Denmark High School (Denmark, Wisconsin)
| Denmark High School | |
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| Address | |
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450 N. Wall St. Denmark, WI, Brown County, 54208 USA | |
| Coordinates | 44°21′14″N 87°49′27″W / 44.353937°N 87.824184°WCoordinates: 44°21′14″N 87°49′27″W / 44.353937°N 87.824184°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Comprehensive Public High School |
| School district | Denmark School District |
| NCES District ID | 5503660 |
| Superintendent | Tony Klaubauf |
| CEEB Code | 500520 |
| NCES School ID | 550366000388 |
| Principal | Oran Nehls |
| Staff | 77 |
| Teaching staff | 34 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 507 (2013-2014) |
| Classes offered | 129 |
| Language | English |
| Hours in school day | 7.25 |
| Color(s) | Purple and gold |
| Song | On, Wisconsin! |
| Athletics conference | WIAA Bay Conference |
| Mascot | Viking |
| Nickname | Denmark Vikings |
| Rival | Luxemburg-Casco Spartans |
| Average ACT scores (2012-2013) | 21.5 |
| Newspaper | Viking Voices |
| Website |
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Denmark High School is a public high school located in Denmark, Wisconsin. Serving grades 9 through 12, enrollment was 507 for the 2013-2014 school year.
Academics
Denmark High School offers a number of different Advanced Placement courses including English, Calculus AB, Statistics, American History, European History, and Spanish Language. The school also works with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's College Credit in High School program,[1] offering four of the available courses. Other options include cooperative education programs, youth apprenticeship programs and online courses.[2]
The school has an extensive music program. They offer numerous chorus and band programs to students in the general scholastic program.
The school is host to a number of different extra-curricular activities. Academic teams participate in the Green Bay area academic competition each year. The school bring teams in all four subject area (mathematics, English, science, and social studies). Separate from the academic math team, the Viking Mathletes are a member of the Green Bay Metro Math League. The school also offers a lot of different clubs; including a global culture club, ski club, art club, a Future Business Leaders of America chapter, a well-known chapter of the Future Farmers of America, a Solar Olympics team, a forensics team, and a StingCancer group, among numerous other groups.
Athletics
The school participates in Division 3 (formerly of Division 2) of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association as a member of the Bay Conference. Starting with the 2015-16 school year, the school will compete in the Eastern Valley Conference.
Denmark High School offers a number of different athletics to students; including baseball, softball, boy's and girl's basketball, wrestling, cross country, track and field, football, boys and girls soccer, boy's and girl's golf, and girls volleyball.
The school has not been very successful at the state level in past years. The exception to that has been the boy's spring baseball team, which lost the D2 state final in 2005 against Kenosha St. Joseph in 12 innings.[3]
The boy's basketball team won the 1985 Division B state final.[4]
The softball team won state finals in 1982 (Division B), 1983 (Division B), 1991 (D2), and 1997 (D2).[5]
Notable alumni
References
- ↑ Denmark School Board. "Denmark High School 2012-2012 Course Description Handbook" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ↑ Denmark School Board. "Denmark High School 2012-2013 Course Description Handbook" (PDF). pp. 4–7. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ↑ WIAA. "Spring Baseball Champions 1948-2012" (PDF). p. 5. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ↑ WIAA. "State Boys Basketball Champions (1916-2012)" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ↑ WIAA. "WIAA State Softball Champions (1976-2012)" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 23 August 2012.