Alpena High School (Michigan)

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Alpena High School
Established	1883^{[citation needed]}
Type	Public high school
Principal	Claudia Werner
Students	1,600 (2005-2006)
Grades	9-12
Location	3303 South Third Avenue Alpena, Michigan United States
District	Alpena Public Schools
Colors	Green and White
Mascot	Wildcat
Yearbook	The Anamakee
Newspaper	The Wildcat
Website	School page at district site Student created site

Alpena High School is a public high school for students in grades 9-12 located in the city of Alpena, Michigan. For the 2005-06 school year AHS reported an enrollment of exactly 1,600 students. [1] The current school building was opened in 1967 and an addition in 1998-99 where a new wing ("G House") and a few other classrooms was built. AHS is the high school serving the Alpena Public Schools district.

1 Extracurricular
2 Athletics
3 Alpena High School Fight Song
4 External links

[edit] Extracurricular

The school newspaper is "The Wildcat", which is a member of the High School National Ad Network.
Alpena High has its own daily TV news program, "AHS News" or "WAHS." AHS News is filmed during broadcasting class in the mornings. Prior the 2006-07 school year it was filmed at WBKB-TV, the only local TV station. Depending on which lunch period a student has, it is either shown before or after lunch along with Channel One News

[edit] Athletics

The "Wildcats" compete in the Big North Conference with Cadillac, Gaylord, Petoskey, Traverse City Central and Traverse City West High Schools. School colors are green and white. Its enrollment of 1,600 places it in the Michigan High School Athletic Association's highest school classification, Class A.

[edit] Alpena High School Fight Song

Go go go go Wildcats growl!
Make the other team throw in the towel!
Alpena High is best of all
Because we do our best every time!
We will have the hardest fight!
Cause we wear the green and white!
We win!
Forever!
Alpena High Wildcats.... rowr!