Westwood High School, 180 Turkey Farm Road, Blythewood SC 29016.  The mission of the Westwood High School Fine Arts Department is to provide engaging instruction that promotes Life-long Learning and an Appreciation, Understanding, and Creative expression of the Fine Arts.  Westwood is a suburban school with 1380 students, grades 9-12, with 51% free/reduced lunch.  Programs: Emergency and Fire Management, AVID, SOAR Honors Academy, Studio D (PBL Collaborative), Engineering Technologies, and Convergence Media.  Westwood is a whole school magnet in Richland Two called the Institute of Research, Engagement, and Design (iRED).  Art Areas: Dance, Theatre, Visual Arts, 2 D, 3 D Art, Digital Photography, Music Appreciation, Vocal Music, Orchestra, Guitar, Band, Creative Writing. ABC site 1 year.  Gifted and Talented Arts:  AP Music Theory, AP Studio Art Drawing, AP Studio Art 2D Design, Gifted and Talented Art, Theatre, Dance.  After school rehearsal & performance class: Dance, Theatre, Chorus, Marching Band.  Before school: Wind Ensemble.  Grants: Distinguished Arts Program (DAP) Grant: 2014-15, 2015-16; ABC Grant: 2015, 2016.  Each fall, Fine Arts creates Arts Integrated performance; each spring, Westwood hosts its Renaissance Faire.  Awards:  Orchestra: Students selected for Midlands Region Orchestra.  Marching Band: Excellent Rating at Upper State Championships, 2015, selected for All-State Band Clinic. Concert Band: Concert Band received Excellent; Wind Ensemble received Superior Chorus: Chorus students selected for Richland 2 District Honor Choir.  Westwood Theatre:  SC Theatre Association:  All Star Cast winners.  Palmetto Dramatic Association: Chapter Select: 1^st place 2016, represent South Carolina at International Thespian Competition, Nebraska, 2016 Visual Art: SC State Fair Awards: 3 Gold Key Awards, 2 Silver Key Awards. Westwood Visual Arts teacher, Bill Hicks, article, “Mixed-Media Motivates” published in Arts and Activities. Dance: National Honor Society for Dance Arts, Chartered 2016.   Fine Arts: Arts Integrated High School Distinction by Richland School District Two December 2015.