Homestead High School (Mequon, Wisconsin)

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Homestead High School
Homestead flyingH.jpg
Established 1959
Type Public secondary
Principal Mark Roherty
Students 1,600
Grades 9–12
Location Mequon, Wisconsin, USA
Colors Red, White, and Black
Nickname Highlanders
Mascot Angus the Highlander
Yearbook 'The Tartan'
Newspaper 'The Highlander'
Website http://www.mtsd.k12.wi.us/MTSD/Homestead

Homestead High School is a four-year public high school located in Mequon, Wisconsin, a northern suburb of Milwaukee. It is part of the Mequon-Thiensville School District, and serves a 48-square-mile (120 km2) area including the city of Mequon and the village of Thiensville. Homestead High School is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. It was nationally recognized in 2004 as a Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor a school can receive from the U.S. Department of Education. It was one of only 34 public high schools in the United States to receive the honor that year.

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[edit] Academics

Enrollment at the school is roughly 1,600 students. Because nearly 95% of the students are college-bound, college preparatory classes are strongly emphasized.[1] The graduation rate has been 99% or better for at least the past 10 consecutive years.[2]

For the past decade, nearly 90% of Homestead graduates have gone onto four-year colleges and universities. The ACT composite for the class of 2008 was 25.6, compared to the Wisconsin state composite average of 22.3. During the 2008-2009 school year, 285 students sat for 527 Advanced Placement exams, and 88% of the exam scores were of a passing grade or better. AP exams were taken in twenty-two different subjects, eighteen of which were specific classes offered by Homestead. Additionally, of the 98 certified staff members, 90% have masters or higher degrees[3].

Homestead is accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Schools.

[edit] Athletics

"Angus," HHS's mascot

The Homestead Highlanders compete in the North Shore Conference within the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Teams in several different sports compete at the Division I level, the highest in Wisconsin prep athletics, and the Highlanders have achieved competitive success in several different sports.

[edit] Football

Football is among Homestead's most well-known and successful athletics programs. The Highlanders have won a conference title over fifteen times and the WIAA Division I state championship three times[4]. They have been state semi-finalists or better nine times, most recently in 2008, when they won the state title. The team made it to the state championship game three consecutive times, from 2006-2008. Their most recent state title was in 2008, when they faced the Arrowhead High School Warhawks and won 13-11.

[edit] Swimming and Diving

Known as the "Jugmen," the Homestead boys' swimming and diving team has also been a very successful program. The boys' swimming and diving team won four consecutive state championships from 1997 to 2001.

Both the boys' and girls' teams are consistently ranked among the top Division I swim teams in the state of Wisconsin.

[edit] Golf

In 2006, the boys' varsity golf team won the WIAA state championship. Both the girls' and boys' teams have won the majority of conference titles in the past two decades.

[edit] Cross-country

The Homestead boys' cross-country have won ten conference titles since 1986. They have also qualified as a team for the WIAA state championship eleven times since 1990, most recently in 2008. They also finished as Division I state runners-up on two occasions.[5]

The girls' team has been even more successful in terms of titles, winning their conference thirteen times. They own seventeen WIAA state team appearances, one state runner-up honor and one state title. In 2008, the girls won all three sections of their conference relays.[6]

[edit] Tennis

The boys' tennis team advanced to the state championship in 2009 after capturing the conference title and winning their sectional tournament.[7]

In 2009, the girls' tennis team also advanced to the state tournament after winning conference and sectionals[8].

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.mtsd.k12.wi.us/Homestead/info/Profile.pdf
  2. ^ http://mtsd.k12.wi.us/
  3. ^ http://www.mtsd.k12.wi.us/Homestead/info/Profile.pdf
  4. ^ http://mtsd.k12.wi.us/Homestead/users/Football/MainFrame.htm.htm
  5. ^ http://homesteadboyscrosscountry.wetpaint.com/
  6. ^ http://mtsd.k12.wi.us/Homestead/users/aedington/hhsrunning/girlscrosshome.htm
  7. ^ http://homesteadtennis.wetpaint.com/
  8. ^ http://homesteadgirlstennis.wetpaint.com/

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