Beloit Memorial High School

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Beloit Memorial High School

Established	1868
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Carlton Jenkins
Asst. Principal	Mr. Tom Johnson Mr. Tony Bosco Mr. Sean Leavy Ms. Charan Cal
Athletic Director	Mr. Stan Zweifel
Faculty	150 (2007-2008)
Students	2,135 (2007-2008)
Grades	9-12
Location	1225 Fourth Street, Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
Oversight	School District of Beloit
Colors	Purple & White
Athletics	WIAA Big Eight Conference
Mascot	Purple Knight
Yearbook	'The Beloiter'
Newspaper	'The Increscent'
Schedule Type	4-Block System
Website	http://www.sdb.k12.wi.us/memorial
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Beloit Memorial High School is a public, four year comprehensive high school located in Beloit, Wisconsin. The average class size is 24 students with an enrollment of 2,135 students, a Senior Class of 460, and 150 full-time certified staff.^[1] 80% of the graduating students continue their education once leaving Beloit Memorial High School. Beloit Memorial High School operates on a 4-block system which consists of 4 Terms per year, with 4 90-minute class periods per day. The school offers eleven advanced placement (AP) courses. Memorial competes in the WIAA Big Eight Conference in athletics. The school's nickname is the Purple Knights. The school has an extensive Charter School complex across the river named the Eclipse Educational Facility. It enrolls over 200 students and in addition to an online learning facility, it includes an auto body shop, cafeteria and a planned culinary arts restaurant run by the students. Also located at the Eclipse Center is the "Roy Chapman Andrews Academy", a project based charter school serving grades 9 through 12.

1 Athletics
2 Notable Alumni
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Athletics

Beloit Memorial offers 23 Varsity sports: Basketball M/F, Football, Swimming M/F , Soccer M/F, Volleyball M/F, Wrestling, Hockey M/F, Track M/F, Cross Country M/F, Baseball, Softball, Tennis M/F, Spirit Squad, Golf M/F.

State Championships
High School Basketball	1973, 1969, 1947, 1937, 1934, 1933, 1932^{[citation needed]}
High School Baseball	1965^{[citation needed]}
High School Football	1972^{[citation needed]}
High School Hockey	1999^{[citation needed]}
High School Golf	1945, 1932^{[citation needed]}
High School Swimming	1976, 1975 Runner-up 1927^{[citation needed]}
High School Track & Field	1991,1977,1949^{[citation needed]}
American Legion Baseball	2000, 1973^[2], 1966, 1961, 1949^{[citation needed]}
American Jr. Legion Baseball	2007, 1998^{[citation needed]}

Note: The American Legion and Jr. Legion baseball teams were composed of students from Beloit Memorial, Beloit Catholic, Beloit Turner, and Clinton high schools.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Eugene Lee (designer) Tony Award Winning Stage Designer-Saturday Night Live, Wicked
Colin Mulligan- Carroll College Baseball Player. Well know for his proclivity of wearing sports jerserys everyday accompanied by gray sweat pants.
Tracy Silverman- Professional Violinist
Kyle Weaver- Washington State Basketball Player
Becky Tibbetts- Former WNBA Basketball Player
Tony Scaldwell- Vegas trumpet player who has performed with Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Elvis, and Stan Kenton
Sean Wiles - University of Alaska-Anchorage Hockey Player, Former Player of the Tri-City Storm
Jimmy Caldwell - Assistant Head Coach-Indianapolis Colts, in the year of their Super Bowl Championship (2006)
Bill Hanzlick - Former NBA Player and Coach
Stephanie Klett - Former Miss Wisconsin
Franklin Clarke - Former NFL Player Cowboys, Browns
Jerry Kenny - Former MLB Player Yankees
Dr. Annette Calude - Former Broadway Actress
PJ Connelly - Dodgers Minor System
Tony Brizzolara - Former MLB Alanta Braves
Aaron Lampshire - Active volunteer for the Aldo Leopold Nature Center in Black Earth, WI.
Michael Ramsdail - Motivational Speaker and pastor
Hugh R. Jones - Supervising Deputy Attorney General, State of Hawaii, current President of the National Association of State Charity Officials, Director Hawaii State Bar Association.