Gibraltar Secondary School
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| motto = Engaging Minds, Empowering Learning, Achieving Excellence
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| address = 3924 HWY 42
| city = Fish Creek
| state = Wisconsin
| zipcode = 54212
| country = United States
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| schooltype = K-12 school
| fundingtype = Public
| established = {{Start date and age|1917}}
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| district = Gibraltar Area School District
| superintendent = Brett Stousland
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| principal = Secondary: James DeBroux
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| grades = 6-12
| gender = Mixed
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| ratio = 11:1
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| colors = Blue and Gold
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| mascot = Viking
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| newspaper = The Viking Voice
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| website = {{URL|www.gibraltar.k12.wi.us/Domain/112}}
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Gibraltar Secondary School is a public school in the unincorporated community of Fish Creek, Town of Gibraltar, Door County, Wisconsin, United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/wisconsin/districts/gibraltar-area-school-district/gibraltar-high-21593 |title=Gibraltar School District in FISH CREEK, WI | Best High Schools |publisher=US News |date= |accessdate=2012-10-29}} It serves grades 6-12 and is a part of the Gibraltar Area Schools.
It used to be known as Gibraltar High School and served grades 9 through 12.{{cite web|url=http://www.gasd.new.rschooltoday.com/page/2635 |title=Gibraltar Area Schools |publisher=Gasd.new.rschooltoday.com |accessdate=2012-10-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715015150/http://www.gasd.new.rschooltoday.com/page/2635 |archivedate=2014-07-15 }}
History
The school was founded in 1917, when the townspeople decided to establish the first high school in the county outside Sturgeon Bay.{{cite book|author=Hjalmar Rued Holand|title=History of Door County, Wisconsin, the county beautiful|publisher=S. J. Clarke|location=Chicago|year=1917|page=360|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zFo0AQAAMAAJ&q=Gibraltar+High+School+Fish+Creek+1918&pg=PA360|oclc=12898939}}
Overview
Student body
Of the 198 students in 2011, 52% were female, and 5% were minorities.
From 2000 to 2019, high school enrollment (grades 9–12) declined 17.6%. Enrollment of students younger than high school declined 21.3%.2000-2019 enrollment figures come from the Wisconsin DPI [https://dpi.wi.gov/school-nutrition/program-statistics/archive#epr Program Statistics Archives, Wisconsin School Free/Reduced Eligibility Data] and the Wisconsin DPI [https://dpi.wi.gov/school-nutrition/program-statistics School Nutrition Program Statistics] reports for school level enrollment and participation data. The drop in middle school enrollment between the school years starting in 2013 and 2014 reflects the enrollment for grade 6 being taken from the middle school and added to the elementary school starting in 2014. This also boosted the elementary school enrollment during the same period.
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Curriculum
The school offers Advanced Placement courses; 49% of the students are enrolled in at least one of these courses. Gibraltar offers a heavy focus in the 4 A's (Arts, Athletics, Academics, Activities
Sports
The school's mascot is the Viking, the school colors are blue and gold,{{cite web|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/gibraltar-vikings-%28fish-creek,wi%29/football/home.htm |title=Gibraltar High School (Fish Creek, WI) Football Home |publisher=MaxPreps.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-29}} and teams compete in the Packerland Conference.
In 1940, the Gibraltar High School boys' basketball team won the peninsula championship.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=slNQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6790,7432734&dq=gibraltar-high-school+fish+creek&hl=en|title=Two High School Boys Drown at Fish Creek|newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel|date=June 11, 1941|page=6}} In 1971, the school's ski team finished second in the state competition.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wd8jAAAAIBAJ&pg=6172,434687&dq=gibraltar-high-school+fish+creek&hl=en|title=Sturgeon Bay Wins High School Skiing|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|date=March 2, 1971|page=14}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.gibraltar.k12.wi.us/Domain/112}}
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Category:Public schools in Wisconsin
Category:Schools in Door County, Wisconsin