Rhinelander High School

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Rhinelander High School is a high school in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA, a small city located in Oneida County. Rhinelander High School has a student population of 1,091 as of 2007. The student population has been diminishing due to the increasing number of students who are attending the local Charter School and the decline in new families moving to the area.

Rhinelander High School flag.

The school shares its mascot, the Hodag, a mythological creature, with the city. Sports teams at the school have uniforms in the school colors of kelly green, white, and black.

1 School administration
2 Courses and activities
3 Sports
4 Notable alumni
5 External links

[edit] School administration

Name	Position
Michael S. Werbowsky	Principal
Kristen Sturm	Associate Principal
David Ditzler	Associate Principal
Justin Szews	Activities Director
Kerri Schmidt	School Nurse
Kathy Ehlers	Food Service Supervisor

[edit] Courses and activities

Being one of the largest high schools in the Northwoods, Rhinelander High School has a diverse range of courses including three foreign languages - Spanish, French, and German. The school is known nationally for its record of the most consecutive wins in Mock Trial, a nation-wide high school extra curricular activity where students study a court case selected by the state and then break down the case in a simulated court-of-law setting. Mock Trial at RHS is led by Ms. Kathy Vick-Martini.

Rhinelander's Debate Team is also known as one of the best teams in Wisconsin. On December 8th, 2007, Rhinelander took 2nd place in The Tournament of Champions in South Milwaukee. Ryan Gittins and Joel McReynolds were the winning affirmative team, paired with Eric Kirby and David Walters, the winning negative half. They won all six of their debates, but ended up taking second due to speaker points. Rhinelander's debate team is currently lead by Mrs. Angela Schaffer.

[edit] Sports

Rhinelander High School participates in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) and sports teams play in the Wisconsin Valley Conference (WVC). Rhinelander teams participate in Division-I, with the exception of football, which at the state level is moved down to Division-II. There are 8 other member schools including Antigo, Merrill, DC Everest, Wausau West, Wausau East, Stevens Point, and Wisconsin Rapids. Starting the 2008-2009 school year, Antigo and Merrill will leave the conference and join the 'Great Northern Conference', making Rhinelander the smallest school in the WVC in terms of enrollment. Rhinelander sports of notable success include boys basketball, girls gymnastics, boys and girls swimming, co-ed wrestling, and boys soccer.