Beaver Dam High School is a public high school located in

Beaver Dam A beaver dam or beaver impoundment is a dam built by beavers to create a pond which protects against predators such as coyotes, wolves and bears, and holds their food during winter. These structures modify the natural environment in such a way t ...

, Wisconsin. It is a part of the

Beaver Dam Unified School District Beaver Dam Unified School District is a public school district in the city of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin Beaver Dam is a city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States, along Beaver Dam Lake and the Beaver Dam River. The population was 16,708 at ...

. it had an enrollment of 1,045 students. Its mascot is the Golden Beaver.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Fall

* Cross country (M, W) *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

(M) * Soccer (M) * Tennis (W) * Volleyball (W) * Swimming (W) * Golf (W)

Winter

* Basketball (M,W) * Varsity Cheerleading (M,F) *

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(M, W) * Swimming (M) *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

(M, W) * Powerlifting

Spring

* Baseball (M) * Golf (M, W) * Soccer (W) *

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(W) * Tennis (M) * Track (M,W)

Clubs

*Anime * BDHS orchestra * BDHS bands * Marching band * Jazz band 1 & 2 * Pep band * Choirs * Concert choir * Treble choir * Bel Canto Choir * DECA * FFA * Forensics * Powerlifting * Mock trial *

National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS) is a nationwide organization for high school students in the United States and outlying territories, which consists of many chapters in high schools. Selection is based on four criteria: scholarship (academic achi ...

Key Club Key Club International, also called Key Club, is an international service organization for high school students. As a student-led organization, Key Club's goal is to encourage leadership through serving others. Key Club International is the hig ...

* Student council * SWAZZ * Theatre

Gallery

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Notable alumni

Science, media and the arts

* Lois J. Ehlert – Artist, award-winning author,

Caldecott Medal The Randolph Caldecott Medal, frequently shortened to just the Caldecott, annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It is awarded to the illustrator by the Association for Library Service ...

recipient, & Illustrator of Children’s Books *

Raymond Z. Gallun Raymond Zinke Gallun (March 22, 1911 – April 2, 1994) was an American science fiction writer. Early life Gallun (rhymes with "balloon") was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, the son of Adolph and Martha Zinke Gallun. He graduated from high scho ...

– Pioneer science fiction author * Dave Krause, BSEM, UW-Madison – NASA Sounding Rocket Chief Engineer *

Fred MacMurray Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series, in a career that spanned nearly a half-century. His career as a major film le ...

– Actor * David Alan Smith - Actor

Business

* Benjamin Murray – President of

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baseball draft * Gerald H. Teletzke – Business and engineer leader

Government

* Robert G. Ehlenfeldt – Wisconsin State Veterinarian * Leon Epstein – Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin—Madison * James J. Healy – National labor relations leader, adviser to presidents Kennedy and Carter, Harvard Business School professor, lecturer, author *

Robert Kastenmeier Robert William Kastenmeier (January 24, 1924March 20, 2015) was an American Democratic politician who represented central Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives for 32 years, from 1959 until 1991. He was a key sponsor of the Co ...

– Wisconsin Representative to

U.S. Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is Bicameralism, bicameral, composed of a lower body, the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives, and an upper body, ...

* Fred McFarlane – Professor in Rehabilitation Counseling,

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...

* Mary Ann Spellman – Two-term Beaver Dam mayor * Joseph M. Stehling – Brigadier General, recipient of Purple Heart, Legion of Merit

Professional sports

Eric Baldwin Eric Baldwin (born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin) is a professional poker player from Henderson, Nevada who won the 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event earning $521,991 and was the runner-up in the World Poker Tour $25,000 No Li ...

– Professional poker player and 2009

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of the year * Madeline "Maddy" Horn – Speed skater * Bill Rentmeester – Professional football player *R.J. Shelton - Professional football player

References

External links

Beaver Dam High School website
{{authority control Public high schools in Wisconsin Schools in Dodge County, Wisconsin Beaver Dam, Wisconsin