| Waukesha West High School | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1993 |
| Type | Public high school |
| Principal | David Towers |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Location | 3301 Saylesville Road, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA |
| District | Waukesha School District |
| Campus | Rural |
| Colors | Royal Blue, White, and Gray |
| Mascot | Wolverines |
| Website | http://www.waukeshaschools.com/west/ |
Waukesha West High School is a high school located in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in Waukesha County, about 20 miles west of Milwaukee. The high school was established in 1993.
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West's art department has won regional and national scholastic art awards. The department provides a foundation in photography, drawing, painting, and ceramics, while performance art, installation art, video art, and other media forms are explored. An art show occurs every year, and in the 2005-2006 school year, the department hosted its first art sale, which included the sale of student and professional artists' works.
The Concert Choir has performed at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison and has opened for the Nordic Choir and Lawrence Choir. The Concert Choir and Master Singers from West's Choir Department performed at the Viking Festival in the 2004-2005 school year, which set a precedent by having two groups from the same department perform. The Concert Choir performed again in 2005-2006, when it placed first for all groups (Jazz, Concert Choir, and Treble) at the San Diego Heritage Festival and moved on to national competition. In 2006, they recorded a Christmas CD called Carols of Christmas. In 2008, they were invited to sing in an NCACDA convention in Fargo, North Dakota. The other choirs of Waukesha West are Treble Choir and Varsity Choir.
Everything Else
Surprisingly, West does offer other academic courses besides art and music
Waukesha West's Academic Decathlon team has won the state competition and advanced to nationals every year between 2002 and 2011[1]. As a Division II school in 2002, the team won the national championship outright, scoring 48,871 points out of a possible 60,000, almost 600 points ahead of another AcDec power, Moorpark High School. This was the first time a school classified as Division II had won the national championship, and Waukesha West is still the only school outside of California and Texas to have claimed first place at nationals.
The school placed third or better at the nationals competition every year between 2002 and 2009, and finished fourth in 2010. The team has been the highest-scoring Division II school each year in that time (except for 2006, when they were classified as Division I). The school has also been the national runner-up three times, finishing second to Moorpark in 2003, 2008, and 2009[2].
At the 2008 National Championship, Moorpark and Waukesha West achieved the two highest team scores ever recorded at any AcDec competition, with 53,119 and 53,096 points respectively. The 23-point margin of victory for Moorpark was worth approximately a single question[3].
Waukesha West High School's marching band, The Cadets of Waukesha West, have won the Wisconsin State Music Association (WSMA) marching band competition seven years (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2006) and have finished second eight times (1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010).
In the 2004 football season, Waukesha West won the state championship in Division II. They also won the state championship in Division I in 2010, they beat Verona, Arrowhead, Middleton, Kenosha Bradford, and SPASH to win the state title. The football team went 13-1 in 2010 with their only loss coming in week 4 to arrowhead 10-7. They are the smallest school to ever win a Division I Championship in football.
State Championships in Division I[4]
Football - 2010
Gymnastics- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008
Men's Cross Country- 1999
Women's Cross Country- 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
Women's Track and Field- 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006
Conference Championships
Baseball— 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007,2010
Football - 2009, 2010
Gymnastics— 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008
Men’s Basketball— 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001
Men’s Cross Country— 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007
Men’s Soccer— 1994, 2002, 2007, 2010
Men’s Swimming— 1999, 2000, 2001
Men’s Tennis— 1998
Men’s Track— 2000
Men’s Volleyball— 2003
2009 Softball— 2005
Women’s Cross Country— 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Women’s Golf— 2002, 2005, 2006
Women’s Soccer— 2005, 2007
Women’s Tennis— 2004
Women’s Track— 2000