Burlington High School | |
Motto: | Community of Learners |
Type: | Public secondary |
Principal: | Jason Sadowski |
Enrollment: | 1,083 (2018-19) |
Grades: | 9–12 |
Streetaddress: | 400 McCanna Parkway |
City: | Burlington |
State: | Wisconsin |
Country: | United States |
Oversight: | Burlington Area School District |
Colors: | black and orange |
Nickname: | Demons |
Athletics Conference: | Southern Lakes Conference |
Burlington High School is a public high school in Burlington, Wisconsin. It is administered by the Burlington Area School District. The school's mascot is the Demon and its colors are orange and black. Its fight song borrows the melody of the traditional Navy song Anchor's Aweigh.
Burlington High School owns and operates a radio station, 89.1 WBSD, one of the first high school radio stations in Wisconsin. Founded in 1975 by Terry Havel, WBSD is operated by a staff of students, faculty, and community members.[1]
BHS athletic teams participate in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 and are a part of the Southern Lakes Conference.[2] BHS won a state championship in boys' cross country in 1965,[3] girls' volleyball team won the WIAA state championship in 2011, 2012, 2017, and 2018.[4]
BHS has a chapter of the international service organization Key Club.[5] The school also has a competitive show choir, B*JAZZLED,[6] and hosts an annual show choir competition, the Chocolate City Showcase.[7]