Hazelwood West High School
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Hazelwood West High School is a public high school in the Hazelwood School District
located in North St. Louis County, Missouri
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in the 1970s. Students from Hazelwood East High School
and Hazelwood West High School
would alternate use of the Central campus with Central. The building that would become Hazelwood West opened in 1969 as a three-year-junior high school, Howdershell Jr. High. A greatly expanded building opened as a six-year facility in 1975, the present Hazelwood West High School, housing students from grades nine through twelve. In 2002, all district junior high schools were renamed middle schools. In 2005, two new building additions were added, a band room near the main entrance and a three-story classroom wing in the rear of the former middle school section. With the completion of six new middle schools in 2007: Hazelwood Central Middle School, Hazelwood North Middle School, Hazelwood Northwest Middle School, Hazelwood East Middle School
, Hazelwood Southeast Middle School, and Hazelwood West Middle School, Hazelwood West was designated solely as a high school.
Hazelwood School District
Hazelwood School District is a school district covering a large portion of north St. Louis County, Missouri, including the cities of Florissant, Hazelwood, Black Jack, Spanish Lake, Ferguson, Bellefontaine Neighbors, and Bridgeton....
located in North St. Louis County, Missouri
St. Louis County, Missouri
St. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. St. Louis County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area wherein the independent City of St. Louis and its suburbs in St. Louis County, as well as the surrounding counties in both Missouri and Illinois all...
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History
Hazelwood West High School began on the current site of Hazelwood Central High SchoolHazelwood Central High School
Hazelwood Central High School is located at 15875 New Halls Ferry Road in unincorporated St. Louis County, adjacent to the current northeast boundary of Florissant, MO. The school is one of three high schools in the district, the others being Hazelwood West High School and Hazelwood East High School...
in the 1970s. Students from Hazelwood East High School
Hazelwood East High School
Hazelwood East High School is located at 11300 Dunn Road in St. Louis County. The school is one of three high schools in the Hazelwood School District, the others being Hazelwood West High School and Hazelwood Central High School.-History:...
and Hazelwood West High School
Hazelwood West High School
Hazelwood West High School is a public high school in the Hazelwood School District located in North St. Louis County, Missouri.- History :Hazelwood West High School began on the current site of Hazelwood Central High School in the 1970s. Students from Hazelwood East High School and Hazelwood West...
would alternate use of the Central campus with Central. The building that would become Hazelwood West opened in 1969 as a three-year-junior high school, Howdershell Jr. High. A greatly expanded building opened as a six-year facility in 1975, the present Hazelwood West High School, housing students from grades nine through twelve. In 2002, all district junior high schools were renamed middle schools. In 2005, two new building additions were added, a band room near the main entrance and a three-story classroom wing in the rear of the former middle school section. With the completion of six new middle schools in 2007: Hazelwood Central Middle School, Hazelwood North Middle School, Hazelwood Northwest Middle School, Hazelwood East Middle School
Hazelwood East Middle School
Hazelwood East Middle School is located in the Hazelwood School District in Saint Louis, Missouri. This building opened in the 1950s as the only high school in the school district, Hazelwood High School. In the 1960s, overcrowding issues led to the building of the much-larger Hazelwood Central...
, Hazelwood Southeast Middle School, and Hazelwood West Middle School, Hazelwood West was designated solely as a high school.
Notable alumni
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in 2000 - Lamark BrownLamark BrownLamark Brown is a Wide Receiver and a Running Back for the Minnesota State University football team.-High school:Lamark started all four years at Hazelwood West High School in Hazelwood, Missouri at free safety and running back and was a two-time consensus Class 6 all-state performer by the...
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player - Kyle McClellanKyle McClellanKyle William McClellan is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. He attended Hazelwood West High School. After graduating from high school, McClellan was drafted by the St...
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