Beaver Dam High School (Wisconsin)

Beaver Dam High School
Address
500 Gould Street Beaver Dam, WI 53916
Information
District	Beaver Dam Unified School District
Principal	Mark DiStefano[1]
Teaching staff	65 (2009–2010)[2]
Grades	9th-12th
Enrollment	1,157 (9–12) (2007–2008)[3]
Color(s)	Green & gold
Athletics	see list
Mascot	The Golden Beaver
Athletic Conference	Wisconsin Little Ten[3]
Website	beaverdam.k12.wi.us/schools/high
Beaver Dam High School

Beaver Dam High School is a public high school located in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. It is a part of the Beaver Dam Unified School District. As of 2008 it had 1,157^[3] students. Its mascot is the Golden Beaver.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Fall Cross country 9–12 (M,W) Dance 9–12 (M,W) Football 9–12 (M) Soccer 9–12 (M) Tennis 9–12 (W) Volleyball 9–12 (W) Swimming 9–12 (W)

Golf 9-12(W) Winter Basketball 9–12 (M,W) Dance 9–12 (M,W) Ice Hockey 9–12 (M.W) Swimming 9–12 (M) Wrestling 9–12 (M,W)

Spring Baseball 9–12 (M) Golf 9–12 (M,W) Soccer 9–12 (W) Softball 9–12 (W) Tennis 9–12 (M) Track 9–12 (M,W)

Clubs

• Anime Club
• BDHS Bands
  • Marching Band
  • Jazz Band 1 & 2
  • Pep Band
• DECA
• FFA
• LGBT
• Mock Trial
• National Honor Society
• SWAZZ
• Key Club
• Student Council
• SWAZZ
• Theatre

Notable alumni

Beaver Dam High School campus

Science, media and the arts

• Lois J. Ehlert – Artist, award-winning author, Caldecott Medal recipient, & Illustrator of Children’s Books^[4]
• Raymond Z. Gallun – Pioneer science fiction author^[4]
• Dave Krause, BSEM, UW-Madison – NASA Sounding Rocket Chief Engineer^[4]
• Fred MacMurray – Actor^[4]

Business

• Benjamin Murray – President of XOJET, Pittsburgh Pirates baseball draft^[5]
• Gerald H. Teletzke – Business and engineer leader^[4]

Government

• Robert G. Ehlenfeldt – Wisconsin State Veterinarian^[4]
• Leon Epstein – Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin—Madison^[4]
• James J. Healy – National labor relations leader, adviser to presidents Kennedy and Carter, Harvard Business School professor, lecturer, author^[4][6]
• Robert Kastenmeier – Wisconsin Representative to U.S. Congress^[4]
• Fred McFarlane – Professor in Rehabilitation Counseling, San Diego State University^[4]
• Mary Ann Spellman – Two-term Beaver Dam mayor^[4][7]
• Joseph M. Stehling – Brigadier General, recipient of Purple Heart, Legion of Merit^[4]

Professional sports

• Eric Baldwin – Professional poker player and 2009 Cardplayer of the year
• Madeline "Maddy" Horn – Speed skater^[4]
• Bill Rentmeester – Professional football player

External links

• School district website

References

1. http://www.beaverdam.k12.wi.us/schools/high/administration.cfm
2. http://www.beaverdam.k12.wi.us/bd/content/2009%202010%20Student%20Handbook.pdf
3. http://www.beaverdam.k12.wi.us/bd/content/SPR%202007-08.pdf
4. http://rscience.gsfc.nasa.gov/Presentations/SRWG_July_2012_PO_Final.pdf
5. "XOJET Announces Benjamin Murray as president" (pdf). XOJET. March 2, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
6. http://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/070605_healy.html
7. Gallun, Raymond Z. (2007). Starclimber: The Literary Adventures and Autobiography of Raymond Z. Gallun. Borgo Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-89370-448-2. Retrieved 2009-01-14.