Pewaukee School District

Infobox School District
name = Pewaukee School District

motto = Opening the door to each child's future
type = Public
budget = 22.4 million USD [http://it.pewaukee.k12.wi.us/pdf/organiz_profil.pdf]
established = 1840
region =
grades = Early Childhood to 12th grade
superintendent = JoAnn Sternke
contact number = 262-691-2100
teachers = 163
staff = 271 [http://it.pewaukee.k12.wi.us/pdf/organiz_profil.pdf]
students = 2108 [http://it.pewaukee.k12.wi.us/pdf/organiz_profil.pdf]
conference = Woodland Conference
colors = Red and Black
free_label = History of the School
free_text = [http://it.pewaukee.k12.wi.us/pdf/PSD_historical.pdf See this (pdf)]
free_label2 = Annual Report
free_text2 = [http://it.pewaukee.k12.wi.us/pdf/annual_0405.pdf 2007]
free_label3 = School Performance Report
free_text3 = [http://it.pewaukee.k12.wi.us/pdf/school_perform_05_06.pdf 2005-2006]
location = Pewaukee, WI
country = USA
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schedule = Block schedule
information = [http://it.pewaukee.k12.wi.us/pdf/organiz_profil.pdf here]
website = [http://www.pewaukee.k12.wi.us Pewaukee School District]

The Pewaukee School District is a school district in central Waukesha County, Wisconsin. The district serves the village and city of Pewaukee, Wisconsin. As of the 2006-2007 school year, the district has an average of 170 pupils a grade, for about 3000 students. The faculty/staff number at around 230.

Schools

*Pewaukee Lake Elementary at 436 Lake Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072
*Horizon Elementary at 458 Lake Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072
*Asa Clark Middle School at 472 Lake Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072
*Pewaukee High School at 510 Lake Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072

Pewaukee Lake Elementary

Serves grades early childhood to 3rd.

Principal: Deb Ristow Associate Principal: Jodi Hackl

Horizon Elementary

Serves grades 4 to 6. This school, like Pewaukee Lake Elementary, requires "specials" such as art, gym, and music classes. In the 5th and 6th grades, you are offered the chance to take up band and/or choir, both on different days of the week. Unlike other activities, these take place an hour before school actually starts, so students will have to wake up an hour earlier and take the high/middle school bus or be driven by their parents if they intend on attending these extra-curricular activities. In the 6th grade, your child will enroll in four "allied" classes; art, tech. ed. (woodshop), F/CE (Family and Consumer Education), and health. Each of these classes is enrolled every other day, but only for a quarter of the year. The reason Horizon puts 6th graders in "allied" classes is to allow the students to sample some of the electives the can take in the next year.

Principal: Sandra Carter

Asa Clark Middle School (ACMS)

Serves grades 7 and 8. High academic standards and personal accountability are emphasized, with an emphasis on learning how to learn. Asa Clark boasts a wide variety of sports such as volleyball, basketball, football, a dance squad, wrestling, cross country, track, and more. The school also has many co-curricular opportunities such as Art Club, Drama Club, Forensics, Math Counts, LEGOS/Robotics, Honors Choir, River Keepers, and many other activities.

Many of the activities that were once thought of as "extras" have become part of the curriculum. For example, LEGOS, Drama, and Forensics are all to become classes in the 2007-2008 school year.

The middle school switched to an every-other-day (a "A" and "B" day) block schedule in the 2006-2007 school year. This has five 70 minute long classes and 30 minute long resource/study hall period at the end of the day. A typical student's schedule will have a Math and English class every day. Science, Social Studies, Gym, and three other electives fill up the rest of the schedule. These last six classes rotate every other day, three on A days, and the other three on B days.

Electives that are offered include: Band - separate 7th and 8th grades Choir - several different choirs Asa Enterprises - an introductory course to business Technical Education Family and Consumer Ed Various Computer/Word Processing classes Foreign Language (French or Spanish)

Principal: Randy Daul Associate Principal: Jodi Hackl

Pewaukee High School

Within the district, PHS holds the largest number of students and faculty during the day. The school was refaced several years ago and has instituted a large network of computers, smartboards, and projectors. Academically, the school has also committed itself to online classes, such as introductory C++, Java, Latin, AP World History, and several other courses. The Foreign Languages department (French and Spanish) has quite a large following and is well-developed for a school this size, with three full-time teachers and one part-time teacher.

PHS is a Division 3 school in sports. They have a baseball field, a football field, and a newly constructed soccer field. Recently, the Cross Country team went to state. The Boys' Basketball team advanced far into the playoffs last year, and the Football team made the 2007 playoffs. In 2008, the Pom-Poms team came in first place in state within their division.

In Academic Decathlon, PHS is considered a Division 2 school. In the 2006-2007 school year (topic was China), their team placed 3rd at the Milwaukee Regionals, advancing 6th in the state. At the 2007 State competition, Pewaukee Acadec ranked 8th in Wisconsin; however, they took the 1st place state title for Division 2. In the 2007-2008 school year (topic was the Civil War, the team placed 3rd at the Milwaukee Regionals, keeping their place from the previous year. At State, they placed 3rd overall, winning the state division title again, and beating out much larger districts like Wilmot Union. After also placing 3rd in the Super Quiz Oral Relay and Overall Super Quiz, they are looking for another division title this next school year.

Principal: Marty VanHulle Associate Principal: Dan Halvorsen