Westwood High School (Michigan)

Westwood High School
Address
Map
300 Westwood Drive

, ,
49849

United States
Coordinates46°28′55″N 87°43′32″W / 46.4820°N 87.7256°W / 46.4820; -87.7256
Information
School typePublic, magnet high school
PrincipalCliff Fossitt
Grades9–12
Enrollment360
Color(s)Red, white and blue
      [1]
Athletics conferenceWestPAC
NicknamePatriots[1]
Websitewww.westwood.nice.k12.mi.us

Westwood High School is a public, magnet high school located in Ishpeming Township, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1974, it is managed by the N.I.C.E. Community Schools school district. The school educates around 360 students in grades 9–12.[2]

Westwood High School offers its students several courses, extracurricular activities, and athletics in which to engage. The school offers courses in Art and Design, Business, Foreign Languages (Spanish), Physical Education, Health, Industrial Technology, Mathematics, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies. Outside of courses Westwood High School offers several extracurricular activities including Key Club, Business Professionals of America Drama, Yearbook, Forensics, High School Bowl, National Honor Society, and Student Council.

The Westwood Patriots (the athletic teams for the high school) also offer several programs to students. Students have the opportunity to join basketball, football, tennis, track, cross-country, volleyball, dance, golf, hockey, swimming, and volleyball.

Westwood High School is the only school in the Upper Peninsula area to have an unofficial parody website. The Westwood Wiki has been parodying teachers and students at Westwood High School since 2004. Although the website's disclaimer assures any likeness between portrayed figures and real life people is coincidental, there is an obvious link between its content and Westwood High School.

  1. ^ a b "Westwood High School". Michigan High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  2. ^ "Westwood High School", National Center for Education Statistics, accessed 20 December 2008.