Westmont High School (California)
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4805 Westmont Avenue Campbell California Campbell, California 95008 United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°16′17″N 121°59′06″W / 37.2714°N 121.9851°WCoordinates: 37°16′17″N 121°59′06″W / 37.2714°N 121.9851°W |
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| School type | High School |
| Motto | "It's a Great day to be a Warrior!" |
| Established | 1964 |
| Superintendent | Robert Bravo |
| Principal | Jason Miller |
| Enrollment | 1,537 (2014-15) |
| Color(s) | Scarlet (Red), White and Black |
| Mascot | Warriors |
| Rival | Prospect High School |
| Newspaper | The Shield |
| Website | www.westmont.cuhsd.org |
Westmont High School is located in Campbell, California, United States and is part of the Campbell Union High School District. First opened in the fall of 1964, Westmont drew students initially from both Blackford and Campbell High Schools. The school retains many academic achievements including the 1996 California Distinguished School and 1997 National Blue Ribbon School And remains the only blue ribbon school in the CUHSD. The student body is approximately 1620 students. As of fall 2017, the school principal is Jason Miller. (Westmont's first principal was C. Warren Conrad.)
The school is also home to one of the few enduring Future Farmers of America programs left in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Campbell FFA. The Westmont Agriculture Department maintains a year-round facility that includes a dedicated classrooms, labs, and workshop along with a live stock barn, animals pens, and exercise yard as well as an agriculture program area and green house.
The school is also home to one of five new Theater buildings built in the Campbell Union High School District. The first show in the new building was The Giver. The latest main-stage show was Leader of the Pack in the spring of 2017. Their next show will be The Laramie Project in the fall of 2017.
The school sits at the Northwest corner of the 1839 Alta California land grant, Rancho Rinconada de Los Gatos. San Tomas Aquino Creek wraps around the northern edge of the school and formed the land grant's boundary.
Notable alumni at Westmont High School includes:
Westmont's "Fight Song" melody is a variation on the theme from the 1956 movie "Around The World In Eighty Days." It and the school hymn were both arranged by Westmont's first Band Director, Mr. Gary Kenyon, in 1964 before the school opened.
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