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West Monroe High School is a high school in West Monroe, Louisiana, United States. It is administered by the Ouachita Parish School Board. WMHS is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school's mascot is The Rebel Man.

History

In 2013, 87 percent of WMHS students who took the Advanced Placement test passed the examination, the highest rate in the state. Four thousand more students in Louisiana took the 2013 exam compared to the number doing so in 2012, the largest increase in participation of any state. Louisiana students taking the exam earned a collective 5,144 college credits, an increase of 25 percent over 2012.^[2]

In 2015, WMHS principal Shelby Ainsworth banned students from displaying the Confederate battle flag from vehicles parked on campus though the school team is called The Rebels. Ainsworth said that students may wear clothing with the flag displayed at games, but flags cannot be waved from sticks or poles. Administrators confiscated several flags on August 28 but offered to return them to students or parents.^[3]

In 2017 Andre Perry, previously the founding dean of the urban education division of Davenport University, wrote an article published in The Hechinger Report which criticized West Monroe for continuing to use the rebel mascot.^[4]

Extracurricular activities

Student Council

The West Monroe High School Student Council is one of the largest active clubs on campus. It boasts over 100 members per year. The club is active on the state and regional level attending both state and regional conferences each year. The Council has also held the title of District President in the past.

French Club

The West Monroe High School French Club competes at A.L.C.F.E.S. (Association Louisianaise des Clubs de Français des Écoles Secondaires) annually against the state's best public and private schools. Over the past few years, the club has done exceptionally well in theatre and media. Three students (in 2014, 2015, and 2018) have competed and won scholarships to study abroad.

Band

The band received consecutive Superior ratings at Marching and Concert festivals since 1966. The band consists of 200 students. In 2014, the band appeared in the London New Years Day Parade in Westminster, UK. The band has appeared in two Presidential Inaugural Parades, George W. Bush in 2005 and Donald Trump in 2017. ^[5] The band was one of only 7 high school bands invited. The band has also been invited to the Louisiana Showcase of Marching Bands in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. In those years, they placed 11th (2014), 6th (2015), 5th (2016), and 9th (2017) in the state of Louisiana. ^[6]

Choir

West Monroe High School's Rebel Choir has a total of about 120 students. The choir is directed by Greg Oden.

AFJROTC

In the 2015-2016 school year West Monroe's Air Force Junior ROTC was awarded the Distinguished Unit with Merit award recognizing the program for being in the top 10% of 878 AFJROTC programs located around the world. Their Falcon Honor Guard was recognized as one of the best in the state at a statewide drill meet held in January 2016 at Louisiana Tech University. The AJFROTC program is led by Retired Lt. Col. Brain Buck and was named, instructor of the year worldwide. The accomplishments of LA-061 continue and live on forever at West Monroe High School

Junior Classical League

West Monroe High School has an established chapter of the Junior Classical League that several dozens students are involved in.

Athletics

Football

Under the late Don Shows's coaching, the Class 5-A Rebels have won seventeen district and eight ('93, '96, '97, '98, '00, '05, '09, '11) state championships. National championships were won in 1998 and 2000 and were runners-up in six state designations.^[8]^[9] The school has a fully outfitted football stadium, mostly funded by the team's Rebel Booster Club.^[10] The Rebels have ranked nationally for more than 10 years and have won district titles 19 years in a row. Their most recent state championship was in 2011 when they defeated Carencro(Lafayette) by a score of 20-13.

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2201200&SchoolPageNum=3&ID=220120001017|title=West Monroe High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20130730/NEWS01/307300047/State-shows-gains-advanced-testing?nclick_check=1|title=Barbara Leader, State shows gains in advanced testing|publisher=Monroe News-Star, July 30, 2013|accessdate=July 31, 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/13319425-172/west-monroe-high-school-restricts|title=West Monroe High School restricts use of Confederate flags at athletic events|publisher=Baton Rouge Advocate|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://hechingerreport.org/one-louisiana-high-school-mascot-will-become-symbol-national-division/|title=Why one Louisiana high school and its mascot will become a symbol of national division|publisher=The Hechinger Report|date=2017-01-10|accessdate=2017-02-15}}
5. ^[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2001-10-25-top10-stadiums-westmonroe.htm USA Today Article], accessed December 2010
6. ^http://www.lafmusic.com/Showcase
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/videos/sports/2017/07/27/jerry-arledge-talks-rebel-stadium-renovations/104059980/|title=Jerry Arledge talks Rebel Stadium renovations|publisher=Monroe News-Star|date=July 30, 2017|accessdate=July 30, 2017}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.olerebels.com/content.asp?SID=1106&CID=115589|title=Coach's Corner|publisher=olerebels.com|accessdate=December 13, 2010}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20100126/BUSINESS/100125021/West-Monroe-West-Ouachita-Chamber-honors-Don-Shows-with-A-O-Evans-Award|title=Greg Hilburn, "West Monroe-West Ouachita Chamber Honors Don Shows with A.O. Evans Award"|publisher=Monroe News Star, January 26, 2010|accessdate=December 13, 2010}}
10. ^https://books.google.com/books?id=CZi-yfHRBhEC&pg=PA52&dq=west+monroe+football&hl=en&ei=9jFsTvG-HYrfgQeOoND1BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=west%20monroe%20football&f=false
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=finlech01| title = Chuck Finley Stats| publisher= Baseball Almanac|accessdate= November 26, 2012}}