The Pewaukee School District is located in central

Waukesha County, Wisconsin Waukesha County () is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 406,978, making it the third-most populous county in Wisconsin. Its county seat and largest city is Waukesha. Waukesha Co ...

. The district serves the village and city of

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. The district has 2,584 students. Faculty and staff number 295. It twice received the Wisconsin Forward Award at the mastery level.

Schools

* Pewaukee Lake Elementary School serves students in early childhood through 2nd grade. * Horizon Elementary serves grades 3 to 5. * Asa Clark Middle School (ACMS) serves grades 6 to 8. Asa Clark's sports include

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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 ...

, a dance squad,

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 ...

, cross country, and

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

. The school's extra-curricular opportunities include Art Club, Drama Club,

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, Math Counts, LEGOS/Robotics, an in-house robotics club, Honors Choir, and River Keepers.

Pewaukee High School

The school has a network of computers, smartboards, and projectors. The school has some online classes, such as introductory C++,

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, and AP Computer Science. The foreign languages department included French, Spanish and

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classes are offered.Continuous Improvement Report
Fall 2009: pp. 2-4. ''Note: This is an internal survey and/or self-reported data.'' Retrieved 15-03-2010. PHS is a WIAA Division 2 school in all sports except football, in which it is a Division 3 school, and in track and field and cross country, in which it is a Division 1 school. The school has two

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fields, two

fields, a track, and two

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

fields. The Pewaukee Pirates compete in the

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. The football team made the playoffs from 2005 to 2008. In 2021, the Pewaukee Pirates won the WIAA Division 3 state football championship against Rice Lake with a final score of 15–6. The boys' basketball team was the WIAA Division 2 State Runner-Up in 2000–2001, and has won 11 conference championships (1926, 1931, 1961, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018). In 2008, 2012, and 2013 the dance team came in first place in state in their division. The girls' cross country team won the state meet in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009 and 2015. The boys' cross country team won the state meet in 2015. The

team has been conference champion eight consecutive years. In Academic Decathlon, PHS is a Division 2 school. In the 2017–2018 school year, the Pewaukee High School Academic Decathlon team took third overall in the state-wide competition. The team also came first in their division, and took the state title for Division 2. Due to this success, the team had the opportunity to advance on to the national competition where the competing members were able to place third overall in their division country-wide. The 2017–2018 school year was the most successful year for the Pewaukee High School Academic Decathlon team to date. The theme for the 2017–2018 school year was Africa and focused on the history, literature, science, social science, economics, music, and art of the greater region. In the 2006–2007 school year, the team placed sixth in the state. At the 2007 state competition, the Pewaukee Academic Decathlon team ranked eighth in Wisconsin and took the state title for Division 2. In the 2007–2008 school year, when the topic was the

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, the team placed third overall at the state competition, winning the state division title. It also placed third in the Super Quiz Oral Relay. On February 26, 2017, standout point guard Aidan Nordquist committed to Ripon College on scholarship. After his freshman year he left Ripon College to pursue a career in Canadian Axe Throwing. In 2020, Nordquist was suspended from the Canadian Axe Throwing League in allegations of using a corked axe.

Notable alumni

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, film producer *

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, rugby union player *

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, former offensive tackle for the

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fullback for the

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and TV Host *

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defensive end for the

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and TV Host *

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linebacker for the

and TV Host

References

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