Whitefish Bay High School
| Whitefish Bay High School | |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | William Henkle |
| Students | 950-1000 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, USA |
| District | Whitefish Bay School District |
| Colors | Blue and Grey |
| Mascot | Blue Duke |
| Yearbook | The Tower Yearbook |
| Newspaper | Tower Times |
Whitefish Bay High School is a comprehensive public secondary school located in the village of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States. Approximately 950 students attend the school from September through June, in grades 9 through 12. The school has a 97-98% graduation rate annually, as well as placing well over 90% of its senior classes into four-year post-secondary institutions.[citation needed]
The school newspaper is called the Tower Times, and the school yearbook The Tower, both referring to the school building's five-story tower and facade that rise over the main entrance and dominate the village's skyline. The school colors are blue and gray. Sports teams are known as the Blue Dukes and participate in the North Shore Conference.
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[edit] Activities
A large percentage of the student body participates in extracurricular activities, such as student government, Forensics (individual events), debate, drama, and sports.[1] A student activity fair is held in September to publicize each of the different clubs and activities.
Generally, there is a fall play, winter musical and a spring play.
[edit] Forensics and Debate
The school is home to a charter chapter of the National Forensic League, the nation's oldest and largest academic honor society. All students who engage in public speaking are eligible for membership. The forensics team won the 2010 Wisconsin Forensic Coaches Association Division II State Championship, the team's first state victory.
[edit] Athletics
The school sports program offers the following sports:
- Boys: football, cross country, soccer, volleyball, wrestling, skiing, hockey, basketball, track and field, tennis, baseball, swimming and diving, golf
- Girls: cross country, soccer, volleyball, skiing, basketball, golf, track and field, tennis, softball, swimming and diving, gymnastics.
Both boys and girls athletics have won many state titles.
The school participates in the North Shore Conference. Whitefish Bay has rivalries with fellow North Shore high schools, Nicolet and Homestead, and its nearby out-of-conference rivals, Whitefish Bay Dominican and Shorewood. The football team recently installed a $1.5 million stadium behind the field house. The project has replaced the old wooden bleachers with new metal ones. The field was refurbished with artificial turf and widened to accommodate the soccer teams that previously played home matches at Uihlein Soccer Park. There are plans to finish the project by building a brick wall with a section of wrought-iron fence around the perimeter of the football field.
The girls cross country program has built a strong tradition as it has won 11 consecutive North Shore Conference Championships, qualified for state for the past 14 years, placed second in the WIAA Division I state meet in 2007 and 2009 and won the team championship in 2008- the first in school history. They consistently are one of the top teams in the area and tend to intimidate the opponents with their "Blue Storm".
In the fall of 2005, the boys' cross country team won the WIAA Division I state title.[2] This squad set a state record in the 4x800 meter relay at the WIAA Division I State Meet during the spring of 2006.[3]
The 2008 Men's golf team won the North Shore Conference Championship, Regional Championship, and Sectional Championship. In the fall of 2008, the girls' cross country team won the WIAA State title. The 2008-2009 varsity boys' basketball team won the North Shore Conference championship. Also, the girls varsity gymnastics team won first at conference, sectionals, and state in the '08-09 season. The '09-'10 boys soccer team won the North Shore Conference and were Sectional runner-up losing to Marquette University High School
The Men's basketball team of 2010-2011 beat Wisconsin Lutheran 51-50 in an overtime win. Ron Patten (#44) scored 32 points including the winning basket. They were Sectional champs and went to the State Tournament for the first time since 1998.
After a close win over Wisconsin Lutheran, The Blue Dukes traveled to Madison for the State Division 2 semi-final game. There at the Kohl Center, they beat the Seymour Thunder 54-52 on a buzzer beater by Jamie Schneck (#50). With 9.3 seconds left in the game tied at 52, Kelin Johnson (#24) puts up a lay-up, missed, and Schneck tipped the ball back in right at the buzzer. The team then proceeded to the Division 2 State Championship game.
At the Division 2 WIAA State Championship game held at the Kohl Center, the Whitefish Bay Blue Dukes took down the Merrill Bluejays 65-49. The Dukes were in the lead almost the whole game, except when the Bluejay tied the game a couple times during the second quarter. Nevertheless, the Dukes never looked back and pulled away in the second half. In the last couple of minutes, Coach Lazovik was able to give his top players a rest and put in the rest of the bench. Ron Patten (19 points), Jamie Schneck (13 points), and sophomore Keelin Johnson (17 points), carried the team to their first State Championship since 1998. Congratulations 2010-2011 Blue Dukes.
The 2010-2011 Lady Dukes also fought their way to a trip to state. Led by freshman Maya Jonas, the team defeated reigning state champs New Berlin Eisenhower in a close 44-42 game. The Lady Dukes played at the Kohl Center but lost in the Division II semi-final. Great season girls!
[edit] Notable alumni
- Nick Bellore (b. 1989) - Professional football linebacker for the New York Jets
- Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) - actress
- Craig Counsell (b. 1970) - athlete
- Brad Courtney - Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin
- Bernardine Dohrn (b. 1942) - law school professor
- Matthea Harvey - National Book Award-nominated poet
- Anne Ingram (b. 1980) - opera singer
- Jeffrey Hunter (1926-1969) - actor
- Kristen Johnston (b. 1967) - Emmy Award-winning actress
- Dennis Kois - museum director[4]
- Joann (Wheeler) Kealiinohomoku (b. 1930) - anthropologist
- Bob Mann (b. 1951) - professional golfer
- Niels Mueller (b. 1961) - filmmaker
- Barbara Notestein (b. 1949) - Wisconsin State Assemblywoman
- Samuel Page (b. 1976) - actor
- Ruth Shalit (b. 1971) - former reporter, accused of plagiarism at The New Republic
- Mike Schneck (b. 1977) - athlete
- Wendy Shalit (b. 1975) - author of A Return to Modesty
- Daniel Stein (b. 1952) - mime
- Dan Vebber (b. 1970) - writer/producer (TV)
- Mae Whitman (b. 1988) - actress
- Chip Zien (b. 1947) - actor
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.wfbschools.com/cms_files/resources/activity%20handbook%2009101.pdf
- ^ Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. 2005 Boys Cross Country
- ^ WIAA Track & Field State Championships - 6/2/2006 to 6/3/2006
- ^ (21 July 2001). Ex-local man named to Smithsonian post, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Retrieved December 3, 2010
[edit] External links
- Whitefish Bay High School website
- School District of Whitefish Bay
- Village of Whitefish Bay
- Whitefish Bay High School Alumni Web Site
Coordinates: 43°06′27″N 87°53′45″W / 43.107520°N 87.895880°W
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