West Shore Junior - Senior High School

West Shore Junior - Senior High School, more often called West Shore, is a secondary school located at 250 Wildcat Alley in Melbourne, Florida. West Shore enrolls students from grades seven through twelve. It is part of the Brevard Public Schools System. It was the first "School of Choice" in Brevard County, Florida. [ [http://westshore.hs.brevard.k12.fl.us/ West Shore Jr./Sr. High School ] ] US News and World Report awarded it "Silver" standing among the nations high schools, only one of two in Brevard County. [ [http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/florida/westshore_junior%2Bsenior_high_school US News and World Report, November 30,2007] ]

Enrollment

As a public school, West Shore accepts any student who has met minimum academic and social expectations set by the school, provided there is space available. If there are more students interested in the school than is space available, a lottery is held to determine acceptance.

The Maximum enrollment for all grades is capped at 950 students, in an effort to keep class sizes small.

Students are accepted from across the county. However, most students enrolled reside in southern Brevard county, mainly Melbourne, Palm Bay, Rockledge, West Melbourne and the Melbourne barrier island beachside.

Administration

*Rick Fleming - Principal

Highlights

West Shore is unique in several areas, highlighted below.
*Graduation requirements are increased from the minimum set by the county, with the addition of two extra credits, leadership in one or more areas or projects, 80 hours total of documented volunteer work, two completed areas of accelerated study with either Advanced Placement classes or dual enrollment at Brevard Community College, eligibility for at least one post secondary scholarship, and completion of a senior project (similar to a senior thesis).
*Activity period once a week, providing for the development of clubs and organizations.

tudent Publications

*The Roar - student-run newspaper published six times per school year.
*Arcadia - student-run yearbook
*Alter Ego - high school literary magazine, containing poetry, prose, and artwork by West Shore students.

Recognition

Blue Ribbon School, U.S Department of Education, 2004-5 [ [http://westshore.hs.brevard.k12.fl.us/ West Shore Jr./Sr. High School ] ]

Both Boy's Soccer and Girl's Golf teams have been District Champions, and were 2003-2004 Regional Semi-Finalists, and Finalists (respectively).

The girls tennis team were regional champs for the 2006-2007 school year, but nobody cared.

The school scored the highest in the county on the 2007 state writing test. [cite book | author = Downs, Megan and Brennan, Kate |title = All but 11 meet the standard, but some show drop from -06 | publisher = Florida Today | date = April 26, 2007]

For the 2007-2008 school year, both the Brevard County School Employee of the Year and the Teacher of the Year were selected from West Shore.Fact|date=April 2008

Footnotes

External links

* [http://westshore.hs.brevard.k12.fl.us West Shore's Home Page] (official site)
* Satellite image from [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=28.10853,-80.627171&spn=0.003255,0.004957&t=k&om=1 Google Maps]