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Announcement – Head Track & Field Coach

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 3, 2024, Wichita, KS

Wichita West High School Athletic Department Announces New Track & Field Coach

The Wichita West Athletic Department is excited to announce Jeremy Moss as the new Head Track & Field Coach, effective for the 2025 season. Coach Moss will be taking over after 4 seasons from Coach Chelsea Koenigsman, who tendered her resignation on May 12.

Coach Moss has taught at Wichita West the past year, as well as coached Pioneer Football. Coach Moss has been coaching for the past 18 years. Coming from an athletic background, playing football and running track at Pittsburg State University, and turning his love for athletics into a career. Coach Moss has encapsulated what it means to be a Pioneer, and is the perfect candidate to take over Pioneer Track & Field!

In a statement, Coach Moss shared his thoughts on the appointment: “I am more than excited to be named the Head Track Coach at West. West High’s athletic programs are on the rise, and I am blessed to be a part of it. I want to encourage all students to get involved, participate in clubs/groups/sports etc.”

Athletic Director Micah Womacks also shared his excitement: “I am thrilled to have Coach Moss take over Pioneer Track & Field. Coach has been a tremendous asset to our programs and building during his tenure at Wichita West. He has been excellent about recruiting the hallways and keeping students involved in different programs from clubs and athletics alike. The Athletic Department goal for the 2024-2025 school year is to ‘Build Winners’. I am confident that Coach Moss will be a tremendous asset to our Track & Field program and can help Pioneers become winners in their own lives.”

We look forward to a new chapter in Pioneer Track & Field with Coach Jeremy Moss at the helm.

 

 

TODAY'S PIONEERS NEED OUR SUPPORT!   YOU CAN HELP WITH JUST A PHONE CALL TO KERRI GREEN AT WEST HIGH SCHOOL, 316-973-3607 !

 

  1. Buy a Brick or a Bench at West High (Contact the school) 
  2. Buy a T Shirt (See link Below)
  3. Check Out West High Booster Club on Facebook!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This bench for our class and remembering John Ashton is placed along the brick walk at West High!!! Thank you Marcia Ohmie Ashton, Bruce Unruh, and all those who helped with this project!

 

 

West High alumni help build back school’s academics, pride.

 

Let's Go Pioneers!

West High Pioneer Booster Club

SWAG SHOP: MERCHANDISE Online Ordering Coming Soon!

Our Booster Club has t-shirts, hoodies and tumblers available: https://www.usd259.org/Page/21917

 

* Answer to ???s about WWHS:

1.     How many students are in WWHS now?                                                                                          There are 1438 students in WWHS, which now includes 9th grade. There are 276 Seniors compared to our 628 in 1971.

 

2.     How many students at WWHS now receive free or reduced lunches?

The percentage of West High School students on free and reduced lunch assistance (83.2%) is significantly higher than the state average of 43.1%. 

 

3.     How many students graduated in the first graduation ceremony?                                

The first graduation ceremony was held at The Forum on May 27, 1954, and included 250 students, according to an article in the Eagle May 28, 1954. Those kids would have been transfers from North or East High Schools. The first all-West cohort was in 1956, and had 408 graduates.That was also held at The Forum.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

4.     How many students attended Wichita West High School in it's first year?                                  There were approx. 1100 students attending WWHS when it opened its doors in September, 1953. The West Wichita Community Council first started campaigning for a school in that section of town in 1925.

 

5.     What is the student / teacher ratio now at WWHS? 

The ratio of students to teachers in now 15.3 to 1. The highest rate recently was in 2013 at 19.5 to 1. The lowest was 13.4 to 1 in 2006.

 

6.     What are the student proficiency scores at Wichita West High School now?  According to state test scores, 7% of students are proficient in math and 11% in reading. The total minority enrollment is 71%, and 89% of students are economically disadvantaged. These factors make it very difficut for parents, who are probably working, to help students with their homework, the way our parents may have. Can you help tutor some of these kids after classes? Many of you are retired teachers, and all of us had English as our first language at home. Please consider giving these kids a little of your time!

 

* Thanks to our unofficial "historian" Jim Mason, for his WWHS trivia research. Check back for more WWHS Now Stats.

 

Wichita West High "Keeper"

(design/painting by WWHS 2022 art students)

West High School Alumni Hall

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to All Alumni Hall Inductees, and those who have made us Proud to be Pioneers!