Omro High School

Omro High School
Address
455 Fox Trail
Omro, Wisconsin, 54963
United States
Coordinates 44°02′47″N 88°44′22″W / 44.046371°N 88.739555°W / 44.046371; -88.739555Coordinates: 44°02′47″N 88°44′22″W / 44.046371°N 88.739555°W / 44.046371; -88.739555[1]
Information
School type public
Established c. 1872 [2]
School district Omro School District
CEEB Code 501695
Principal Kelly Spors [3]
Teaching staff 28 (as of 2005-06)[4]
Grades 9-12
Gender coeducational
Enrollment 406 (as of 2008-09)[5]
Student to teacher ratio student:teacher=15:1, 53% male, 47% female
School colour(s) Maroon and gold[5]          
Song Washington and Lee Swing[5]
Athletics WIAA District 4 [5]
Athletics conference Wisconsin Flyway Conference
Mascot Fox
Nickname Fighting Foxes
Rival Winneconne
Newspaper Fox Tale, Omro Herald
Website

Omro High School is a public high school in Omro, Wisconsin.

Campus

In 2001 an addition to the high school was built.

Extracurricular activities

Student groups and activities include academic bowl, art club, audiovisual club, Badger Boys/Badger Girls, forensics, FBLA, FFA, history club, Key Club, math team, National Honor Society, O-Club (Varsity letter recipients), Students Against Destructive Decisions, ski club, Spanish club, and student council.

Athletics

The Omro Foxes compete in the Wisconsin Flyway Conference.[6] They formerly belonged to the Eastern Valley Conference and before that the East Central Flyway Conference. Omro High School fields teams in soccer, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, football, golf, powerlifting, softball, track & field, volleyball, and wrestling. An equestrian club/team began competition in fall 2008.[7]

Every fall the Omro Foxes football team competes against the Winneconne Wolves for the China Bull Trophy, one of the oldest football rivalries in the state of Wisconsin.

While in the ECC, the boys' basketball team won 12 conference titles over a 15-year span. Their two state appearances also came during this 15-year span. In 2007, the Foxes track team won its first ECFC conference title and first WIAA sectional championship. In the fall of 2008, the Foxes boys' soccer team won the school's first Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) regional championship. The soccer team broke its three-year regional title match losing streak by winning 1-0. In 2010 the powerlifting team captured its first state title. In the fall of 2010 the Foxes football team made its return to the state playoffs after a 12-year drought. The team lost in the second round of the playoffs.

State championships

Notable alumni

References

External links

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