Lutheran High School Westland

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Lutheran High School Westland
Location
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Westland, Michigan United States
Coordinates	42°20′37″N 83°22′20″W / 42.34361°N 83.37222°W / 42.34361; -83.37222Coordinates: 42°20′37″N 83°22′20″W / 42.34361°N 83.37222°W / 42.34361; -83.37222
Information
Type	Parochial School
Established	1986
Principal	Steven Schwecke
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	approx. 190
Color(s)	Black and white
Athletics conference	Michigan Independent Athletic Conference Michigan High School Athletic Association
Mascot	Warrior
Affiliation	Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Website	Lutheran H.S.

Lutheran High School Westland is a parochial high school located in Westland, Michigan in Wayne County. It is governed by the Lutheran High School Association of Greater Detroit and is associated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Its current enrollment is around 190 students. The school colors are black and white, and its mascot is the Warrior.

History[]

Talks began in the mid-1980s to open another Lutheran high school in western Wayne County. As declining enrollment plagued Lutheran High School East in Harper Woods and Lutheran High School West in Detroit, Westland was selected as the site for the new school.

Mascot[]

The school's mascot is the Warrior. Early in the school's history, a teacher owned a foot and a half-tall replica of a suit of medieval armor that the school began using as both a mascot and a traveling trophy. The winner of the annual football game between Lutheran Westland and Lutheran High School Northwest gains possession of this mascot, affectionately called "Rusty."

Building history[]

The school opened in 1986 in the building that was formerly Nankin Mills Middle School, where singer Alice Cooper attended. A series of city school buildings had been constructed on landfill, and while the sites had been deemed safe, a series of long running legal disputes arose. became a member of the Westland city council as a result of her efforts to close down schools built on landfills that were expelling leachate. As part of the ongoing legal disputes, several school buildings, including the Nankin Mills Middle School were sold to private interests. It is unknown if the Lutheran High School Westland building was among those expelling leachate, as no formal statements have been made on the topic.

References[]

External links[]

• Lutheran High School Westland Home Page
• Reviews by former students
• School Statistics
• (PDF) Are the school and the surrounding woods haunted?