Germantown High School - WI

On August 5, 2024, the Germantown School Board approved Mr. Jon Fox as the new Germantown High School Assistant Principal, effective August 6, 2024.

Please follow the link below to read the full welcome announcement. ⤵️

Germantown High School New Assistant Principal Named On August 5, 2024, the Germantown School Board approved Mr. Jon Fox as the new Germantown High Sch...

This! 💙💛 Way to go, Quin! 🚒

SRO Olson has some exciting news‼️ Archie will be skipping a few grades to spend quite a bit of his time at the high school! 🐾 We are looking forward to all the positive interactions! 💙💛

NEW HIRE ANNOUNCEMENT! 🐾

Say hello to Archie, our very first therapy K9! This pup is joining the department as SRO Olson’s partner at Germantown High School. His mission? Bring smiles, comfort, and support to members of the police department, students, staff, and the community.

There are many people to thank for making this addition to our team possible. Thank you to Heather at Blueberry Cottage Labradoodles. She has supported several law enforcement therapy dogs and generously donated Archie to our department. In our local community, Germantown Animal Hospital, Friends of Germantown K9, The Vault, Germantown WI, Happy Hounds LLC, and Pet Supplies Plus - Germantown, WI have all stepped up to support the addition of Archie in various ways.

Stay tuned for a sneak peek of his first days on the job!🐶

Name: Archie is a name of German origin, meaning “truly brave.”
Breed: Multigen Australian Labradoodle
Age: 8 Weeks
Weight: 8.5lbs. Expected to be 45-60lbs full grown.

For our staff, the end of the school year concluded with celebrating graduation, final exams, and recognizing years of service and retirements. 🎉

Many thanks to our staff members for their above and beyond dedication to our school, students, families, and community. To our retirees, you earned it! We wish you all the best! 💙💛

A special shout to SolTown for the amazing musical performance during our last staff meeting of the year. 🎤 🎶

30 Years
•Jason Baumann, Business Education Teacher
•Todd Schneider, Social Studies Teacher
•Anne Yarnot, Health Education Teacher

25 Years
•Diane Seramur, Family & Consumer Science Teacher

20 Years
•Joel Farren, Principal
•Mary Sweers, Special Education Aide

15 Years
•Jon Davis, Special Education Teacher
•Todd Krupicka, Science Teacher
•Matt Ward, Special Education Teacher

10 Years
•Andrew Bailiff, Custodian
•Ann Bauer De Ruiz, Art Teacher
•Meridith Berghauer, Science Teacher
•Melissa McCabe, Food Server
•Stephanie Milmoe, Physical Education Teacher

Retirees
•Mary Bales, Family & Consumer Science Teacher (9 Years)
•Joel Farren, Principal (20.5 Years)
•Kent Korek, Social Studies Teacher (43 Years)

Click to view the last Warhawk Pride of the school year!
👉www.gsdwi.org/o/ghs/article/1635941

It's 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛 time! 🎉

We're excited to recognize some of the great work being shown by our students. Academic department chairs nominate two students each month - one for academics and one for citizenship.

Nomination Criteria⬇️
+Academic: Student goes above and beyond within the classroom, shows dramatic improvement in the course, and/or has earned high academic achievement
+Citizenship: Student is helpful to other students inside or outside of the classroom, is helpful to their teacher(s), displays kindness, integrity, respect, and/or maintains a positive energy throughout the school day and contributes positively to classroom culture.

Way to go, ! 💙💛

Students in Mrs. GW's Honors Biology class conducted an artificial transformation lab last week. 🥽 A harmless strain of E. coli bacteria was genetically engineered to pick up plasmid DNA that contained a gene for antibiotic resistance and one for green fluorescence. The bacteria was grown in petri dishes with a nutrient agar that contained ampicillin, an antibiotic. Bacteria that grew in the presence of the antibiotic and glowed green transformed successfully. 🧫

Congratulations to WIAA Division 1 Boys' Golf 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡 Cody Schmidt! 🏆⛳️

WisDotGolf shared the following video about this memorable moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMo0j81dOzg.

Mrs. Dederich's students brought a little extra fun to the end of the school year with their own candy salad creation! 😋

AP Art students created and donated these incredible artistic portraits of children from an orphanage in Malaysia. Through the Memory Project, an ongoing mission founded in Madison, WI, these portraits will make their way to the children at the orphanage. What a beautiful keepsake! 💙💛

Click to view the latest Warhawk Pride!
👉www.gsdwi.org/o/ghs/article/1628066

Signing off! 🎙👋 Your 2023-24 announcers had their final daily announcements this week. Thank you for a great year. 2024-25 announcers, it is your turn to shine! ✨

Chemistry classes recently completed the infamous Annual Rocket Car Project! 🚀🏎🏁 It's a big project that begins with students learning about the reaction between vinegar and baking soda. 🧪 As their understanding of the reaction grows, they are tasked with building and testing cars powered by the reaction.

The project is wrapped up with a competition to see who can get their cars to move the farthest. Pictured are the winners of each class! 🏆

These are beautiful! Ceramic students created and donated poppies to families of veterans during the Memorial Day Ceremony that took place here in Germantown. Some of the poppies were also placed in the field of flags at the Vietnam Memorial along the lakefront in Milwaukee. 🌺🇺🇸

Mr. Smith began his administrative career as our Dean/Academic and Career Program Coordinator, then was the top candidate of choice for the Assistant Principal position that became available with the departure of a veteran administrator in July of 2022. Mr. Smith hit the ground running taking on many new and complicated tasks within that role, while his ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with students, parents, and staff were evident from the beginning.

As I close out my tenure at GHS over the next month, I know all stakeholders are in very capable hands and he will bring a passion and skill set that will be of great benefit to the Germantown School District. Congratulations, Mr. Smith!

-Mr. Joel Farren

New Germantown High School Principal Announced On May 28, 2024, the Germantown School Board approved Mr. David Smith as the new Germantown High S...

Click to view the latest Warhawk Pride!
👉www.gsdwi.org/o/ghs/article/1617099

Our teacher assistants are a tremendous asset in our classrooms and classrooms across the district! 🤩

Mrs. McKone's fifth grade students organized a thank you, good luck, and farewell party for their Germantown High School - WI Teacher Assistant (TA). 🎉🌟🎓 He's helped in the classroom all year, and now he's off to graduation here shortly. Best of luck, Ravi, and THANK YOU❗️

Click to view the latest Warhawk Pride!
👉www.gsdwi.org/o/ghs/article/1605974

Photography students used colored powder to create some pretty neat photos! 📸💥

Final exams are less than a month away! Please review the semester two exam schedule at the link below. ⤵️

Semester Two Exam Schedule 2024 Semester two exams begin Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Please review the exam schedule and guidelines HE...

Graduation for the 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 on June 2nd will be here before we know it. Band students are hard at work preparing music for this special occasion! 🧑‍🎓🎶🎉

➡️Reminder: If you are looking for graduation information, please review www.gsdwi.org/o/ghs/page/grads

Diversified Health Occupations 1 classes welcomed two professors in the nursing department from UW-Milwaukee, Dr. Melissa Brown and Dr. Lisa Brennan.🩺 Students learned about venipunctures and received hands-on experience finding veins and safely using sharps during blood collections.💉🩸

What a spectacular learning experience! Thank you to UWM for sharing your talents!

Click to view the latest Warhawk Pride!
👉www.gsdwi.org/o/ghs/article/1594448

📌📰 In case you missed it, click the link below for our most recent newsletter.

GHS April Newsletter Please click HERE to view the April 2024 GHS Newsletter.

Students in Intro to Engineering Design worked together to design and 3D print miniature golf courses. ⛳️ Check out the creative results! Class ended with a little mini golfing, which was a blast!

Click to view the latest Warhawk Pride!
👉www.gsdwi.org/o/ghs/article/1582847

Hello, 5 ⭐️ dining!

Sorry in advance if you are now hungry, but take a look at this! Students in Senior Foods have been hard at work planning, preparing, and cooking their complete meal project. 🥗🌮🍝