Preble High School is a public high school in the Green Bay, Wisconsin School District. The school serves students from Green Bay,

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, and New Franken. The name comes from the former

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of Preble, which is now part of northeastern Green Bay, and

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History

Preble High School opened in 1955, with a campus of both junior (7th-9th grade) and senior (10th-12th grade) high schools housed in separate buildings. The junior high was phased out with the opening of Edison Junior High (now Edison Middle) School in 1970. In 1986, Green Bay Public Schools changed to a format of middle (6th-8th grade) and high (9th-12th grade) schools. On August 8, 2014, a fire occurred in a gymnasium at Preble High School, delaying the start of classes. The fire was a result of the spontaneous combustion of rags soaked with gym floor resurfacing product. It was the second largest fire in Green Bay history. The estimated damage was about 7.5 million dollars. A new field house with an indoor track opened in November 2014. Preble, which was designed for roughly 1700 students, currently holds more than 2100, making it the second largest high school in Wisconsin as of 2016. A referendum to create a new school in northeastern

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to alleviate overcrowding was defeated by a 2-to-1 margin on November 6, 2006.

Athletics

Preble's athletic teams are known as the Hornets, and compete in the

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of the

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. The Hornets have won nine WIAA championships, six of which came from gymnastics.

Extra-curricular activities

Music and drama

Preble's music and drama program puts on a variety of plays and musicals throughout the year. The school also has two competitive

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s, the mixed-gender Center Stage and the female Rendezvous. In October 2010, Center Stage was voted in a fan poll run by ''

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'' as one of the top three favorite show choirs in the country.

Sting Cancer

In 2004, a faculty member who is a cancer survivor and students at Preble founded Sting Cancer, a club for raising awareness of cancer and offering support to those affected by it. Over a decade later, the club has spread to nearly 30 other schools in northeast Wisconsin.

Notable alumni

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, men's basketball coach at the

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* Bob Kroll, former

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player for the

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* Kevin Stemke, former NFL player *

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, former NFL player

References

External links

Official website
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