Sun Prairie High School

Sun Prairie High School

Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Lisa Hiepp
Students	2500
Grades	10–12
Location	Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
Oversight	Sun Prairie Area School District
Colors	Red and black
Mascot	Cardinal
Yearbook	The Cardinal
Newspaper	Cardinal Courier
Website	http://www.sunprairie.k12.wi.us/construct_new_hs.cfm

Sun Prairie High School (SPHS) is a comprehensive secondary school located in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The school is administered by the Sun Prairie Area School District. In 2008-2009, there were 146 teachers and 1,802 students at Sun Prairie High School. SPHS is a WIAA Division 1 school. Sun Prairie High School is a member of the Big Eight athletic conference.^[1]

In the summer of 2010 the school transitioned to a new building in the southern part of town. The old school was changed into a combined 8th and 9th grade upper middle school. The new high school opened in fall 2010; it can accommodate 2000 students. The new high school included a state-of-the-art gym which will seat 2,100 spectators for basketball games and also includes an indoor track. ^[2]

1 Athletic championships
2 Organization & Activity Accomplishments
- 2.1 SkillsUSA
- 2.2 Jazz Ensemble
3 Notable alumni
4 References
5 External links

Athletic championships

Hockey

1989 State champion
1997 State champion^[3]

Baseball

1974 State champion
1994 State champion
1997 State champion
2005 State champion
2006 State champion

Football

1995 State champion
(Football team) Sun Prairie Cardinals

Cheerleading

UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, FL
2004 Nationals - 10th Place (first team from WI to make Finals at the National HS Cheerleading Championship)
2005 Nationals - 5th Place
2006 Nationals - 8th Place
2007 Nationals- 3rd Place
2008 National Champions - First High School Cheer Team in Midwest to Win UCA Nationals
2009 Nationals- 2nd Place
2010 Nationals- 2nd Place
2011 Nationals - 2nd Place
Many more state, regional, and national awards, including UPA National Champions 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002; JAMFest SuperNationals 2003 National Champion)

Organization & Activity Accomplishments

SkillsUSA

2007 3d Visualization & Animation- State Bronze
2007 Engineering Challenge- State Silver
2008 3d Visualization & Animation- State Gold
2009 3d Visualization & Animation- State Gold, Silver, & Bronze
2009 Community Service- State Gold
2009 Engineering Challenge- State Silver
2009 Two members elected into State Office (Secretary & District 4 Vice President)
2009 Home Construction Sustainable Design Methods presented by students at National SkillsUSA Conference
2010 National recognition in the SkillsUSA Publication "Champions" for the Homes for Our Troops project
2010 3d Visualization & Animation- State Gold & Bronze
2010 Chapter Business Procedures- State Silver
2010 Chapter Display- State Gold
2010 Community Service- State Gold
2010 Criminal Justice- State Gold
2010 Culinary Arts (in a collaboration with FCCLA)- State Gold
2010 Engineering Challenge- State Gold
2010 Extemporaneous Speaking- State Silver & Bronze
2010 Job Skill Demonstration A- State Bronze
2010 Outstanding Chapter- State Gold
2010 Plumbing- State Gold
2010 Two members elected into State Office (President & District 4 Vice President)
2010 Wisconsin Advisor of the Year (Christopher Neff)
2010 Engineering Technology- National Silver
2011 3d Visualization & Animation- State Bronze
2011 Chapter Business Procedures- State Bronze
2011 Chapter Display- State Gold
2011 Culinary Arts (in a collaboration with FCCLA)- State Bronze
2011 Extemporaneous Speaking- State Silver
2011 Job Skill Demonstration Open- State Bronze
2011 Outstanding Chapter- State Gold
2011 Opening & Closing Ceremonies- State Silver
2011 Prepared Speech- State Silver
2011 One member elected into State Office (District 4 Vice President)

Jazz Ensemble

1998 Jazz at Lincoln Center "Essentially Ellington" National Finalist - New York - placed third
1998 Performed with Wynton Marsalis at Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic - Chicago, Illinois
2000 Jazz at Lincoln Center "Essentially Ellington" National Finalist - New York
2000 Performed program of Duke Ellington music at Wisconsin State Music Convention with legendary Ellington alumni, Clark Terry
2001 Jazz at Lincoln Center "Essentially Ellington" National Finalist - New York
2004 Jazz at Lincoln Center "Essentially Ellington" National Finalist - New York - placed third
2008 Jazz at Lincoln Center "Essentially Ellington" National Finalist - New York - placed third

              - Outstanding Trumpet Section

2011 Jazz at Lincoln Center "Essentially Ellington" National Finalist - New York

              - Outstanding Trumpet Section

Notable alumni

Andrew Cain, Professional Bowlers Association champion^[4]
Kevyn Feiner, member of the Dayton Dragons (2009)^[5]
John A. List, University of Chicago economist
Andy Thompson, member of the Toronto Blue Jays (2000)^[5]

References

^ "Big 8 Conference". http://www.big8conference.net/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=186. 2011
^ [1] - SPHS Gym - May 2, 2011
^ "The Hockey database listing of Sun Prairie Alumni" (SHTML). http://www.wiaawi.org/hockeyboys/teamchamps.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
^ PBA.com - Live Scoring
^ ^a ^b "The Baseball Cube database listing of Sun Prairie alumni" (SHTML). http://www.thebaseballcube.com/high-schools/sun-prairie-7885.shtml. Retrieved 2006-12-06.

External links

Sun Prairie School District website