Homestead High School is a four-year public high school located in Mequon, Wisconsin, a northern suburb of Milwaukee. Part of the Mequon-Thiensville School District, it serves a 48-square-mile (120 km2) area including the city of Mequon and the village of Thiensville. The school opened in 1959 and educates nearly 1,300 students annually. Its graduation rate is 99%, and its most recent average composite ACT scores were 26.0, the second-highest of any public school in the state. Homestead is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
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History
The area on which Homestead High School now stands originally belonged to the Potawatomi and Menominee Indians. In 1838, the land was taken by the United States government. Sales of the land occurred in 1835. In 1841 and Peter and Anna Frank received a land grant for the area,and in the following years, the 80-acre land area was owned by their children.
Homestead High School opened in 1959. Dr. Merton Campbell served as the first Superintendent; Mr. Lauren Dixon served as the first Principal. Originally the school consisted of four wings, two music rooms, a small theater, cafeteria, and a gymnasium. Homestead has undergone four renovations/additions. In 1962, another wing was added to the high school. Three additional wings, the library, a swimming area, another gymnasium, a lecture hall, and an auditorium were added in 1968. In 1978, the school added an orchestra room. In 1998, the biggest renovation occurred - Homestead High School added a wing, a new heating and cooling system, fine arts rooms, another cafeteria with a food court, an academic support center, a field house for athletics, and a conference room for the district.
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Enrollment
Homestead's enrollment has decreased from 1610 in 2003 to 1405 in 2011-2012 and to 1282 in 2015-16. Of the 1282 students, 0.3% are Native American, 1.8% are Latino, 4.6% are Asian, 6.3% are African American, and 87.0% are White.
Academics
Homestead High School teaches courses in business, computer science, cooperative education, engineering and technology, English, family and consumer education, fine arts, foreign language, mathematics, physical education, science, and social studies.
Honors courses include algebra 1, algebra 2/trigonometry, American literature, American studies-English, American studies-social studies, biology, British literature, business organization and management, calculus AB I, chemistry, English 9/argumentation, English 9, expository writing, French 4, geometry, German 4, independent study, Latin 4, multi-variable calculus, physics, pre-calculus, product development project, Spanish 4, and world studies.
Homestead offers A.P. classes in French, German, calculus AB, calculus BC, physics, Spanish, statistics, United States history, American government, biology, chemistry, macroeconomics, microeconomics, psychology, English language, and English literature.
The graduation rate for the school has been 99% or better for at least the past 10 consecutive years. In the Class of 2011, 86% of the students are attending a 4-year college, 5% are attending 2-year colleges, and 9% are working.
Recognition
In 2004 Homestead High School was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor a school can receive from the U.S. Department of Education. It was one of 33 public high schools in the United States to receive the honor that year. In 2009, BusinessWeek magazine ranked Homestead as the top high school in Wisconsin. The magazine noted that Homestead offered the "Best Overall Academic Performance". In 2011, Homestead was named one of the top 500 schools in the nation by Newsweek.
Notable alumni
- Ronald D. Asmus - diplomat
- Mike Dunleavy, Jr. - professional basketball player, Chicago Bulls
- Ben Gardner - Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 7th round of the 2014 NFL Draft
- Shelby Harris - Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 7th round of the 2014
- Kaspars Kambala - Latvian professional basketball player
- Coby Karl - 2005-2006 All-WAC second team honors and former Los Angeles Lakers player
- Margaret S. Lewis - Wisconsin State Assemblywoman
- Steven D. Loucks - Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Peter Mueller - Olympic Gold Medalist, speed skating (1976)
- Willy Porter - folk rock musician
- John Ridley, Academy Award-winning screenwriter
- Gregg Steinhafel - former president & CEO, Target Corporation
References
External links
- Homestead High School website
- Mequon-Thiensville School District website
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