Friday, May 17, 2013
Kirstan Brodie is part of a tiny group of students—less than one-tenth of 1 percent of who take the ACT—who got a perfect score.
Greendale High School junior Kirstan Brodie has joined an elite group of students who attained a perfect score on the ACT test. Brodie earned the top composite score of 36, according to a district news release. Less than one-tenth of 1 percent of students who take the ACT earn a top score. Among test-takers in the high school graduating class of 2012, only 781 of more than 1.66 million students earned a composite score of 36. The ACT consists of tests in English, mathematics, reading and science. Each test is scored on a scale of 1-36, and a student's composite score is the average of the four test scores. Brodie is the daughter of Kent and Robin Brodie.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The sophomore dominated the event in the league outdoor meet held at Brown Deer High School on Monday.
Greendale sophomore discus thrower Abby Jankowski dominated the Woodland Conference Outdoor Championship, and it wasn’t even close. Jankowski won the event with a distance of 108 feet, 7 inches, on Monday at Brown Deer High School. Her effort was a full 11 feet past her closest competitor. Jankowski also was fourth in the shot put with a 33-8, and helped the Greendale girls finish sixth with 41 points in the 13-team meet. Greendale’s doctor was also in, as in senior Alyssa Docter, who was the runner-up in the pole vault in 10-0, a foot and a half behind conference champion Rayce Albino of New Berlin West. Docter also finished sixth in the high jump (4-6). The top-eight placewinners scored for their school. Other Greendale point-scorers …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Magazine's latest list of best schools in the U.S. lists Greendale as 1,039th, the 19th-best ranking in Wisconsin.
On mobile? You can see interactive map here. Newsweek magazine has ranked Greendale High School as the 1,039th top high school in the country. Among the 55 Wisconsin high schools that made Newsweek's list, Greendale had the 19th-highest ranking in the state. Nicolet High School was ranked 628th in the nation, while Whitefish Bay was ranked 417th. For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about Greendale's ranking, and every other ranked high school in the Milwaukee area by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above. The survey scores were then weighted and calculated using several criteria including on-time …
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Sunday, May 5, 2013
Ericksen was a star wide receiver in high school before converting to safety at Illinois State University. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Packers over the weekend.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Just 9 percent of public high schools in the country made the Washington Post's list this year.
For the eighth straight year, Greendale High School is included in the Washington Post's list of most challenging high schools in the nation. The list ranks schools according to a "Challenge Index," which divides the number of Advanced Placement and other college-level tests given at a school by the number of that school's graduating seniors. High schools ratio with of at least 1.000, meaning they had as many tests in 2012 as they had graduates, generally were put on the national list, according to the Post. The ratio is seen an indicator of how well a school prepares students for college. About 9 percent of the roughly 22,000 public U.S. high schools made the list this year, wrote Post columnist Jay Mathews, who compiles the list. "…
Monday, April 29, 2013
Ericksen was a star wide receiver in high school before converting to safety at Illinois State University. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Packers over the weekend.
Updated 7 p.m. April 29 In his final year at Greendale High School, Ben Ericksen was named the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year, Woodland Conference Player of the Year and the CNI/NOW Newspapers All-Suburban Player of the Year after leading all Wisconsin players with 1,335 receiving yards and 19 touchdown catches. Now, he’s trying to catch on with the Green Bay Packers. Ericksen was a handful of players signed as undrafted free agents by the Packers following the 2013 NFL Draft over the weekend. "Greendale is extremely proud to say this is where it all began for him," Greendale varsity football coach Rob Stoltz said. Ericksen, a 6-foot, 1-inch, 200-pound free safety at Illinois State University, is still Greendale’s school record-holder…
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Greendale's Village President implores state legislators to remove a provision in the state budget that would remove residency requirements for municipal employees.
Updated 6:45 a.m. Friday Greendale village president John Hermes asked state Legislators Thursday to remove a provision in the state budget that would remove residency requirements for municipal employees. The hearing was the first of four being held around the state to give residents the chance to have their say on Gov. Scott Walker’s 2013-15 budget. After the hearings, the committee will vote on any changes before sending their version on to the Assembly and Senate. Hermes spoke at the Joint Finance Committee hearing on the state budget held at Greendale High School. "Local taxpayers truly expect delivery of critical and urgent services from local government," Hermes said. "Collectively, we need to take a look at recent critical …
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
The cheerleaders recently took fourth at the National High School Cheerleading Championship in Florida.
The Greendale School Board on Monday honored the high school cheerleading team, a perennial first-place finisher this year and recent participant in the National High School Cheerleading Championship. The squad features 27 members, a mix of underclassmen and seniors. The team's top finish at the Milwaukee regional competition qualified it for nationals in Florida. For the fifth straight year, Greendale made it to the finals, finishing fourth. While active in competitions, the team also cheered at football and girls and boys basketball games. Coach Tina Zamjahn was also lauded during Monday's meeting. She was named Patch's Person of the Year last December.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Come to a pre-game tailgate party at Greendale High School, then board a bus to Miller Park and watch the Milwaukee Brewers host the St. Louis Cardinals on May 5.
To celebrate the Village of Greendale’s 75th anniversary, the Greendale Chamber of Commerce will host a community-wide tailgate party and Milwaukee Brewers game outing May 5. The tailgate party will begin at 10:30 a.m. at Greendale High School, 6801 Southway, and will be held rain or shine. Following the party, fans will board school buses and arrive at Miller Park in time to see the Brewers take on the St. Louis Cardinals at 1:10 p.m. From March 15 through April 5, tickets for the Brewers game may be purchased online only for $20 each (plus a handling fee) through a link on the following websites: www.greendalechamber.com, www.greendale.org, www.greendale.k12.wi.us and www.greendalecelebrations.org. Tickets for the tailgate party will be…
Thursday, March 7, 2013
The $1,000 awards are being made to teachers, their schools, and graduating high school students.
One Greendale student and two educators from the district will receive a 2013 Herb Kohl Foundation award. The $1,000 awards are being made to 100 teachers, their schools, and 187 graduating high school students throughout the state. The following Greendale student and teachers have been chosen: Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Excellence Scholars 2013 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Fellows 2013 Excellence Scholarship recipients have demonstrated excellence in the academic arena and high motivation to achieve, have displayed a broad range of activity and leadership outside the academic setting, and have shown strong promise for succeeding in college and beyond. Excellence Scholarship and Fellowship recipients are selected by a statewide …
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6:19 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2013
Our Village is proud of this young person. She is a tribute to the hard work of our teachers and school leaders every year. In our Greendale and in Milwaukee. Congratulations to this achievement. more ›