De Pere High School

De Pere High School
File:Redbird
Location
De Pere , Wisconsin USA
Information
Type	Public secondary
Motto	"It's A Great Day to be a Redbird!"
Established	1930
Oversight	Unified School District of De Pere
Principal	Annette Deuman
Grades	9–12
Number of students	1,210 (2009-2010)
Color(s)	Cardinal (Maroon) and White
Mascot	Redbird
Newspaper	Crimson Aviator
Yearbook	The Fox
Website	http://www.depere.k12.wi.us/hs/index.html

De Pere High School is a public high school located in De Pere, Wisconsin. Founded in 1930, it serves students in grades 9 through 12. Its enrollment was estimated at 1,199 students for the 2007-2008 school year.

History

De Pere High School, 2004

The first high school in De Pere was built in 1930 at 650 South Michigan Street. In 1935, its gymnasium was one of the largest in the state. In 1978, the current high school was built at 1700 Chicago Street. It underwent major expansion in 2001, with the addition of a gymnasium and several classrooms. In January, 2007, more classrooms were added. De Pere High School was recently made a Green School by the school's environmental club.

FIRST Robotics

De Pere High school is home to the only FIRST robotics team in Green Bay. Team 1716 has been in existence since 2006 and since has offered a great opportunity for students interest in STEM!

Leadership

The Robotics team has gone through 3 main leaders in it's lifetime, the first being Ted Weise, an instructor at ITT Technical school. Ted was a capable mentor and leader but lacked the people skills unnecessary to keep up good relations with the school, after the 2010 robotics season the administration demanded that the Robotics team leave the school. After some negotiation, the team was allowed to stay; however, Ted had to go. Coming in to fill the power void in the team was Tech Ed Instructor Alex Hammel. He led the team for one year then moved to Milwaukee to take a new job. The current lead adviser and school liaison is James Johnson, a physics teacher at De Pere.

History

During the 2006 season Team 1716 did well and boasted a win/lose/tie record of 6/7/1. In the 2007-9 seasons, however, Team 1716 had did very poor at competition with records of 3/6/0, 1/6/1 and 1/7/0. In the 2010 season, however, the team lost all but 2 of its members to graduation, so under new student leadership and an almost entirely new team, 1716 pulled out a 7/4/1 record in Breakaway. After this successful season, Team 1716 got back on its feet and managed a 7/5/1 during the 2011 season.

Athletics

De Pere High School is a member of the Fox River Classic Conference. In 2005, the girls' basketball team won the Division 1 state championship. It was the girls' basketball program's first trip to the state tournament since winning it in 1983. De Pere High School has also won state championships in boys' basketball (1934), boys' soccer (1993), football (1992), track and field, Bowling (2004) and gymnastics (1986–1990). De Pere High School also has one of the best high school baseball programs in the state of Wisconsin. Not only their high school team but also their American Legion team, which combines with the west side of De Pere, are feared around the state of Wisconsin.

Mascot controversy

De Pere High School's mascot is the Redbird. In 2005, the school received a cease-and-desist order on the grounds that its mascot was copyrighted material of Illinois State University. The school eventually redesigned the logo so as to not violate the copyright.

Trivia

Wikipedia.org was banned on March 2, 2007 at De Pere High School, and the whole East De Pere School District because it was not a reliable source of information for students.

External links

• De Pere High School website
• "Crimson Aviator" newspaper
• "Redbird TV" - De Pere High School TV news program