Western International High School
| Western International High School | |
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| Address | |
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1500 Scotten Street Detroit, Michigan 48209 |
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| Coordinates | 42°19′8″N 83°5′31″W / 42.31889°N 83.09194°WCoordinates: 42°19′8″N 83°5′31″W / 42.31889°N 83.09194°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1898 |
| Status | Active/Open |
| School district | Detroit Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Karen P. Ridgeway |
| CEEB code | 231235 |
| NCES School ID | 261200004857 |
| Principal | Angel Garcia |
| Teaching staff | 72 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Enrollment | 1,398 |
| Language | English, Spanish and French |
| Area | Urban |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Athletics conference | DPSL |
| Mascot | Cowboys |
| Website | Western International |
Western International High School is a secondary educational facility, located across from Clark Park, within southwest Detroit's Mexicantown. Western is operated by the Detroit Public Schools system.
WIHS holds no admission test; enrollment is open to all Detroiters of high school age. Western is the most culturally diverse public high school in Detroit; the student body is (approximate figures) 72.2% Hispanic/Latino, 20.6% African American, 5.3% Caucasian, and 1.9'% listed as "other".
As of 2012 it was the final remaining public high school in southwestern Detroit. Western serves Mexicantown, Boynton–Oakwood Heights, Delray, and Springwells Village.
The school opened in 1898 as "Western High School." The Webster School held high school classes on a temporary basis until Western was built.
On 26 Feb 1935 Western High School's campus was destroyed by a fire. Western received a new campus as part of the Public Works Administration projects. $216,381 (around 3681546.23 when adjusted for inflation) in federal aid was used to rebuild the school.
Western International previously had a rivalry with Southwestern High School. In 2012 Southwestern closed, and part of its boundary was reassigned to Western International. Students from both schools protested the closure of Southwestern, the perceived quality of education, and DPS policies. As a result, over 100 students from Western received suspensions, with several also receiving tickets from police officers. In response several students started a "freedom school" so they could receive education during their suspensions.
In 2015 DPS designated Western as part of the "Clark Park K-12 Educational Comunidad" ("Comunidad" means community in Spanish) along with Earhart and Maybury elementary schools.
As of 2000 the school offered training programs in technical skills, including work and school cooperative programs, with business education, computer-assisted drafting, desktop publishing, office management, and office technology available. In 1999 there were six teachers that were a part of this program, and the number doubled by 2000. In 2000 the school did not offer skilled manufacturing and trade courses. These courses were offered at five different technical centers in Detroit, and interested students would arrive to their regular school early and board buses bound for a technical center. That year the technical schools had limited numbers of recruitment information available in Spanish, the primary language of many students at Western.
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