“West Shore Junior – Senior High School”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

In 2008 U.S. News & World Report named it in the "Best" category among the nations high schools, one of two in Brevard County. The school was ranked 68 out of 21,069 in the country. For 2009, the school was rated as the 50th best high school in the country by U.S. News & World Report.^[4]

Student body

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 school 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.

Academics

Activities

Athletics

Head Athletic Director is Tony Riopelle, who also coaches the varsity basketball team. The school competes in the following sports:

Recognition

The school was ranked 58 out of 21,069 in the country. Criteria were scoring high in state exams for both majority and minority students, and Advanced Placement testing including wide participation.^[4]

In 2008, the school, using state criteria, was tied with one other school in the county for having a 100% graduation rate.^[6]

Eighth grade students performed the highest in the county on the 2009 FCAT essay test, at 4.80 tying with one other school. Sophomores scored the highest in the county on the essay test with a 4.90.^[7]

In 2010, the school had nine National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists out of 30 for the county.^[8]

In 2012, the school had 11 National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists out of 33 for the county.^[9]

In 2014, Newsweek ranked the school the best in Florida and 81st in the nation.^[10]

Footnotes

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1200150&SchoolPageNum=9&ID=120015003296|title=WESTSHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}
2. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://westshore.hs.brevard.k12.fl.us/ |title=West Shore Jr./Sr. High School |publisher=Westshore.hs.brevard.k12.fl.us |date= |accessdate=2011-11-04}}
3. ^https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/florida/districts/brevard-public-schools/west-shore-juniorsenior-high-school-4710?int=c0b4c1
4. ^¹[https://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/florida/westshore_junior%2Bsenior_high_school US News and World Report, December 5, 2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203063958/http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/florida/westshore_junior%2Bsenior_high_school |date=December 3, 2007 }}
5. ^{{cite book |author1=Downs, Megan |author2=Brennan, Kate |lastauthoramp=yes |title = All but 11 meet the standard, but some show drop from -06 | publisher = Florida Today | date = April 26, 2007}}
6. ^{{cite book| author=Downs, Megan | title=2008 grad rates| publisher=Florida Today|date=March 15, 2009}}
7. ^{{cite news | title=FCAT writing scores for Brevard County | url=| work= | publisher=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 9A | date=1 May 2009 | id= | accessdate=}}
8. ^ {{dead link|date=November 2011}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.fldoe.org/news/2012/2012_09_12/semifinalists.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-11-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124020150/http://www.fldoe.org/news/2012/2012_09_12/semifinalists.pdf |archivedate=2013-01-24 |df= }}
10. ^{{Cite news | first=Stacey | last=Barchenger | title=West Shorte is ranked best high school in Florida | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/09/11/west-shore-ranked-best-high-school-florida/15465099/| work= | newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 1A | date=September 12, 2014 | id= | accessdate=October 11, 2014}}