Westmont High School (California)

Westmont High School
Address
4805 Westmont Avenue Campbell , California 95008 United States
Coordinates	37°16′17″N 121°59′06″W
Information
Established	1964
Dean	Terry Flora, Jason Mudkip
Principal	Alakazam Motta
Enrollment	1600
Color(s)	Scarlet (Red), White and Black
Mascot	Warriors, pikachu
Newspaper	The Shield
Website	www.westmont.cuhsd.org

Westmont High School is located in Campbell, California, United States and is part of the Campbell Union High School District. First opened in the fall of 1964, Westmont drew students initially from both Blackford and Campbell High Schools. The school retains many academic achievements including the 1996 California Distinguished School and 1997 National Blue Ribbon School. The student body is approximately 1600 students. As of fall 2013, the school principal is Abra Motta. (Westmont's first principal was C. Warren Conrad.)

The school is also home to one of the few enduring Future Farmers of America programs left in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Campbell FFA. The Westmont Agriculture Department maintains a year-round facility that includes a dedicated classroom, lab, and workshop along with a live stock barn, animals pens, and exercise yard as well as an agriculture program area and green house.

The school is also home to one of five new Theater buildings built in the Campbell Union High School District. The first show in the new building was The Giver. The latest main-stage show was 9-5 in the spring of 2013. Westmontdrama.com

The school sits at the Northwest corner of the 1839 Alta California land grant, Rancho Rinconada de Los Gatos. San Tomas Aquino Creek wraps around the northern edge of the school and formed the land grant's boundary.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni at Westmont High School include:

• Douglas Edmund Capilla, a Major League Baseball player
• Brett Dalton, plays Grant Ward in ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
• Lars Frederiksen, guitarist/vocalist for the Punk bands Rancid and Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards (dropped out). This fact made it into his recorded version of the song "To Have and Have Not", which was originally written by guitarist Billy Bragg. His version includes the lyric "Dropped out of high school in Campbell, California/Got a guitar and I never looked back."
• Andy Dinh, Class of 2010 (dropped out), Professional gamer known as Reginald. Competed with Team SoloMid in the Season 2 League of Legends World Championship series for a $2 million prize pool and reached the quarterfinals. Currently a coach for Team SoloMid.

Publications

• The Myriad: The school's yearly literary magazine. It was published once a year under the advisory of Mr. Josh Hancock until his resignation before the 2007–08 school year. The Myriad was filled with artwork, prose, and poetry submitted by the students at Westmont High School.
• The Shield: the school newspaper.
• Yearbook: Published yearly. Was originally called "The Poniard," a reference to the sword carried by the Warrior school mascot.

Historical Trivia

Westmont's "Fight Song" melody is a variation on the theme from the movie "Around The World In Eighty Days." It and the school hymn were both arranged by Westmont's first Band Director, Mr. Gary Kenyon, in 1964 before the school opened.

See also

• Santa Clara County high schools

References

• History of Campbell High Schools
• World of Pageantry - Fall 2004 Scores for Field Show Competitions
• World of Pageantry - Fall 2003 Scores for Field Show Competitions

External links

• Westmont Website
• Westmont Music Department
• Westmont Speech and Debate
• Westmont English dept
• Westmont Science dept
• Westmont Drama dept
• Westmont CSF/Honor Roll
• Westmont Key Club
• Westmont Athletics
• Westmont stats on greatschools
• World of Pageantry - Scores for Field Show Competitions
• Westmont Class of 1968 40-year Reunion, August 19, 2008