Co-curricular Programs
Westhill High School offers an extensive co-curricular program, including over 25 different clubs and activities. The Drama Club presented "A Christmas Carol" in the fall of 2007. In the spring of 2008, Westhill had its very first student-run production in which the musical "Godspell" was directed, produced, choreographed, music directed, pit conducted, costumed and featured sets, all by Westhill High School students. The production performed for two extremely successful nights in late May 2008. Both of these shows were presented in the school's newly renovated auditorium. In the spring of 2009 the drama club put on one of the first showings of High School Musical 2 in the country; this ended up being incredibly successful.
The high school newspaper, The Glass Corridors, earned high honors from several organizations including a first place evaluation award from the American Scholastic Press Association. The high school literary magazine received a second place evaluation award.
The Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble & Percussion Ensemble have performed at the Heritage Music Festival in Chicago. The Symphonic Band received a Silver Medal and the Wind Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble both received first place with Gold ratings. The Jazz Ensemble finished in third place with a Silver rating. More recent than that the same groups performed in Walt Disney World at Festival Disney. It was a very successful trip also.
The Choral Department traveled to Annapolis, Maryland in April, 2009. They competed with five groups (Concert Choir, Westhill Singers, Women's Ensemble, Men's Ensemble, and Westhill Swingers), all of which were awarded gold, while the whole department was awarded "best choral department". A few years before, the Concert Choir auditioned and was invited to sing the National Anthem at Shea Stadium in New York City for the New York Mets versus the Atlanta Braves game in front of 35,000 people.
The Groovy's Film Festival and Award Show was started in 2008 by students Sean Selbach and Mike Epifani as a method to raise funds each year for Junior Prom. The first year's massive success has encouraged the school to keep the festival as a new Westhill tradition. The show is made up of short student films. The awards given away are meant as comical breaks in between films. Past awards have included Most Likely to Meet Their Spouse on Facebook, etc.
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