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Fort Atkinson High School is a public high school in
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin Fort Atkinson is a city in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. It lies along the Rock River (Illinois), Rock River a few miles upstream from Lake Koshkonong. The population was 12,579 at the 2020 census. Fort Atkinson is the largest city ...
. It is part of the Fort Atkinson School District.


History

Fort Atkinson High School was founded in 1866, and its first principal was John Purdy. The original school building was destroyed in a fire in 1888. The high school has been housed in a number of buildings since.


Extracurricular activities


Athletics

Source: * Boys' and girls' cross country * Boys' and girls' track * Boys' and girls' soccer * Boys' and girls' tennis * Boys' and girls' swim * Boys' and girls' basketball * Boys' and girls' volleyball * Boys' and girls' golf * Baseball * Softball * Wrestling * Football * Cheerleading/spirit squad * Esports League


Clubs and organizations

Source: Student clubs and organizations include: *
Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...
* Art league *
Chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...
club * FFA * Fort Atkinson chapter of the
National Speech and Debate Association The National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) is the largest interscholastic Individual events (speech), speech and Competitive debate in the United States, debate organization serving middle school and high school students in the United State ...
* Forensics * French club * FBLA * German club * History club * Math club *
NHS The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ...
* Spanish club * VICA Fort Atkinson has two competitive
show choirs A show choir (previously known as a "swing choir") is a musical ensemble that combines choral singing with choreographed dance, often integrated into a narrative story or overarching theme. Origin Show choirs have been popularized by the American ...
, the mixed-gender South High Street Singers and the women's-only Lexington Singers. The school also hosts its own competition, the Fort Atkinson Showcase. The Fort Atkinson Debate Team is led by English teacher Dan Hansen in the high school, the team competes from October to late January every year, but practice starts in September. The team was founded in 2016 and has seven members as of 2021.


See also

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List of high schools in Wisconsin Adams County * Adams-Friendship High School, Adams Ashland County * Ashland High School, Ashland * Butternut High School, Butternut * Chequamegon North Campus, Glidden * Mellen High School, Mellen Barron County * Barron High School, Barron *Cam ...


References

{{authority control Public high schools in Wisconsin Education in Jefferson County, Wisconsin 1866 establishments in Wisconsin Educational institutions established in 1866