Pewaukee School District
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The Pewaukee School District is a school district
in central Waukesha County, Wisconsin
. The district serves the village and city of Pewaukee, Wisconsin
. It is the only K-12 school district in Wisconsin to twice receive the Wisconsin Forward Award at the Mastery Level.
As of the 2006-2007 school year, the district had about 3000 students. The faculty and staff number about 230.
Pewaukee Lake Elementary School serves children in early childhood through 3rd grade. The principal is Deb Ristow.
Horizon Elementary serves grades 4 to 6. Its principal is Sandra Carter. This school, like Pewaukee Lake Elementary, requires "specials" such as art, gym, and music classes. In the 5th and 6th grades, students are offered band and choir. Unlike other activities, these take place an hour before school starts. In 6th grade, students participate in four "allied" classes: art, tech. ed. (woodshop), family and consumer education, and health. Each is held every other day for a quarter of the year. The purpose of "allied" classes is to allow students to sample some of the electives the can take the next year.
Asa Clark Middle School (ACMS) serves grades 7 and 8. The principal is Randy Daul. High academic standards and personal accountability are emphasized, with an emphasis on learning how to learn. Asa Clark has a wide variety of sports, such as volleyball
, basketball
, football
, a dance squad, wrestling
, cross country
, and track and field
. The school also has extra-curricular opportunities, such as Art Club, Drama Club, Forensics
, Math Counts
, LEGOS/Robotics
, Honors Choir, and River Keepers.
Many activities once thought of as "extras" have become part of the curriculum. For example, robotics, drama, and forensics became elective classes in the 2007-2008 school year. There are also clubs for all of these electives.
Electives include:
, Java
, and AP Computer Science
. The foreign languages department (French
and Spanish
) has a large following and plans to expand with Mandarin Chinese in the 2010-2011 school year. Also offered are a variety of Advanced Placement classes.
PHS is a WIAA
Division 2 school in all sports except football, which is Division 3. The Pewaukee Pirates compete in the Woodland Conference
. The school has two softball
fields, a football
field, and a soccer field. Recently, the cross country team went to the state meet. The boys' basketball team advanced into the playoffs last year, and the football team made the playoffs from '05 - '08. In 2008, the poms team came in first place in state in their division. The wrestling
team has been conference champion eight consecutive years, and sent nine individual wrestlers to state this year.
In Academic Decathlon, PHS is a Division 2 school. In the 2006-2007 school year, when the topic was China
, the team placed 3rd at the Milwaukee Regionals, advancing to 6th in the state. At the 2007 state competition, Pewaukee Acadec ranked 8th in Wisconsin and took the state title for Division 2. In the 2007-2008 school year, when the topic was the Civil War
, the team placed 3rd at the Milwaukee Regionals, keeping their place from the previous year. At the state competition, they placed 3rd overall, winning the state division title again. They also placed 3rd in the Super Quiz Oral Relay.
In 2004, the Principal Marty VanHulle was voted Principal of the Year in Wisconsin.
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
in central Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Waukesha County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2008, the population was 380,629. Its county seat is Waukesha.-History:The part of Wisconsin that Waukesha County now occupies was a part of Michigan when Milwaukee County was organized in September 1834. On July 4, 1836, the...
. The district serves the village and city of Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
. It is the only K-12 school district in Wisconsin to twice receive the Wisconsin Forward Award at the Mastery Level.
As of the 2006-2007 school year, the district had about 3000 students. The faculty and staff number about 230.
Schools
- Pewaukee Lake Elementary, 436 Lake Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072
- Horizon Elementary, 458 Lake Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072
- Asa Clark Middle School, 472 Lake Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072
- Pewaukee High School, 510 Lake Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072
Pewaukee Lake Elementary School serves children in early childhood through 3rd grade. The principal is Deb Ristow.
Horizon Elementary serves grades 4 to 6. Its principal is Sandra Carter. This school, like Pewaukee Lake Elementary, requires "specials" such as art, gym, and music classes. In the 5th and 6th grades, students are offered band and choir. Unlike other activities, these take place an hour before school starts. In 6th grade, students participate in four "allied" classes: art, tech. ed. (woodshop), family and consumer education, and health. Each is held every other day for a quarter of the year. The purpose of "allied" classes is to allow students to sample some of the electives the can take the next year.
Asa Clark Middle School (ACMS) serves grades 7 and 8. The principal is Randy Daul. High academic standards and personal accountability are emphasized, with an emphasis on learning how to learn. Asa Clark has a wide variety of sports, such as volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, a dance squad, wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, and track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
. The school also has extra-curricular opportunities, such as Art Club, Drama Club, Forensics
Public speaking
Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners...
, Math Counts
MathCounts
Mathcounts is a middle school mathematics competition held in the United States. Its founding sponsors include the CNA Foundation, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The competition is designed for sixth, seventh, and eighth...
, LEGOS/Robotics
FIRST Lego League
The FIRST® LEGO® League is an international competition organized by FIRST for elementary and middle school students ....
, Honors Choir, and River Keepers.
Many activities once thought of as "extras" have become part of the curriculum. For example, robotics, drama, and forensics became elective classes in the 2007-2008 school year. There are also clubs for all of these electives.
Electives include:
- Band - separate 7th and 8th grades
- Choir - several choirs, including swing and ensemble choir
- Asa Enterprises - An Introduction to Business
- Technical Education
- Family and Consumer Education (F/CE)
- Computer/Word Processing
- Foreign Language (French or Spanish)
Pewaukee High School
The school was refaced several years ago and has instituted a large network of computers, smartboards, and projectors. Also the city of pewaukee just passed a referendum to make additional changes to the school, including more classrooms, bigger gymnasium, and a larger combined auditorium, and cafeteria. Multiple failures in the referendum resulted in the exclusion of the planned swimming pool that would have been available for community use. the referendum will be fully completed 2012-2013 school year. Academically, the school teaches online classes, such as introductory C++C++
C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell...
, Java
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...
, and AP Computer Science
AP Computer Science
Advanced Placement Computer Science is the name of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn college credit for a college-level computer science course...
. The foreign languages department (French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) has a large following and plans to expand with Mandarin Chinese in the 2010-2011 school year. Also offered are a variety of Advanced Placement classes.
PHS is a WIAA
Wisconsin 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 2 school in all sports except football, which is Division 3. The Pewaukee Pirates compete in the Woodland Conference
Woodland Conference
The Woodland Conference is a high school athletics conference in Southeastern Wisconsin. It is overseen by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association . Members of the conference are: Brown Deer, Cudahy, Greendale, Greenfield, New Berlin Eisenhower, New Berlin West, Pewaukee, Shorewood, St....
. The school has two softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
fields, a football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
field, and a soccer field. Recently, the cross country team went to the state meet. The boys' basketball team advanced into the playoffs last year, and the football team made the playoffs from '05 - '08. In 2008, the poms team came in first place in state in their division. The wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
team has been conference champion eight consecutive years, and sent nine individual wrestlers to state this year.
In Academic Decathlon, PHS is a Division 2 school. In the 2006-2007 school year, when the topic was China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, the team placed 3rd at the Milwaukee Regionals, advancing to 6th in the state. At the 2007 state competition, Pewaukee Acadec ranked 8th in Wisconsin and took the state title for Division 2. In the 2007-2008 school year, when the topic was the Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
, the team placed 3rd at the Milwaukee Regionals, keeping their place from the previous year. At the state competition, they placed 3rd overall, winning the state division title again. They also placed 3rd in the Super Quiz Oral Relay.
In 2004, the Principal Marty VanHulle was voted Principal of the Year in Wisconsin.