Westlake High School (Utah)

Westlake High School
Westlake High School emblem
Location
99 North Thunder Blvd. (200 West) Saratoga Springs , Utah 84045 United States
Coordinates	40°21′51.20″N111°55′17.13″W / 40.3642222°N 111.9214250°W / 40.3642222; -111.9214250
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	"Release the storm" 2016-2017 "Take the world by storm" 2017-2018 "Stay true to the blue" 2018-2019
Opened	20 August 2009;16 years ago (2009-08-20)
School district	Alpine School District
CEEB code	450004
Principal	Christian Smith
Teaching staff	106.44 (FTE) [1]
Grades	10-12
Enrollment	2,847 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	26.75 [1]
Schedule	Eight period split schedule
Hours in school day	7.5
Campus size	73.207 acres (29.626 ha)
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Carolina blue   Vegas gold   Navy blue
Song	"Mighty Thunder"
Athletics conference	6A Region 4
Mascot	Thor, the God of Thunder
Team name	Thunder
Rival	Cedar Valley High School
Accreditation	Northwest Accreditation Commission
Communities served	Cedar Fort, Eagle Mountain, Fairfield, Lehi, Saratoga Springs
Feeder schools	Elementary schools: Thunder Ridge Cedar Valley Eagle Valley Harvest Hills Hidden Hollow Mountain Trails Pony Express Sage Hills Saratoga Shores Middle school: Vista Heights Lake Mountain
Mission	Lux et Virtus "Light and Excellence"

Westlake High School (WHS) is a public high school located in Saratoga Springs, Utah, United States. It is part of Utah County's Alpine School District. The school first opened in 2009, serving students in grades 9 to 12. Starting with the 2013-14 school year, 9th grade students were assigned to Frontier Middle School in nearby Eagle Mountain.

Athletics

Varsity sports for the Thunder include boys' baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, boys' and girls' cross country, boys' football, boys' and girls' golf, boys' and girls' soccer, girls softball, boys' and girls' swim, boys and girls' tennis, boys' and girls' track & field, girls' volleyball, and boys' and girls' wrestling.

Fine arts

Looking northwest at West Lake High School, March 2016

In 2012, Westlake High School's marching band was the 4A State Champion with the show "Making of a Masterpiece," and were a Bands of America regional finalist at the St. George BOA regional, taking 10th place. The "Marching Thunder" repeated as Utah 4A State champion in 2013 with their show, "Our Town," and also placed 4th at the St George, Utah Bands of America Regional. During the 2013 season, the color guard won the "best guard" caption award in every competition entered by the Marching Thunder. With their show "Black Tears", they were a Bands of America regional finalist at the St. George and American Canyon, CA BOA regional, taking 7th place in St. George and 9th in American Canyon. ^[2] They also placed third in the St. George preliminaries. ^[3]

The Marching Thunder were invited to be the Utah representative to march in the Pearl Harbor Memorial parade in December 2014 and to march in the 2018 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.

From 2022 on, the Marching Thunder showed an increase in both size of membership and advancement in placing in both regional and national competition. In 2016, they had traveled to the Bands of America Grand Nationals in Indianapolis and while performing well, placed 55th in the two day competition among just over 100 bands. ^[4]

By 2022, the band had grown to well over 200 members and they placed 3rd at the St. George BOA regional. In 2023 they placed 2nd, with a school record 88.250 score. In 2024, they again placed 3rd in the St. George Regional with a score of 87.750, and then traveled again to the Bands of America Grand Nationals, where they scored an 84.725, an increase of almost 9 points from their 2016 trip and placing them .025 points and one place from competing in semi-finals of the competition.. ^[5]

Notable alumni

Garett Bolles, American Football Player

See also

• List of high schools in Utah

References

1. "Westlake High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
2. "American Canyon, CA 2015 Results". musicforall.org. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
3. "St. George, UT 2015 Results". musicforall.org. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
4. "2016 Grand National Championships" (PDF). musicforall.org. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
5. "BOA-GN-Thursday-Prelims-Recap" (PDF). musicforall.org. Retrieved August 8, 2025.

External links

• Official website
• Alpine School District
• School Library site
• Westlake Bands site