Pewaukee School District

Pewaukee School District

Opening the door to each child's future
Type and location
Type Public
Grades Early Childhood to 12th grade
Established 1840
Country USA
Location Pewaukee, WI
District Info
Superintendent JoAnn Sternke
Budget 22.4 million USD [1]
Students and staff
Students 2108 [2]
Teachers 163
Staff 271 [3]
Athletic Conference Woodland Conference
Colors Red and Black
Other information
History of the School See this (pdf)
Annual Report 2007
School Performance Report 2005-2006
Schedule Block schedule
Information here
Website Pewaukee School District

The Pewaukee School District is a school district in central Waukesha County, Wisconsin. The district serves the village and city of Pewaukee, Wisconsin. It is the only K-12 school district in Wisconsin to twice receive the Wisconsin Forward Award at the Mastery Level.[1]

As of the 2006-2007 school year, the district had about 3000 students. The faculty and staff number about 230.

Schools

Pewaukee Lake Elementary School serves children in early childhood through 3rd grade. The principal is Deb Ristow.

Horizon Elementary serves grades 4 to 6. Its principal is Sandra Carter. This school, like Pewaukee Lake Elementary, requires "specials" such as art, gym, and music classes. In the 5th and 6th grades, students are offered band and choir. Unlike other activities, these take place an hour before school starts. In 6th grade, students participate in four "allied" classes: art, tech. ed. (woodshop), family and consumer education, and health. Each is held every other day for a quarter of the year. The purpose of "allied" classes is to allow students to sample some of the electives the can take the next year.

Asa Clark Middle School (ACMS) serves grades 7 and 8. The principal is Randy Daul. High academic standards and personal accountability are emphasized, with an emphasis on learning how to learn. Asa Clark has a wide variety of sports, such as volleyball, basketball, football, a dance squad, wrestling, cross country, and track and field. The school also has extra-curricular opportunities, such as Art Club, Drama Club, Forensics, Math Counts, LEGOS/Robotics, Honors Choir, and River Keepers.

Many activities once thought of as "extras" have become part of the curriculum. For example, robotics, drama, and forensics became elective classes in the 2007-2008 school year. There are also clubs for all of these electives.

Electives include:

Pewaukee High School

The school was refaced several years ago and has instituted a large network of computers, smartboards, and projectors. Also the city of pewaukee just passed a referendum to make additional changes to the school, including more classrooms, bigger gymnasium, and a larger combined auditorium, and cafeteria. Multiple failures in the referendum resulted in the exclusion of the planned swimming pool that would have been available for community use. the referendum will be fully completed 2012-2013 school year. Academically, the school teaches online classes, such as introductory C++, Java, and AP Computer Science. The foreign languages department (French and Spanish) has a large following and plans to expand with Mandarin Chinese in the 2010-2011 school year. Also offered are a variety of Advanced Placement classes.[2]

PHS is a WIAA Division 2 school in all sports except football, which is Division 3. The Pewaukee Pirates compete in the Woodland Conference. The school has two softball fields, a football field, and a soccer field. Recently, the cross country team went to the state meet. The boys' basketball team advanced into the playoffs last year, and the football team made the playoffs from '05 - '08. In 2008, the poms team came in first place in state in their division. The wrestling team has been conference champion eight consecutive years, and sent nine individual wrestlers to state this year.

In Academic Decathlon, PHS is a Division 2 school. In the 2006-2007 school year, when the topic was China, the team placed 3rd at the Milwaukee Regionals, advancing to 6th in the state. At the 2007 state competition, Pewaukee Acadec ranked 8th in Wisconsin and took the state title for Division 2. In the 2007-2008 school year, when the topic was the Civil War, the team placed 3rd at the Milwaukee Regionals, keeping their place from the previous year. At the state competition, they placed 3rd overall, winning the state division title again. They also placed 3rd in the Super Quiz Oral Relay.

In 2004, the Principal Marty VanHulle was voted Principal of the Year in Wisconsin.[3]

References

  1. ^ Wisconsin Forward Award Winners. The Award was received in 2009 and 2007. 2009. Retrieved 15-03-2010.
  2. ^ Continuous Improvement Report. Fall 2009: pg. 2-4. Note: This is an internal survey and/or self-reported data. Retrieved 15-03-2010.
  3. ^ 2004 State Principals of the Year. Retrieved 15 March 2010.