Verona Area High School | |
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234 Wildcat Way Verona, Wisconsin | |
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Type | Public |
School district | Verona Area School District |
Principal | Brian Cox, Tamara Sutor, Mike Murphy, David VanNostrand, Shawn Harris |
Staff | 115.74 (on an FTE basis) [1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,789 (2023–2024) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 15.46 [1] |
Color | |
Mascot | Wiley the Wildcat |
Newspaper | The Cat's Eye (disbanded) |
Website |
Verona Area High School (VAHS) is a high school in Verona, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Verona Area School District.
A new building for the school was completed in June 2020. It was intended to be ready for the 2020–2021 school year, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students did not begin to take in-person classes at the new building until February 2021, and the facility was not fully in use until September 2021. [2]
Accredited by the North Central Association, VAHS offers a core curriculum in grades 9 through 12 that does not track students by ability; instead, advanced opportunities are offered within the curriculum of each course. Consequently, VAHS courses do not carry designations such as "Honors" in their titles. Grade 9 and 10 students in core classes are taught in teams of English/social studies and math/science instructors. Students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement courses in English Language, English Literature, World History, Human Geography, Music Theory, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Statistics, Psychology and Calculus. They also have the opportunity to take Project Lead the Way classes, and are able to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. [3]
In the 2008-09 school year, VAHS became a member of the Big Eight Conference, moving from the Badger South Conference. The school's sports teams were formerly known as the Indians. [4] Due to the Native American mascot controversy, including a letter from local resident and noted activist Ada Deer, [5] a contest was held in 1992 to choose a new mascot. Students chose the Wildcats over six other possibilities. [6] [7]
VAHS competes in the following sports: [8]