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Menasha High School is a public high school located in
The current Menasha High School was built between 1936 and 1938. It was completed in 1938 in a Colonial Revival style following the design by the Green Bay firm of Foeller, Schober, and Berners.
In 2014, at a cost of 30 million dollars, the outdated, undersized, and inflexible circa 1930s building went under renovation and expansion. The Architect/Engineer of that project was Eppstein Uhen Architects. Great care was taken to preserve the historical features of the building.
Menasha High School previously occupied two other buildings. The first, built in 1871, was razed in 1896 to expand. The second building was built in 1896 and was completely destroyed by a fire on March 21, 1936.
Menasha, Wisconsin
Menasha () is a city in Calumet and Winnebago counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 18,268 at the 2020 census. Of this, 15,144 were in Winnebago County, and 2,209 were in Calumet County. The city is located mostly in Win ...
, formally organized in 1875.
Athletics
Menasha's athletic teams are known as the Blue Jays, and compete in theBay Conference
The Bay Conference is a high school athletics conference made up of eight teams in northeastern Wisconsin, centering primarily around the Green Bay and Fox Valley metropolitan areas. Conference schools are members of the Wisconsin Interscholas ...
. For many years, they held a football rivalry with nearby Neenah High School
Neenah High School is a public high school located in Neenah, Wisconsin. It is the only traditional high school of the Neenah Joint School District. As of fall 2008, approximately 2250 students were enrolled in grades 9 through 12, making it one ...
, first playing in 1896.
In 2014, Menasha won their first WIAA Division 2 Football Championship by a score of 37–17 against Waukesha West. Their football program is currently Division 3.
Menasha's hockey program is split among two different collaborations with different high schools in the area, with the boys' collaboration being with Neenah, Hortonville, and Shiocton called the NHM Rockets. NHM participate in the Badgerland Conference and took 2nd place in the WIAA 2019 State Championship. The girls' collaboration is with the Fox Cities Stars, a program consisting of 17 high schools in the area. They won back-to-back WIAA Championships in 2019 and 2020.
History
The current Menasha High School was built between 1936 and 1938. It was completed in 1938 in a Colonial Revival style following the design by the Green Bay firm of Foeller, Schober, and Berners.
In 2014, at a cost of 30 million dollars, the outdated, undersized, and inflexible circa 1930s building went under renovation and expansion. The Architect/Engineer of that project was Eppstein Uhen Architects. Great care was taken to preserve the historical features of the building.
Menasha High School previously occupied two other buildings. The first, built in 1871, was razed in 1896 to expand. The second building was built in 1896 and was completely destroyed by a fire on March 21, 1936.
Notable alumni
*James C. Kerwin
James Charles Kerwin (May 14, 1850January 29, 1921) was an American lawyer and judge from Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the last 16 years of his life (1905–1921).
Biography
Born in Menasha, Wisconsin, he ...
, Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
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Location
The Wi ...
(1905–1921)
* Eric Hinske
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, Former MLB
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player
* Jean Kraft
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, American opera
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tic mezzo-soprano
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References
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