Westview High School is a

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, United States, in the

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. It opened in 1994 and its first graduating class was in June 1996.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 2,366 students enrolled in 2020-21 was: * Native American - 0.5% * Asian/Pacific Islander - 28.3% * Black - 3.6% * Hispanic - 20.4% * White - 40.2% * Two or more races - 7.0%

Academics

In 2014, the average SAT score among Westview students was 1708, compared to the Oregon state average of 1544. Also in 2014, the average ACT score among 552 students at Westview was 22.4, compared to the 21.4 state average. Of the Class of 2014, which consisted of 571 students, 65% attended a four-year college, while 15% attended a two-year college.

Extracurricular activities

Speech and debate (forensics)

Westview has been awarded three state championships in the 6A classification tournaments (for schools larger than 1,521 students). The school earned successive state championships in 2006 and 2007, and most recently earned the 2012

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state championship. Among

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conference schools participating, Westview is the only one other than Sunset High School to have earned a state championship in Speech & Debate. In 2020, a Westview student from the graduating class of 2020, Anwesha Mukherjee, took home a national championship for the Ronald Reagan Great Communicator Debate Series.

Academic competitions

Westview is home to several competitive academic teams, namely Science Bowl and History Bowl. The former group has earned two straight regional championships in 2016 and 2017 in the

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Regional Science Bowl, the largest tournament of its kind in the nation. Westview's Science Bowl team has appeared at the national competition for

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in four consecutive years, placing second in their division at the national competition in 2017. Westview's History Bowl program has also placed on the national level on multiple occasions. The team has twice been the national champion of History Bowl, in 2014 and again in 2017. Along with its regional success, History Bowl has given Westview national acclaim. Individual Westview students have also had success in science fairs with many students both qualifying to and winning awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair, Regeneron ISEF (formerly Intel ISEF).

Sports

State championships

* Boys'

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: 2011, 2017 *

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: 2011, 2018 *

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 * Girls'

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: 2000 * Girls’ Tennis: 2021 * Girls' Swimming: 2022

Notable alumni

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– WNBA basketball player * Trevor Crowe – former

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baseball player *

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–

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soccer player * Garrett Jackson – professional basketball player *

Ian Karmel Ian Karmel (born October 9, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian and writer. He is currently the co-head writer for CBS’ ''The Late Late Show with James Corden''. He wrote for the 2017 and 2018 Grammy Awards as well as the 2016 Tony Awards. ...

– stand-up comedian and writer *

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– MLB baseball playerCarson Kelly
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Dallin Leavitt Dallin Leavitt (born August 8, 1994) is an American football strong safety who is a free agent. He played college football at BYU and Utah State. Early life and high school Leavitt grew up in Portland, Oregon and initially attended Westview H ...

- professional football player * Landen Lucas - professional basketball player * Jaime Nared – WNBA basketball player *

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- 2004 Olympian competing in Women’s Doubles Table Tennis * Samori Toure - pro football player

References

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