Westover High School (Fayetteville, North Carolina)
| Westover High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
277 Bonanza Drive 28303 United States | |
| Coordinates | 35°05′06″N 78°59′14″W / 35.08500°N 78.98722°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Powerful Beyond Measure |
| Established | 1977 |
| School district | Cumberland County Schools |
| CEEB code | 341327 |
| Principal | Vernon Lowery |
| Teaching staff | 63.34 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,244 (2023–2024)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.64[1] |
| Schedule type | Block |
| Colors | Blue and grey |
| Athletics conference | 3A Cape Fear Valley |
| Mascot | Wolverine |
| Feeder schools | Westover Middle, Anne Chesnutt Middle |
| Website | wohs |
Westover High School is a public high school located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. It is a member of Cumberland County Schools (CCS).
History
In the beginning there was a Westover but not a Westover built from brick and steel but a Westover built from wooden boards. In the early 1900s a small one room school house was built off what is now Morganton Road. Writing on simple desks and seated on wooden benches, students attended school only three months out of the year and teachers received only an average income of twenty dollars a month
On November 10, 1924 six county schools were consolidated. The school Macpherson, Glendale, Galatia, Raymount, Kornbow, and Westover came together to form Seventy-First. then for almost half a century, the name of Westover was all but forgotten. 50 years later the plans were once again made for a separate Westover. First the junior high was built and then two years later plans for the senior high followed.
The New school which cost approximately five million dollars to build encountered problems even before its completion. Work on the building fell behind schedule and school opened four months later. Consequently, the senior high school students had to go on a split shift with Westover junior High. The seventh through ninth graders attended school from 7:30am to 12:30pm. The high school students went to school from 1:30pm to 6:15pm
even after the move to the senior high at the end of October 1977, the building was still not completely finished but Westover was again a separate school. The first school year at Westover proved that Westover Senior high would stay forever. Even though much of the student body and faculty almost all came from seventy first most managed to put all that aside and start fresh as the Westover Wolverines.
The principle at the time of opening was Doctor Shipp
Athletics
The Lady Wolverines won the 2007–2008 State 4A Women's Basketball Championship.[4]
The men’s basketball team tied (due to cancellation of the state championship game because of COVID) for state champion in 2020 with a 30-0 record Under coach Stackhouse.[5]
Notable alumni
- Dottie Alexander — keyboardist for the band of Montreal[6]
- Affion Crockett — actor, writer, dancer, rapper, comedian, and music producer
- Eric Maynor — NBA player
- Marshall Pitts Jr. — lawyer and politician[7]
- Dennis L.A. White — stage and screen actor
References
- ^ a b "Westover High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
Students: 1,244 (2023-2024)
- ^ "Westover High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
- ^ "Classmates - Find your school, yearbooks and alumni online". www.classmates.com. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
- ^ "WEST CHARLOTTE FALLS JUST SHORT OF 4A TITLE". The Charlotte Observer. March 16, 2008. pp. 6C.
- ^ Baxley, Rodd. "Wolverines receive state title rings". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
- ^ Westover High School class lists. Retrieved Dec 16, 2019.
- ^ "Mayor-elect Wants To Develop North Carolina City's Assets". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. November 23, 2001. Retrieved June 13, 2014.