Wauwatosa West High School

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Wauwatosa West High School
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1960
School district Wauwatosa School District
Principal Patricia Luebke
Faculty 67.3 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1,033 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 15.3[1]
Color(s) Green & White
Athletics conference Woodland
Nickname Trojans
Newspaper West Side Stories
Yearbook Olympian
Website School website

Wauwatosa West High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in the city of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA. West opened in 1960 as a sister-school to Wauwatosa East High School; together they are part of the Wauwatosa School District. Locally, the school is referred to as Tosa West and T-Dub.

Patricia Luebke took the position of the school principal as a replacement for the late Tom Steiner who died in 2006 due to West Nile virus.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,033 students and 67.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.3.[1]

The school is notable for having its own planetarium.[2]

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[edit] School shooting

Associate principal Dale Breitlow was shot and killed in the school on December 1, 1993. McDowell shot the principal three times with a .44-caliber Taurus revolver in a second-floor hallway by the math department. McDowell was found guilty of the murder and sane at the time of the shooting.[3][4][5] His life sentence was upheld by the state Court of Appeals in April 1997.[6]

[edit] Athletics

The school won the Wisconsin State Boys Volleyball Championship in 1964, defeating Antigo High School in a pool of 70 participating schools.[7]

The boys swimming team won the 1971 State Championship, defeating runner-up Waukesha High School in a field of 77 participating schools. The school has had 20 individual state swimming champions, tied for 10th of all high schools statewide.[8] The team won Sectionals in 2002 and enjoyed numerous conference championships from 1999 until 2004 when the Wauwatosa teams were combined. They have been unsuccessful since.

The Wauwatosa West Boys Basketball team sectional champs 1994.

The Wauwatosa West football team went 17-112 under previous head coach Ben Viet in 16 seasons, including 0-1 in the playoffs.

The city on June 4, 2002 gave Wauwatosa West the go-ahead to begin construction on a $1.5 million upgrade of its athletic facilities.[9]

The Wauwatosa West softball team won the regional championship for the first time in West history defeating Whitefish Bay

[edit] Production controversy

The school performed a scene from Jim Grimsley's play A Bird of Prey on October 22, 2004 despite widespread parental concerns over indecency.[10]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Notable students

Tom Miller scored a perfect 1,600 on the Scholastic Assessment Test in 1998. There were just 453 students in the country who achieved this.[12]

In 1999, student Anne Blackfield was selected as one of 141 students recognized by the Presidential Scholars Program, one of only two students selected from the state of Wisconsin.[13]

Scott Bergold, a 1982 Wauwatosa West graduate, attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was a two-year starter and participated in the 1984 Senior Bowl. Bergold was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1985 NFL Draft in the 2nd round (51st overall), but his career lasted just one season.[14]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d West High, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 30, 2007.
  2. ^ "Planetarium program is truly elementary: Student used second-graders' input to craft popular project", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 17, 2006, Accessed December 30, 2007.
  3. ^ Hull, Jon D. "'Have We Gone Mad?'", Time (magazine), December 20, 1993. Accessed December 30, 2007.
  4. ^ "Breitlow called `gentle giant'", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 2, 1993
  5. ^ "One in many shootings", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 29, 2006
  6. ^ "Tosa West killer fails in his appeal", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 30, 1997
  7. ^ State Boys Volleyball Champions (thru 2006), Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 6, 2007.
  8. ^ Boys Swimming & Diving Team Champions, Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 6, 2007.
  9. ^ "Tosa gives thumbs up to school upgrade", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 5, 2002, Accessed December 30, 2007.
  10. ^ "Wauwatosa West troupe taking controversial scene to competition; student defends content", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 22, 2004
  11. ^ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2049&search_term=la+fave
  12. ^ "Wauwatosa West High School senior gets perfect score on SAT, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 24, 1998. Accessed December 30, 2007.
  13. ^ Rummler, Gary. "Teen named Presidential Scholar: Tosa West's Blackfield is one of two in state, 141 in nation to win award", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 28, 1999. Accessed July 6, 2007.
  14. ^ "Scott Bergold", ArmchaiGM, Accessed June 3, 2008.

[edit] External links

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