Sheboygan South High School

Sheboygan South High School is a public coeducational high school serving approximately 1,335 students in grades 9-12. Located on the south side of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, it is part of the Sheboygan Area School District. The school has a rivalry with the cross-town Sheboygan North High School.

Sheboygan South High School
The school's main, commons, and gymnasium entrances as of July 2019.
Address
1240 Washington Avenue
Sheboygan, Wisconsin 53081

United States
Coordinates43.72121°N 87.7208°W / 43.72121; -87.7208
Information
School typePublic High School
Established1960 (1960)
School districtSheboygan Area School District
DeanJosiah Pledl[1]
PrincipalKevin Formolo
Teaching staff69.19 (FTE)[2]
Grades9 through 12
Enrollment1,040 (2017-18)[2]
Student to teacher ratio15.03[2]
School color(s)Red, White, Black
Athletics conferenceFox River Classic Conference
NicknameRedwing
RivalsSheboygan North High School
NewspaperLake Breeze
YearbookLake Breeze
Websitesheboygan.k12.wi.us/south

The school opened in 1960 in the midst of a population shift toward the south side of Sheboygan and the Town of Wilson. It was a replacement for the former Sheboygan Central High School (established in 1884 as Sheboygan High School, renamed to Central High School in 1938), located in the city's downtown, which remains the site of the school district's offices and the site of several alternative programs. The school has undergone two expansions. In 1998, a new library and classrooms were added, and a more significant expansion occurred in 2005-2006, with the addition of more classrooms, a new indoor athletic complex, and new tennis courts. Naming rights for the school's new gymnasium were acquired by Acuity Insurance, with the weight room/fitness center being sponsored by Aurora Health Care and open to use by the public outside of school hours. In June 2017, after the school's office facilities moved to the southern part of the building, its address was officially changed to 1240 Washington Avenue, ending 57 years of holding the 3128 South 12th Street address.

In the recent past, the Acuity Gymnasium played host to a private Fifth Harmony concert on March 19, 2014 sponsored by Milwaukee radio station WXSS and won by South High students in a school spirit contest involving clothing donations to Goodwill Industries.[3][4] It also played host to a Bernie Sanders rally for his 2016 presidential campaign on April 1 of that year.[5]

The school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Redwings, with the school colors being red, white and black. Until 1993 the nickname was the Redmen, carried over from Central. When concerns over the racial implications of the Native American name were broached, a long debate among students, faculty, alumni and the community at large resulted in a change, one of the first in the state of Wisconsin to be settled long before the May 2010 implementation of a state law allowing easier challenges of Native American nicknames (later repealed in 2013), and one of the first computer-designed high school logos in the pre-Internet age of desktop publishing. One remnant of the former Redmen name still exists in a mosaic profile of an Indian chief on the front facade of the school's auditorium.

The school's newspaper and yearbook are named Lake Breeze, a carryover from Central High School.

Three members of the faculty hold National Board of Teaching Certification.[6]

Notable alumni

Images
  • Welcome sign
  • 2005 gymnasium addition
  • Original auditorium

See also

References
  1. Ulatowski, Leah (6 September 2017). "Back-to-school in Sheboygan County: New faces, facelifts kick off year". The Sheboygan Press. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. "South High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  3. "Goodwill's Fall Haul Donation Challenge 2013". Goodwill of Southeastern Wisconsin. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. "SASD - South High School - In the News". Sheboygan Area School District. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. Klopf, Rebecca, Campbell, Matt & Benson, Charles (1 April 2016). "Bernie Sanders stops by Sheboygan South High School - TMJ4 Milwaukee, WI". WTMJ-TV. Retrieved 27 July 2017.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. "NBCT Directory Search". National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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