West Bend School District
The West Bend School District (officially West Bend Joint School District #1) is a school district in Wisconsin serving the city of West Bend, the villages of Jackson and Newburg, and parts of the towns of Polk, Trenton, and Addison.[1]
As of November 2009, the district served 7100 students, making it the 17th largest in Wisconsin by population.[2]
High schools
Although the district has two high schools, East and West, they share one building. The high schools have different students, teachers, principals, and sports teams, but share an auditorium, music department, gymnasium complex, and natatorium. In athletics, both East and West participate in the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference. The mascots for the schools are the West Bend West Spartans and the West Bend East Suns. Each school has about 1200 students.[2]
West Bend East
West Bend East is home to the Suns. The school's colors are maroon and gold. East has been noted greatly for their academic achievements, appearing in Newsweek's top U.S. High Schools list for several years now.
West Bend West
West Bend West is home to the Spartans. The School's colors are blue and white. The School was ranked 899th for the 2010 Newseek top U.S. high schools list.
The two high schools were formed in 1970, but proposals for merging the schools have been raised continually since the 1980s.[3][4][5][6]
For all incoming freshmen without any older siblings, the determination as to which school a student attends is made using birth dates. Students born on even-numbered dates attend West Bend East. Those born on odd-numbered dates attend West Bend West. Since there are more odd dates than even, students born on Jan. 31, March 31, and May 31 also attend East. Students with siblings already in high school follow their eldest sibling so that all children from a family attend the same high school.[7][8]
Schools
High schools
- West Bend East and West High School; Jim Curler, principal
Middle schools
- Badger Middle School; Kurt Becker, principal
- Silverbrook Middle School; Lance Roell, principal
Elementary schools
- Barton Elementary; Cassie Martin, principal
- Decorah Elementary; Nan Lustig, principal
- Fair Park Elementary; Tracey Conners, principal
- Green Tree Elementary; Katie Weyer, principal
- Jackson Elementary; Brian Heimark, principal
- McLane Elementary; Andy Kasik, principal
Other
- Rolf's Education Center; Cassie Martin, principal[2]
Notable alumni
- Louis A. Arnold, HVAC worker and Socialist Wisconsin state senator
- Otto Kehrein, carpenter and Socialist Wisconsin state representative
- Willie Mueller, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers and actor in the movie Major League[9][10]
- Ryan Rohlinger, the third baseman for the San Francisco Giants.[11]
- Dave Steckel, is a hockey player for the New Jersey Devils
- Viola S. Wendt, poet and educator
- Jack Brudvig, world renowned saxaphonist
References
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ a b c [2][dead link]
- ^ Jay Anderson, "West Bend board defeats plan to restrict pupil releases", Milwaukee Journal, August 25, 1982, at 7A.
- ^ Editorial: "Why not merge two high schools?" Milwaukee Journal, October 12, 1988 at B1.
- ^ Anne Davis, "East, West Highs will keep separate athletic programs", Milwaukee Journal June 9, 1992, at B1.
- ^ Mitch Maersch, "Survey on combining West Bend schools online till Tuesday", West Bend Daily News August 22, 2008.
- ^ [3][dead link]
- ^ "West Bend Youth Football". Wbyfo.com. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ "Willie Mueller Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ [4][dead link]
- ^ "Ryan Rohlinger Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
External links
- West Bend School District website
- West Bend East High School
- West Bend West High School
- West Bend High School Bands
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