Our School

Mission

With a strong sense of tradition, Appleton West High School will develop academically accomplished graduates who are prepared for success in the global community. Our challenging programs, conducted in a climate of intellectual curiosity, tolerance, and duty will cultivate graduates who are dedicated to living with integrity and serving their community.

Message from the Principal

At Appleton West High School, students have become life-long learners since 1938. Our academic program instills the knowledge they will need to excel in their chosen profession. For us, teaching is more than just imparting knowledge. Our primary directive is to cultivate a love of learning in our students.

Our challenging programs, conducted in a climate of intellectual curiosity, tolerance, and duty cultivate graduates who are dedicated to living with integrity and serving their community. Our classes achieve excellence because we employ a wide repertoire of teaching and learning strategies, and students are actively involved in the learning process. Our stimulating classes draw upon students' strengths and encourage them to push themselves to the outer limits of their abilities.

The diversity of our student population is one of our most valued strengths, and the integration of Renaissance and A-Tech students into our West population creates a learning environment that builds on every student's individual strengths.

Voluntary extracurricular activities enable students to apply the material they learn in class to a real-life situation. Teachers provide ideas and motivate students to take the initiative. In this way, students exercise their creativity and learn to set goals for themselves.

Along with the 30,000 alumni who have graduated from our great school, our current students and staff take great pride in being Appleton West Terrors.

Mark McQuade
Principal
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