Plymouth School District Report Card

o ACT indicates that our seniors are prepared for college at a higher rate than the state average, with a composite average of 22 for college-bound students.

o Nicholas Shircel, 2023 National Merit Scholarship recipient
o Kyle Kraus, 2019 National Merit Finalist
o Dallas Kreisa, 2019 National Merit Finalist
o Alexander Oty, 2019 National Merit Finalist
o John Nugent, 2019 National Merit Commended Student
o Gwen Nytes, 2017 National Merit Commended Student
o Cooper Ebbott, Zach Holden and Mark Novak, 2014 National Merit Commended Students
o Rebecca Ebbott, 2013 National Merit Semifinalist
o Charlie Martin, 2012 National Merit Finalist

o Dena Budrecki, for UW-Green Bay
o Amy Bogenschuetz, for UW-Green Bay
o Dave Coley, for Lakeland University
o Jack Daniels, for Lakeshore Technical College
o Todd Hunt, for UW-Green Bay
o Amy Kolpin, for UW-Oshkosh
o Connie Lund, for Lakeshore Technical College
o Billie Rau, for Concordia University

o The facility has received strong support from the business community:
- The Kohler Foundation donated $65,000 to launch a robotics and automation program.
- Van Horn Automotive Group has provided $45,000 in improvements to the automotive lab.
- Sargento has donated a high-speed packaging machine and a laser engraver.
- The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation awarded Plymouth High School a $25,000 Fab Lab grant to help fund a high-tech router.

o Learn more about the Lakeshore-Plymouth Science & Technology Center, which serves students in engineering classes as well as those learning skilled trades and community members.

o This modern research facility better provides students and community members with skills needed by key local industries.

o Learn more about the Food Science & Agriculture Center, which serves PHS students in seven academic disciplines as well as younger students and community members.

o We were the first district in the area to offer nationally recognized Project Lead the Way engineering courses, which feature a hands-on, project-based and problem-based approach that adds rigor to traditional technical programs and relevance to traditional academics.
o Our PLTW-certified program has an “exemplary school” designation. All PHS classes carry credit from either the Milwaukee School of Engineering or UW-Green Bay.
o We offer seven Project Lead the Way courses at the middle and high school levels, taught by science and technology education teachers.

o Plymouth was one of the models used by the DPI for its Global Scholars Program, which requires:
- 4 credits in one world language
- 4 credits in courses with global content
- Reflections on 8 books with global content or up to 4 reflections on art, music, or film
- Participation in schoolwide global activities
- At least 20 hours of global service learning

o 16 PHS students have earned the Certificate of Global Competence or its predecessor, the Wisconsin Global Education Achievement Certificate, since its inception in 2014.

o In-person students seeking classes not offered at Plymouth High School can take courses through Wisconsin Virtual School.

o The district Summer School program offers an excellent opportunity for students to keep learning through the summer, with dozens of enriching classes offered in the summer.

o All students have access to a technology device to enhance their learning.
o Plymouth High School has offered a laptop computer to every student since 2011.

o Soft skills are non-academic skills that increasingly are seen as valuable by employers, college admissions officials and scholarship award committees. Plymouth focuses on these three: collaboration, respect and work habits.

o Learn more about our soft-skills evaluation.

o The Council on International Educational Exchange has awarded 45 Plymouth High School students Global Navigator Scholarships since 2016 for summer travel abroad.

o PHS enjoys regular visits by students from Colombia, Germany, and Thailand, as well as a very active AFS program.

o 106 college credits are available to PHS students during the 2024-25 school year.

o 79 percent of our graduates go on to higher education.

o PHS graduates with military appointments
- 2022 Army ROTC - Mason Brill-Meerdink
- 2019 West Point appointment - Max Hassel
- 2019 admittance to The Citadel - Wilhelm Birkholz
- 2017 West Point appointment - Kalei Hering
- 2016 Air Force Academy appointment - Ryan Holec
- 2016 US Navy ROTC - Abigail Nicholson
- 2015 US Navy ROTC - Izack Ohman
- 2012 US Army ROTC - Dustin Schulz
- 2011 US Naval Academy appointment - Lukas Ohman
- 2010 US Naval Academy appointment - Greg Poser
- 2009 US Naval Academy appointment - Logan Roy
- 2005 US Naval Academy appointment - Marshall Witkowski

o Admiral Luther F. Schriefer – Class of 1955 - went from PHS homecoming king to a 37-year Navy career. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy, the Naval War College, and received a master’s in international affairs from George Washington University. He was trained as a carrier-based pilot, and served two tours in Vietnam. Over the course of his long Navy career, he was promoted to various command posts – including an aviation squadron, two carrier air-wings, an anti-submarine warfare wing and two naval ships. Admiral Schriefer spent 23 of his 37 years in sea assignments. In his last naval position, he commanded the San Diego Naval Base, which included two air bases, a submarine base and a naval station. After retiring from the Navy, Admiral Schriefer held a variety of high-level positions for the U.S. Defense Department.

o Lisa (Peplinski) Jaster - Class of 1996 - was accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. She graduated with a degree in civil engineering, and, as an officer, was deployed in both Afghanistan and Iraq in 2002-2003. She stepped down from active duty in 2007, but returned to the Army in 2012 as a reservist, and three years later made national history by becoming one of the first three female graduates of the Army’s Ranger Program. Her book, “Delete the Adjective: A Soldier's Adventures in Ranger School,” was selected by One Book One Community – The Plymouth Chapter for the 2023 Community Book Read.

o PEP Talks (short for Plymouth Educational Plan Talk) are meetings between a counselor, a student and his or her parents or guardians, held during the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th and 11th grades. The focus of the talk varies somewhat with the student's age, moving from focusing on individual strengths in the lower grades to career exploration in the middle grades to career preparation in high school. But the emphasis is always on each student's talents and plans for the future.

o Students are guided to find your passion, shape your path through our Academic and Career Planning.
o Students also develop a plan for their futures using Xello.

o Our Redefining Ready Report Card helps better define how well we are preparing students for colleges and careers.

o Students involved in extracurriculars have an average GPA of 3.28, compared to 2.17 for non-participants.
o The average GPA of students involved in three or more activities is 3.48.

o 75 percent of current PHS students have been involved in at least one WIAA sport or performance.

o With the addition of Girls Golf and Girls Hockey, Plymouth High School supports 22 WIAA athletic teams.

o Plymouth High School currently offers 57 artistic, academic, service, and social extracurricular opportunities.

o Riverview Middle School students can participate in 29 academic clubs and athletic opportunities.
o 73 percent of Riverview students have been involved in at least one extracurricular activity.

o Plymouth High School Dance Team took 1st in D2 Hip Hop and 2nd in D4 Pom at regionals, and 3rd in D2 Hip Hop at the 2025 State Dance Championships sponsored by the Wisconsin Association of Cheer/Pom Coaches.

o Riverview Middle School
- The Riverview Middle School Track & Field team ended a stellar 2024 season as conference champion and brought home 23 medals from state competition.

o Business
- The Plymouth High School Business & Information Technology Department annually inducts new members into its chapter of the National Business Honor Society.
- The PHS Future Business Leaders of America chapter was runner-up for the Outstanding Chapter Award at the 2025 Region VI Leadership Conference and qualified 45 students for State competition. PHS won the Outstanding Chapter Award in 2024, when it qualified 68 students for State.
- Plymouth High School student Landon Ross took fifth in the nation in the 2024 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 365 competition.
- The chapter qualified 4 events Nationals in 2023, 4 events in 2021, 7 events in 2020, and 3 events in 2019.

o Culinary Arts
- PHS has been one of 5 state finalists in the Whipping Up Wellness Student Chef Competition every year since its inception in 2012, winning in 2021.
- PHS students placed first and second at the 2023 Fox Valley Technical College Burger Challenge.
- Five of the eight finalists in the 2022 Fox Valley Technical College Ultimate Burger Challenge were from Plymouth High School.

o FFA
- Three PHS Career Development Events teams - Horse Evaluation, Ag Mechanics, and Nursery & Landscape - won their respective state competitions and represented Wisconsin at 2023 Nationals.
- A PHS team took first in the 2021 Wisconsin Meats CDE and advanced to Nationals.
- A PHS team placed second in the 2020 National FFA Agriscience Fair for their work on “The Effects of Adding Hydrogen Peroxide to a Water Culture Hydroponic System to Grow Lettuce.”
- The PHS Horse Evaluation Team took first place at the 2019 state FFA Career Development Event competition and 13th at Nationals.
- Nine PHS students have earned American Degrees - the highest honor FFA bestows upon members - since 2020.

o Other PHS successes
- The PHS Forensics Team brought home 9 State awards in 2025, and claimed the conference title in 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023.
- Plymouth High School won three 2024 Fields of Excellence Awards from Pioneer Athletics, along with one of two $1,000 scholarships. PHS has been honored with at least one Fields of Excellence Award every year since 2016.
- Fifteen members of HOSA, a health careers club, qualified to compete at the 2024 Wisconsin HOSA State Leadership Conference!
- Quit-Qui-Oc, the Plymouth High School yearbook, was named a Jostens’ National Yearbook Program of Excellence in 2023, 2022, 2019, 2017, and 2016.
- Six members of the PHS Math Team earned medals in the 2023 Wisconsin Mathematics Council State Contest.
- A Plymouth High School team took first or second at the 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 Lakeland University High School Math Meets.
- The Plymouth Equestrian Team was named Grand Champion in Division B at the 2021 Wisconsin Interscholastic Horsemanship Association State Show, the third time in a row that Plymouth has won its regional competition and advanced to state.

o Elementary successes
- Teams from Fairview, Horizon, and Parkview elementary schools tied for champion, tied for reserve champion, and received honorable mention at the 2023 National Railroad Museum CESA-7 GT Consortium STEAM Retreat.
- A team of students from Horizon Elementary School took 11th place in the 2022 Wisconsin Battle of the Books, earning a spot in the Honors Club.

o PHS varsity coaches average 20 years of coaching experience; freshmen and JV coaches average 9 years.

o 65 percent of PHS coaches are current or retired teachers.

o Our schools and Community Education & Recreation program offer a wide range of activities for youth and families.

o We collaborate with the City of Plymouth and many community partners on the Plymouth-Area Info Hub, a website (and companion Facebook page) that strives to be the go-to source for information about Plymouth-area recreation and family-friendly activities.

o Drama honors
- PHS One-Act garnered 6 state awards for its 2022 one-act play: Outstanding Ensemble, All-State, Outstanding Director, Outstanding Technical Theatre, and two Outstanding Actor Awards.

o Visual arts honors
- PHS seniors have been offered more than $1.8 million in art scholarships since 2020.
- The works of Plymouth High School students were included in the 2021, 2022, and 2023 “The Big Idea” shows at the Latino Arts gallery in Milwaukee.

o Regular participant in farm-to-school events, including Apple Crunch Day

o Foodservice program named Foodservice Operation of the Month for January 2024 by Foodservice Director Magazine.

o Mulberry Bush: For children 6 weeks until they enter 4K; open 6:30am to 5:30pm Monday through Friday year round; located at Horizon Elementary School.

o Berry Branch: For 4K and 5K students; open before and after school from 6am to 6pm weekdays and during the summer; located at the elementary schools.

o Extra Mile: For students in 1st through 4th grades; open before and after school from 6am to 6pm weekdays and during the summer; located at the elementary schools.

o Youth Center: For students in grades 5-8; open after school until 5 p.m. with at least one adult present at all times.

o Community Ed & Rec offers more than 100 fitness & wellness opportunities each year. Learn more about current opportunities.

o Community members can get exercise at PHS by walking the halls and/or indoor track or by joining the Fitness Center.

o The Wellness Council of America and Wellness Council of Wisconsin awarded the Plymouth School District a Gold Well Workplace Award, recognizing the district as one of “America’s Healthiest Companies.”
o We especially were praised for:
-Collecting Meaningful Data
-Crafting an Operating Plan
-Evaluation, Communication, Celebration & Iteration
-Committed & Aligned Leadership
-Collaboration in Support of Wellness

o In 2019, our schools were the first in the county to achieve the Heart Safe designation, which indicates to the public that the school’s staff is trained and prepared to respond to a cardiac emergency. The current 3-year designation is good through Jan. 24, 2025.
o More than 100 of our faculty, staff, and coaches are certified in CPR and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs).

o Our faculty and staff belong to at least 48 community organizations.

o Nearly half of our staff are involved in at least one community organization.

o About three dozen staff members have leadership roles in community organizations.

o Parents, grandparents and other community members are encouraged to volunteer their time in Plymouth schools, either on an ongoing basis or for a one-time event.

o Hundreds of special guests visit our classrooms each year to share their expertise and enthusiasm with our students.

o Generations Intergenerational Center provides structured playground games at Fairview Elementary School through its PLAY (Promoting Lifelong Activity for our Youth) with Generations initiative..

o For years, Plymouth Lions Club volunteers have put in countless hours to screen Plymouth students for vision problems.

o Many community partners helped Plymouth High School present a Teen Tragedy distracted driving simulation.

o Entire district helps:
- Our schools, staff, students, and families take time during the holiday season to help others.
- All five schools host Veterans Day programs.
- All five schools participate in the annual Cereal Box Domino Challenge, collecting cereal boxes for the Plymouth Food Pantry -- and toppling them like dominoes in the PHS gym.
- Plymouth students help Project Angel Hugs in various ways, including making hundreds of Christmas cards and valentines.

o Other ways Plymouth High School students give back to the community:
- Beginning with the Class of 2026, students must complete 25 hours of community service during their high school careers in order to graduate.
- Plymouth High School construction students helped build a sugar shack in Plymouth City Park, where people can observe and participate in the craft of making maple syrup.
- Peers for Peers partnered with St. Vincent de Paul Society and Plymouth Food Pantry on the Blankets with Love Mission to collect blankets for local families impacted by mental-health issues.
- The PHS Building Construction class worked with local contractor Buteyn-Peterson Construction Co. to replace the riding arena at the Wade House Historic Site.
- The PHS Elements of Construction class builds projects for community members.
- AFS students studying at PHS share presentations about their home countries with the public.
- PHS students helped build a Habitat for Humanity house in Plymouth.

o Riverview gives back:
- The school hosted a free, fun-filled, family-friendly Deck the Halls event.
- The public is welcome to use the disc golf course on school grounds.

o Kohler Co. sponsors Lego League, encourages job shadowing, hosts high school interns, offers STEM tours, and donated a $65,000 robot to Plymouth High School. Company employees also demonstrate problem-solving methodology for the capstone engineering class at PHS and support the school's Formula High school efforts.

o Sargento has donated a high-speed packaging machine and a laser engraver to the LTC-Plymouth Science & Technology Center at PHS.

o Curt Joa, a manufacturer based in nearby Sheboygan Falls, offers instructors summer employment to help them gain better insights into what is expected of students going into industry. The company also has provided students with industry blueprints and parts, as well as tours of its manufacturing facility.

o The Food Science & Agriculture Center is testing hydroponic foam for Plymouth Foam.

o The Science & Technology Center used its 3-D printer to print parts for TruNorth, which in turn brought a portable FARO Arm to show students how the coordinate-measuring device provides highly accurate measurements and quick reverse engineering.

o 64 teachers have earned master's degrees thanks to an in-house program created in partnership with UW-Green Bay.

o Plymouth High School has agreements with numerous colleges -- including the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Lakeland University and Lakeshore Technical College -- to offer college credit to PHS students.

o At least 2,259 individuals of all ages participated in Community Ed & Rec programs during the 2022-23 school year.

o Community Ed & Rec partners with the Plymouth Public Library on the One Book One Community - the Plymouth Chapter Community Book Read each year.