Western International High School

at , Detroit , 48209 United States

Western International High School is a secondary educational facility, located across from Clark Park, within southwest Detroit's Mexicantown. Western is operated by the Detroit Public Schools system.WIHS holds no admission test; enrollment is open to all Detroiters of high school age. Western is the most culturally diverse public high school in Detroit; the student body is (approximate figures) 50% Hispanic/Latino, 30% African American, 10% Caucasian, and 10'% listed as "other".It is the final remaining public high school in southwestern Detroit. Western serves Mexicantown, Boynton–Oakwood Heights, Delray, and Springwells Village.HistoryWestern International previously had a rivalry with Southwestern High School. In 2012 Southwestern closed, and part of its boundary was reassigned to Western International.Distinguished alumniAuthor and athlete Ken Doherty was a 1923 graduate of Western High School; Doherty went on to athletic fame as an All-American track and field performer at Detroit City College. During much of the 1920s, Doherty was the nation's best decathlon performer; he won a bronze medal in the decathlon at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. Doherty's Track and Field Omnibook (1971) is the world's most widely read publication on the sport of track and field.

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Western International High School

Detroit , MI 48209
United States
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http://detroitk12.org/schools/western/

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