Port Washington High School is a public secondary high school in the city of

Port Washington, Wisconsin Port Washington is the county seat of Ozaukee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on Lake Michigan's western shore east of Interstate 43, the community is a suburb in the Milwaukee metropolitan area 27 miles north of the City of Mil ...

and a part of the

Port Washington-Saukville School District Port Washington-Saukville School District (PWSSD) is a school district headquartered in Port Washington, Wisconsin. It serves that community and Saukville. Prior to 2013 the school building served as polling sites. This was scrapped for security r ...

. The enrollment during the 2022–2023 school year was 825. Eric Burke served as the principal until circa February 2020. In March 2020 Thad Gabrielse became the principal.

Athletics

Port Washington High School participates in the

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. PWHS won state championships in boys' cross country in 1933, 1956, 1957 and 1960, and in boys’

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in 1936.

Alumni

* A. Manette Ansay, author *

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, state champion wrestler; NCAA champion while at

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; 2016 Dan Hodge Trophy Winner * Andrew Vitale, 1999 World War II Essay Winner *

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, Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year;

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All–Defensive team (2012, 2014, 2015)

References

Public high schools in Wisconsin Schools in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-school-stub