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{{Infobox school
[[Image:Titans2.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Logo]]
| name = Lee's Summit West High School
{{Infobox Secondary school
| name = Lee's Summit West High School
| logo = Lee's Summit West High School logo.png
| streetaddress = 2600 SW Ward Road
| principal = Dr. Cynthia Bateman
| city = [[Lee's Summit]]
| assistant principal (A-G) = Mr. Bob Kernell
| state = [[Missouri]]
| assistant principal (H-O) = Mr. Frank Honn
| zipcode = 64082
| assistant principal (P-Z) = Mr. David Sharp
| country = United States
| type = Public Secondary
| coordinates = {{Coord|38|52|24|N|94|23|56|W|display=inline,title}}
| established = 2004
| type = Public secondary
| grades = 9-12
| established = 2004
| enrollment = approximately 1400
| district = [[Lee's Summit R-VII School District]]
| colors = [[navy blue]] and [[silver]]
| principal = Dr Maid
| address = 2600 SW Ward Rd, Lee's Summit, MO 64082
| grades = 9–12
| website = [http://lswhs.leesummit.k12.mo.us/ Official]
| website = {{url|https://lswhs.lsr7.org/}}
| city = [[Lee's Summit]]
| enrollment = 1,992 (2022-23)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2918300&ID=291830002795|title=LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGH|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=April 11, 2024}}</ref>
| state = [[Missouri]]
| ratio = 16.46<ref name=NCES/>
| country = [[United States|USA]]
| teaching_staff = 120.99 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
| district = [[Lee's Summit R-VII School District]]
| colors = [[Navy blue|Navy]] and [[Silver (color)|silver]] {{Color box|navy}} {{Color box|silver}}
| Mascot = [[Titan]]s
| nickname = Titans
}}
}}
'''Lee's Summit West High School''' is located at 2600 Southwest Ward Road in [[Lee's Summit, Missouri|Lee's Summit]], [[Missouri]]. Lee's Summit West High School opened in the fall of [[2004]] and is part of the [[Lee's Summit R-VII School District]]. Current enrollment is approximately 1400 students. The mascot of the school is the [[titan]]. It's school newspaper is called ''Titan Scroll'', which is a member of the [[High School National Ad Network]]. Since a $32 million bond passed in April [[2006]], the high school will be receiving facility improvements and expansion.
'''Lee's Summit West High School''' is located at 2600 Southwest Ward Road in [[Lee's Summit, Missouri]], United States. It opened in the fall of 2004 and is part of the [[Lee's Summit R-VII School District]]. Current enrollment is approximately 2000 students. The mascot of the school is the Titan. The school newspaper is the ''Titan Scroll'', which is a member of the High School National Ad Network. After a $32 million bond passed in April 2006, the high school received facility improvements and an expansion which was completed in 2009.


==Services==
==Academics==
[[Image:National Blue Ribbon Schools seal.svg|thumb|150px|Lee's Summit West High School was designated a Blue Ribbon School in 2013.<ref name="Blue Ribbon Schools">{{cite web | title = Blue Ribbon Schools | url =https://www.ksde.org/Portals/0/Communications/Blue%20Ribbon%20Schools%20list%20only.pdf | format =English | accessdate =2019-03-20 }}</ref>]]
===Administration===
In 2013, Lee's Summit West High School was selected as a [[Blue Ribbon School]]. The Blue Ribbon Award recognizes public and private schools which perform at high levels or have made significant academic improvements.<ref name="Award Winners">{{cite web | title = Award Winners | url = https://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/awardwinners/index.php | format =English | accessdate =2019-03-28 }}</ref>


==Athletics==
The Lee's Summit West High School's administration consists of Dr. Cindy Bateman (principal), Mr. Bob Kernell (assistant principal A-G), Mr. Frank Honn (assistant principal H-O), and Mrs. Tori Cain(assistant principal P-Z).
Lee's Summit West is a part of the Greater Kansas City Suburban Gold Conference.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greater KC Conference |url=http://gkcscathletics.org}}</ref> Their rivals are [[Lee's Summit High School|Lee's Summit]] and [[Lee's Summit North High School|Lee's Summit North]]. The following [[Missouri State High School Activities Association]] sports are offered:
*Baseball (boys)
*Basketball (boys & girls)
*Cross country (boys & girls)
**Boys state champions – 2008<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 LSW Boys' XC|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/PostseasonResult.aspx?alg=11&id=488}}</ref>
**Girls state champions – 2007,<ref>{{cite web|title=2007 LSW Girls' XC|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/PostseasonResult.aspx?alg=12&id=576}}</ref> 2008,<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 LSW Girls' XC|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/PostseasonResult.aspx?alg=12&id=572}}</ref> 2009,<ref>{{cite web|title=2009 LSW Girls' XC|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/PostseasonResult.aspx?alg=12&id=568}}</ref> 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 LSW Girls' XC|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/PostseasonResult.aspx?alg=12&id=564}}</ref> 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 LSW Girls' XC|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/PostseasonResult.aspx?alg=12&id=1109}}</ref>
*Football (boys)
**State champions – 2007,<ref>{{cite web|title=2007 LSW Football|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictWinners.aspx?alg=19&class=4&year=2007}}</ref> 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 LSW Football|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictWinners.aspx?alg=19&class=5&year=2010}}</ref> 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 LSW Football|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictWinners.aspx?alg=19&class=5&year=2013}}</ref>
*Golf (boys & girls)
*Lacrosse (boys and girls) (not MSHSAA sponsored)
*Soccer (boys & girls)
**Girls state champions – 2005,<ref>{{cite web|title=2005 LSW Girls' Soccer|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictWinners.aspx?alg=34&class=1&year=2004}}</ref> 2006<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 LSW Girls' Soccer|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictWinners.aspx?alg=34&class=1&year=2005}}</ref>
*Softball (girls)
*Swimming (boys & girls)
*Tennis (boys & girls)
*Track and field (boys & girls)
**Girls state champions – 2006,<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 LSW Girls' Track and Field|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/PostseasonResult.aspx?alg=53&id=822}}</ref> 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 LSW Girls' Track and Field|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/PostseasonResult.aspx?alg=53&id=805}}</ref> 2016,<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 LSW Girls' Track and Field|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/PostseasonResult.aspx?alg=53&id=1326}}</ref> 2017,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/PostseasonResult.aspx?alg=53&id=1386 | title=Missouri High School Sports and Activities }}</ref> 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/PostseasonResult.aspx?alg=53&id=1450|title=Missouri High School Sports and Activities}}</ref> 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/PostseasonResult.aspx?alg=53&id=1570|title=Missouri High School Sports and Activities}}</ref>
*Volleyball (boys & girls)
**State champions – 2007<ref>{{cite web|title=2007 LSW Volleyball|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictWinners.aspx?alg=57&class=4&year=2007}}</ref>
*Wrestling (boys and girls)


===Counseling===
==Notable alumni==
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*[[Mario Goodrich]] - gridiron football player
* [[Evan Boehm]] – gridiron football player
* [[Michael Dixon (basketball)|Michael Dixon]] – basketball player
* [[Matt Hall (baseball)|Matt Hall]] – baseball player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/article23143068.html |title=Missouri State's Matt Hall has turned into a strikeout machine &#124; The Kansas City Star |publisher=Kansascity.com |date=June 4, 2015 |accessdate=July 10, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Monte Harrison]] – baseball player
* [[Shaquille Harrison]] – basketball player
* [[Alex Lange]] – baseball player
* [[Trevor Rosenthal]] – baseball player
* [[Veronica Merrell]] – YouTuber
* [[Vanessa Merrell]] – YouTuber


==References==
The Lee's Summit West High School's counseling staff consists of Mr. Darby (A-E), Ms. Ailshire (F-K), Mr. Swaggart (L-Q), and Ms. Hayes (R-Z). The counseling center offers an updated brochure, Titan Talk, that contains important information considering the future success of students. Some of the information included in this brochure includes information concerning ACT and SAT tests, college visit days, armed forces visit days, scholarship information and many more things helpful to students. This brochure is available online at the Lee's Summit High School website.
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==Student Activities==
==External links==
* [https://lswhs.lsr7.org/ Lee's Summit West High School website]
===Robotics===
2006 was Lee's Summit West's first year to participate in the [[FIRST Robotics]] tournament. [http://www.teamtitanium.org Team Titanium] traveled to St. Louis for their competition and placed 23rd out of 46 teams in 2006. In 2007, The team will attend the Kansas City regional and the Denver regional. Team Titanium is working closely with those at [http://www.more.net/ MoreNET] and the [http://www.kauffman.org/ Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation]to help spread the word of technology and FIRST(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). The robotics team at LSWHS was started with Robert Dumler as its sponsor, but is now sponsored by Aaron Bailey.


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===Football===
The Lee's Summit West Titan football has achieved at least one victory in the Missouri state playoffs since its inaugural season during the 2004-2005 school year. During the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school years the team further progressed to the state semi-finals, eventually losing to the [[Camdenton]] Lakers and then the [[Webb City]] Cardinals. Both the Camdenton Lakers and Webb City Cardinals went on to win a state title after defeating the Titans. Following the 2006 football season eight Titans were named to the Missouri all-state football team. In the 2007 football season the Titans hope to finally capture their first state title with the help of returning all-state starters Kody Boles, Matt Holt and Darian McKee-Linzie, as well as head coach Royce Boehm, whose motto for the 2007 season is ''"Finish the job."'', in light of finishing one game short of reaching the state title game in each of the teams past two seasons. And the Titans did finish the job. Winning its first state football title the day after [Thanksgiving] Also of note is the Titans defensive line coach is former [[Arkansas Razorbacks]] nose guard Limbo Parks who was precedded by current [[Houston Texans]] assistant defensive line coach [[Tracy Simien]]. Simien was a former standout linebacker at [[TCU]], as well as a great run-stopping middle linebacker in the 1990's for the [[San Diego Chargers]] and then the [[Kansas City Chiefs]].


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===Swimming and Diving===
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lee's Summit, Missouri]]
The Titan girls swimming and diving team has been the reigning conference champion since the school opened in 2004. Six girls earned All-State honors in the 2006-2007 season. The Titans boys swimming and diving team, despite their small numbers, won conference for the first time in Fall 2006, and two boys earned All-State honors that year. The Titan boys won conference again in Fall 2007.
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[[Category:Public high schools in Missouri]]
===Girls Soccer===
[[Category:2004 establishments in Missouri]]

During the Titans first two seasons, the girls soccer team won a state championship their first year and tied for the championship their second year in Missouri Class 1A.

===Girls Track and Field===

The girls track team placed third at the state meet during the team's first season. In the following season, they placed first, winning a state championship.



===Titan Debate and Forensics===

The Lee's Summit West Titan Debate and Forensics Team is currently in its third season of competition. The Titans recently added a competitive dramatics department to their squad.

===Golf===

The LSW 2007 golf team was very successful. Varsity players consisted of 1. Austin Jarchow, 2. Nick Davis, 3. John Behee, 4. Nate Richardson, and 5. Robert Horne. Two players qualified for state, Austin Jarchow, and Nick Davis. The 2008 season looks very promising with 4 returning letterman, and rising star, Scott Moise.
===Music Department===

The LSW music department is well known around the metro and the nation after only a few years. Symphony Orchestra was chosen to play at the Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA) Conference in 2006 after their 2004-2005 audition recording was chosen. LSW Orchestra students consistently earn a large number of seats in the Kansas City Metro All District Orchestra. Band and orchestra members have also earned the "Best Pit Orchestra" award from the Kansas City Cappies Organization in 2006 (Pirates of Penzance)and in 2007 for the musical "Violet." Symphony Orchestra was also chosen to perform at a Crystal Gayle show in Branson, MO, in November 2006. The LSW Choir department hosts a night of entertainment every year called "Friday Night Live", a collection of singing and dancing performances done by various student choral ensembles. Past themes have included "I love The '80s", "The Gong Show", and "Friday Night Fever." Each year, all Titan music groups perform at the Dairy Queen Ice Cream Social (located at 4th and Douglas in downtown LS) in September, usually previewing fall performance material. Several concerts are held throughout the year: October, early December, Contest, Pops (LS Symphony Orchestras only), Student led small ensembles, Festival of Strings/Cavalcade of Bands/Parade of Choirs. Orchestra and Band perform at either Baccalaureate or Graduation every year and Concert Choir performs at both of these events.
The Titan music ensembles include: Symphony Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, Concert Choir, Men's Choir, Women's Choir, Freshmen, Women's Choir, Una Voce (Chamber Choir), Marching Band, Jazz Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Percussion/Drumline. The LSW Music department is: Kirt Mosier (orchestras), Brian Hartman (choirs), Terrin Pabst (staff accompanist), Shawn Harrel (assistant band director, IB Music instructor), and Clif Thurmond (head band director).

==References==
[http://www.leesummit.k12.mo.us/news/news.htm School News]
[http://www.leesummit.k12.mo.us Lee's Summit West High School website]
Lee's Summit West High School Student Handbook

==External links==
* [http://lswhs.leesummit.k12.mo.us Lee's Summit West High School website]
[[Category:High schools in Missouri]]

Latest revision as of 09:58, 7 January 2025

Lee's Summit West High School
Address
Map
2600 SW Ward Road

Lee's Summit
,
Missouri
64082

United States
Coordinates38°52′24″N 94°23′56″W / 38.87333°N 94.39889°W / 38.87333; -94.39889
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established2004
School districtLee's Summit R-VII School District
PrincipalDr Maid
Teaching staff120.99 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,992 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.46[1]
Color(s)Navy and silver    
NicknameTitans
Websitelswhs.lsr7.org

Lee's Summit West High School is located at 2600 Southwest Ward Road in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States. It opened in the fall of 2004 and is part of the Lee's Summit R-VII School District. Current enrollment is approximately 2000 students. The mascot of the school is the Titan. The school newspaper is the Titan Scroll, which is a member of the High School National Ad Network. After a $32 million bond passed in April 2006, the high school received facility improvements and an expansion which was completed in 2009.

Academics

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Lee's Summit West High School was designated a Blue Ribbon School in 2013.[2]

In 2013, Lee's Summit West High School was selected as a Blue Ribbon School. The Blue Ribbon Award recognizes public and private schools which perform at high levels or have made significant academic improvements.[3]

Athletics

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Lee's Summit West is a part of the Greater Kansas City Suburban Gold Conference.[4] Their rivals are Lee's Summit and Lee's Summit North. The following Missouri State High School Activities Association sports are offered:

  • Baseball (boys)
  • Basketball (boys & girls)
  • Cross country (boys & girls)
    • Boys state champions – 2008[5]
    • Girls state champions – 2007,[6] 2008,[7] 2009,[8] 2010,[9] 2011[10]
  • Football (boys)
  • Golf (boys & girls)
  • Lacrosse (boys and girls) (not MSHSAA sponsored)
  • Soccer (boys & girls)
    • Girls state champions – 2005,[14] 2006[15]
  • Softball (girls)
  • Swimming (boys & girls)
  • Tennis (boys & girls)
  • Track and field (boys & girls)
  • Volleyball (boys & girls)
    • State champions – 2007[22]
  • Wrestling (boys and girls)

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "Blue Ribbon Schools" (English). Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  3. ^ "Award Winners" (English). Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  4. ^ "Greater KC Conference".
  5. ^ "2008 LSW Boys' XC".
  6. ^ "2007 LSW Girls' XC".
  7. ^ "2008 LSW Girls' XC".
  8. ^ "2009 LSW Girls' XC".
  9. ^ "2010 LSW Girls' XC".
  10. ^ "2011 LSW Girls' XC".
  11. ^ "2007 LSW Football".
  12. ^ "2010 LSW Football".
  13. ^ "2013 LSW Football".
  14. ^ "2005 LSW Girls' Soccer".
  15. ^ "2006 LSW Girls' Soccer".
  16. ^ "2006 LSW Girls' Track and Field".
  17. ^ "2010 LSW Girls' Track and Field".
  18. ^ "2016 LSW Girls' Track and Field".
  19. ^ "Missouri High School Sports and Activities".
  20. ^ "Missouri High School Sports and Activities".
  21. ^ "Missouri High School Sports and Activities".
  22. ^ "2007 LSW Volleyball".
  23. ^ "Missouri State's Matt Hall has turned into a strikeout machine | The Kansas City Star". Kansascity.com. June 4, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
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