Cedarburg High School

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Cedarburg High School
Address
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W68 N611 Evergreen Blvd

Cedarburg
,
Wisconsin 53012

United States
Coordinates43°17′52″N 87°59′45″W / 43.29791°N 87.9957°W / 43.29791; -87.9957Coordinates: 43°17′52″N 87°59′45″W / 43.29791°N 87.9957°W / 43.29791; -87.9957
Information
TypePublic secondary education
PrincipalAdam Kurth
Teaching staff65.20 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,115 (2019–20)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.10[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)   
MascotBulldog
YearbookCedariel
WebsiteCedarburg High School

Cedarburg High School (CHS) is a public, co-educational high school located in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, USA. It is a part of the Cedarburg School District.

Curriculum[]

Classes offered at Cedarburg High School are grouped into 13 departments: art, business and information technology, engineering/technology education, English, family and consumer education, foreign language, health, mathematics, music, physical education, science, social studies and special education departments. Foreign languages taught at the school include French, German and Spanish. As of 2015, 22 AP classes were offered.

Facilities[]

Since the current school building was completed in 1956, the campus has expanded several times. In 2002, construction was completed on a project that included an eight-lane swimming pool with diving well, a field house with a 160-meter track, and several basketball courts. In the 2006–07 academic year, the outdoor track and football stadium were renovated. A 3,500-seat stadium was constructed and an 8-lane synthetic track was installed. The majority of the funds for this reconstruction was provided by the Cedarburg Athletic Booster Club and private donors. The school has over ten acres of irrigated land designated for team practices.

Extracurricular activities[]

Cedarburg High School has over 25 student clubs, including AFS, Art Club, Badminton Club, Bridge Builders, Chess Club, Coding Club, Community Service Club, Debate, Drama Club, Economics Team, Engineering Club, Forensics, French Club, German Club, LEAD, Math Team, National History Day, NHS, Poetry Club, Pep Club, Science Club, Ski Club, Spanish Club and Student Council.

Marching band[]

The Cedarburg High School marching band first attended the WSMA State Marching Band Championships in 2008 as a critique only band. In 2009, the CHS marching band's first competitive year, they were placed fourth out of eight bands in class AAA. In the years since, the CHS marching band has been third four times and second twice.[2]

Athletics[]

Cedarburg High School has 51 athletic teams, in which over 700 students participate. The Bulldogs compete in the North Shore Conference and participate in Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA), with the exception of boys' and girls' skiing, and girls' dance team and cheerleading, the latter of which are under the Wisconsin Association of Cheer and Pom Coaches (WACPC).

The following sports are offered at CHS:[3]

Fall Winter Spring
Boys' soccer Boys' basketball Boys' and girls' track
American football Girls' basketball Boys' tennis
Boys' and girls' cross country Boys' swimming Girls' softball
Girls' swimming Boys' hockey Girls' soccer
Girls' tennis Gymnastics Boys' and girls' golf
Girls' volleyball Cheerleading Baseball (summer league)
Boys' volleyball Dance team
Cheerleading Boys' and girls' skiing
Color guard Wrestling
Winter guard

Notable alumni[]

  • Paul Clement (born 1966), former United States Solicitor General, acted as Attorney General for one day, also led the effort by 26 states to overturn the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • Amadeus William Grabau (1870-1946), paleontologist, geologist, expatriate in China[4]
  • Carl Kiekhaefer (1906-1983), founder of Kiekhaefer Marine (later Mercury Marine)
  • Casey Nogueira (born 1989), member of the US Women's soccer team, and leading scorer of the 2008 UNC women's soccer team
  • Jonathan Stiever, MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
  • Todd Thomas (1959-2000), former professional football player who was inducted into the Cedarburg High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014
  • Josh Thompson (born 1978), country singer

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Cedarburg High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. ^ "WSMA State Marching Band Championship: Archive | Wisconsin School Music Association". www.wsmamusic.org. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ^ CHS Athletics Department Archived 5 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Amadeus William Grabau". Dictionary of American Biography (fee via Fairfax County Public Library). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1974. Gale Document Number: GALE|BT2310012533. Retrieved 17 January 2014. Biography in Context. (subscription required)

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