NEWS ARCHIVES
The Westlake Family is very proud of its past. On this page you will find a history or articles that will grow as time passes. Enjoy.
Feburary 2010:
Tyauna Floyd was honored at
Magiannos by Georgia Association of Certified Public Accountants for
her outstanding accomplishments in Accounting. The Westlake family would like to congratulate Tyauna for this great accomplishment.
Hoang Dang became the first swimmer at Westlake High School to qualify for the swimming state championships. He is a senior at Westlake and qualified in the 100 yard breast stroke with a time of 1:08.40. Hoang will be competing February 11 th ,2010 at Westminster for the preliminary round of the AAAAA 100 yard breaststroke. Congratulations Hoang!
Junior-Devante Winslow, captain of Westlake 's varsity wrestling team has earned the #15 ranking in the state for the 160lbs. weight class. He has now made history in becoming the first wrestler in Westlake High School history to earn a state ranking from the Georgia National Wrestling Association (GNWA). He is also the #1 ranked wrestler in our region 4-5A in his weight class as well. Congratulations Devante for a job well done!
The Westlake Art Department is excited to announce that Nyree Morrison, Jaasiel Smith, & Lawrence Louture made successful art entries into the Dogwood Arts Festival; this is a very prestigious competition (the coordinator said there were 1000 + entries this year)! Their work will be on display April 16- 18 in Piedmont Park along with other students work from all over Georgia .
Congratulations to the following students for placing at the Regional Science & Engineering Fair held Feb. 17th!
Jaasiel Smith - Naga Mallu - Jalecia Askins & Jacoby Goldent-Chris McPherson & Omari Powell - Parth Patel, Mya Davis, Zahra Bethea - |
1st Animal Sciences 2nd Environmental Science 2nd Computer Science 3rd Computer Science 3rd Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering |
Jaasiel Smith will represent Westlake at the State Level Science & Engineering Fair.
March 2010:
The Westlake Art Department is excited to announce that Nyree Morrison, Jaasiel Smith, & Lawrence Louture made successful art entries into the Dogwood Arts Festival; this is a very prestigious competition (the coordinator said there were 1000 + entries this year)! Their work will be on display April 16- 18 in Piedmont Park along with other students work from all over Georgia .
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
The Westlake school community is proud to celebrate the success of our students at the FBLA regional competition. Listed below are the students that placed in region and those who will compete at the state level.
Dominique Meriwether Shanna Morris JahBria Roberts Amber Richardson |
Public Speaking II Impromptu Speaking Public Speaking I Job Interviewing |
5th in Region 3rd in Region/State competitor 3rd in Region/State competitor 7th in Region |
Congratulations to Ms. Stacker and the Science Dept. for
(14) 1st place wins at the Annual Science Fair.
The following students place 1st in thier perspective divisions:
| Behavioral Science Biochemistry Biology Botany Chemistry Computer Science Earth Science Energy & Transportation Engineering Environmental Science Medicine & Health Microbiology Physics Zoology Best In Show |
Deekendrea Thomas Monae Fennell & Hope Turner Oscar Boykins Chris Woolfolk Micole Washington & Imani White Omari Powell & Chris McPherson Bracolla Traylor Marci Early Zahra Betha, Parth Patel, & Mya Davis Naga Mallu Dipal Patel Kimberly Greenwood Vamsi Mallu Jaasiel Smith Dipal Patel, Chris McPherson, & Omari Powell |
Westlake Family,
Please join us in congratulating the Orchestra who received an EXCELLENT rating in the district competition. This is the first time in Westlake 's history that the Orchestra has played on level 4!
Hats off to Ms. Grimes and the Westlake High School Orchestra!
COLLEGE FAIR A HUGH SUCCESS !
Westlake High School had our best College Fair yet!!! Ms Freeman along with the support of Ms Wright and PTSA ,counselors and counselor interns pulled off another show case event. We want to Thank you for all that you do; job well done. Let ' s encourage our students to take advantage of every opportunity that comes their way … who knows what is behind the door. There were lots of great door prizes given to students. We want to Thank the PTA for the DVDs and the Colleges and Universities who donated goodie bags.
CONGRATULATIONS !
The Westlake Family would like to thank the Boys' Basketball Team for a wonderful season. The team won the Chick-fil-a and Regional tournaments. They also won Region and made it to the State Final game. The team played their hearts out but came up just a little short to a very good Milton team. Thanks go out to everyone involved in a unbelievable season to remember.
CONGRATULATIONS !
The Lady Lions made us all very proud this year. The team went 17-1 in Region and 24-3 overall. The Westlake girls team won Region and made it to the final four only to lose a hard fought battle to Norcross, the eventual State Champions. Congratulations to everyone involved with the girls' team this year.
WESTLAKE RECOGNIZED
Of the fifteen schools selected in the state of Georgia only two Fulton County Schools , Westlake High School and Riverwood High School were recognized and honored by the The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education as being a 85/10 school today. The schools that were selected were acknowledged for
– Graduating at least 85 percent of their graduating classes
– Improving their graduation rate by at least 10 percentage points
– Sustaining at least 85 percent level through the 2009 graduation year
Congrats to the Westlake Family on a job well done!!!!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO KEVIN COLE
WESTLAKES TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Kevin Cole received his B.S. from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, an M.A. in Art Education, University of Illinois at Urbana, and a M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University. Within the last twenty five years, he has received over seventy-four awards for his art work and his teaching, 18 Grants, 12 Fellowships, 44 awards in art, and 31 teaching awards.
Westlake students participated in the Fulton County World Languages Forum. They received certificates and ribbons along with the following ratings. Westlake, please congratulate them!
Spanish- Bianca Benton-Notable
Marcy Early- Notable
Amilia Gordon- Excellent
Jeremy Johnson- Superior
Madeleine Wood- Excellent
French- Abdoulaye Barry- Superior
Jael Bejamin- Excellent
Naga Mallu- Notable
Casinda J. Queen
Please take the time to congratulate the following student athletes:
Marcus Thornton (Mr. Georgia Basketball) Chad Johnson (Team of the year) Sharnea Boykin ( Team of the year) and Danielle Spencer ( Team of the year)
April 2010:
FBLA PROJECT
Westlake FBLA would like to give a special THANK YOU to everyone that gave a donation to the March of Dimes fund. You were all very kind to give to such a great cause.
Young Lions spark turnaround at Westlake !
In most cases, inexperience and youth holds a team back. The Westlake girl's soccer team is an exception to that rule this season. With a lot of good freshman players the Westlake girl's team is having a great season.
Barack Obama
"Race to the Top" <click here>
After advancing at Regionals, Westlake FBLA students competed at
State Competitions.
Shannon Morris made it to the state finals in impromtu speaking.
JahBria Roberts made us proud in Public Speaking 1.
The Westlake Track & Field Team hosted the biggest high school track and field meet in the state of Georgia on April 3 rd at the Westlake Track Field. More than 36 teams particapated from all overGeorgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Miami, Florida. The event was sponsored by Chick-Fil-A. Thanks to all who volunteered and helped to make this such a wonderful event.
The Westlake Chick-Fil-A Relays was a great succes at Westlake High School. Shani Chandler ran the second fastest time in the nation in the 300 hurdles making her #2 on the U.S. list. The Westlake boys 4x100 relay team of Jonquille Christopher, Cameron Carter, Shaquille Winn-King, & Arthur McDowell won the boys 4x100 relay in 42.06. In addition, the girls 4x400 relay team of Aubrielle Wright, Shani Chandler, Shaquavia Porter, and Aminah Blount ran the state's fastest time of 3:51.
May 2010:
WESTLAKE STUDENT EARNS
WORK READY GOLD CERTIFICATE
Kendra Peters received a Georgia Work Ready Gold Certificate. Several other students from Westlake received Silver Certificates. Work Base Learning students from Westlake completed the (Key Train) training to prepare them for the test. Students were able to take the test at the school in the Business & Computer Science Lab. The goal is for every student at Westlake to complete the Key Train training and then have an opportunity to complete the Work Ready Test for free at the school.
Georgia Work Ready was created to ensure that Georgia's workers have the best skills, easy access to training and world-class job opportunities. The backbone of the initiative is the Work Ready Certificate, which assesses the real world skills of Georgia's workers. Georgians can use their Work Ready Certificate to prove their work readiness to potential employers. Georgia also offers gap training aimed at helping to improve Certificate scores, enabling career growth and continued on-the-job success. This, combined with an innovative job profiling process that accurately identifies the exact skills required for specific jobs is helping create the perfect match between Georgia workers and jobs.
July 2010:
WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL NAMED ONE OF IHIGH.COM'S
NATIONAL TOP 100 SCHOOL WEBSITES!