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Brodhead High School is a high school located in Brodhead, Wisconsin, United States. It serves students from the Brodhead community.
| Brodhead High School | |
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| Address | |
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2501 W. 5th Ave. , | |
| Coordinates | 42°36′22″N 89°23′03″W / 42.60615°N 89.38404°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Brodhead School District |
| Principal | Jim Matthys |
| Faculty | 23.75 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 329 (2018-19)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.85[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | |
| Mascot | Cardinal |
| Website | [1] |
Athletics
editBrodhead is a member of the Rock Valley Conference.
Its athletics teams are known as the Cardinals, and its mascot is a cardinal named Charlie.
Football
editBrodhead combines with the Juda School District for football and wrestling. The Cardinals have earned eight Rock Valley Conference championships, 25 consecutive playoff appearances, three state semi-final appearances and two state runner-ups.
Volleyball
editThe Lady Cardinals have won six conference championships and have made one appearance at the state tournament.
Softball
edit- 2004 state champions
Track
edit- Two men's state championships
Music programs
editThe Brodhead band performs at the home football, basketball, and volleyball games. They perform a series of concerts throughout the year.
Brodhead also fields two competitive show choirs, an all-woman group named BHS Express, and a mixed group named Guys and Dolls.[2] Both choirs compete around southeast Wisconsin every winter.
Controversy
editBrodhead High School was involved in controversy in late October 2016 over a safety drill on driving. The school made a public morning announcement that four students had died that morning in a car crash. Those students, who were alive, were not allowed to use their cell phones to inform fellow students that it was part of a drill. Later, the school made a second announcement that the students were alive and that this had been a simulation drill. Additional announcements were made during the day about more students dying in crashes that did not actually happen.[3][4][5]
Notable alumni
edit- Jim Meyer, former offensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns and the Green Bay Packers[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Brodhead High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ "SCC: Viewing School - Brodhead High School". www.showchoir.com. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ Wang, Amy B. (2016-11-01). "A school wanted to teach teens a lesson. So students were told their classmates died". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ "Why This School Lied and Told Students 4 of Their Classmates Were Dead". Cosmopolitan. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ "A School Told Students Their Classmates Had Died. But It Was a Lie to Scare Them Into Driving Safely". Time. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ "Jim Meyer". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-12.