| RUSSELL DOHERTY | Teacher | |
| TERRY MERNIN | AP English Language Teacher Aviation and Aerospace Magnet | |
| VEIANCA MILLET | Magnet Coordinator | |
| RICHARD NELSEN | Teacher | |
| GREGORY PHILLIPS | Teacher |
Westchester Goes to London and Paris
Mr. Nelsen the Lead Teacher of the Gifted Magnet takes students to tours of Europe on a regular basis. This year he went to London and Paris for a ten day excursion and exploration of English and French culture. A fun time was had by all.
Gifted and High Ability STEAM Magnet
OUR MAGNET
The Gifted and High Ability STEAM Magnet is one of three magnets on the WESM campus, allowing our students to experience high school in a comprehensive setting. We are partnered with UCLA and LMU, providing our students with tools necessary to put them on a secure university pathway. Students not only visit the college campuses, they are also offered amazing opportunities and support given by college-bound programs such as LMU Upward Bound, UCLA VIPs, and CO-OP. Through clubs like Robotics, Academic Decathlon, and our gold-medal winning MESA program, students gain the experience of competing in model bridge, airplane and car competitions, Robotics competitions throughout Southern California, and the Aspen Challenge.
Summer reading for AP Classes
Students at Westchester are expected to read and do the Summer assignments posted on the WESM website. Not knowing there were AP assignments is no excuse for work that is done poorly or not at all. Failure for not completing them could result in an early "0" which would be very difficult to make up. Come to school in the Fall prepared. This will quickly demonstrate a positive attitude toward academic achievement.
Our magnet focus
Students in the Gifted-High Ability STEAM Magnet will engage in a rigorous curriculum so that they can connect abstract scientific learning to the applied sciences. In Westchester, we are surrounded by the aviation and aerospace industries, with LAX and countless aerospace companies in our immediate vicinity. This provides a wealth of internship and job shadowing opportunities, including an annual field trip to our local Boeing plant, where students build functioning model rockets alongside actual Boeing engineers.
Electives & Advanced Courses
Students will have access to an extensive array of A-G courses, including thematically-aligned courses related to aerospace and aviation. Auto shop classes will give students hands-on experience learning the principles of engineering that are the foundation of the aerospace industry. Art classes will offer opportunities for students to design aircraft and spacecraft. Through courses like AP Physics, students will learn advanced scientific principles, preparing them for careers in the aerospace and aviation industries.
Oliver Rivas, Magnet Counselor
Rick Nelsen, Gifted/ High Ability Lead Teacher
Westchester faculty member since 1998 and the current lead teacher for the past four years. I teach AP United States history and AP Government. I am also the Yearbook adviser and do Robotics.
Veianca Millet, Magnet Coordinator
HONOR CLASSES
MATH
Algebra 1
Geometry
Algebra 2
Pre-Calculus
ENGLISH
English 9
English 10
SCIENCE
Biology
AP Courses
MATH
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
ENGLISH
AP English Language
AP English Literature
SCIENCE
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Physics
AP Environmental Science
AP Computer Science Principles
SOCIAL SCIENCES
AP Human Geography
AP World History
AP United States History
AP United States Government
LANGUAGES
AP Spanish Language
