Billings West High School
| Billings West High School (BWHS) | |
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| Location | |
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Billings, Montana United States | |
| Coordinates | 45°46′21″N 108°34′18″W / 45.7724°N 108.5718°WCoordinates: 45°46′21″N 108°34′18″W / 45.7724°N 108.5718°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary school |
| School district | 2 |
| Dean | Rob Bazant, Angie Gray, Rod Gottula |
| Principal | Dave Cobb |
| Teaching staff | 92 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Colour(s) | Gold and Black |
| Athletics | Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Cross Country, Track and Field, Swimming, Tennis, Dance, Cheerleading, Softball, Wrestling, Intramural Sports, Soccer, Golf |
| Mascot | Golden Bears |
| Rival | Billings Senior High School |
| Accreditation | State of Montana and Northwest Association of Accredited Schools |
| SAT average | 1860 (combined) |
| Yearbook | WestWard |
| Website | http://billingswest.billings.k12.mt.us/ |
Billings West High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Billings, Montana. The school serves 1,973 with over 100 certified staff under principal Dave Cobb, associate principal Jeril Hen, and Deans Rob Bazant, Angie Gray, and Rod Gottula. Billings West's school colors are gold and black, and its mascot is the Golden Bear. Around the community of Billings, the school is known as "Hot Tub High". Also known as the School of Four Patricks, the school boasts alumni in Patrick Stewart, Patrick Ewing, Patrick Swayze, Patrick Dempsey and honorary Patrick Patricia Heaton.
Library
The West High Library is open from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm on school days. The library has multiple tools utilized by the students such as laptops, Go-Pros, a green screen, and thousands of books.
Staff:
Ms. Alberson
Mrs. Schillreff
Publications
- Newspaper: The Kodiak (discontinued)
- Yearbook: WestWard
- Advisor: Lauren Zent
Activities
In parentheses are the advisors for each club and activity.
- Band (Steve Patton, Johnathan Goodhart)
- Booster Club
- Business Professionals of America
- Choir (David Green)
- Chess Club
- Deutsche Club
- Drama Club (Myra Nurre)
- Forensics (Fred Petnak, Dan Johnson, Lindsey Belinak, Steve Macartney)
- French Club
- German Club
- Key Club
- National Honor's Society (Kari Field)
- Science Club
- Ski Club (Stephen Guelff, David Spring, Doug VanZee
- Student Council
Faculty Recognition
In 2001, Paul Swenson was awarded a Milken Educator award for his work teaching Physics to 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students.