Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School
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Academics
Classes include statistics, pre-calculus AB and BC, and calculus. Advanced science classes include anatomy, physics, and APES (Advanced Placement Environmental Science), which is a college class. Foreign languages offered are German, Spanish, and Latin.Accreditation
Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School is accredited by the Wisconsin Religious and Independent Schools Accreditation (WRISA), and by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Sysnod School Accreditation (WELSSA).Waste water treatment
In 2001, the school built an artificial wetlandConstructed wetland
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for waste water management. In March 2003, a grant from Toyota Motor Sales allowed the school to install a windmill to aerate the wetlands, potentially increasing the facility's effectiveness. The experimental facility is the first of its kind among schools of the upper midwest. The school calls the system "The Green Machine" and uses it for environmental education, allowing the school's Ecology Club to assist in its development and maintenance.
Solar energy system
In 2009, the school built a solar panel array to generate electricity that will go back into the power grid.This system was built in partnership with We Energies, a Power company serving Wisconsin.
Weather station
The school maintains a weather station as part of the SMART Weathernet on WITIWITI
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Fox 6 TV in Milwaukee and Weather Underground.
Extracurricular activities
KMLHS has clubs for students interested in Spanish, ecology, the fine arts, German, Latin, yearbook, math competitions, and sound and lighting work as well as a BotsIQ (also known as Battlebots) team. Those interested in drama can participate in children's theater, forensics, and musicals. The school cultivates student leadership through student council, Cross Trainers, National Honor SocietyNational Honor Society
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and Taste of Ministry programs.Musical Offerings, accessed July 9, 2007 Private instrumental and vocal lessons are also available.
Athletics
Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School offers baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, soccer, and track for boys and basketball, cheerleading, dance team, cross-country, soccer, softball, track, and volleyball for girls.Football
The football program was started in 2001. 2007 marked a milestone as the Chargers entered the playoffs for the first time, progressing to the championship game, where they took runner-up honors in a loss to the state champions from West Salem High SchoolWest Salem High School
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Basketball
The girls' basketball team won consecutive Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association (WISAA) Class B girls championships in 1990 and 1991, defeating Beloit Catholic High School on March 1, 1991 for their second title.Volleyball
The girls' volleyball team won the 1988 Wisconsin independent schools Class B championship, taking the round robin competition with a 4-2 record to end Marinette Catholic Central's streak of four consecutive championships. The girls' volleyball team won consecutive Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic AssociationWisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
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state championships in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007. That made the team one of only five in the state to have won consecutive championships in three years.