Each student normally carries five courses per year. In order to earn promotion and, in the Sixth Form, a diploma, a student must successfully complete at least four major courses and achieve a minimum general average of 70. In addition to receiving these fixed evaluations, students, parents, and advisers are alerted to any problems that might arise. Students came from twenty-five states and fifteen other countries. About as many students came from independent schools as from public schools.
Seniors assume responsibility in the dorms, extracurricular programs, and work squad program.
They inherit responsibilities and privileges that make them the leaders of the student body. The members of the Student Council are elected from every grade but are led by a board of prefects chosen from the senior class. Students and faculty work together on ad hoc and standing committees to determine and enforce disciplinary standards. Westminster believes that by entering into the life of a coherent and purposeful community, students are able to develop a point of view that makes sense of the opportunities and obstacles they face. To this end, Westminster inspires young men and women of promise to cultivate a passion for learning, to explore and develop their talents in a balanced program, to reach well beyond the ordinary, to live with character and intelligence, and to commit to a life of service beyond oneself.