Appleton West High School
| Appleton West High School | |
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| Address | |
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610 North Badger Avenue , 54914 United States | |
| Coordinates | 44°16′6″N 88°25′43″W / 44.26833°N 88.42861°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Home of the Terrors |
| Established | 1915 (based at current location since 1938) |
| School district | Appleton Area School District |
| Principal | Mark McQuade |
| Faculty | 70.66 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,101 (2018–19)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.58[1] |
| Color(s) | Orange and Blue |
| Athletics conference | Fox Valley Association |
| Mascot | Terrors |
| Newspaper | Talisman |
| Yearbook | Clarion |
| Feeder schools | Einstein Middle School, Wilson Middle School, and Kaleidoscope Academy[2] |
| Website | west |
| [3][4][5] | |
Appleton West High School is a high school located at 610 North Badger Avenue in Appleton, Wisconsin. It is a member of the Appleton Area School District.
History
The building housing Appleton West High School was originally Appleton Senior High School. From 1915 to 1938, the school was housed at what is now the Morgan Administrative Building (44°15′55″N 88°24′18″W / 44.265262°N 88.405135°W). In 1938, the current facility was built. After Appleton East High School was built in 1967, the school was renamed Appleton West. Appleton West has an enrollment of approximately 1350 students. The mascot is the Terror, a cross between a wolf and a fox, as the school is situated in between the Wolf and Fox Rivers.[6] The principal is Mark McQuade.[7]
The school houses two charter schools: Renaissance School of the Arts and Appleton Technical Academy.
Athletics
In 1992, the varsity football team won the Division 1 State Championship.[8] The baseball team has won the state title seven times (1975, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1995, and 2004).[9] Also, in 1969-70, an undefeated Terror basketball team won the state championship.[10]
In August 2014 the school dedicated a new football stadium on school grounds. Home football games are played at Lawrence University's Banta Bowl. This will continue until the school can build enough seating according to FVA regulations on school grounds.[11] The team has previously played home games at Goodland Field, Einstein Middle School, Appleton North High School, and Appleton East High School.[12]
Notable alumni
- John Bradley, helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima during World War II
- Brian Butch, professional basketball player with the Denver Nuggets
- Donald Dafoe transplant surgeon
- John Francis Doerfler, Roman Catholic bishop
- Catherine Ebert-Gray, United States diplomat
- Matt Erickson, major league baseball player
- Harold Vernon Froehlich, Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, 66th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, U.S. Congressman, voted for the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in the House Judiciary Committee
- Danny Jansen, professional baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays
- William Beverly Murphy, former CEO Campbell Soup Company
- David Prosser, Jr., Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Kathi Seifert, former executive vice-president of Kimberly-Clark
- Brad Smith, Microsoft chief legal officer
References
- ^ a b c "West High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ "School Boundaries". aasd.k12.wi.us. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ "Appleton West's Rest of the Story". Appleton West. West Corporation. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "West History". Appleton West High School. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ^ "Appleton schools Supt. Allinger to retire". Appleton Post-Crescent. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ "WIAA State Football Champions" (PDF).
- ^ "WIAA State Baseball Champions" (PDF).
- ^ "WIAA Basketball Champions" (PDF).
- ^ Behnke, Duke (October 17, 2016). "Appleton West needs more seating for football games". Post-Crescent Media. Gannet. Post Crescent. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- ^ Froberg, Tim. "West to dedicate new football stadium Friday". Post Crescent. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
