Manchester High School West
| Manchester High School West | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Address | |
|
9 Notre Dame Avenue Manchester, New Hampshire 03102 United States |
|
| Coordinates | 42°59′10″N 71°28′31″W / 42.9862°N 71.4752°WCoordinates: 42°59′10″N 71°28′31″W / 42.9862°N 71.4752°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | "West is Best" |
| Established | 1923 |
| School district | Manchester School District |
| Principal | Christopher Motika |
| Teaching staff | 82.8 (FTE) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1192 (2012-2013) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.40 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Blue & White |
| Mascot | Blue Knight |
| Website | west |
Manchester High School West, known as West High or West, is a public high school located in Manchester, New Hampshire. According to the Blue Book: Manchester High School West Hand Book (1940), the school was officially opened in September 1923 as a grade school and high school, hosting the seventh and eighth grades. In 1924, with an upsurge in enrollment to 136 pupils, the school became a dedicated high school. The first graduating class was in June 1925.
According to the 1940 Blue Book, the mission of the school was to give "each pupil an opportunity to find a career to which he is best adapted and to establish its basis by diligent study in order to promote his progress in life and to give him confidence in facing the world." The courses of study originally offered by Manchester High School West were manual arts, home economics, the commercial course, the classical course (for those planning to go on to university) and the general course.
Students living in Hooksett and Manchester attend West High School. West is one of three public high schools in Manchester. Well over 2,000 students attended West at its peak enrollment.
In the past, Bedford, a suburb of Manchester, sent its high school-aged students to West. After a generation of debate and several votes, the town of Bedford eventually voted to build its own high school. The expanding class sizes at West and growing population of Bedford finally convinced Bedford voters of a need for a new high school. Bedford High School opened at the beginning of the 2007–2008 school year. With the opening of Bedford High School, Bedford students were phased out of West High School, reducing the enrollment at West to around 1,300 students.
West High School's mascot is the Blue Knight.
The demographic breakdown of the 1192 students enrolled for the 2012-2013 school year was:
West has an active FIRST Robotics team. The award-winning "Powerknights" won the BAE Systems Granite State Regional in 2004 and 2007, the Chairman's Award in 2005, the Spirit Award in the Southern California Regional 2006, the Engineering Inspiration Award in 2008, and have won several other notable awards. In 2008, the team traveled to a regional event in Texas (where they finished second) and to the international championships in Atlanta.
...
Wikipedia