Henry S. West Laboratory School | |
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Address | |
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5300 Carillo Street , 33146 United States | |
Coordinates | 25°43′16.42″N 80°16′26.59″W / 25.7212278°N 80.2740528°W |
Information | |
Type | Elementary school |
Established | 1954 |
School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
Principal | Ms. Michelle Sanchez-Perez |
Faculty | 22.0 (on an FTE basis) [2] |
Grades | K-6 [1] |
Enrollment | 314 [2] (2005-2006) |
Student to teacher ratio | 14.3 [2] |
Color(s) | Green and Orange |
Mascot | Crab |
Website |
westlab |
Henry S. West Laboratory School is an elementary school in Coral Gables, Florida, United States, on the University of Miami campus and is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system.
The school was established in 1954, as an experimental school of choice associated with the School of Education at the University of Miami. [3] It was named after Henry Skinner West. [4] It collaborates with the University's Department of Teaching and Learning on various projects such as science programs and the creation of a "living habitat". [5] University faculty members and students teach and conduct research throughout the school under the direction of Dr. Shawn Post, as the "Professor in Residence". [6]
West Laboratory School is graded "A", the highest designation on Florida's six-point assessment scale. [7]
Bales Balbin Bransgrove, a fourth-grader in 2006–07, won several awards for his research on natural and safe alternatives to killing harmful pesticides, including a Student Research Award from Schering-Plough. [8]
Aldeen H. Lindgren, 5th grade teacher, retired, of Palm City Florida, was recently[ when?] named "All Time Best Teacher Ever" by the L.B. Clements Educational Foundation.
Henry S West Laboratory School crest was designed by Elizabeth Balbin Bransgrove and digitised by Adel Mesa in 2003-2004 symbolising the four pillars of academic and educational excellence between West Laboratory School and the University of Miami.