Westfield High School (Westfield, Massachusetts) is a
public
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, coeducational
high school
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located in
Westfield,
, United States founded in 1855. It serves as the public high school for
student
A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution.
In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementar ...
s in grades 9 through 12, and has a student enrollment of 1,269 (2016–17).
Notable alumni
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Lou Barlow, musician of the band
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr. is an American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984, originally simply called Dinosaur until legal issues forced a change in name.
The band was founded by J Mascis (guitar, vocals, primary songwriter), Lou Barlo ...
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Alice Mary Dowd
Alice Mary Dowd ( pen name, Alice M. Dowd; December 16, 1855 – July 2, 1943) was an American educator and author. She was born in West Virginia in 1855 and began teaching at the age of seventeen. Dowd taught for more than three decades before re ...
(1855–1943), educator, author
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Walt Kowalczyk
Walter Joseph Kowalczyk (April 17, 1935 – November 7, 2018) was an American football defensive back and fullback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. He also played in the American Football League ...
, former NFL player
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Dan Trant
Daniel Patrick Trant (May 15, 1961 – September 11, 2001) was an American basketball player and Cantor Fitzgerald bond trader killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the North Tower of World Trade Center in New York City. He grew ...
, drafted by the Boston Celtics
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Joel Stroetzel
Joel Michael Stroetzel (born July 24, 1980) is best known as the rhythm guitarist from the Massachusetts metalcore band Killswitch Engage.
Background
Stroetzel attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston but did not graduate. Stroetzel's gu ...
, musician of the band
Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joel Stroetzel an ...
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John O'Connor, visual artist in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art and The Whitney Museum
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Richard Manuel
Richard George Manuel (April 3, 1943 – March 4, 1986) was a Canadian singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, best known as a pianist and one of three lead singers in The Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and ...
, pianist and vocalist of the band
The Band
References
External links
WHS home page
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Public high schools in Massachusetts
Educational institutions established in 1855
High schools in Hampden County, Massachusetts
1855 establishments in Massachusetts
Westfield, Massachusetts