Omro High School
| Omro High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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455 Fox Trail Omro, Wisconsin 54963 United States | |
| Coordinates | 44°02′47″N 88°44′22″W / 44.046371°N 88.739555°WCoordinates: 44°02′47″N 88°44′22″W / 44.046371°N 88.739555°W[1] |
| Information | |
| School type | public |
| Established | c. 1872 [2] |
| School district | Omro School District |
| CEEB code | 501695 |
| Principal | Kelly Spors [3] |
| Teaching staff | 28 (as of 2005-06)[4] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | coeducational |
| Enrollment | 406 (as of 2008-09)[5] |
| Student to teacher ratio | student:teacher=15:1, 53% male, 47% female |
| School colour(s) | Maroon and gold[5] |
| Song | Washington and Lee Swing[5] |
| Athletics | WIAA District 4 [5] |
| Athletics conference | Wisconsin Flyway Conference |
| Mascot | Fox |
| Nickname | Fighting Foxes |
| Rival | Winneconne |
| Newspaper | Fox Tale, Omro Herald |
| Website | |
Omro High School is a public high school in Omro, Wisconsin.
Campus
In 2001 an addition to the high school was built.
Extracurricular activities
Student groups and activities include academic bowl, art club, audiovisual club, Badger Boys/Badger Girls, forensics, FBLA, FFA, history club, Key Club, math team, National Honor Society, O-Club (Varsity letter recipients), Students Against Destructive Decisions, ski club, Spanish club, and student council.
Athletics
The Omro Foxes compete in the Wisconsin Flyway Conference.[6] They formerly belonged to the Eastern Valley Conference and before that the East Central Flyway Conference. Omro High School fields teams in soccer, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, football, golf, powerlifting, softball, track & field, volleyball, and wrestling. An equestrian club/team began competition in fall 2008.[7]
Every fall the Omro Foxes football team competes against the Winneconne Wolves for the China Bull Trophy, one of the oldest football rivalries in the state of Wisconsin.
While in the ECC, the boys' basketball team won 12 conference titles over a 15-year span. Their two state appearances also came during this 15-year span. In 2007, the Foxes track team won its first ECFC conference title and first WIAA sectional championship. In the fall of 2008, the Foxes boys' soccer team won the school's first Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) regional championship. The soccer team broke its three-year regional title match losing streak by winning 1-0. In 2010 the powerlifting team captured its first state title. In the fall of 2010 the Foxes football team made its return to the state playoffs after a 12-year drought. The team lost in the second round of the playoffs.
State championships
- 1997 Division 3 state basketball champions
- 1999 Division 3 state basketball runner-up
- 2008 Boys' Division 2 state 4x200m relay runner-up
- 2009 Girls' Division 2 state 4x200m relay champions
- 2009 Division 2 state powerlifting runner-up
- 2010 Division 2 state powerlifting champions
- 2010 Division C equestrian team reserve state champions
Notable alumni
- Gordon R. Bradley, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen (1986), Wisconsin State Assembly[8]
- Olin B. Lewis (1879), Minnesota politician
References
- ↑ "Omro High School". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
- ↑ Date estimated from Thirty-sixth Annual Commencement of the Omro High School, Class of 1909, June sixth to tenth, nineteen hundred and nine, Omro, Wis.
- ↑ "Omro High School Staff Directory". Omro School District. 2013-03-03.
- ↑ "School detail for Omro High". National Center for Education Statistics.
- 1 2 3 4 "WIAA Member Schools Directory". Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. 2008-09-18.
- ↑ "Omro High School renews conference change talks". Oshkosh Northwestern. 2008-11-03.
- ↑ Zellmer, Doug (2008-08-30). "Students get ready to ride". Oshkosh Northwestern.
- ↑ "Assembly District 37: Koebke, Jorgensen focus on economy". Wisconsin State Journal. 2008-10-13.