Kickapoo High School (Viola, Wisconsin)
Encyclopedia
Kickapoo High School is a high school
located in Viola
, Wisconsin
, United States
. It serves grades 6-12 and is part of the Kickapoo Area School District. The high school has 242 students; its student to teacher ratio is 12:1. In 2007, Kickapoo High School was awarded the U.S. News Silver Star Award; it was one of three Wisconsin high schools to receive this honor.
for excellence in the music education program. The award is given to 50 poverty-level schools yearly, out of the 2000 that apply. The current band director at Kickapoo is Mr. William Doolan, and the current choir director at Kickapoo is Miss Marilynn Clauson.
Division 6 state title game in 1989, though it lost to Augusta High School
.
for having sexual intercourse
with a female student. The student claimed that she had sexual intercourse with Schroeder several times between March and May 1992. Schroeder pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault and was sentenced to nine months in prison as well as a five-year parole
and 500 hours of community service. Schroeder was suspended without pay by the school after his indictment and resigned upon his conviction.
High school
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located in Viola
Viola, Wisconsin
Viola is a village in Richland and Vernon Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, United States. The population was 667 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Viola is located at ....
, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
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, United States
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. It serves grades 6-12 and is part of the Kickapoo Area School District. The high school has 242 students; its student to teacher ratio is 12:1. In 2007, Kickapoo High School was awarded the U.S. News Silver Star Award; it was one of three Wisconsin high schools to receive this honor.
Music
In 2009, the Kickapoo High School Music Department was awarded $10,000 from The Mr. Holland's Opus FoundationThe Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation
The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation was inspired by the motion picture Mr. Holland's Opus. The film's composer, Michael Kamen, founded MHOF in 1996....
for excellence in the music education program. The award is given to 50 poverty-level schools yearly, out of the 2000 that apply. The current band director at Kickapoo is Mr. William Doolan, and the current choir director at Kickapoo is Miss Marilynn Clauson.
Athletics
Kickapoo High School participates in athletics as a member of the Ridge & Valley Conference. Their athletic teams are known as the Panthers. The school's football team reached the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic AssociationWisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is the regulatory body for all high school sports in Wisconsin. Its history dates to 1895, making it the first high school athletic organization in the country...
Division 6 state title game in 1989, though it lost to Augusta High School
Augusta High School (Wisconsin)
Augusta High School is a high school located in Augusta, Wisconsin, United States. It serves grades 9-12 and is part of the Augusta Area School District. Augusta High School has 204 students.-Athletics:...
.
Sexual assault incident
In 1992, Kickapoo High School Principal Norbert Schroeder was charged with four counts of second-degree sexual assaultSexual assault
Sexual assault is an assault of a sexual nature on another person, or any sexual act committed without consent. Although sexual assaults most frequently are by a man on a woman, it may involve any combination of two or more men, women and children....
for having sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...
with a female student. The student claimed that she had sexual intercourse with Schroeder several times between March and May 1992. Schroeder pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault and was sentenced to nine months in prison as well as a five-year parole
Parole
Parole may have different meanings depending on the field and judiciary system. All of the meanings originated from the French parole . Following its use in late-resurrected Anglo-French chivalric practice, the term became associated with the release of prisoners based on prisoners giving their...
and 500 hours of community service. Schroeder was suspended without pay by the school after his indictment and resigned upon his conviction.