* 2007 Positive Promotions Teacher Appreciation Week Contest Grand Prize Winner - awarded $500
* 2007 Westwood named first-ever Texas State School of Character
* 2007 Westwood named National School of Character Finalist
* 2006 Teacher Appreciation Week Contest Grand Prize Winner
* 2006 National School of Character Promising Practice Citation Award for our Hometown Heroes Program in partnership with the FHS Varsity Boys' Basketball Team
* 2005-2006 Exemplary rating by the State of Texas for academic performance.
* 2005 Red Ribbon Week Contest Grand Prize
* 2005 Mars Rover Competition: third grade group took 1st place in the Solar Powered Model category
* 2005 National Schools of Character Promising Practice Citation Award
* 2004 Mars Rover Competition: won 11 out of 15 awards in the Solar Powered Model category.
* 2004 Positive Promotions Red Ribbon Week Activities Contest - 3rd Place
* 2000-2005 Westwood earns the rating exemplary by the state of Texas for academic performance.
* 1999 Westwood becomes an EC-3rd grade campus
* 1999 Westwood Nature Center is created providing an outdoor classroom for hands-on learning opportunities
* 1998 Exemplary rating by the State of Texas for academic performance; Title I Exemplary School
* 1998 Westwood adopts STS-90 Shuttle Mission
* 1997 Exemplary rating by the State of Texas for academic performance; Title I Exemplary School
* 1996 Texas Blue Ribbon School and Exemplary rating by the State of Texas for academic performance
* 1995 Exemplary rating by the State of Texas for academic performance.
* 1994 Exemplary rating by the State of Texas for academic performance. Odyssey of the Mind program begins. HOTS and CEI programs initiated. Macintosh Computer Lab opens.
* 1994 Students create a Time Capsule which was buried at the entrance to Westwood. The capsule is to be opened in 2024.
* 1993 The new wing opens in September.
* 1990's The children of Westwood adopt 250+ acres of Rain forest in the Danen Biosphere Reserve in Panama.
* 1990 Westwood is named Exemplary Performance School in the state of Texas by the Governor's Committee for Educational Excellence.
* 1984 Westwood's Challenge Program is highlighted on a Steve Allen documentary on gifted programsin Texas.
* 1983/84 Westwood students are highlighted on PM Magazine and CBS Morning News for their part in the FHS television production by students.
* 1980 Governor Clements visits the school in response to student requests and to the students' visit to Austin to request help for the 1979 flood victims in Friendswood.
* 1970's Westwood becomes a model school for the PEGASUS/PACE Reading Program and its Math Management Program.
* 1967 Westwood is built with John Ward as Superintendent and Jack Warner as principal. Other principals have been: Jean Wren, Curtis Wilson, Mary Ward, Hazel Johnson, David Dunham, Davanna Roesler and currently serving, Lynn Hobratschk.