South Milwaukee High School

South Milwaukee High School, "home of the Rockets", is a high school located in the city of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.,a suburb of Milwaukee. Approximately 1,300 students attend the high schoolmainly from the city itself, but also from the city of Milwaukee, and thevillage of Bay View. The school is operated by the School District of South Milwaukee.

The school's athletic fields were damaged by flooding in June 2008 when the Oak Creek overflowed its banks. [cite news |first=John |last=Rondy |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Athletic facilities assessed for damage
url=http://www.southmilwaukeenow.com/story/index.aspx?id=765618 |work=SouthMilwaukeeNOW.com |publisher= |date=June 25, 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-24 ] [cite news |first=John |last=Rondy |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Repairs approved for flood-damaged high school athletic grounds
url=http://www.southmilwaukeenow.com/story/index.aspx?id=772874 |work=SouthMilwaukeeNOW.com |publisher= |date=July 16, 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-24 ] In 2003, plans were announced to carve a totem pole for the school. [cite news |first=Linda |last=Spice |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Trees to become 'living memorials'100-year-old elm, white ash to be carved for school, pier project |url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=145458 |work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel |publisher= |date=June 4, 2003 |accessdate=2008-07-24 ] A few years later, the school named the South Milwaukee High School's football stadium to "Spaholtz Field", after a former Rockets coach & SMHS teacher.

Around the same time, the school named the South Milwaukee High School Fieldhouse in Jim Sullivan's name.

In 2007, senior student Kyle Olson produced and directed a movie that spoofed the popular James Bond movies, in celebration of the graduating class of 2007 (or 007). The movie was titled "SMHS: 007" and featured an original cast of South Milwaukee High School seniors and teachers. The SMHS A/V Club, along with Olson, created a website for the movie - www.smhs007movie.com . The film premiered on May 4, 2007 in front of a sold out crowd at the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center (one of the few events held in the PAC to sell out). Later, the movie went on to be recognized by numerous film festivals, where it captured some fantastic awards and recongition - which included being highlighted on a weekend interview on WISN 12 News with Portia Young and DeMarco Morgan.

References

*cite news |first= Jamaal |last=Abdul-Alim |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Shiny new building, sparkling results: South Milwaukee 10th-graders among improved suburbanites |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15336322_ITM |work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)|format=free with registration |publisher= |date= May 23, 2006|accessdate=2008-07-24
*cite news |first=Alisha |last=Fischer |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Sexual assault victim sues former SMHS janitor. City also named in civil lawsuit |url=http://www.southmilwaukeenow.com/story/index.aspx?id=774978 |work=SouthMilwaukeeNOW.com |publisher= |date=July 22, 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-24

External links

* [http://www.sdsm.k12.wi.us/Schools/HighSchool/ South Milwaukee High School]
* [http://www.sdsm.k12.wi.us/ School District of South Milwaukee]
* [http://www.smhs007movie.com/ SMHS: 007 Movie Homepage]