Green Bay Southwest High School

Green Bay Southwest High School
Address
Map
1331 Packerland Drive

Green Bay
,
Brown County
,
Wisconsin
54304

United States
Coordinates44°31′11″N 88°05′53″W / 44.51965°N 88.098174°W / 44.51965; -88.098174
Information
School typePublic High school
MottoThrough Strength and Courage Together We Will...
School districtGreen Bay Area Public Schools
PrincipalMicheal Whisler
Teaching staff68.10 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,079 (2022–2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.84[1]
LanguageEnglish
Hours in school dayEight (8)
Color(s)Royal blue and silver
    [3]
SloganThrough Strength and Courage Together We Will...
SongOur Director
Fight songOur Director
Athletics conferenceFox River Classic Conference
MascotFighting Trojan
Team nameFighting Trojans
RivalGreen Bay Notre Dame
NewspaperThe Shield
YearbookThe Classic
Feeder schoolsLombardi Middle School
Websitehttp://southwest.gbaps.org/

Green Bay Southwest High School is one of four public high schools located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Southwest High School is located at 1331 Packerland Drive. Its school colors are royal blue and silver, and their logo and mascot is the Trojan helmet.

Academics

Nearly half of Southwest's class of 2011 attended accredited four-year colleges (49%).[4] The school offered 14 Advanced Placement courses in 2007, with 220 AP tests taken in May 2007.[4] Overall, 31% of students participated in AP Exams in 2016.[5] Southwest has partnered with NWTC to provide a number of Technical classes at the High School.[6] Southwest High School was ranked #13 in Wisconsin as the best overall school by Newsweek 2013. The school made the Top 20 four years running. A collaboration with NWTC in 2012 to provide credited courses in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) provides students hands on coursework in blueprint reading; welding, and robotics. The music department is a magnet for students from neighboring schools and school districts.

Demographics

The school is 66% white, 9% Hispanic, 8% Native American, 6% black, 5% native American, and 5% of students identify as a part of two or more races.[7]

Athletics

Southwest's athletic teams are known as the Fighting Trojans, and compete in the Fox River Classic Conference. The Trojans have won two Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state championships, one as part of a co-op girls' hockey team in 2014, and the Division 1 girls' tennis championship in 1997.[8]

The football stadium and track and field area is named Dahlin Family Stadium. It was renovated in 2014 to add synthetic turf.[9] Carl Sunby Gymnasium, named after a former athletic director,[10] has a capacity of 2000[11] and is often used as a neutral site for WIAA basketball playoff sectionals. Additionally, Southwest has tennis courts, baseball diamonds, and an indoor swimming pool.

Notable alumni

Health care reform meetings

President Obama's signature in a classroom at the school

Southwest High School was the site of a visit by former U.S. president Barack Obama on June 11, 2009, who led a town hall meeting about health care reform.[18] At the request of members of the physical education and health staff at the school, he signed a wall in a health classroom.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Southwest High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "WISEdash Data Files by Topic". Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Green Bay Southwest High School". Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  4. ^ a b "Profile of Southwest" (PDF). Green Bay Area Public School District. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  5. ^ "Southwest High". US News. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  6. ^ West High closer to having International Baccalaureate program[permanent dead link‍], an August 18, 2009 article from the Green Bay Press-Gazette
  7. ^ "Southwest High in Green Bay, WI - Student Body". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  8. ^ "State Championships by School". WIAA. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  9. ^ "Southwest to install synthetic turf field". USA TODAY High School Sports. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  10. ^ "Carl Sunby's Obituary on Green Bay Press-Gazette". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  11. ^ "Gymnasium Seating Capacities" (PDF). WIAA. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  12. ^ http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/ic/blogs/preps/2008/07/espn-anchor-owns-green-bay-southwest.html[permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ Soquet, William (October 1, 2019). "FEATURE: Lou Goss carving his own identity in long line of Wisconsin drivers". LASTCAR.info. Blogger. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  14. ^ "Natisha Hiedeman Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and More | WNBA". www.wnba.com.
  15. ^ "Representative Andre Jacque". Wisconsin State Legislature. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  16. ^ Venci, Scott. "Former Green Bay Southwest star Kahlil McKenzie ready for the NFL". Green Bay Press-Gazette.
  17. ^ Venci, Scott. "Green Bay Southwest's Scharping drafted by Houston Texans in second round". Green Bay Press-Gazette.
  18. ^ Remarks by the President in Town Hall Meeting on Health Care Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, a June 11, 2009 White House press release
  19. ^ P061109PS-0111, a photograph from the White House's official photostream at Flickr