece," and were a Bands of America regional finalist at the St. George BOA regional, taking 10th place. The "Marching Thunder" repeated as Utah 4A State champion in 2013 with their show, "Our Town," and also placed 4th at the St George, Utah Bands of America Regional. During the 2013 season, the color guard won the "best guard" caption award in every competition entered by the Marching Thunder. With their show "Black Tears", they were a Bands of America regional finalist at the St. George and American Canyon, CA BOA regional, taking 7th place in St. George and 9th in American Canyon.[2] They also placed third in the St. George preliminaries.[3]
The Marching Thunder were invited to be the Utah representative to march in the Pearl Harbor Memorial parade in December 2014.
Clubs and organizations
WHS offers the following extra-curricular activities:[4]
- Governor's Youth Council
- Boom Squad
- Best Buddies Club
- Table Tennis
- Fundamental Skills for LaCrosse
- French Club
- Key Club
- Broadcasting
- Harry Potter Club
- Modest IS Hottest Club
- The Way
- Art Club
- Gaming and Networking
- Math Club
- Westlake Literary Club
- Fishing Club
- Model United Nations
- Role-ing Thunder (Drama)
- Photography Club
- Comedy Sportz
- Westlake: The Gathering
- Hip-Hop Club
- Marching band
- Cheer
- DECA/FBLA
- FCCLA
- HOSA
- National Honor Society (NHS)
- Skills USA
- TSA
- Multicultural (LIA)
- Ballroom
- Choir
- Dance Team
- Debate
- FFA
- Musical Theater
- Orchestra
- Student Government
- Yearbook
Grading system
Westlake High School uses a unique grading system called a TMU (Thunder Mastery Unit). A TMU is a grouping of assignments and assessments in a given unit. The combined result of these two groups are weighted at 50% in Skyward: Assignments, including all assignments given in the unit to enhance learning (i.e., quizzes, homework, classwork, labs), and Assessments, used to measure the learning of students (i.e., projects, essays, tests). This is the average grade for all work (assignments and assessments) in a given unit. The other 50% is weighted by the "mastery" of any given assessments. Students receive an “EX" or "0" for passing or failing an assessment. Students who don’t reach mastery on any of the TMU assessments will see a “0″ until each assessment is remediated/corrected. A class may have one or more units in a term, depending on the subject area being taught.
References
- ^ Alpine School District Budget Department (2 Dec 2009). "Alpine School District Enrollment History and Projection" (PDF). alpine.k12.ut.us. Retrieved 26 Aug 2010.
- ^ "American Canyon, CA 2015 Results". musicforall.org. Retrieved 31 Dec 2015.
- ^ "St. George, UT 2015 Results". musicforall.org. Retrieved 31 Dec 2015.
- ^ "Clubs and Organizations". Alpine School District. Retrieved 21 Apr 2014.
External links
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