Xavier High School (Appleton, Wisconsin)

Xavier High School is a Roman Catholic High School in Appleton, Wisconsin in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay. It was opened in 1959 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools; the school was named in honor of St. Francis Xavier.

Athletics/Competitions

In 2005, Xavier was conference champions in football with a record of 7-0 in conference and 9-2 overall. Both men's and women's basketball moved onto sectionals in basketball. The boys tied Little Chute for the Valley 8 Conference title, with a record of 12-2, 19-5 overall, and made it to the state sectional semi-final. The girls finished with a record of 8-5, 15-10 overall, but made it all the way to the sectional semi-final, and were one win away from a trip to Madison for the state title. Also, the girl's cross-country team went to the state finals. The XHS Mock Trial team was 2nd in the state.

The 2006 girl's volleyball team finished second for the state title in their division. [ [http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/APC0205/611050606/1015/APCsports Appleton Post Crescent article on 2006 volleyball team] ] The boy's soccer team competed in their fourth consecutive state competition, and won the 2006 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 title. The title was Xavier's third title in four years (2003, 2004, 2006). [ [http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/APC0205/611050602/1015/APCsports Appleton Post Crescent article on soccer championships] ]

Academics

100% of the Xavier High School Class of 2005 took the ACT college entrance exam and had an average composite score of 24.2. This is a tie for the second highest average in Xavier history.

This score is especially noteworthy since almost all members of the class took the ACT test at Xavier compared to 69% of the recent graduates from throughout the state.

Xavier’s average composite score of 24.2 compares to the state average of 22.2 and the national average of 20.9. Wisconsin has the second highest ACT average in the country this year behind Minnesota when comparing states whose students predominantly take the ACT test versus the SAT test.

Notable Alumni

*Rocky Bleier (1964) football
*Greta Van Susteren (1972) lawyer, journalist
*J. P. Hayes (1983) golfer
*Kristine Jarinovska (1997) lawyer, Secretary of State, Latvia [ [http://europa.eu/whoiswho/public/index.cfm?fuseaction=idea.hierarchy&nodeID=174706&personID=108022 Latvia Secretary of State] ]
*Steve Millar (2000) musician
*Jesus Christ the holy lord

References

External links

* [http://www.xavier.k12.wi.us/ Xavier High School, Appleton, Wisconsin]