| Germantown High School | |
| Address | |
|---|---|
| W180 N11501 River Lane Germantown, Wisconsin 53022 |
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| Information | |
| Principal | James Blackburn |
| Vice principal | Joel Farren and David Towers |
| Type | Public |
| Mascot | Warhawk |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Homepage | Germantown HS web site |
Germantown High School (or GHS), located in Germantown, Wisconsin was founded in 1957 as Washington Union High School. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS Germantown is a village in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States It provides students with a wide range of educational opportunities, including core subjects, technology education, physical education, and the fine arts. GHS has had moderate success in sports the last several years. The football team took first place in WIAA Division 2 in 2003. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA regulates all high school sports in Wisconsin. In 2006, the boys track team took first in WIAA Division 1. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA regulates all high school sports in Wisconsin. Germantown also consistently performs well in DECA. In 2007, Taylor Kotke won first at DECA nationals. In addition, Germantown's dance team, the Warchix, perform at home football and basketball games and have consistently placed high at local and state competitions. Germantown High School also has a successful Destination Imagination program. Last year six teams advanced to the Global Finals. This year the SWITCH! Team took first at Globals and GHS sent two other teams placing 23rd and tying with 3 teams for 6th place.
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Athletics
The school competes in the North Shore Conference, and offers the following sports[1]:
Offered Sports
| Fall Sports | Winter Sports | Spring Sports |
|---|---|---|
| Football | Basketball (Boys) | Track (Boys) |
| Soccer (Boys) | Swimming (Boys) | Golf (Boys) |
| Cross-country (Boys) | Hockey | Tennis (Boys) |
| Cross-country (Girls) | Wrestling | Track (Girls) |
| Golf (Girls) | Basketball (Girls) | Soccer (Girls) |
| Volleyball (Girls) | Gymnastics | Softball (Girls) |
| Swimming (Girls) | ||
| Tennis (Girls) |
Pool Closure
Until January 2005, Germantown High school had an operating pool, built on the lower level of the school. The North Shore Conference is a high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, including 8 schools from the Greater Milwaukee area American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Cross Country running is a Sport of running Compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain faster than other teams Hockey is any of a family of Sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a Ball, or a hard round rubber or heavy plastic disc called a puck Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control of the opponent Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players (5 normal players and one 'libero' are separated by a net that is usually four feet Gymnastics is a Sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength agility and coordination Softball is a team Sport popular especially in the United States. The pool was open to the public on specific days, and the Germantown Seahawks Swim Club (GSSC) was located there. GSSC relocated to Noyes Pool in Milwaukee the same year after the pool's closure. GSSC made the decision to close the club at the end of the 2006 long course season, after hearing rumors that some county pools may be closing.
During 2005 multiple referendums were proposed to build a new pool. None of them passed, closing the pool.
The former pool area was turned into a gym, the school's third, with a long padded room on the side, which opened in January 2007.