|
Westchester High School |
School principal |
Mrs. Anita L. Barner |
School type |
public high school |
Location |
Los Angeles, California |
Enrollment |
2100 students |
| Faculty |
Approximately 80 |
Campus surroundings |
Urban residential area near Los Angeles international airport |
Sports teams |
Comets |
School color(s) |
Red and silver |
is a
High School located in
Westchester (
Los Angeles, California ). The school's mascot name is The Comets. It is part of the
Los Angeles Unified School District . Westchester High School is notorious for being known as one of the place
Stanley Williams , founder of the
Crips gang, first went for recruitment. The high school, although in a primarily caucasian oceanside community, is dominated by African-American students from Inglewood, or Inglewood adjacent, who are placed in Westchester by LAUSD districting.
Notable
Alumn i of Westchester High School include:
- Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme , would-be presidential assassin
- Phil Hartman , Comedian and Actor {Link without Title}
- Amir Johnson , NBA rookie and the last high school player selected in the NBA Draft
- Anissa Jones , Actress
- Howard Kaylan , musician ( The Turtles )
- Regina King , actress {Link without Title}
- Nia Long , actress
- Ken Norton Jr , NFL player and college football coach
- Tim Story , filmmaker
- Mark Volman , musician ( The Turtles )
- Brandon Bowman , Georgetown University basketball player
- Ashanti Cook , Georgetown University basketball player
- Hassan Adams , University Of Arizona basketball player
- Trevor Ariza , Orlando Magic & UCLA basketball player
- Bobby Brown, Cal State Fullerton basketball player
- Kevin Johnson, Los Angeles Raiders football player
- Brandon Heath , San Diego State basketball player
- Leo Terrell , civil rights attorney and talk show host (formerly a teacher at WHS)
Westchester High School opened to 500 students in September of 1962.
