Memorial High School (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

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Memorial High School
Eau Claire Memorial High School.jpg
Address
Memorial High School (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)
2225 Keith Street

Eau Claire
,
Wisconsin
54701

United States
Coordinates 44°47′45″N91°28′20″W / 44.79585°N 91.47211°W / 44.79585; -91.47211
Information
Opened1957 [1]
School districtEau Claire Area School District
PrincipalDave Oldenberg
Teaching staff92.38 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades9–12 [2]
Enrollment1,552 (2022-23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio16.80 [2]
Color(s)   Purple and white
Fight song On Memorial
Athletics conference Big Rivers Conference (all sports except football) Wisconsin Valley Conference (football only) [3]
Nickname Old Abes
Rival Eau Claire North
NewspaperPurple Wings
Website www.ecasd.us/Memorial-High-School/Home

Memorial High School is a public high school in Eau Claire, Wisconsin that serves grades 9 through 12. It is one of three high schools in the Eau Claire Area School District.

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History

Memorial High School first opened in 1957.

Following a 2022 referendum, Memorial began various renovations projects in June 2024. This included replacing a grass football field with a turf one, including seating and lighting. [4] It also included auditorium and cafeteria renovations. [5]

Academics

Dual credit classes are offered for various business, family and consumer science, agriculture, technology, and engineering courses. These classes are taught at Memorial but are transcribed with Chippewa Valley Technical College classes, giving students college credits. [6]

Advanced Placement (AP) classes are offered in English, art, music, science, social sciences, and math. About half of Memorial students take AP classes. [7]

Music

Memorial has two competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender Old Abe Show Choir and the women's-only Eagle Show Choir. [8] The school hosts a show choir competition, Winterfest, which takes place on the first weekend of February each year. [9] Memorial also has three orchestras, the Entry Level Orchestra, the Concert Orchestra and the Old Abe Orchestra. [10] The orchestras play in various events all throughout the year.

Athletics

Memorial belongs to the Big Rivers Conference for athletics. It has teams in football, cross country, soccer, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, volleyball, basketball, gymnastics, hockey, wrestling, baseball, softball, and track and field. The boys' hockey team won state championships in 2008 and 2013. [11] The girls' cross country team won back-to-back state championships in 2014 and 2015. [12]

Eau Claire Memorial practice fields Eau Claire Memorial practice fields.jpg
Eau Claire Memorial practice fields

In the news

In fall of 1992, a 17-year-old student, April Schuldt, who was four months pregnant, received more than 100 votes in the Eau Claire Memorial High School homecoming election. The runner-up, Elizabeth Weld, received fewer than 70 votes but still was crowned queen at the 3-4 Oct. celebration. The principal resigned and three assistant principals and a teacher were disciplined by the school board after an investigation found that ballots for April had been burned in a cover-up. Schuldt appeared on numerous TV talk shows after the incident. [13] April's story was the partial inspiration for the book Election by Tom Perrotta, which was subsequently made into the 1999 movie Election starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick.

In early November 2017, an unnamed 15-year-old girl, wrote a message on one of the bathroom stalls claiming, “Get your students out B4 I kill them! If you don’t they will die! I have a loaded gun and bomb!” [14] Eau Claire Police responded to the school and, with the help of administration, conducted a controlled evacuation of the school grounds. No students were harmed or injured during this incident and the girl was later caught by police and sent to juvenile court on charges of terroristic threats.

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  3. ↑ Berg, Brandon. "Big Rivers Conference football missing some big schools". Superior Telegram. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Reinhart, Breanna (17 June 2024). "Construction underway for new turf fields at North and Memorial". WQOW. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Capital Referendum 2022 Facts" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "2024-2025 Academic Career Planning Guide" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Memorial High in Eau Claire, WI". U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "SCC: Viewing School - Memorial High School". Show Choir Community. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  9. ↑ Gallaher, Bob. "2019 Winterfest Show Choir Competition". WEAU . Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "ECASD Orchestra". ECASD Orchestra Page. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
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