Milton High School (Milton, Wisconsin)
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Milton High School is a public high school
High school
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 located in the small town of Milton, Wisconsin
Milton, Wisconsin
Milton is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,090 at the 2000 census .-History:The city was formed as a result of the 1967 merger of the villages of Milton and Milton Junction...

 with a population of approximately 5,588 people. Milton High School has about 80 staff members and 1040 students with graduating classes of 250 students. Jeremy Bilhorn is the Principal at MHS. Phil Pape is Associate Principal, Bob Johnson is Dean of Students, Brian Hammil the former boys basketball coach is the new Activities Director taking over for the retiring Jim Johnson.

Academics

Milton High School offers a wide range of courses for students: agriculture
Agriculture
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, art
Art
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, business
Business
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, English
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, mathematics
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, science
Science
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, foreign language
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, music
Music
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, physical education
Physical education
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, family/consumer science, health
Health
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, and social studies
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.

Activities

Milton High School offers a full range of co- and extra-curricular activities, including musical plays, Show choir
Show choir
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, Spanish
Spanish language
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 Club, French
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 Club, Student Council, National Honor Society
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, Young Republican
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 and Democratic
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clubs, SADD, Gay/Straight Alliance, National Art Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, National French Honor Society, Yearbook, Newspaper, Parkour Club, Key Club, FFA, and FBLA.

Athletics

Milton is in the Badger Conference. Previously they were in the Southern Lakes Conference, but this year moved to the Badger Conference because of a regional realignment of schools to better represent student enrollment.

Milton has enjoyed success in several sports. Its wrestling program has qualified for the state team championships nine times, most recently in 2010. The team won the tournament in 2002, defeating reigning champion Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln 25-21. Its football program, now coached by Vocational Education and Metals Technology teacher Jeff Bachinski, has also realized some success, having reached the state semifinals three times and winning state titles in 1986 and 1989 as coached by legendary football coach Jerry Schliem.





Fall
  • Football
  • Volleyball
  • Cross Country
  • Boys Soccer
  • Girls Tennis
  • Girls Swim
  • Girls Golf


Winter
  • Wrestling
  • Boys Basketball
  • Boys Swim
  • Gymnastics
  • Girls Basketball


Spring
  • Track
  • Boys Tennis
  • Baseball
  • Girls Soccer
  • Softball
  • Boys Golf
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