Waukesha West High School is one of three public high schools located in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The high school was established in 1993.
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History
On December 3, 2021, almost two weeks after the Waukesha Christmas parade attack, the principal received an email about a specific threat to students during the lunch period. After consultation with the Waukesha Police Department, the school put in place a "staggered evacuation" of the building.
Extra-curricular activities
Academic Decathlon
Waukesha West's Academic Decathlon team won the state competition and advanced to the national competition every year between 2002 and 2012. The school placed third or better at the national competition every year between 2002 and 2009, and finished fourth in 2010. The team was the highest-scoring Division II school each year during that time (except for 2006, when they were classified as Division I). The school has also been the national runner-up three times, finishing second to Moorpark in 2003, 2008, and 2009.
At the 2008 National Championship, Moorpark and Waukesha West achieved the two highest team scores ever recorded at any Academic Decathlon competition.
Notably, Waukesha West is the only school in the United States outside of California and Texas to have ever won the USAD National competition, which it did in 2002.
Athletics
The school's seven state championships in women's cross country are the most in state history.
State championships
Football – 2004, 2010
Gymnastics- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008
Men's cross country- 1999
Women's cross country- 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
Women's track and field- 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2018
AAAA Marching Band- 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2016
Boys soccer- 2024
Notable alumni
Jarred Kelenic, MLB baseball player, Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves
Dani Rhodes, former soccer player, forward
Joe Schobert, NFL football player
Dan Solwold, wrestler, ring name Austin Aries
Erik Sowinski, middle-distance runner