Westland High School

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Westland High School

Location
Galloway, Ohio, (Franklin County) United States
Coordinates	region:US-OH 39°56′53″N 83°8′59″W / 39.94806°N 83.14972°W / 39.94806; -83.14972Coordinates: region:US-OH 39°56′53″N 83°8′59″W / 39.94806°N 83.14972°W / 39.94806; -83.14972
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational high school
Established	1970
School district	South-Western City Schools
Superintendent	Bill Wise^[1]
Principal	Steve Gehlert
Faculty	146^[2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,650^[3]
Color(s)	Forest Green and White
Athletics conference	Ohio Capital Conference^[1]
Team name	Cougars^[1]
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools^[4]
Athletic Director	Mike George^[1]
Website

Westland High School is a public high school located in Galloway, Ohio. It is one of 4 high schools in the South-Western City Schools District. SWCS is located in the southwestern portion of Franklin County in Columbus, Ohio. Westland High School was opened in 1970.

HISTORY

Founding

In 1969, Pleasant View Junior/Senior High School became a middle school when the newly built, Westland High School was constructed due to the need for more space to meet population growth in the Southwest Columbus region.

Current Building

In the 2011-2012 school year, the building received minor renovations to lighting systems and a new ventilation system was put into place after an incident at the school.

No future plans to replace or remodel the building have been made.

The cafeteria has a mezzanine, known to students as "The Mez", where seniors sit during their lunch period.

School Colors

The school colors, forest green and white, are picked from two middle schools, that feed into Westland. The school color of white is from Norton Middle School while forest green is from Pleasant View Middle.

Sports

Rivalries

Westland High School has both inactive and active rivalries between intra-district and other city schools. The major rivalry is between Westland High School and Central Crossing High School, another SWCS school.

Central Crossing

Westland has a current rivalry with intra-district Central Crossing High School, and the two schools played each other for the first time in 2008.

Grove City

The school had a traditional rivalry with its sister school, Grove City High School. The two teams even played football games at Cooper Stadium, the city's former minor league baseball park, but Grove City and Westland are no longer allowed to play one another because of fights that emerged during games. The two schools played each other annually from 1970-1973 and from 1981-1998. They have not played since. Westland is crosstown rivals with the former Hilliard High School, now Hilliard Davidson High School.

Football

The Westland Football program is currently coached by Kyle Goebbel and play in the Ohio Capital Conference's Central Division. The Cougars play their home games at Westland Field, which seats around 5,000 people. In May 2015 Mahde Jallaq was the first player in school history to be inducted into Westland's Ring of Honor

History

Since its first football season in 1970, Westland has an all-time record of 131-257-2. Westland won OCC titles in 1970, 1992 and 1993.From 1990-1994 Head coach Tom Greer won 32 games and several players earned all conference honors. Westland lost its football program during the 2009 season with the August failure of the Southwestern City School District levy. Football returned to Westland in 2010.

Clubs

Cultural Diversity Club, Math Club, Spanish Club, Key Club, Art Club, Drama Club, International Thespian Society, Student Council, Student Government, Chess Club, Jobs for Grads, Student Advisory Board, National Honor Society, French Club, Marching Band, Choir, Concert Band Symphonic Band, Air Force JROTC(OH-011), Jazz Band, Orchestra, Gay-Straight Alliance, Crossroads, Renaissance

References

1 2 3 4 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ http://whs.swcsd.us/staff-websites
↑ School Website
↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-17.

External links

Ohio Capital Conference

Ohio Division	Gahanna Lincoln Grove City Groveport-Madison Lancaster Newark Pickerington Central Pickerington North Reynoldsburg

Central Division	Central Crossing Dublin Coffman Hilliard Davidson Marysville Olentangy Liberty Thomas Worthington Upper Arlington Westland

Cardinal Division	Canal Winchester Dublin Jerome Dublin Scioto Hilliard Bradley Hilliard Darby Westerville Central Westerville North Westerville South

Capital Division	Big Walnut Delaware Hayes Franklin Heights Mount Vernon New Albany Olentangy Olentangy Orange Worthington Kilbourne

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