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Western High School (Las Vegas)

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School type
  
Public high school

Grades
  
9-12

Team name
  
Warriors

Founded
  
1963

Lowest grade
  
Ninth grade

Established
  
1963

Enrollment
  
2,245

Phone
  
+1 702-799-4080

Number of students
  
2,245

Western High School (Las Vegas)

School colour(s)
  
Columbian Blue, Red, White.

Address
  
4601 W Bonanza Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89107, USA

District
  
Clark County School District

Motto
  
"Honor the past, Challenge the future" "Once a warrior, always a Warrior"

Western High School opened in 1960, and was the third high school built in Las Vegas, Nevada, after Las Vegas High School (1931) and Rancho High School (1954). The campus is located at 4601 West Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, Nevada. In March 2011 Western was identified as one of five "persistently" low-performing schools in Clark County, Nevada, eligible for federal School Improvement grants. Under the turnaround model for school improvement Western introduced a curriculum of science, technology, engineering and math.

Notable Alumni

  • Frank Hawkins, former NFL player
  • Nicole (Ellingwood) Malachowski, first female pilot for the United States Air Force Thunderbirds
  • Ronnie Vannucci Jr, drummer for The Killers
  • Corinna Harney, Playboy's Playmate of the Month for August, 1991 and Playboy's Playmate of the Year 1992.
  • Nick Oshiro, drummer for Static X.

    • References

    Western High School (Las Vegas) Wikipedia
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