Omro High School

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Omro High School
Address
Omro High School
455 Fox Trail

Omro
,
Wisconsin
54963

United States
Coordinates 44°02′47″N88°44′22″W / 44.046371°N 88.739555°W / 44.046371; -88.739555 [1]
Information
School typepublic
Establishedc. 1872 [2]
School districtOmro School District
CEEB code 501695
PrincipalKathy Cady [3]
Teaching staff23.59 (on an FTE basis) [4]
Grades9-12
Gendercoeducational
Enrollment334 (2022-2023) [4]
Student to teacher ratio14.16 [4]
Colour(s)Maroon and gold [5]   
Song Washington and Lee Swing [5]
Athletics WIAA District 4 [5]
Athletics conference Wisconsin Flyway Conference
MascotFox
Nickname Fighting Foxes
RivalWinneconne
NewspaperFox Tale, Omro Herald
Website

Omro High School is a public high school in Omro, Wisconsin.

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Campus

A new school was built in 1963. The middle school was added to the building in 1983, and a large addition to the high school was built in 2000.

Extracurricular activities

Student groups and activities include academic bowl, art club, audiovisual club, Badger Boys/Badger Girls, forensics, FBLA, FFA, history club, Key Club, math team, National Honor Society, O-Club (Varsity letter recipients), Students Against Destructive Decisions, ski club, Spanish club, and student council.

Athletics

The Omro Foxes compete in the Wisconsin Flyway Conference. [6] They formerly belonged to the Eastern Valley Conference and before that the East Central Flyway Conference. Omro High School fields teams in soccer, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, football, golf, powerlifting, softball, track & field, volleyball, and wrestling. An equestrian club/team began competition in fall 2008. [7]

Every fall the Omro Foxes football team competes against the Winneconne Wolves for the China Bull Trophy, one of the oldest football rivalries in the state of Wisconsin.[ citation needed ]

While in the ECC, the boys' basketball team won 12 conference titles over a 15-year span.[ citation needed ] Their two state appearances also came during this 15-year span. In 2007, the Foxes track team won its first ECFC conference title and first WIAA sectional championship.[ citation needed ] In the fall of 2008, the Foxes boys' soccer team won the school's first Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) regional championship.[ citation needed ] The soccer team broke its three-year regional title match losing streak by winning 1-0. In 2010 the powerlifting team captured its first state title. In the fall of 2010 the Foxes football team made its return to the state playoffs after a 12-year drought. The team lost in the second round of the playoffs.[ citation needed ]

State championships

  • 1997 Division 3 state basketball champions
  • 1999 Division 3 state basketball runner-up
  • 2007 Boys' Division 2 300m hurdle state champion (Patrick Plank)
  • 2008 Boys' Division 2 state 4x200m relay runner-up
  • 2009 Girls' Division 2 state 4x200m relay champions
  • 2009 Division 2 state powerlifting runner-up
  • 2010 Division 2 state powerlifting champions
  • 2010 Division C equestrian team reserve state champions

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "Omro High School". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2008-11-07.
  2. ↑ Date estimated from Thirty-sixth Annual Commencement of the Omro High School, Class of 1909, June sixth to tenth, nineteen hundred and nine, Omro, Wis .
  3. ↑ "Omro High School Staff Directory". Omro School District. 2013-03-03.
  4. 1 2 3 "Omro High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 "WIAA Member Schools Directory". Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. 2008-09-18.
  6. ↑ "Omro High School renews conference change talks". Oshkosh Northwestern. 2008-11-03.
  7. ↑ Zellmer, Doug (2008-08-30). "Students get ready to ride". Oshkosh Northwestern.
  8. ↑ "Assembly District 37: Koebke, Jorgensen focus on economy". Wisconsin State Journal. 2008-10-13.
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