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Ashwaubenon High School is a public high school located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, United States. A community pool and performing arts center are also housed within the school.
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| Ashwaubenon High School | |
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| Address | |
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2391 S. Ridge Rd. , | |
| Coordinates | 44°29′19″N 88°4′30″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Big enough to serve you-small enough to know you[1] |
| Established | 1965 |
| School district | Ashwaubenon School District |
| Principal | Dirk Ribbens[2] |
| Teaching staff | 61.03 (FTE)[3] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 998 (2022–23)[3] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.35[3] |
| Color(s) | Green and yellow |
| Athletics conference | Fox River Classic Conference |
| Mascot | Jaguar |
| Rival | Bay Port High School |
| Yearbook | The Paw |
| Website | Ashwaubenon School District |
AHS is[when?] 79% white, 6% Hispanic, 4% Native American, 3% black, and 2% Asian. 6% of students identify as two or more races.[4]
Ashwaubenon High School offers Advanced Placement (AP) classes, which about a third of students take.[5]
The Ashwaubenon Jaguar football team won the WIAA Division 2 state championship in 1996, 2000, 2001, and 2006.[6]
The softball team won Division 1 state championships in 1992, 1993, 1994, and 2006.[7]
The AHS marching band performed at the 2001 Tournament of Roses Parade and the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York.[8]
A referendum-funded $8 million performing arts center at the high school opened in the fall of 2016, hosting music and drama events from the school as well as other community performances.[9]
The Jaguaress dance team claimed a Division 1 kick championship in 2018, Division 2 kick and pom championships in 2019, a Division 2 pom championship in 2021, and a Division 2 kick championship in 2023.[10][11][12]
Ashwaubenon's Nordic skiing team won the 2020 state championship.[13]
AHS has a competitive show choir, "Encore".[14]
In 2008, the school made national and international headlines after it was discovered that a 33-year-old mother of two named Wendy Anne Brown had disguised herself as her teenage daughter and enrolled as a sophomore, attending classes for one day and being admitted to the cheerleading program before being caught by the police and charged with identity theft.[15][16] Diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder and paranoid personality disorder, the court found her “not guilty by reason of mental disease.” [17] The story was later adapted into a 2019 Lifetime movie entitled Identity Theft of a Cheerleader, starring Maiara Walsh, Karis Cameron, Jesse Irving, Naika Toussaint, Chiara Guzzo, Matty Finochio, Bzhaun Rhoden, and Gail O'Grady.[18]
In 2017, the school again made national headlines after a parent who thought a student dressed as a stormtrooper from Star Wars for May the Fourth (Star Wars Day) was a threat to the school, resulting in an evacuation. A nearby middle school and community center were also placed on lockdown during the incident.[19]
- Mason Appleton, professional ice hockey forward
- Joel Hodgson (1978), writer, television producer, and creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000[20]
- Adam Koch (2006), basketball player[21]
- James Morgan (2015), American football quarterback[22]
- Aaron Stecker, NFL running back[23][24]
- Mike Taylor (2008), professional football player
- Christian Wolanin (2013), NHL player[25]
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