Jerome I. Case High School (also known as Case, J. I. Case or Racine Case High School) is located in
Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, a suburb of Racine in the United States. It is a
public school
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for grades 9 to 12 with an estimated student enrollment of 2,022.
Built in 1966, Case was named for
Jerome Increase Case
Jerome Increase Case (December 11, 1819December 22, 1891) was an early American manufacturer of threshing machines. He founded the J. I. Case Company which has gone through many mergers and name changes to today's Case Corporation. He served thre ...
, founder of Racine Threshing Works, now a part of
CNH Global.
Case students are divided into three academies: Business, Health Sciences, and Computer Science Education and Technical Services. The school mascot is "Casey the Eagle". The school is the first of ten authorized Wisconsin high schools to offer the
International Baccalaureate program. After a recent application process in May 2015, Case earned the approval from IBO to become an IB Career Programme Candidate school. This will mark the fourth programme of the Racine Unified IB continuum.
Case is an Academy of Racine, which is a program released by RUSD with hopes to give students the opportunity to become "College or career ready".
It serves residents of:
Sturtevant, Mount Pleasant and sections of
Caledonia
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.
Athletics
Case won state championships in boys
cross country in 1973, 1975 and 1989.
Notable alumni
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Jesse Marsch, Major League Soccer player and coach
*
Duane Kuiper, Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
* Linda Leigh, botanist and
Biosphere 2
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crew member
* Rick Limpert, No. 1 Sports Tech Writer in USA, Best Selling Author, The Invaluable Experience with, professional tennis player,
Danielle Lao.
*
Samantha Logic, basketball player
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* Kim Merritt - American long-distance runner
* Tom Sorensen - American volleyball player
* Hari Ananth, entrepreneur and founder of the technology company Jobr (acquired by Monster.com
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)
References
External links
Case High School websiteRacine Unified School District website
During the 1965-1967 school years, the students attended Horlick.
High schools in Racine, Wisconsin
International Baccalaureate schools in Wisconsin
Educational institutions established in 1966
Public high schools in Wisconsin
1966 establishments in Wisconsin
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