Port Washington High School

Public secondary school

Port Washington High School

Address

427 West Jackson Street
Port Washington, Wisconsin 53074
United States

Coordinates| 43°23′24″N 87°52′40″W﻿ / ﻿43.3901°N 87.8777°W﻿ / 43.3901; -87.8777
Information
Type| Public secondary
Motto| "Home of the Pirates" "The School That Maher Built"
School district| Port Washington-Saukville School District
Superintendent| Mel Nettesheim
Principal| Rachel Biertzer
Faculty| 51.55 (FTE)[1]
Grades| 9–12
Enrollment| 814 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio| 15.79[1]
Color(s)| Green, Black, and White

Athletics conference| North Shore Conference
Nickname| Pirates
Website| www.pwssd.k12.wi.us

Port Washington High School is a public secondary high school in the city of Port Washington, Wisconsin and a part of the Port Washington-Saukville School District. The enrollment during the 2022–2023 school year was 825.

Eric Burke served as the principal until February 2020. In March 2020 Thad Gabrielse became the principal.[2]

## Athletics

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Port Washington High School participates in the North Shore Conference. PWHS won state championships in boys' cross country in 1933, 1956, 1957 and 1960, and in boys’ basketball in 1936. [3]

## Alumni

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* A. Manette Ansay, author
* Tyler Beach, NFL football guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers[4]
* Ray Buivid, former NFL football player and college football All-American
* John DeMerit, former MLB baseball player and World Series champion
* Alex Dieringer, state champion wrestler; NCAA champion while at Oklahoma State University;[5][6] 2016 Dan Hodge Trophy Winner[7]
* Josh Gasser, Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year;[8] Big Ten All–Defensive team (2012, 2014, 2015)[9]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Port Washington High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
2. ^ "District makes quick work of hiring new PWHS principal". Ozaukee Press. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
3. ^ 2019 State Cross Country Meet Souvenir Program. Wisconsin Rapids, WI: Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. November 2, 2019. p. 25.
4. ^ "Tyler Beach (G): Bio, News, Stats & more".
5. ^ "Alex D. OSU Bio".
6. ^ "Multiple Time NCAA Champs - D1 College Wrestling". www.d1collegewrestling.net. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
7. ^ "Dieringer presented 2016 Dan Hodge Trophy". WIN Magazine: Wrestling News. 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
8. ^ sports, Madison com. "UW recruit Gasser named Gatorade state Player of the Year". madison.com. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
9. ^ "Big Ten Conference All-Defensive Winner". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-07-31.

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