George Nelson Tremper High School

George Nelson Tremper High School
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Coordinates 42°32′58″N 87°50′29″W / 42.54958°N 87.84142°W / 42.54958; -87.84142Coordinates: 42°32′58″N 87°50′29″W / 42.54958°N 87.84142°W / 42.54958; -87.84142
Information
Type public
Motto Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe, Be Your Best
Established 1964 (1964)
Principal Richard Aiello
Faculty ~60
Grades 9-12
Enrollment ~1,500
Campus type suburban
Color(s) Royal Blue and Scarlet Red
Mascot Trojan
Website tremper.kusd.edu

George Nelson Tremper High School is a high school located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Part of the Kenosha Unified School District, it was named after George Nelson Tremper, the principal of Kenosha High School from 1911 to 1944. The mascot of Tremper High School is the Trojan.[1]

History

Built to relieve overcrowding at Bradford High School, the original 272,786-square-foot (25,342.6 m2) school was completed in the fall of 1964, with the first class graduating in June 1965. A successful referendum in 2005 gave the school a new, larger field house, team locker rooms, and a new weight room. In the summer of 2009, the cafeteria was remodeled and expanded into the original commons.

Transgender student prom controversy

In 2016, the school disallowed a transgender student from running for prom king, suggesting that he instead run for prom queen.[2][3] The student initiated an online petition, and his schoolmates organized sit-ins, leading the Kenosha Unified School District to require the prom court ballot to list candidates "under the gender for which they identify".[4] The school had also barred the student from using the boys' bathroom.[3] The student filed a lawsuit against the school district with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, seeking to be able to use the boys' bathroom.[5][6][7][8][9]

Extracurricular activities

Clubs and activities

  • Academic Skills Challenge
  • Art Club
  • Band of the Black Watch
  • Bible Club
  • Class Advisors
  • Classic (Yearbook)
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Tremper Marketing Group
  • Drama
  • Environmental Club
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  • Fencing Club
  • Freshmen Transition Coaches
  • FBLA
  • Gay Straight Alliance Club
  • German Club
  • Golden Strings
  • Hip-Hop Dancers (Troupe Tremper)
  • International Club
  • International Thespian Society
  • Japan Club
  • Jazz Bands
  • Latinos in Action
  • Madrigal Singers
  • National Honor Society
  • Octagon Club
  • Peer Helpers
  • Ping Pong Club
  • Poetry Club *Point of View (Movie Club)
  • Powder Puff Football
  • Quill & Scroll
  • Renaissance
  • Sign Language
  • Simply Exstamptional
  • Skiing & Snow Boarding Club
  • Stepping Stones
  • Student Government
  • Student Walking Club
  • SADD
  • Sub Deb
  • Tempest (School Newspaper)
  • Travel Club
  • Tremper Athletic Promotion (TAP) Club
  • Tremper Television
  • Varsity Club
  • Wisconsin Lung Association Students Teaching Students
  • YAHOO
  • Ye Olde English Christmasse Feaste[10]

The Classic

Tremper's yearbook, The Classics, 2002 edition, Coming Up for Air, was awarded the Journalism Education Association First Place, Best of Show in April 2003.[11] In 2006, the Classics Shift Within placed second at the JEA/NSPA Denver, 2007 Conference.[12]

Blood drive

Every year, Tremper Student Government organizes the largest student-led blood drive in Wisconsin, recruiting about 2000 donors. The Blood Centers of Southeast Wisconsin have verified its number one standing.[13] The blood drive receives support from blood centers throughout southeast Wisconsin, who close down to send support staff and equipment to the school.[13]

Athletics

The athletic teams compete in the WIAA Southeast Conference. Athletic teams include:

  • Girls' bowling
  • Cross country
  • Football
  • Wrestling
  • Hockey
  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • Girls' gymnastics
  • Boys' basketball
  • Girls' basketball
  • Boys' golf
  • Girls' golf
  • Boys' soccer
  • Girls' soccer
  • Boys' swimming
  • Girls' swimming
  • Boys' tennis
  • Girls' tennis
  • Boys' track
  • Girls' track
  • Boys' volleyball
  • Girls' volleyball-2008 Division 1 State Champions [14]
  • Cheerleading
  • Dance team[15]

Tennis

Tremper tennis teams play in the WIAA Southeast Conference. In 2010 the boys' team was the conference champion and the 2010 sectional champions.[16]

References

  1. ↑ http://tremper.kusd.edu/about/history.html
  2. ↑ Thorbecke, Catherine (7 April 2016). "Transgender Student Wins Battle to Run For Prom King". ABC News. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 Smith, Deneen. "Tremper students rally for transgender student's inclusion". Kenosha News. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Geraldo, Casey (6 April 2016). "Kenosha Unified School District lets transgender teen run for Prom King after student protest". Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Brown, Emma. "This transgender student won the right to run for prom king, now he's suing to use the boys' bathroom". Washington Post. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  6. ↑ McEvers, Kelly. "Transgender Student Files Suit Against School District, Alleging Discrimination". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "KUSD Response to Lawsuit". Kenosha Unified School District. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  8. ↑ M.W. v. Kenosha Unified School District and Sue Savaglio-Jarvis (E.D. Wis. 2016). Text
  9. ↑ "TLC takes legal action against Wisconsin school district denying transgender boy access to boys' restrooms". Transgender Law Center. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  10. ↑ http://tremper.kusd.edu/clubs_act/
  11. ↑ "Tremper High School Classic Yearbook". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  12. ↑ "JEA/NSPA Denver 2007 Conference Best of Show Yearbook 225-274". Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  13. 1 2 http://tremper.kusd.edu/events/blood.html
  14. ↑ http://tremper.kusd.edu/sports/gvolleyball/index.html
  15. ↑ http://tremper.kusd.edu/sports/
  16. ↑ http://tremper.kusd.edu/sports/btennis/index.html
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