- Oak Creek High School
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Oak Creek High School Motto "Every Student's Learning is Everyone's Top Priority" Established 1961 Type Public secondary Principal Paul Sigler Students 1,971 Grades 9–12 Location Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA Colors Blue and White Nickname Knights Newspaper Sword & Shield Website Oak Creek High School Website Oak Creek High School is a secondary school located in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, a southern suburb of Milwaukee. The four-year public high school is a part of the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District, serving a 36-square-mile (93 km2) area including the city of Oak Creek and a 7-square-mile (18 km2) area of Franklin.
Oak Creek High School was built in 1961 at a cost of over $3 million.[1]
The high school was involved in a federal law suit, Butler v. Oak Creek-Franklin School District, 172 F.Supp.2d 1102, involving the school's athletic code.[clarification needed]
Contents
Extra-curricular activities
Clubs
Clubs include the following:[2]
- Band
- Best Buddies
- Bowling
- Cafe 123
- Chess Club
- Choir
- Class Officers
- Computer Club
- DECA
- Diversity Circles
- Drama
- Forensics
- Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
- Gay Straight Alliance
- German Club
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- HOSA
- Knights Spirit Club
- Knightvision Video Productions
- Mock trial
- Model U.N.
- Multicultural Club
- Muslim Student Association
- National Honor Society (NHS)
- Peers with Impact
- Principal's Advisory Committee
- Robotics Club
- Scuba Club
- Senior Committee
- Shakespeare Club
- Ski Club
- Sound Club
- Spanish Club
- Spirit Band
- Step Team
- Student Council
- Student Renaissance Committee
- Students Against Destructive Decisions (S.A.D.D.)
- Sword & Shield School Newspaper
- TATU
- Yearbook
Athletics
Oak Creek High School offers the following sports:[3]
- Boys' football
- Boys' cross country
- Boys' soccer
- Boys' basketball
- Boys' hockey
- Boys' swim
- Boys' wrestling
- Boys' tennis
- Boys' track and field
- Boys' golf
- Boys' baseball
- Girls' swimming and diving
- Girls' tennis
- Girls' cross country
- Girls' volleyball
- Girls' basketball
- Girls' hockey
- Girls' gymnastics
- Girls' track & Field
- Girls' soccer
- Girls' softball
- Pom pons
- Cheerleading
The 1963 football team won the Parkland Conference championship.
Notable alumni
- Travis Beckum, tight end for the New York Giants
- Brian Calhoun, NFL running back for the Detroit Lions
- John Matuszak, football player and actor[4]
- Gary George Wetzel, soldier and Medal of Honor recipient[5]
References
- ^ Anita Rowe, Oak Creek Wisconsin. Arcadia Publishing: 1998, p. 120.
- ^ Oak Creek High School Clubs and Activities
- ^ Oak Creek High School Spring Athletics
- ^ Jim Cech, Oak Creek: 50 Years of Progress. Arcadia Publishing: 2005. p. 33
- ^ Cech, Jim. Oak Creek: 50 Years of Progress. Arcadia Publishing, 2005, p. 39.
External links
Categories:- Educational institutions established in 1961
- High schools in Wisconsin
- Education in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin school stubs
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