Westwood Elementary
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Westwood Elementary School is a charter school located in Selby Avenue, Los Angeles, California. Westwood Elementary is a California Distinguished School that serves pre-kindergarten through 5th grade, following a traditional single track school calendar. The school's charter authorizer and operator is the Los Angeles Unified School District. As of SY 2005-05, Westwood Elem has an enrollment of 746 students. Westwood's campus houses 35 classrooms (each with a ratio of one computer to every six students, a printer, and a teaching screen), a playground for grades 1-5, a separate Kindergarten play yard, a cafeteria with indoor eating area, covered outdoor eating area, auditorium with stage, a library, and 12 landscaped outdoor classrooms and garden education areas.
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Ranking
- State Rank: 10 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
- API Score: 912 (The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school’s or school district’s performance)
From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
History
1924 - Westwood Elementary School opened.
Map & Directions
<googlemap lat="34.048179" lon="-118.430836" type="map" zoom="17"> 34.047553, -118.43084, 2050 Selby Ave
Los Angeles, CA </googlemap>
1] Head northeast on Santa Monica Blvd toward Barry Ave.
2] Turn right at Selby Ave.
Faculty & Staff Information
- Judy Utvich - School Principal
- Teachers with full credential: 100%
- Teachers with emergency credential: 0%
- Average teaching experience: 8 years
- Average teaching in district: 8 years
- First year teachers: 5%
Ethnic Diversity
- 69% White
- 15% Asian
- 8% Hispanic
- 6% African American
- 2% Filipino
- <1% American Indian/Alaska Native
- <1% Pacific Islander
Parent & Staff Comments
(parents and staff members can post their comments about this school here)
About the Neighborhood
Enrollment
- Students entering school in September must be at least five years old on, or before, December 2nd of the same year.
- Westwood Charter School is open to all residents and welcomes all students, however, first priority is given to children within the enrollment boundaries.
- Westwood Charter School has approximately 740 students.
- The majority of the Kindergarten children are from the local neighborhood.
- Westwood Charter School is committed to enrolling a student population reflective of the ethnic and cultural diversity of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Class Structure
- The teachers, specialists and volunteers provide individualized, small group and whole group instruction.
- “Team-teaching” enriches instruction.
- For some subjects, students are clustered based on their individual needs and interests. All learning clusters are flexible.
- There are three Special Education classes, with student placement made by the District Office.
- Parent/teacher conferences are held a minimum of two times each year, and upon request.
Ongoing Programs
- G.A.T.E. (Gifted and Talented Enrichment)
- Student Council
- Social Ethics & Values Program
- Service Learning
- Multicultural Fair
- Great Books Program
- Technology Program
- W.A.T.C.H. Tutoring Program (Westwood Adults Teaching Children How)
- Ecology and Recycling Program
- PsychoMotor Program
- Specialized Grade Level Meetings
- Earthquake Preparedness Program
- School Beautification
- Monthly Awards Assembly
- Homework Lab
- Peer Mediation Program
- Drama/Dance Program
- Music Program
- Art Program
- Orchestra
