Westland Middle School
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Westland Middle School is a public school in Bethesda
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House , which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda...

 in unincorporated Montgomery County
Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D.C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the United States, and has the highest percentage of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate...

, Maryland
Maryland
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. It opened in 1952 as Western Junior High School, it then changed its name to Westland Jr. High School when it merged with Leland Junior High School, and later to Westland Intermediate School. Westland Middle School used to be a white school during segregation
Racial segregation in the United States
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.

The school serves the Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Chevy Chase is the name of both a town and an unincorporated census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland. In addition, a number of villages in the same area of Montgomery County include "Chevy Chase" in their names...

 area, part of Silver Spring
Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It had a population of 71,452 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth most populous place in Maryland, after Baltimore, Columbia, and Germantown.The urbanized, oldest, and...

, and some areas considered to be Bethesda. Several municipalities, including the towns of Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase (town), Maryland
Chevy Chase is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,726 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chevy Chase is located at ....

, Chevy Chase View
Chevy Chase View, Maryland
Chevy Chase View is a town located in Montgomery County, Maryland. Established as a Special Tax District in 1924, the town was formally incorporated in 1993...

, Chevy Chase Village
Chevy Chase Village, Maryland
Chevy Chase Village is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,043 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chevy Chase Village is located at ....

, and Somerset
Somerset, Maryland
Somerset is an incorporated town within Chevy Chase in Montgomery County, Maryland, near its border with Washington, D.C.. The population was 1,124 at the 2000 census...

, and the villages of Chevy Chase Section Three
Chevy Chase Section Three, Maryland
Chevy Chase Section Three is a village in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It was originally organized as a Special Tax District in 1916 and later incorporated as a village in 1982...

, Chevy Chase Section Five
Chevy Chase Section Five, Maryland
Chevy Chase Section Five is a village in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It was founded as a Special Tax District in 1922 and was incorporated as a village in 1982...

, Martin's Additions
Martin's Additions, Maryland
Martin's Additions is a village in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It was established as a Special Tax District in 1916 and incorporated as a village in 1985...

, and North Chevy Chase
North Chevy Chase, Maryland
North Chevy Chase is a village in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It was established as a Special Tax District in 1924 and incorporated as a village in 1996...

, are assigned to Westland Middle School. Roughly 1100 students are currently enrolled at Westland.

The school is part of the Bethesda Chevy Chase High School cluster. Half of the students at the school enter when they are in the seventh grade, as many go to Chevy Chase Elementary and North Chevy Chase Elementary which end in sixth grade, unlike Somerset Elementary School, Rock Creek Forest Elementary, Westbrook Elementary, and Bethesda Elementary which end in fifth grade. The school has a rivalry with the school Thomas W. Pyle Middle School
Thomas W. Pyle Middle School
Thomas W. Pyle Middle School, colloquially known as Pyle Middle School, is a public school for students in grades 6, 7 and 8 located in Bethesda, Maryland. It was founded as a junior high school in 1962 and named after a longtime principal of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, who later became...

, a nearby middle school. The mascot of the school is the Wildcat (Westland Wildcats).

Administration

  • Principal:Daniel Vogelman
  • Assistant Principal:Ben Costa
  • Assistant School Administrator: Shelia Harrison

Notable alumni

  • Michelle Bachelet
    Michelle Bachelet
    Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country...

    , President of Chile
    President of Chile
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     (1962–64). In 2006, while on her first state visit
    State visit
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     to the United States
    United States
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     as President
    President
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     of Chile
    Chile
    Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

    , she paid a visit to the school
    School
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    .
  • Maria Shriver
    Maria Shriver
    Maria Owings Shriver is an American journalist and author of six best-selling books. She has received a Peabody Award, and was co-anchor for NBC's Emmy-winning coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics. As executive producer of The Alzheimer's Project, Shriver earned two Emmy Awards and an Academy of...

     (c. 1960s).
  • Alfredo Jocelyn-Holt
    Alfredo Jocelyn-Holt
    Alfredo Jocelyn-Holt Letelier is a Chilean writer and historian who has gained notoriety by his study of the Chilean elite aristocracy and plutocracy and his criticism of traditional state-centered historiography...

    , Chilean historian (1967-69).

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