Cedarburg High School (CHS) is a Public Education High School in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.

Curriculum

Classes offered at Cedarburg High School are grouped into 13 departments: art, business and information technology, engineering/technology education, English, family and consumer education, foreign language, health, mathematics, music, physical education, science, social studies and special education departments. Foreign languages taught at the school include French, German and Spanish. As of 2015, 22 AP classes were offered.

Facilities

Since the current school building was completed in 1956, the campus has expanded several times. In 2002, construction was completed on a project that included an eight-lane swimming pool with diving well, a field house with a 160-meter track, and several basketball courts. In the 2006–07 academic year, the outdoor track and football stadium were renovated. A 3,500-seat stadium was constructed and an 8-lane synthetic track was installed. The majority of the funds for this reconstruction was provided by the Cedarburg Athletic Booster Club and private donors. The school has over ten acres of irrigated land designated for team practices.

Extracurricular activities

Cedarburg High School has over 25 student clubs, including AFS, Art Club, Badminton Club, Bridge Builders, Chess Club, Coding Club, Community Service Club, Debate, Drama Club, Economics Team, Engineering Club, Forensics, French Club, German Club, LEAD, Math Team, National History Day, NHS, Poetry Club, Pep Club, Science Club, Ski Club, Spanish Club and Student Council.

Marching band

The Cedarburg High School marching band first attended the WSMA State Marching Band Championships in 2008 as a critique only band. In 2009, the CHS marching band's first competitive year, they were placed fourth out of eight bands in class AAA. In the years since, the CHS marching band has been third four times and second twice.

Athletics

Cedarburg High School has 51 athletic teams, in which over 700 students participate. The Bulldogs compete in the

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and participate in

Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) is the regulatory body for all high school sports in Wisconsin. Its history dates to 1895, making it the earliest continually existing high school athletic organization in the country. I ...

(WIAA), with the exception of boys' and girls' skiing, and girls' dance team and cheerleading, the latter of which are under the Wisconsin Association of Cheer and Pom Coaches (WACPC). The following sports are offered at CHS: :

Notable alumni

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(born 1966), former

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, acted as

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for one day, also led the effort by 26 states to overturn the

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(1870-1946), paleontologist, geologist, expatriate in China Biography in Context. *

Carl Kiekhaefer Elmer Carl Kiekhaefer (June 4, 1906 – October 5, 1983) was the owner of ''Kiekhaefer Mercury'' (later Mercury Marine) and ''Kiekhaefer Aeromarine'' and also a two-time NASCAR championship car owner. Kiekhaefer Mercury founder Mr Kiekhaefer ...

(1906-1983), founder of Kiekhaefer Marine (later

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) *

Casey Nogueira Casey Nicole Loyd (; born February 23, 1989) is an American professional soccer midfielder who most recently played for FC Kansas City of the NWSL in 2013. She had previously played for the Los Angeles Sol, Sky Blue FC and Chicago Red Stars i ...

(born 1989), member of the US Women's soccer team, and leading scorer of the 2008 UNC women's soccer team *

Jonathan Stiever Jonathan Stiever (born May 12, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization. He played college baseball at Indiana University and was selected by the White Sox in the fifth round of the 2018 Major Lea ...

, MLB pitcher for the

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* Todd Thomas (1959-2000), former professional football player who was inducted into the Cedarburg High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014 * Josh Thompson (born 1978), country singer

References

External links

Cedarburg High School
{{authority control Public high schools in Wisconsin Schools in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin Educational institutions established in 1956 1956 establishments in Wisconsin