Ashwaubenon High School
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| motto = Big enough to serve you-small enough to know you{{cite web |last1=Nelsen |first1=Brian |title=Welcome to Ashwaubenon High School |url=https://www.ashwaubenon.k12.wi.us/highschool/ |website=Ashwaubenon School District |accessdate=22 November 2018}}
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| teaching_staff = 63.42 (FTE)
| enrollment = 1,004 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=5500540&ID=550054000081|title=Ashwaubenon High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 19, 2024}}
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| grades = 9–12
| streetaddress = 2391 S. Ridge Rd.
| city = Ashwaubenon
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| district = Ashwaubenon School District
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Ashwaubenon High School is a public high school located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, United States. A community pool and performing arts center are also housed within the school.
Demographics
AHS is{{when|date=October 2024}} 79% white, 6% Hispanic, 4% Native American, 3% black, and 2% Asian. 6% of students identify as two or more races.{{cite web |title=Ashwaubenon High School Student Body |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/wisconsin/districts/ashwaubenon-school-district/ashwaubenon-high-21481/student-body |website=U.S. News & World Report |accessdate=5 June 2019}}
Academics
Ashwaubenon High School offers Advanced Placement (AP) classes, which about a third of students take.{{cite web |title=Ashwaubenon High Test Scores |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/wisconsin/districts/ashwaubenon-school-district/ashwaubenon-high-21481/test-scores |website=U.S. News & World Report |accessdate=5 June 2019}}
Athletics
The Ashwaubenon Jaguar football team won the WIAA Division 2 state championship in 1996, 2000, 2001, and 2006.{{cite web |title=Year-by-Year Results - Ashwaubenon Jaguars Football (Green Bay, WI) |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/local/team/records/year_by_year_results.aspx?gendersport=boys,football&schoolid=87f6b043-82ed-4eb9-aafd-d3dcab48c48d |website=MaxPreps |accessdate=5 June 2019}}
The softball team won Division 1 state championships in 1992, 1993, 1994, and 2006.{{cite web |title=Softball - History |url=https://www.wiaawi.org/Sports/Spring/Softball/History |website=Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association |accessdate=5 June 2019}}
Extracurricular activities
The AHS marching band performed at the 2001 Tournament of Roses Parade and the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York.{{Cite web |url=http://fox11online.com/good-day-wi/ashwaubenon-jaguars-to-march-in-new-yorks-st-patricks-day-parade |title=Ashwaubenon Jaguars to march in New York's St. Patrick's Day parade | WLUK |access-date=2018-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331114623/http://fox11online.com/good-day-wi/ashwaubenon-jaguars-to-march-in-new-yorks-st-patricks-day-parade |archive-date=2017-03-31 |url-status=dead }}
A referendum-funded $8 million performing arts center at the high school opened in the fall of 2016, hosting music and drama events from the school as well as other community performances.{{cite web |last1=Schuller |first1=Kris |title=New Ashwaubenon PAC to offer year-round programming |url=https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/new-ashwaubenon-pac-to-offer-year-round-programming/614068568 |website=WFRV |date=December 2016 |accessdate=5 June 2019}}
The Jaguaress dance team claimed a Division 1 kick championship in 2018, Division 2 kick and pom championships in 2019, a Division 2 pom championship in 2021, and a Division 2 kick championship in 2023.{{cite web |title=2018 State Dance Awards held in La Crosse |url=https://fox11online.com/news/local/ashwaubenon-dance-team-div-1-champions |website=WLUK |accessdate=September 18, 2020 |date=February 4, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Gleffe |first1=Murray |title= Ashwaubenon dance team wins two state titles|url=https://gopresstimes.com/2019/02/10/ashwaubenon-dance-team-wins-two-state-titles/ |website=The Press Times |accessdate=September 18, 2020 |date=February 10, 2019}}{{cite web |title= Pom and Dance|url=https://www.ashwaubenon.k12.wi.us/schools/high/athletics/pom-dance.cfm/ |website=Ashwaubenon High School |accessdate=April 13, 2023}}
Ashwaubenon's Nordic skiing team won the 2020 state championship.{{cite web |last1=Putman |first1=Cathy |title=Ashwaubenon Nordic Ski Team wins state championship |url=https://gopresstimes.com/2020/02/13/ashwaubenon-nordic-ski-team-wins-state-championship/ |website=The Press Times |accessdate=September 18, 2020 |date=February 13, 2020}}
AHS has a competitive show choir, "Encore".{{cite web |title=SCC: Viewing School - Ashwaubenon High School |url=https://www.showchoir.com/choirs/school.php?id=501 |website=Show Choir Community |accessdate=February 26, 2020}}
Incidents
In 2008, the school made national and international headlines after it was discovered that a 33-year-old mother of two named Wendy Anne Brown had disguised herself as her teenage daughter and enrolled as a sophomore, attending classes for one day and being admitted to the cheerleading program before being caught by the police and charged with identity theft.{{cite web |last1=Rushton |first1=Bruce |title=Cass County familiar with mom, 33, who posed as high school student |url=https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2008/09/23/cass-county-familiar-with-mom/986175007/ |website=The State Journal-Register |accessdate=May 9, 2022 |date=September 23, 2008}}{{cite web |last1=Maysh |first1= Jeffrey |title=Why One Woman Pretended to Be a High-School Cheerleader |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/07/wendy-brown/486152/ |website= The Atlantic |date= 6 July 2016 |accessdate=11 September 2019}} Diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder and paranoid personality disorder, the court found her “not guilty by reason of mental disease.” {{cite web |title=State v. Brown |url=https://casetext.com/case/state-v-brown-2818 |website=CaseText |accessdate=May 9, 2022}} The story was later adapted into a 2019 Lifetime movie entitled Identity Theft of a Cheerleader, starring Maiara Walsh, Karis Cameron, Jesse Irving, Naika Toussaint, Chiara Guzzo, Matty Finochio, Bzhaun Rhoden, and Gail O'Grady.{{cite web |last1=Curry Reyes |first1=Traciy |title='Identity Theft Of A Cheerleader': Lifetime Movie Based On What True Story?—Wendy Brown Cheerleading Mom Scandal |url=https://tvcrimesky.com/2019/09/08/identity-theft-of-a-cheerleader-lifetime-movie-based-on-true-story-wendy-brown-cheerleading-mom-scandal-greenbay-wisconsin/1804 |website= TV News |accessdate=11 September 2019}}
In 2017, the school again made national headlines after a parent who thought a student dressed as a stormtrooper from Star Wars for May the Fourth (Star Wars Day) was a threat to the school, resulting in an evacuation. A nearby middle school and community center were also placed on lockdown during the incident.{{cite magazine |last1=Segarra |first1=Lisa Marie |title=Star Wars Day: Darth Vader Costume Causes School Evacuation |url=https://time.com/4767334/star-wars-day-school-evacuation-ashwaubenon-darth-vader/ |magazine=Time |accessdate=2 July 2019}}
Notable alumni
- Mason Appleton, professional ice hockey forward
- Joel Hodgson (1978), writer, television producer, and creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000{{cite news |author=Warren Gerds |title='MST3K' guys are starting another chapter with more movies to spoof |url=http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071217/GPG07/712170519/1907 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |date=December 17, 2007 |accessdate=2008-01-31}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
- Adam Koch (2006), basketball player{{cite press release |title=Adam Koch Real GM profile |publisher=RealGM.com |url=http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Adam_Koch/Summary/7453 |accessdate=2012-08-14}}
- James Morgan (2015), American football quarterback{{cite web |last1=Venci |first1=Scott |title=Showcasing his skills: Ashwaubenon's Morgan could be next local star to play in NFL |url=https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/restricted/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenbaypressgazette.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2F2020%2F02%2F04%2Fashwaubenons-james-morgan-could-next-local-star-play-nfl%2F4655093002%2F |website=Green Bay Press-Gazette |publisher=Gannett |accessdate=February 26, 2020 |date=February 5, 2020}}
- Aaron Stecker, NFL running back{{cite news |author=Ernest Hooper |title=Stecker's trek may end at NFL |url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/052300/Sports/Stecker_s_trek_may_en.shtml |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=May 23, 2000 |accessdate=2008-01-31}}{{cite press release|title=Four Members of the Green Bay Packers Bid for NFL Europe |publisher=Green Bay Packers |date=June 8, 2000 |url=http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2000/06/06-08.html |accessdate=2008-01-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050313085707/http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2000/06/06-08.html |archive-date=March 13, 2005 }}
- Mike Taylor (2008), professional football player
- Christian Wolanin (2013), NHL player{{cite web|title=CHRISTIAN WOLANIN|url=http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=210291396|website=undsports.com|accessdate=April 23, 2018}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925021601/http://www.ashwaubenon.k12.wi.us/highschool/ Ashwaubenon High School]
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Category:Schools in Brown County, Wisconsin
Category:Educational institutions established in 1965