All IB parents and students are invited to our spring IBPG informational meeting this coming Monday (2/25) from 6pm - 7pm in the mini-auditorium. The agenda for the meeting includes a program overview by grade-level where Dr. Davis, Mrs. Anderson and Mr. Buck will discuss both the IB program requirements as well as the college/scholarship process for each grade-level. This is a great...

Rotary Youth Leadership Academy RYLA's  focus is leadership and service and the camp offers an extraordinary opportunity for students to explore, develop and practice these skills. This year, the Westwood Scholarship Committee is able to select 3 students to be delegates to this years Rotary Youth Leadership Award Program.  The camp runs Thursday, March  28th - Sunday,...

Westwood was proud to host our Governor and City of Mesa Mayor today to showcase our awesome programs and school! Pictured top-right are IB students Tara Ruhland and Asia Bach who toured our guests around. From Left to Right is City Councilman Freeman, Mesa Mayor John Giles, Governor Doug Ducey, Tara and Asia.       Pictured middle-right IB...

Our Westwood Academic Decathlon Team "cleaned house" this past weekend at the regional competition... coming in 2nd place overall and even toppling Mountain View! A Special shout out to the following IB students who also individually placed at the competition: Gordon He placed 3rd in the Honors division. He won a silver medal in Math and bronze medals in Language and Literature...

Leadership Scholarship for All Seniors The 2019 Student Spotlight on Leadership Award is a scholarship for a Senior that has demonstrated leadership. Click here for the applicatio n. The Compass Center also has hard copies available... The completed application is due back to Mrs. Mason in the Compass Center by 3:15 pm on Friday, February 8th, 2019. The #IAM Project Scholarship -...

1/28/19 - Desert Club Scholarship (LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR SENIORS) Application Available in Compass Center or on-line at http://christmasideahouse.org/sites/cih/scholarships/ Deadline: January 28, 2019       Eligibility Requirements include:   Rank between 6%-50% of graduating class Verifiable Financial Need...

Come check out some Local History and see our IB Students in Action! The Arizona Museum of Natural History is putting on a program called Blast from the Past on Saturday, February 23 from 10 am to 12 pm at our satellite site Mesa Grande Cultural Park in collaboration with Mr. Buck and some of our IB social studies students... our students will be filling all the roles of the...

UPCOMING IBPG MEETING Do you ever wonder about the requirements for the IB Diploma Program?  What classes does your child need to take?  What is CAS?  What is the Personal Project?  What is the EE?  When does your child do all of this?  What are HL classes versus SL classes?  So many questions!!  If you want to know the answers to these...

Congrats to Liam Wilson , an IB senior, who contributed to a University of Arizona research study this past summer as part of a KEYS Research Internship. He and his fellow KEYS interns were named co-authors on the resulting paper and were featured in recently in the UofA news: https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/internships-lead-scientific-publication-high-school-students...

Opportunity for Sophomores - Sophomores are invited to apply to be Westwood representative at the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Seminar (HOBY) . HOBY will be held the ASU West Campus June 6-9, 2019.  Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership is an organization dedicated to "training and nurturing the young leaders of tomorrow." Its mission is to provide lifelong leadership...