Henry S. West Laboratory School is an

elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...

Coral Gables Coral Gables, officially City of Coral Gables, is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The city is located southwest of Downtown Miami. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 49,248. Coral Gables is known globally as home to the U ...

, Florida, United States, on the University of Miami campus and is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system.

Experimental school

The school was established in 1954, as an experimental school of choice associated with the School of Education at the University of Miami. It was named after

Henry Skinner West Henry Skinner West (December 23, 1870 – April 9, 1961) was the fifth principal of Maryland State Normal School (now Towson University). Early life Henry Skinner West was born on December 23, 1870, in Baltimore. He attended schools in Maryland ...

. It collaborates with the University's Department of Teaching and Learning on various projects such as science programs and the creation of a "living habitat". University faculty members and students teach and conduct research throughout the school under the direction of Dr. Shawn Post, as the "Professor in Residence".

Awards

West Laboratory School is graded "A", the highest designation on Florida's six-point assessment scale."Henry S. West Laboratory School"
No Child Left Behind School Public Accountability Report, Florida Department of Education Aldeen H. Lindgren, 5th grade teacher, retired, of Palm City Florida, was recently named "All Time Best Teacher Ever" by the L.B. Clements Educational Foundation.

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Official siteMiami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools Buildings and structures in Coral Gables, Florida Educational institutions established in 1954 University-affiliated schools in the United States Public elementary schools in Florida 1954 establishments in Florida University of Miami {{Florida-school-stub