Homestead High School (Mequon, Wisconsin)

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Homestead High School

Established	1959
Type	Public secondary
Principal	Mark Roherty
Students	1,572
Grades	9–12
Location	Mequon, Wisconsin, USA
Colors	Red White and Black
Nickname	Highlanders
Mascot	Angus the Highlander, The Jug (Boys Swimming & Diving), Merlin the Penguin (Boys and Girls Pole Vault), the Hog (Boys Junior Varsity Cross Country)
Yearbook	'The Tartan'
Newspaper	'The Highlander'
Website	http://www.mtsd.k12.wi.us/MTSD/Homestead

Homestead High School is a comprehensive secondary school located in Mequon, Wisconsin, a northern suburb of Milwaukee. The four-year public high school is a part of the Mequon-Thiensville School District, and as such serves a 48-square-mile (120 km²) area including the city of Mequon and the village of Thiensville. Homestead High School received accreditation from the North Central Association Commission on Schools. Homestead High School was also nationally recognized in 2004 as a No Child Left Behind Blue-Ribbon School, considered the highest honor a school can receive from the U.S. Department of Education. It became one of only thirty-four public high schools in the United States to receive this honor.

Upper-middle-income business executives and professional residents account for the majority of the local population. Enrollment of the comprehensive high school is 1,604. Of the 120 certified staff, 75% have masters or higher degrees. Because nearly 95% of the students are college-bound, college preparatory classes are strongly emphasized.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Folk rock musician Willy Porter
Screen writer and actor John Ridley. Works include The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, Undercover Brother, Barbershop, and many more successful TV shows and movies. He also was an actor in the popular TV series, Martin.
2005-2006 All-WAC Second Team Honors and current Los Angeles Lakers Coby Karl.

[edit] Athletics

The Homestead Highlanders compete in the North Shore Conference within the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association

In 2006, the Highlanders Varsity Football team won the Wisconsin State Championship defeating Arrowhead High School. They finished the season ranked # 27 in the nation by Maxpreps.com.

In 2007, the Highlanders Varsity Football team returned to the State football Championship and were defeated by Arrowhead High School.

In 2007, the Highlanders Girls Varsity Softball team won the State Championship.