Lutheran High School Westland

Infobox_School
name = Lutheran High School Westland


motto =
established = 1986
type = Parochial School
affiliation = [http://www.lcms.org/ Lutheran Church Missouri Synod]
district =
grades = 9–12
president =
principal = Steven Schwecke
head of school =
dean =
faculty =
staff =
students =
enrollment = approx. 250
athletics =
conference = Metro Conference [http://www.mhsaa.com/ Michigan High School Athletic Association]
colors = Black and White
mascot = Warrior
free_label =
free_text =
location = Westland, Michigan
country = USA
website = http://www.lhwl.lhsa.com/

Lutheran High School Westland is a parochial high school located in Westland, Michigan in Wayne County. It is governed by the Lutheran High School Association of Greater Detroit and is associated with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. As of 2006, it serves around 250 students and 18 staff members. The school colors are black and white.

History

Talks began in the mid 1980s to open another Lutheran high school in western Wayne County. As declining enrollment plagued Lutheran High School East in Harper Woods and Lutheran High School West in Detroit, Westland was selected as the site for the new school.

Mascot

The school's current mascot is the Warrior, named "Rusty."

One of the teachers owned a foot and a half tall replica of a suit of medieval armor, which the school began using as the mascot.The Wesland Warriors participate in a friendly competition each year to gain possession of the mascot, Rusty. The two competitors are Lutheran High Westland and Lutheran High Northwest. Lutheran High Westland currently has possession of "RUSTY."

Building History

The school opened in 1986 in the building that was formerly Nankin Mills Middle School. A series of city school buildings had been constructed on landfill, and while the sites had been deemed safe, a series of long running legal disputes arose. Cheryl Graunstadt became a member of the Westland city council as a result of her efforts to close down schools built on landfills that were expelling leachate. As part of the ongoing legal disputes, several school buildings, including the Nankin Mills Middle School were sold to private interests. It is unknown if the Lutheran High School Westland building was among those expelling leachate, as no formal statements have been made on the topic.

References

External links

* [http://www.lhwl.lhsa.com Lutheran High School Westland Home Page]
* [http://www.insiderpages.com/b/3716105517 Reviews by former students]
* [http://www.valpo.edu/churchrelations/lhsdir/lhs-template.php?id=C0027870 School Statistics]
* [http://www.udmercy.edu/news_events/inthenews/March%2006/3-2-06_haunted.pdf (PDF) Are the school and the surrounding woods haunted?]