The Maroons, as West teams are known, compete in the Southwestern Conference The sports at West are divided into three separate seasons - held respectively during the Fall, Winter and Spring. Each season has its own individual and team sports which begin with a try-out session and an introductory night of activities and ends with an awards ceremony. A season lasts for approximately 3 months. The sports within a season are organized by teams, usually based on age and athletic ability, with the varsity designation as the highest level. Athletics at Belleville West are governed by the by-laws of the Illinois High School Association.
Originally, the Belleville Township High School District 201 operated only one school, Belleville Township High School, located at 2600 West Main Street. The growth of the district, however, prompted the Board of Education to construct a new campus and divide the student body between two schools. Thus, Belleville East High School was constructed, opening in the fall of 1966. The new campus was built in a college format with many different buildings. The newly commissioned Belleville Area College (now Southwestern Illinois College) occupied half of the campus while the new high school occupied the other. However, enrollment in the school increased rapidly and the college was forced to move to a new location. As the growth of the District continued, the need for a larger Belleville West Campus was realized. Therefore, in 2003, a new state of the art high school was built on 113 acres at the corner of Rt 15 and Frank Scott Parkway West.[3]
Activitiesedit
Fine and performing artsedit
Little Theatre is an organization that promotes theatrical events on the Belleville West campus. The group sponsors monthly informational meetings, social events, and a spring honors reception. The theater always puts on a total of five plays per year. These include a fall play, a children's play, a musical, and contest play in the second semester. There is an evening of one-acts every year as well for freshmen and sophomores.
Hy Newsedit
The Belleville West Hy News has been reporting the news of Belleville Township High School and then Belleville West High School for over 80 years. This student publication is a co-curricular activity, produced by its 38-member staff, which includes freshmen through seniors.
^Koziatek, Mike (June 15, 2022). "Q&A: Belleville native Sandy Magnus on induction to Astronaut Hall of Fame, future in space". Retrieved July 4, 2022.
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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Belleville Township High School West also known as Belleville West is a public comprehensive high school in Belleville Illinois that is part of Belleville Township High School District 201 Belleville Township High School WestAddress4063 Frank Scott ParkwayBelleville Illinois 62223United StatesInformationSchool typePublic SecondaryMottoMaroon Way Respectful Responsible and KindOpened1916School districtBelleville Township District 201SuperintendentBrian MentzerPrincipalRich MertensTeaching staff125 00 FTE 1 Grades9 12Enrollment2 155 2018 19 1 Student to teacher ratio17 24 1 Color s Athletics conferenceSouthwestern ConferenceNicknameMaroonsNewspaperHy NewsYearbookBellevinoisWebsitewww wbr bths201 wbr org wbr west wbr Contents 1 Athletics 1 1 State titles 2 History 3 Activities 3 1 Fine and performing arts 3 2 Hy News 4 Notable alumni 5 ReferencesAthletics editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message The Maroons as West teams are known compete in the Southwestern Conference The sports at West are divided into three separate seasons held respectively during the Fall Winter and Spring Each season has its own individual and team sports which begin with a try out session and an introductory night of activities and ends with an awards ceremony A season lasts for approximately 3 months The sports within a season are organized by teams usually based on age and athletic ability with the varsity designation as the highest level Athletics at Belleville West are governed by the by laws of the Illinois High School Association State titles edit Baseball 1940 1947 1949 1954 Boys Basketball 2018 2019 2 Boys Golf 1968 1970 1972 Girls Track and Field 2009 Girls Volleyball 1991 1992History editOriginally the Belleville Township High School District 201 operated only one school Belleville Township High School located at 2600 West Main Street The growth of the district however prompted the Board of Education to construct a new campus and divide the student body between two schools Thus Belleville East High School was constructed opening in the fall of 1966 The new campus was built in a college format with many different buildings The newly commissioned Belleville Area College now Southwestern Illinois College occupied half of the campus while the new high school occupied the other However enrollment in the school increased rapidly and the college was forced to move to a new location As the growth of the District continued the need for a larger Belleville West Campus was realized Therefore in 2003 a new state of the art high school was built on 113 acres at the corner of Rt 15 and Frank Scott Parkway West 3 Activities editFine and performing arts edit Little Theatre is an organization that promotes theatrical events on the Belleville West campus The group sponsors monthly informational meetings social events and a spring honors reception The theater always puts on a total of five plays per year These include a fall play a children s play a musical and contest play in the second semester There is an evening of one acts every year as well for freshmen and sophomores Hy News edit The Belleville West Hy News has been reporting the news of Belleville Township High School and then Belleville West High School for over 80 years This student publication is a co curricular activity produced by its 38 member staff which includes freshmen through seniors Notable alumni editJenny Bindon professional soccer player goalkeeper for New Zealand during the 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics Brian Daubach former MLB player Florida Marlins Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox New York Mets Lea DeLaria actor comedian jazz musician and singer Neal Doughty musician member of REO Speedwagon Jay Farrar musician member of Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt Bob Goalby professional golfer winner of the 1968 Masters Tournament Jay Haas professional golfer NCAA golf champion at Wake Forest University Brian Hill professional football player currently with the St Louis Battlehawks E J Liddell professional basketball player for New Orleans Pelicans Rusty Lisch NFL quarterback Sandra Magnus NASA astronaut 4 Jerry Moore former NFL player Chicago Bears New Orleans Saints Les Mueller former MLB player Detroit Tigers Keith Randolph Jr American college football defensive tackle for the Illinois Fighting Illini David Rasche actor Seth Rudolph professional soccer player Austin Seibert NFL free agent kicker former Oklahoma Sooner set record for most points all time by a kicker in FBS history Jeff Tweedy musician member of Uncle Tupelo and Wilco Bud Zipfel former MLB player Washington Senators References edit a b c Belleville High School West National Center for Education Statistics Retrieved May 22 2020 Records amp History www ihsa org Retrieved 2023 11 13 https website bths201 org index php district aboutus about us history Koziatek Mike June 15 2022 Q amp A Belleville native Sandy Magnus on induction to Astronaut Hall of Fame future in space Retrieved July 4 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Belleville High School West amp oldid 1195958771, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
