Western is a school where the legacy of sisterhood dates back to 1844. Western girls also known as Westernites learn to take on leadership roles to help her fellow sisters. The uniqueness of Western Senior High School is unquestionable, and after one hundred and sixty-three years Western enriches the lives of diverse future leading women.
Western enriches the lives of diverse future leading women in countless ways. Western enhances the lives of women academically and socially through its college preparatory, mentoring programs, and organizations. There are three different academic programs that Western offers to prepare women for college, which include teacher academy, college and accelerated college preparatory courses. Each program challenges students in diverse ways. Both the college and accelerated college programs present students with the opportunity to take honors courses in the subject in which they demonstrate strength. Teacher academy helps to create the foundation to consider teaching as a profession.
Western also offers more than forty organizations that allows racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse women to come together and learn how to perform as a unit, particularly concert choir, band, and dance. These three performance based classes provides the opportunity for women to study the art of performing and various types of music. Both the band and concert choir's purpose is to bring women together through performances for the school. Although they both show expression through music; the band expresses the art through instruments and the choir portrays the same through the best choral literature.
The mentoring program, Big Sister Little Sister known to many Westernites helps upper and underclassmen to create bonds. Traditionally administrators were responsible for assigning sisters, but in recent years decided to make upperclassmen responsible for reaching out to help incoming freshmen. Many students have no problem reaching to underclassmen, and many without knowing are drawn to girls much like themselves, enabling them to see and stop potential mistakes sooner.
In conclusion, all three of the aspects mentioned makes up Western's legacy, but that legacy would not have grown if it were not for the girls who grew into women due to the high aspirations set in place by the fonder s of Western. The legacy of Western is more than academics or clubs; it is the women whose lives were changed while attending Western for the course of four years.
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