Joliet West High School

Established	1964
Type	Public secondary
Principal	Cheryl McCarthy
Faculty	322
Students	2392
Grades	9–12
Location	401 N. Larkin Avenue Joliet, Illinois, USA
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Black, Gold, and White
Mascot	Tigers/Steelmen
Yearbook	Alpha Omega
Newspaper	Tiger Tales
Website	[1]

Joliet West High School, along with Joliet Central, makes up the Joliet Township High School district in Joliet, Illinois. West's mascot is the tiger, although when various activities are combined with Central, Central's mascot is used, the Steelman. Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Educational institutions are often categorised along several dimensions. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Incorporated City in 1834. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... Binomial name Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family, one of four big cats that belong to the Panthera genus. ... For other uses, see Yearbook (disambiguation). ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Joliet Central Campus, Jefferson St Exit Joliet Central High School is located at 201 E. Jefferson St, in Joliet, Illinois, USA. Built in 1901, the original building is noted for its marble floors and staircases and its castle-like limestone exterior architecture. ... Joliet Township High School District 204 is a high school district located in Joliet in western Will County, Illinois. ... Incorporated City in 1834. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... For other uses, see Tiger (disambiguation). ...

Building

The school was originally constructed in 1964, one year after its identical sister school Joliet East, and has since been added on to 3 times. The first addition, completed in the early 1980s, added a bookstore to the cafeteria, additional space around the maintenance area, a multi-purpose room by the gymnasiums (primarily used for dance and wrestling), six additional classrooms, and a greenhouse. One of a number of cafeterias at Electronic City campus, Infosys Technologies Ltd. ... The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken. ...

The second and third additions (not shown in the picture) were completed as two consecutive projects, adding several additional classrooms, a new band room, cafetorium, conference room, dean's offices, and student commons area. The first phase broke ground on November 4, 2001 and was completed the following school year. The second phase began during the 2002-2003 year and was open for fall 2003 classes.Beginning in the summer of 2007 construction for the field house will be underway.

also, the school tends to be 70% male. resulting into same sex dating among males. a survey was conducted to see if this was true. the survey proved conclusive. also the school has a 90% std rates amongts students. mostly persisting of chlamedia, "the clap", as well as pubic lice "crabs". so next time you think of west think of gay datind and stds.

Music tradition

Joliet West has been known for its outstanding music programs for half a century. Many West alums continue on in music as a career. Some of which are listed below. The Marching Tigers, West's marching band, is one of the few groups that still carries the former mascot. There have been five band directors at West: Arthur D. Katterjohn, 1964-1967; Dean H. Sayles, 1967-1990; I. V. Foster, 1990-1992; Ted Lega, 1992-1993, and Kevin T. Carroll, 1993-present.

Recently, Joliet West High School's music program has come to note by being one of only a handful of High Schools to have an "Opera Scenes" program. The music department has performed scenes ranging from "La Boheme" to "Die Fledermaus" to" Dialogues of the Carmelites". In April of 2008, Joliet West High School will become the first high school to perform a comic opera of Edwin Penhorwood entitled "Too Many Sopranos". La Bohème, French for The Bohemian Life, is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on La Vie de Bohème by Henri Murger. ... Scene from the 1984 version. ... Dialogues of the Carmelites ( in French, Dialogues des Carmélites) is an opera in three acts by Francis Poulenc. ...

Notable alumni

• Charlie Adams, drummer/percussionist (Chameleon, Yanni)
• John Barrowman, Broadway actor.
• Jimmy Chamberlin, drummer (The Smashing Pumpkins)
• Andy Dick - actor-comedian (The Andy Dick Show)
• Anthony Rapp - actor (Rent)
• Adrianne Curry - model, tv personality (Dropped out in 11th grade)