Brodhead High School

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Brodhead High School
Address
Map
2501 W. 5th Ave.

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Coordinates42°36′22″N 89°23′03″W / 42.60615°N 89.38404°W / 42.60615; -89.38404
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtBrodhead School District
PrincipalJim Matthys
Faculty23.75 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment329 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.85[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)   
MascotCardinal
Website[1]

Brodhead High School is a high school located in Brodhead, Wisconsin, United States. It serves students from the Brodhead community.

Athletics[edit]

Brodhead is a member of the Rock Valley Conference.

Its athletics teams are known as the Cardinals, and its mascot is a cardinal named Charlie.

Football[edit]

Brodhead combines with the Juda School District for football and wrestling. The Cardinals have earned eight Rock Valley Conference championships, 25 consecutive playoff appearances, three state semi-final appearances and two state runner-ups.

Volleyball[edit]

The Lady Cardinals have won six conference championships and have made one appearance at the state tournament.

Softball[edit]

  • 2004 state champions

Track[edit]

  • Two men's state championships

Music programs[edit]

The Brodhead band performs at the home football, basketball, and volleyball games. They perform a series of concerts throughout the year.

Brodhead also fields two competitive show choirs, an all-woman group named BHS Express, and a mixed group named Guys and Dolls.[2] Both choirs compete around southeast Wisconsin every winter.

Controversy[edit]

Brodhead High School was involved in controversy in late October 2016 over a safety drill on driving. The school made a public morning announcement that four students had died that morning in a car crash. Those students, who were alive, were not allowed to use their cell phones to inform fellow students that it was part of a drill. Later, the school made a second announcement that the students were alive and that this had been a simulation drill. Additional announcements were made during the day about more students dying in crashes that did not actually happen.[3][4][5]

Notable alumni[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Brodhead High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "SCC: Viewing School - Brodhead High School". www.showchoir.com. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  3. ^ Wang, Amy B. (2016-11-01). "A school wanted to teach teens a lesson. So students were told their classmates died". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  4. ^ "Why This School Lied and Told Students 4 of Their Classmates Were Dead". Cosmopolitan. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  5. ^ "A School Told Students Their Classmates Had Died. But It Was a Lie to Scare Them Into Driving Safely". Time. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  6. ^ "Jim Meyer". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-12.

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