Germantown High School (Wisconsin)

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Germantown High School
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Germantown High School (Wisconsin)
W180 N11501 River Lane

Germantown
,
Wisconsin
53022-3198

United States
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School type Public High School
School district Germantown School District
PrincipalJoel Farren
Teaching staff87.14 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9 through 12
Enrolment1330 (2021-22) [1]
Student to teacher ratio15.26 [1]
Color(s)  
Athletics conference Greater Metro Conference
Team nameWarhawks
Website gsdwi.org

Germantown High School is a high school in Germantown, Wisconsin. It is part of the Germantown School District. The school was founded in 1957 as Washington Union High School.

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Academics

The school teaches core subjects, technology education, physical education, and the fine arts. The AP courses offered at GHS consist of Psychology, United States History, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, European History, AB and BC Calculus, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English Literature, English Language and Composition, and Music Theory. Foreign languages offered are German and Spanish.

Extra-curricular activities

Germantown High School's Destination ImagiNation program teams have represented the school at Global Finals. Dramatic Impact, the school's theater group, presents three productions each year. Germantown High also sponsors other activities, such as yearbook, Environmental Club, Key Club, Spanish Honor Society, German Honor Society, Battle Bots, FRC Robotics Team 5096, Wall of Sound (Germantown's competitive marching band), Pep Band, FBLA, DECA, and Student Council.

Germantown High School, since 2007, has also participated in the Every 15 Minutes national program, having presentations in the spring of 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019. The 2013 video presentation can be viewed on the school's YouTube page. [2]

Athletics

The school competes in the Greater Metro Conference, and offers the following sports: [3]

The football team had undefeated seasons in 1973 and 1974. It took first place in WIAA Division 2 in 1998 and 2003.

In 1972, the boys' track team took first in the WIAA Division 2 Championships. In 2006 the boys' track team took first in the WIAA Division 1 Championship.

In 2008 and 2009, the boys' basketball team went to the state tournament, losing both years to the #1 seed in the first round. Germantown won its first Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 basketball state championship in 2012, beating Milwaukee King 72 to 69 in the title game. [4] The school won their second consecutive WIAA Division 1 basketball state championship in 2013, defeating Mukwonago 57-28, after a second undefeated season. [5] Germantown basketball player and senior Luke Fischer was named Wisconsin Mr. Basketball for 2013. [6] Germantown faced Neenah High School for the 2014 state championship and won their third consecutive state title 48-42. [7]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Germantown High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Every 15 Minutes - Germantown High School - YouTube". YouTube .
  3. ↑ "GHS Athletics". Archived from the original on 2008-04-06. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  4. ↑ Mulhern, Tom. "WIAA state boys basketball: Germantown caps undefeated season with first title". Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association . Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Germantown perfect and state champs again". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  6. ↑ "403 Forbidden | Just a Game Fieldhouse".
  7. ↑ "WIAA basketball: Neenah falls to Germantown in Division 1 state championship". Appleton Post-Crescent . March 16, 2014. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
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