Stevens Point Area Senior High (commonly called SPASH) is a high school located in

Stevens Point, Wisconsin Stevens Point is a city in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. Its population was 25,666 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It forms the core of the Stevens Point micropolitan statistical area, which had a p ...

, United States. It is part of the Stevens Point Area Public School District. SPASH serves the Stevens Point area, including Stevens Point, Plover, Whiting, and Park Ridge, as well as several towns and nearby Junction City and part of Milladore. The school mascot is a panther. The school opened in 1972, allowing the district high school to move from P. J. Jacobs which had housed the high school since 1938.

Notable alumni

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, NHL forward * Curt Clausen, Olympic race walker * Rachel A. Graham, Wisconsin state court judge *

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References

External links

Stevens Point Area Senior High website

Stevens Point Area Public Schools homepage
Public high schools in Wisconsin Stevens Point, Wisconsin Schools in Portage County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-school-stub