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Fort Atkinson High School is a public high school in
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin Fort Atkinson is a city in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. It is on the Rock River (Illinois), Rock River, a few miles upstream from Lake Koshkonong. The population was 12,579 at the 2020 census. Fort Atkins ...
. It is part of the Fort Atkinson School District.


History

Fort Atkinson High School was founded in 1866, and its first principal was John Purdy. The original school building was destroyed in a fire in 1888. The high school has been housed in a number of buildings since.


Extracurricular activities


Athletics

Source: * Boys' and girls' cross country * Boys' and girls' track * Boys' and girls' soccer * Boys' and girls' tennis * Boys' and girls' swim * Boys' and girls' basketball * Boys' and girls' volleyball * Boys' and girls' golf * Baseball * Softball * Wrestling * Football * Cheerleading/spirit squad * Esports League


Clubs and organizations

Source: Student clubs and organizations include: *
Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...
* Art league *
Chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...
club * FFA * Fort Atkinson chapter of the
National Speech and Debate Association The National Speech and Debate Association is an American student debating society. It was established in 1925 as the National Forensic League; the name was changed in 2014. It is one of four major national organizations that direct high school ...
* Forensics * French club *
FBLA The Future Business Leaders of America, or FBLA, is an American career and technical student organization headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Established in 1940, FBLA is a non-profit organization of high school ("FBLA"), Middle Level ("FBLA ...
* German club * History club * Math club *
NHS The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
* Spanish club * VICA Fort Atkinson has two competitive
show choirs A show choir (originally known as a "swing choir") is a musical ensemble that combines choral singing with choreographed dance, often with an overarching theme. It is most relevant in the Midwestern United States and was popularized by the America ...
, the mixed-gender South High Street Singers and the women's-only Lexington Singers. The school also hosts its own competition, the Fort Atkinson Showcase. The Fort Atkinson Debate Team is led by English teacher Dan Hansen in the high school, the team competes from October to late January every year, but practice starts in September. The team was founded in 2016 and has seven members as of 2021.


See also

*
List of high schools in Wisconsin Adams County * Adams-Friendship High School, Adams Ashland County * Ashland High School, Ashland * Butternut High School, Butternut * Glidden High School, Glidden * Mellen High School, Mellen Barron County * Barron High School, Barron * Cameron H ...


References

{{authority control Public high schools in Wisconsin Education in Jefferson County, Wisconsin 1866 establishments in Wisconsin Educational institutions established in 1866