West Hills High School

West Hills High School is a public, comprehensive high school in Santee, California, and serves students in grades nine through twelve. Opened in 1987, West Hills is the eleventh of thirteen high schools to be constructed in the Grossmont Union High School District which serves the East County area of San Diego County.

WWW wolfpack.guhsd.net

History

West Hills High School opened in 1985 as a satellite campus of Santana High School to address overcrowding, with freshmen attending morning classes before being bused back to Santana for afternoon instruction. On September 7, 1987, the school opened as the district’s tenth high school with 14 teachers and 320 freshmen. Construction of the campus began in 1989 and was planned in two phases, with the first phase completed prior to the 1990–91 school year. The first graduating class held its commencement in June 1991 at San Diego State University.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics
West Hills High School’s athletic teams, known as the Wolf Pack, compete in the Hills League of the Grossmont Conference and in the California Interscholastic Federation CIF San Diego Section. In 2013, the school introduced Wolfette as a secondary mascot, and in 2012 it completed and officially opened a new swimming pool.

Fall sports	Winter sports	Spring sports
Cheerleading	Basketball	Baseball
Cross country	Soccer	Softball
Field hockey	Wrestling	Gymnastics
Football	Water polo	Track and field
Water polo		Lacrosse
Volleyball		Volleyball
Tennis		Swim and dive
Golf		Tennis
Flag football		Golf
		Beach volleyball

2000 - Teammates Evan Fox and Ben Aragon place 1st and 4th in the mile at the California State Track and Field Championships.

Notable alumni

Stephen Strasburg, 2006, first overall pick in the 2009 MLB draft, pitcher for Washington Nationals, MVP of the 2019 MLB World Series
Dat Phan, 1993, Last Comic Standing winner
Mega64, 2002, Internet comedy troupe consisting of Rocco Botte, Derrick Acosta, and Shawn Chatfield.
Jack Browning, 2019, punter for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tanner Engstrand Offensive coordinator of the New York Jets

Former principals

1999 - Principal Marge Cole is reassigned after 74% of the faculty sign a letter of no confidence in her management style.
1999 - Jim Peabody becomes the new principal.
2003 - Mike Lewis becomes the new principal.
2005 - Brian Wilbur becomes the new principal.
2008 - Patrick Keeley becomes the new principal.
2011 - Paul Dautremont becomes the new principal.
2015 - Robin Ballarin becomes the new principal.
2022 - April Baker becomes the new principal.