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hello and welcome my name is Dr Andrew Whitner and I am the proud School leader of West End Secondary School a 6 to 12 School located within District 3 in partnership with New York City Outward Bound and E education West End secondary school or west aims to provide students with Hands-On real-world learning opportunities that uses New York City as an extended classroom at the center of is crew a small group of students who stayed together year after year it's where students build trust learn to lead and discover who they are not just as learners but as people I like crew because it's like a group students that like you've known for a really long time so like my crew I've known all of them since sixth grade we're so like close like no matter like how far we are apart West End offers students opportunities in every direction from arts and Robotics to Athletics and advanced academics West End secondary school or west is an incredibly competitive academic institution however what truly defines is Excellence is the quality of its people our educators our students and our families our compassionate kind and working collaboration to ensure that students have the best learning experience possible throughout all 7 grades in our school we are a school where our core values are not just words that are on a Crest or on the walls but we live them uh throughout the day so our students are incredibly compassionate looking out for each other they are creative both in terms of their Artistic Endeavors but also in terms of creative thinking and pushing each other to think about the world differently they are incredibly resilient and that includes inside and outside of the classroom this is a truly incredible place to learn to teach to be a part of as a family member I am incredibly blessed and lucky to be a part of the West Community over the last decade we have built something extraordinary students at this school first study the world so they can then change the world families choose Western and secondary school because it's more than just a school it's a place and a home that nurtures their whole child we have a lot of clubs and extracurriculars to do at West we have a lot of sports um something I'm very involved in is in our school play especially for high school and Middle School my first year as a ninth grade student at West was very welcoming and I just felt like they were accepting me to be a part of a community something that I really love about this school is the community that I'm able to Foster and be a part of here um there are so many Brilliant Minds and 1 of the benefits about West is that we're a small and tight-knit school which means that everyone has a chance to speak up and be a part of everything and it's so great to learn from those around me here at West End Secondary School we Center our 4 core values of compassion creativity wonder and resilience these 4 core values are Central to everything that we do and guide how we interact with each other and the world around us go wild don't Wildcats go Wildcats go Wildcats go Wildcats go Wildcats let's go Wildcats

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