Ashwaubenon High School is a public

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located in

Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin Ashwaubenon () is a village in Brown County, Wisconsin, Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 16,963 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. A suburb of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay, Ashwaubenon is part of the ...

. A community pool and performing arts center are also housed within the school.

History

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. Diagnosed with

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and

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, the court found her “not guilty by reason of mental disease.” The story was later adapted into a 2019

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movie entitled '' Identity Theft of a Cheerleader'', starring

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. In 2017, the school again made national headlines after a parent who thought a student dressed as a stormtrooper from

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for May the Fourth (

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.

Academics

Ashwaubenon High School offers Advanced Placement (AP) classes, which about a third of students take.

Demographics

AHS is 79 percent white, 6 percent Hispanic, 4 percent Native American, three percent black, and two percent Asian. Six percent of students identify as a part of two or more races.

Athletics

The Ashwaubenon Jaguar football team won the WIAA Division 2 state championship in 1996, 2000, 2001, and 2008. The softball team won four Division 1 state championships, in 1992, 1993, 1994, and 2006.

Extracurricular activities

The AHS marching band performed at the 2001 Tournament of Roses Parade and the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York. A referendum-funded $8 million

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at the high school opened in fall of 2016, hosting music and drama events from the school as well as other community performances. The Jaguaress dance team claimed a Division 1 kick championship in 2018, and Division 2 kick and pom championships in 2019. Ashwaubenon's

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team won the 2020 state championship. AHS has a competitive

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, "Encore".

Notable alumni

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(1978), writer,

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, and creator of ''

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'' *

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(2006), basketball player * James Morgan (2015) American football quarterback * Aaron Stecker,

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References

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Ashwaubenon High School
{{authority control Schools in Brown County, Wisconsin Educational institutions established in 1965 Public high schools in Wisconsin 1965 establishments in Wisconsin