St. Mary Central High School (Neenah, Wisconsin)
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St. Mary Catholic High School (formerly St. Mary Central High School) is a
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Fox Crossing, Wisconsin Fox Crossing is a village in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 18,974. It was incorporated from the former town of Menasha in 2016. Fox Crossing is located in the Fox Cities region and the Oshk ...
, near
Neenah Neenah ( ) is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. It is situated on the banks of Lake Winnebago, Little Lake Butte des Morts, and the Fox River approximately northeast of Oshkosh and southwest of Green Bay. Neenah's popul ...
. It operates within the Diocese of Green Bay. It is the only high school in the St. Mary Catholic Schools system (formerly Twin City Catholic Educational System), which also operates three elementary schools and one middle school.


History

St. Mary Catholic Church in
Menasha Menasha () is a city in Winnebago and Calumet 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's name comes from the W ...
opened an elementary school in the late nineteenth-century, adding high-school grades when opening a new building in 1928. A three-story building, it contained a gymnasium, cafeteria, and all the other typical amenities associated with a high school of the day. The wings of the building housed the elementary school. There were additions to the building in 1952 and 1962. The school stayed open until the spring of 1997 when a new building was erected in the Town of Menasha, now Fox Crossing. Parts of the old high school were demolished to make way for additions to the grade school. The new building opened in the fall of 1997. It includes a small chapel, three computer labs, one distance-learning lab, traditional classrooms, a cafeteria with a stage, and a significantly larger gymnasium. Since 1997, additional facilities have been added, including the EEEC Energy Center; Jane's Woods, a two-acre wildlife sanctuary; and Zephyr Fields, a new football/soccer stadium. In 2013, the school completed the construction of the Jane Bergstrom Fine Arts Education Center, which includes a 495-seat performance theater and a 115-seat forensic theater.


Sports

The school won several championships during its association with WISAA (Wisconsin Independent School Athletic Association). However, in the early 2000s WISAA dissolved and the school entered the Olympian Conference in the
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(WIAA). Since their entrance in the WIAA, the school has won the following state titles: *Division 3 Women's Tennis Singles State Championship (3 times) *Division 3 Men's Tennis Singles State Championship *Division 3 Men's Soccer State Championship(Runner-up) *Division 3 Women's Soccer State Championship *Division 3 Women's Soccer State Championship (Runner-up) *Division 3 Men's Baseball State Championship(Runner-up) (3 times) *Division 3 Men's Baseball State Championship *Division 4 Women's Basketball State Championship *Division 4 Women's Basketball State Championship (Runner-up)


SMCS

The school belongs to St. Mary Catholic Schools, a school system comprising three grade schools, one middle school, and one high school in Neenah/Menasha/Fox Crossing: *St. Mary Elementary School *St. Margaret Mary Elementary School *St. Gabriel Elementary School *St. Mary Catholic Middle School (formerly Seton Catholic Middle School)


School facts

*The school’s mascot is the Zephyr, after the speedy, record-setting ''
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'' train. *The school colors are
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and gold. *The yearbook is the ''Renard'',
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'', recalling the nearby Fox River and its early French explorer
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. *Until the new building was constructed, the school conducted its graduations in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Menasha. *The school's enrollment is around 230 students in grades 9–12.


Notes and references


External links


St. Mary Central High School website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Mary Central High School, Neenah, Wisconsin Catholic secondary schools in Wisconsin Schools in Winnebago County, Wisconsin Educational institutions established in 1928 Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay 1928 establishments in Wisconsin