Ashwaubenon High School


Ashwaubenon High School is a public high school located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. A community pool and performing arts center are also housed within the school.

History

In 2008, the school made national and international headlines after it was discovered that a 33-year old mother of two named Wendy Brown had disguised herself as her teenage daughter and enrolled as a sophomore, attending classes for one day and being admitted to the cheerleading program before being caught. The story was later adapted in 2019 into a Lifetime movie entitled Identity Theft of a Cheerleader, starring Maiara Walsh and Gail O'Grady.
In 2017, the school again made national headlines after a parent who thought a student dressed as a stormtrooper from Star Wars for May the Fourth was a threat to the school, resulting in an evacuation. A nearby middle school and community center were also placed on lockdown during the incident..

Academics

Ashwaubenon High School offers Advanced Placement classes, which about a third of students take.

Demographics

AHS is 79 percent white, 6 percent Hispanic, 4 percent Native American, three percent black, and two percent Asian. Six percent of students identify as a part of two or more races.

Athletics

The Ashwaubenon Jaguar football team won the WIAA Division 2 state championship in 1996, 2000, 2001, and 2005. The softball team won four Division 1 state championships, in 1992, 1993, 1994, and 2006.

Extracurricular activities

The Ashwaubenon Jaguaress dance team has won two WACPC state championship titles, 2014 D2 Pom and 2018 D1 Kick.
The AHS marching band performed at the 2001 Tournament of Roses Parade and the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York.
A referendum-funded $8 million performing arts center at the high school opened in fall of 2016, hosting music and drama events from the school as well as other community performances.
AHS has a competitive show choir, "Encore".

Notable alumni