West Charlotte High School
| West Charlotte High School | |
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| Address | |
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2219 Senior Drive Charlotte, North Carolina United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1938 |
| School district | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools |
| Principal | Dr. Timisha Barnes-Jones |
| Teaching staff | 129 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 1,780 |
| School color(s) | Maroon and Gold |
| Nickname | Mighty Lions |
| Information | (980) 343-6060 |
West Charlotte High School (also called Dub-C or WC) is a comprehensive high school in west Charlotte, near Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school is state-funded.
West Charlotte High School was founded in 1938 and had a sprawling campus with different buildings soon after. During the next three decades, the school became the pride of the community and students won statewide competitions, with a strong connection between students and parents. Beginning in the late 1960s, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education ruled that cities had to desegregate their schools through busing, which created riots at many schools in the district, including at the school, as students from West Mecklenburg, Harding, Garinger, North Mecklenburg and Myers Park were bused to the school, starting in the fall of 1970. Over time though, the school became nationally-recognized as a model for student integration, with students and teachers coming from as far as Boston to view the success of the school. For the next twenty of years, the school remained integrated until a series of court decisions stated that integration in Charlotte was a success and that busing was no longer needed.
Since April 2005, West Charlotte has been an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School offering the IB Diploma Programme.
The IB Diploma Programme is an academically challenging and balanced program of education with final examinations that prepares students, aged 16 to 19, for higher education and life beyond. The program is taught over two years and has gained recognition from universities worldwide.
IB Diploma Programme students study six courses at higher level or standard level. Students select one subject from each of the following groups:
In 1989, a West Charlotte student named Alex Orange was killed while trying to break up a fight at a party. His grieving classmates gathered and vowed to organize against violence in Alex's memory. The group formed Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE), with the vision that all students will be able to attend a school that is safe, secure, free of fear, and conducive to learning. Their signature color is orange, a reflection of Alex's surname.
SAVE members participated in local non-violence marches and the Carolina Carrousel Parade. During the school year, they would visit elementary and junior high schools, as well as television and radio shows, to perform skits showing how to act out non-violent solutions to problems.
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