Westside High School (Macon, Georgia)
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| Westside High School | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Macon, Georgia, United States of America | |
| Information | |
| Principal | Laura Perkins |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Faculty | 96 [1] |
| Type | Public magnet high school |
| Athletics | American football, baseball, basketball, softball, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, cross country, and wrestling |
| Motto | "A high school that works" |
| Mascot | Seminoles |
| Color(s) | Garnet and Gold |
| Established | 1997 |
| Students | 1711 [1] |
| Conference | Georgia High School Association (GHSA) |
| Homepage | Westside High School |
Westside High School is a public high school located in Macon, Georgia. Opened in 1997, it is the largest school in the Bibb County school district. Pat Coxsey was the school's principal from Westside's establishment in 1997 until her retirement in 2006. Westside's current principal is Laura Perkins.
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Westside is home to the district's pre-engineering magnet program and as such has some of the most up-to-date and modern computer lab facilities in Georgia.[2]
The Westside Seminoles compete in numerous sports for which the school has received many honors and awards. Westside competes in Division AAAA of the Georgia High School Association (GHSA).
Established in 2005, the school newspaper, the Seminole Beat has already received accolades from the Georgia Scholastic Press Association, including a general excellence award in the AAAA division and an award for best first year adviser in 2006.[3]
- ^ a b Westside High School Public School Profile.
- ^ Living in Macon: About education. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
- ^ Georgia Scholastic Press Association (2006), "2005-2006 Staff Awards", The Winner's Circle 2006, <http://www.grady.uga.edu/gspa/Forms/2006.StaffAwards.pdf>