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Racine Area Public Schools
Fourth Annual State of the District Address is Sept. 28
Racine Unified Superintendent Dr. Jim Shaw will give the fourth annual State of the School District address on Tuesday, September 28.
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RUSD Safety Committee Announces Football Game Policies
The following policies will be enforced at all Racine Unified School District hosted football games.
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Vote Now to Help Your RUSD School Win $500,000!
Kohl’s is donating $500,000 to 20 schools each for a total of $10 million.
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RUSD Welcomes New Teachers
Welcome new Racine Unified teachers!
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McKinley Middle School Wins $5,000 Goodwill Grant
McKinley Middle School received a $5,000 grant from Runzheimer International.
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Chad Chapin is Interim Principal at Wadewitz Elementary
Chad Chapin will serve as the interim principal at Wadewitz Elementary for the 2010-11 school year.
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Racine Unified Sees Improvement in ACT Scores
Racine Unified School District students demonstrated improvement on the ACT test in 2010. The average RUSD ACT score for the 2010 graduation class is 20.8, up from 20.5 in 2009.
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Jeff Eben is New Gifford Elementary Principal
New Gifford Elementary Principal Jeff Eben has 21 years of experience in education and is an internationally recognized speaker.
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Wadewitz Teacher is WTMJ-4 Top Grade Teacher
Congratulations to Wadewitz Special Education Teacher Heather Eisenman who was named a WTMJ-4 Top Grade Teacher for the month of April!
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Olympia
Brown
Elementary
5915 Erie Street
Racine 53402
(262) 664-6650
This school was named for Reverend Olympia Brown, the first American woman to be ordained and champion of woman's suffrage, this school is located on a 26-acre site on the shore of Lake Michigan. The campus contains a field house, theater, music rooms, art room and multimedia library. Computer labs, a science center, a green house, a nature trail, a prairie garden and a domestic domain are available for student learning to augment curriculum.
Stephen Bull Fine Arts
Elementary
815 DeKoven Avenue
Racine 53403
(262) 664-6800
This school was named for Stephen Bull, brother-in-law of Jerome I. Case and the first Vice-President of the J.I. Case Corporation. Fine Arts is an alternative education program established in 1975. First opened in 1914 as the Stephen Bull Elementary School, the facility has specialists in vocal and instrumental music, dance and movement education, visual arts, creative dramatics and library science.
Case
High
7345 Washington Avenue
Racine 53406
(262) 619-4200
This school was named for Jerome I. Case, founder of the Racine Threshing Works, which was later renamed J.I. Case Corporation that is still based in Racine. Case High School was built in 1966 and is located on 68 acres on the southwest side of Racine.
Fratt
Elementary
3501 Kinzie Avenue
Racine 53405
(262) 664-8150
This school was named for Nicholas D. Fratt who came to Racine in 1843 at the age of 18. He was the president of the Racine County Bank, which later was the First National Bank for over 50 years. He also was a politician from Racine who was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1876 and a candidate for Wisconsin Governor in 1881. Built in 1916, Fratt is a neighborhood school in West Racine, home of many of Racine's Danish immigrants.
Giese
Elementary
5120 Byrd Avenue
Racine 53406
(262) 664-8250
This school was named for William C. Giese, the first principal of Washington Park High School in 1928. Giese School, opened in 1965 and is situated on a 12-acre rolling site. The 22-classroom structure consists of three educational clusters. This unique design earned the school an architectural award from the American Institute of Architects.
Gifford
Elementary
8332 Northwestern Avenue
Racine 53406
(262) 619-4550
This school was named for W. Allen Gifford owner and president of the Progressive Dairy who once owned the land the school is now built on. Built on a 23-acre site in Franksville, Gifford is the largest public elementary school in Racine.
Gilmore
Middle
2330 Northwestern Avenue
Racine 53404
(262) 619-4260
This school was named for James F. Gilmore who served on the school board for 34 years. Gilmore Middle School is located on Racine's north side.
Goodland
Elementary
4800 Graceland Avenue
Racine 53406
(262) 664-6850
Built in 1961, this school was named for Walter S. Goodland, who was the Mayor of Racine from 1911-1915, Wisconsin delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1939-1943 and Governor of the State of Wisconsin from 1943-1947 .
Horlick
High
2119 Rapids Drive
Racine 53404
(262) 619-4300
This school was named for William Horlick, the founder of Horlick Malted Milk. The School was built in 1929 and enlarged in 1961. The enrollment is approximately 2,150 students. The school colors are scarlet and gray.
Janes
Elementary
1425 North Wisconsin Street
Racine 53402
(262) 664-6550
Located on the north side of Racine in the older downtown lakefront and historic and industrial center, this school was named for Hon. Lorenzo Janes, a judge. In 1845, Janes opened Congress Hall, the most splendid hotel in the Midwest which was located on the corner of Third Street and Lake Avenue. Janes School is located on the north side of Racine, in the older downtown lakefront and historic and industrial center of Racine. Janes was the first school in Wisconsin to offer year-round education.
Jefferson Lighthouse
Elementary
1722 West Sixth Street
Racine 53404
(262) 664-6900
A magnet school, Jefferson Lighthouse focuses on the needs of the intellectually gifted.
Jerstad - Agerholm
Elementary / Middle
3601 LaSalle Street
Racine 53402
(262) 664-6050
This school was named for John L. Jerstad who served in the Army Air Corps and Harold Agerholm who served in the Marine Corps, both during World War II and were recipients of the Wisconsin Medal of Honor. Jerstad-Agerholm school is located on Racine's north side.
Johnson
Elementary
2420 Kentucky Street
Racine 53405
(262) 664-6950
This school was named for S. C. Johnson who was the founder of Johnson Wax. The school is located on a 13.5-acre site on the southwest side of town.
Dr. Jones
Elementary
3300 Chicory Road
Racine 53403
(262) 664-8050
This school was named for Dr. Beatrice O. Jones, a Racine Pediatric Specialist and School Board President. The school was dedicated in 1968.
Gilbert
Knapp
Elementary
2701 17th Street
Racine 53405
(262) 664-8000
This school was named for Captain Gilbert Knapp a lake boat captain who founded "Port Gilbert" which is now Racine on the mouth of the root river in 1834. Knapp School opened in 1911 and is located on a 3.4-acre site on Racine's southwest side, Knapp is the third largest elementary school in the district.
Henry
Mitchell
Elementary / Middle
2713 Drexel Avenue
Racine 53403
(262) 664-6350
This school was named for Henry Mitchell whose wagon works in Racine later went on to produce the Mitchell automobile. Located on the city's south side, the school was built in 1937 as a WPA project, and enlarged 1974.
William McKinley
Middle
2340 Mohr Avenue
Racine 53405
(262) 664-6150
Located in the Kinzie Heights area, this school was This school was named for President William McKinley who was assassinated in 1901. McKinley School is located in the center of the city, and was opened in 1925.
North
Park
Elementary
4748 Elizabeth Street
Racine 53402
(262) 664-6350
On the north side of Racine, North Park's building, playground and parking areas cover a square city block.
The R.E.A.L. School
Middle / High
5915 Erie Street
Racine 53402
(262) 664-8100
The REAL School (Racine's Educational Alternative Learning Environment) maintains a vision with the primary purpose of helping young people become excited about learning and to help them become effective lifelong learners. This school is located in the third floor of the Olympia Brown elementary school building.
Red
Apple
Elementary
914 St. Patrick Street
Racine 53402
(262) 619-4500
Red Apple is a magnet school that was established in 1974 when parents, teachers and other community leaders came together to form an alternative school. Originally the school was named the Optional Elementary School. The name was changed because people thought it meant that attendance was options, not the choice in curriculum.
Theodore Roosevelt
Elementary
915 Romayne Avenue
Racine 53402
(262) 664-8300
This school was named for President Theodore Roosevelt, The School opened its doors in 1925 and is Located on Racine's northeast side.
Schulte
Elementary
8515 Westminster Drive
Sturtevant 53177
(262) 664-6300
In 1877 Adolph Schulte and his brothers provided "music in the park" for Racine area residents. In 1923, brother Henry Schulte approached the Racine City Council and succeeded in getting an annual appropriation of funds to organize a "city band" and officially entertain the Racine citizenry. The name of that first ensemble, the Racine Park Board Band. Schulte School was built in 1967 on a 15-acre site in Sturtevant.
Starbuck
Middle
1516 Ohio Street
Racine 53405
(262) 664-6500
This school was named for Frank Starbuck Junior, a publisher of the Journal Times. Located on Racine's west side, Starbuck was opened in 1962.
Wadewitz
Elementary
2700 Yout Street
Racine 53404
(262) 664-6000
In 1907, Western Publishing was taken over by one of its creditors, a bookkeeper named E.H. Wadewitz. Wadewitz soon purchased a Chicago publishing company and set up Whitman Publishing Co. It would later gain fame as the publisher of Big Little Books and Golden Books for children. Wadewitz School was built in 1957 as a combined elementary and orthopedic school. Located in the north-central portion of the city, the school has 24 regular classrooms and eight classrooms equipped for orthopedically impaired students.
Walden III
Middle / High
1012 Center Street
Racine 53403
(262) 664-6250
The students who wanted to emphasize the difference of their school selected Walden's name. Not wishing to use Thoreau's Walden or Skinner's Walden Two, the students chose Walden III. The choice, you may wish to know when the school was started in 1972, was between Walden III and Frank Zappa High School. The full name of the school is Walden III an Alternative Secondary School in Process of Discovery. Walden school is now in the old Franklin School building near the police department and city hall annex. The original part of the building was constructed in 1863. Walden III, a magnet school, draws a diverse student population.
Washington
Park
High
1901 - 12th Street
Racine 53403
(262) 619-4400
The school traces its roots to 1852 when Racine High School, the first public school in Wisconsin opened. In 1926, the Racine School Board decided to replace Racine High School with a new school that would eventually become Park. This school was named for Washington Park. William C. Giese, the first principal of Washington Park High School is honored by an elementary school that bares his name. Four core values form the vision for Park.
West
Ridge
Elementary
1347 East Emmertsen Road
Racine 53406
(262) 664-6200
West Ridge is located in the town of Mt. Pleasant. The School was built in 1961 and was doubled in size in 1990.
Wind
Point
Elementary
290 Jonsue Lane
Racine 53402
(262) 664-6125
Wind Point is a north side neighborhood school located near Lake Michigan.
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