Menomonie High School is a public secondary school located in
Menomonie,
Wisconsin. The school has a student body of approximately 1,000 students with a staff of over 105. The Menomonie School District's only high school, it serves students in grades 9–12. The Menomonie High School's mascot is the Mustangs.
Faculty
In May 2009, Menomonie High teacher Susan Turgeson was named 2009 National Teacher of the Year for Secondary-School Food Science Program by the
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS).
Extracurricular activities
Clubs and extracurricular activities include
FFA
FFA may refer to:
Aviation and military
* First Flight Airport, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States
* Free-fire area in U.S. military parlance
* Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein, a Swiss aircraft and railway vehicle manufacturer
* ...
,
DECA,
SAGA
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, HOSA,
Forensics
Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and crimina ...
, KEY Club,
FCCLA
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA, formerly known as Future Homemakers of America) is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization for young men and women in Family and Consumer Sciences education in public ...
,
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Multi-Culture Club,
Science Olympiad, Technology Club,
FBLA,
Chorus
Chorus may refer to:
Music
* Chorus (song) or refrain, line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse
* Chorus effect, the perception of similar sounds from multiple sources as a single, richer sound
* Chorus form, song in which all verse ...
, Musicale,
Orchestra,
Jazz Band
A jazz band (jazz ensemble or jazz combo) is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands vary in the quantity of its members and the style of jazz that they play but it is common to find a jazz band made up of a rhythm section and a ...
,
Student Council
A student council (also known as a student union, associated student body or student parliament) is an administrative organization of students in different educational institutes ranging from elementary schools to universities and research or ...
,
Academic Decathlon, and fall and spring plays.
Athletics
Menomonie belongs to the
Big Rivers Conference The Big Rivers Conference, or BRC, is a high school athletic conference in Western Wisconsin. It participates in the WIAA.
Member schools
Current schools in the Big Rivers Conference are:
* Chippewa Falls Cardinals
* Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes ...
for athletics. It has teams in football, cross country, soccer, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, volleyball, basketball, gymnastics, hockey, wrestling, dance, baseball, softball, and track.
Basketball
State championship – 1909
State championship – 2021–22
Football
The Menomonie football team plays in Division II WIAA football. It is a five-time Wisconsin state champion (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2002), having made eight appearances in the state championship game (1985, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003). Menomonie High plays its home football games at
Don and Nona Williams Stadium
Don and Nona Williams Stadium is a football stadium located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Stout in Menomonie, Wisconsin. The stadium is home to the UW–Stout Blue Devils, the Menomonie High School Mustangs, plus other high ...
, which is also used by
UW-Stout.
Boys' hockey
State championship – 1991
MHS Athletic Booster Club
The Menomonie High School Athletic Booster Club supports MHS athletic programs.
A highlight each year is the Alumni Basketball Tournament, which includes alumni of all ages. Held on the weekend before Easter, the alumni basketball and volleyball tournaments help the MHS Boosters raise money for MHS sports.
Mascot controversy
In the late 1990s, the school eliminated the use of the
Native American mascot controversy, "Indian" mascot. After a contentious
school board election, the new school board members re-instated the Indian as the mascot.
A group of 11 Menomonie residents petitioned the school board to change the Indian logo. They asserted that "Schools ought to be teaching humanity along with other subject matters" and "The use of the Indians nickname sends a subliminal message to children that flies in the face of efforts to teach valued humanitarian principles." Ultimately, Menomonie decided to retire the Indians nickname and imagery, adopting "Mustangs" as the new nickname in 2012.
Science Olympiad
The Menomonie High School
Science Olympiad team won the state championship and represented the state at the national competition in Washington D.C., on May 30–31, 2008, where they were awarded the Division C Team Spirit Award.
On April 4, 2009, the team took home the state trophy for the second consecutive year, with a combined score of 46 points, using the National Science Olympiad scoring system.
On April 2, 2011, Menomonie High School reclaimed the state title, beating the closest team by 59 points. The team went on to represent Wisconsin at the national competition in
Madison, Wisconsin, on May 21, 2011, at which they took 12th place overall, earning a third-place medal in Towers, a fourth-place medal in Optics, a fourth-place medal in Mousetrap Vehicle, and a sixth-place medal in Mission Possible.
On April 5, 2014, Menomonie High School won the state title, beating Madison West team by 53 points.
Forensics
Menomonie High School has a large Forensics Public Speaking team, and they have placed in the top five percent of Wisconsin at state every year since 2008.
References
External links
Menomonie High School websiteLedgersentinel.com
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Public high schools in Wisconsin
Schools in Dunn County, Wisconsin