Ashwaubenon High School

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

Ashwaubenon High School
Location
2391 S. Ridge Rd. Ashwaubenon , Wisconsin US
Coordinates	44°29′19″N 88°4′30″W
Information
Type	Public secondary
Motto	Big enough to serve you-small enough to know you[1]
Established	1965
School district	Ashwaubenon School District
Principal	Dirk Ribbens[2]
Teaching staff	63.42 (FTE)[3]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,004 (2023–2024)[3]
Student to teacher ratio	15.83[3]
Color(s)	Green and yellow
Athletics conference	Fox River Classic Conference
Mascot	Jaguar
Rival	Bay Port High School
Yearbook	The Paw
Website	Ashwaubenon School District

Demographics

AHS is^[when?] 79% white, 6% Hispanic, 4% Native American, 3% black, and 2% Asian. 6% of students identify as two or more races.^[4]

Academics

Ashwaubenon High School offers Advanced Placement (AP) classes, which about a third of students take.^[5]

Athletics

The Ashwaubenon Jaguar football team won the WIAA Division 2 state championship in 1996, 2000, 2001, and 2006.^[6]

The softball team won Division 1 state championships in 1992, 1993, 1994, and 2006.^[7]

Extracurricular activities

The AHS marching band performed at the 2001 Tournament of Roses Parade and the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York.^[8]

A referendum-funded $8 million performing arts center at the high school opened in the fall of 2016, hosting music and drama events from the school as well as other community performances.^[9]

The Jaguaress dance team claimed a Division 1 kick championship in 2018, Division 2 kick and pom championships in 2019, a Division 2 pom championship in 2021, and a Division 2 kick championship in 2023.^[10][11][12]

Ashwaubenon's Nordic skiing team won the 2020 state championship.^[13]

AHS has a competitive show choir, "Encore".^[14]

Incidents

In 2008, the school made national and international headlines after it was discovered that a 33-year-old mother of two named Wendy Anne 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 by the police and charged with identity theft.^[15][16] Diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder and paranoid personality disorder, the court found her “not guilty by reason of mental disease.” ^[17] The story was later adapted into a 2019 Lifetime movie entitled Identity Theft of a Cheerleader, starring Maiara Walsh, Karis Cameron, Jesse Irving, Naika Toussaint, Chiara Guzzo, Matty Finochio, Bzhaun Rhoden, and Gail O'Grady.^[18]

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 (Star Wars Day) 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.^[19]

Notable alumni

• Mason Appleton, professional ice hockey forward
• Joel Hodgson (1978), writer, television producer, and creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000^[20]
• Adam Koch (2006), basketball player^[21]
• James Morgan (2015), American football quarterback^[22]
• Aaron Stecker, NFL running back^[23][24]
• Mike Taylor (2008), professional football player
• Christian Wolanin (2013), NHL player^[25]