Verona Area High School

Verona Area High School (VAHS) is a high school in Verona, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Verona Area School District.

Verona Area High School
Location
234 Wildcat Way Verona, Wisconsin
Information
Type	Public
School district	Verona Area School District
Principal	Brian Cox, Tamara Sutor, Mike Murphy, David VanNostrand, Shawn Harris
Staff	115.74 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,789 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.46[1]
Color(s)
Mascot	Wiley the Wildcat
Newspaper	The Cat's Eye (disbanded)
Information	[phone]
Website	Verona High School

Academics

Accredited by the North Central Association, VAHS offers a core curriculum in grades 9 through 12 that does not track students by ability; instead, advanced opportunities are offered within the curriculum of each course. Consequently, VAHS courses do not carry designations such as "Honors" in their titles. Grade 9 and 10 students in core classes are taught in teams of English/social studies and math/science instructors. Students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement courses in English language, English literature, world history, human geography, music theory, chemistry, biology, physics B, physics C, statistics, psychology, calculus AB, and calculus BC.

Athletics

VAHS has 22 athletics programs and a staff of 65 coaches. Each program consists of a varsity team, a junior varsity team, and, for some sports, one or more freshman teams.

In the 2008-09 school year, VAHS became a member of the Big Eight Conference, moving from the Badger South Conference. The school athletic teams were originally nicknamed the Verona Indians, but this was changed in 1991 to the Verona Wildcats.

State championships

• Basketball (girls): 2016^[2]
• Cross country (boys): 1974, 1982, 1991^[3]
• Cross country (girls): 1980, 1981, 1984 ^[4]
• Golf (girls): 2014^[5]
• Gymnastics (girls): 2023
• Hockey (boys): 2014, 2020^[6]
• Lacrosse (boys): 2004, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2018^[7]
• Soccer (boys): 2019, 2022
• Soccer (girls): 2010 ^[8]
• Swimming (boys): 1993, 2000^[9]
• Swimming (girls): 1998^[10]
• Track & field (boys): 1992, 1999, 2010 (wheelchair)^[11]
• Track & field (girls): 1984, 1985, 1991^[12]

Notable alumni

• Ben Rortvedt, Major League Baseball player for the Tampa Bay Rays^[13]
• Casey FitzRandolph, gold medalist speed skater at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games
• Nick Schmaltz, current NHL player for the Arizona Coyotes (2018–present); former member of the Chicago Blackhawks (2016–2018)
• Jack Skille, former NHL player with the Chicago Blackhawks (2007-2011), Florida Panthers (2011-2013), Columbus Blue Jackets (2013-2015), Colorado Avalanche (2015-2016), and the Vancouver Canucks (2016–2017)
• Derek Stanley, former NFL wide receiver with the St. Louis Rams (2007-2009)
• Eric Studesville, assistant coach with the Denver Broncos (2010–present); he was the interim head coach for the last four games of the 2010 season
• Neil Walker, gold & silver medalist swimmer at the 2000 Summer Olympics; gold & bronze medalist swimmer at the 2004 Summer Olympics^[14]
• Joe Wineke, Wisconsin politician^[15]