Student Organizations

Chemistry teacher, Mr. Josh Nelson, is growing plants in an aquaponics tank in the greenhouse. This aquaponics tank is a small scale version of a commercial product that uses waste from the fish in the bottom tank to fertilize plants growing in the upper tank. Currently, the tilapia are helping to grow basil and a few cherry tomatoes.

The goal is to increase the number of edible species that are growing in Wisco's greenhouse, both fish and plant, and to expose students to a model of sustainable development practices. Students are encouraged to volunteer to tend the plants and fish in the greenhouse as they learn about aquaponics.

Advisor: Mr. Josh Nelson (josh.nelson@wlhs.org)

The Lauretta Plautz Fund is a portfolio of stocks donated by Mr. Mark Plautz in memory of his wife. Students are selected each year to research and monitor these stocks. Decisions are made on which stocks to buy and sell in the fund and how to best distribute the dividend earnings for use by WLHS.

Then, in 2013, an anonymous donor established the ViTech Fund to provide another hands-on learning opportunity.

Under the guidance of Mr. Rick Eastman and Mr. Eric Ruh, students learn about the stock market and decide how to allocate about $15,000 in yearly dividend earnings for faculty grant requests.
 
Students with a desire to learn about good Christian stewardship, investing, and the study of individual stocks are eligible. A presentation and applications will be given to junior religion classes in the spring semester each year. Selections are made at the end of the students’ junior year to serve on the Plautz Fund board their senior year. The Plautz Fund meets once a month during the school year.

Advisors: Mr. Eric Ruh (eric.ruh@wlhs.org) and Mr. Rick Eastman

The Robotics Team designs and builds robots to compete against robots built by other area high schools. Students who want to learn more about physics, math, and science excel in this club. Members meet after school leading to regular competitions in the area and championship competitions throughout the country. Any student who is interested is invited to join this group of students who design robots.

Advisor: Mr. Tim Thierfelder (tim.theirfelder@wlhs.org)

Tutors are willing students in any grade level who wish to share their skills and abilities with those in academic need. The tutoring happens before or after school or during a study hall. Tutors help other students with study skills, homework, and test preparation.

Interested students can speak with their Student Services counselor for more information on being a tutor.

Any student who has a strong interest or skill in math can take part in this group. Math Track consists of a varsity and a junior varsity team. The team competes in meets at local high schools.

Advisor: Mrs. Rachel Rimpel (rachel.rimpel@wlhs.org)

National Honor Society exists to provide opportunities to seniors with recognized leadership skills. Students are selected based upon scholastic ability, character, leadership, and service.  Juniors are invited to join as seniors based on a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher after five semesters and based on school and community service involvement. NHS meets two times per semester as a full group and many times as committees. The committees organize fundraisers which benefit our large service project for the year - Our Hands for His Service.

Advisor: Ms. Tanya Tranberg (tanya.tranberg@wlhs.org)

Council members, who are representatives from each grade level, plan activities throughout the school year. Freshmen who are interested in being a member must get signatures from a percentage of their classmates and write a short personal essay. Members are then selected by the Executive Board.

Advisor: Mrs. Lindsay Knight (lindsay.knight@wlhs.org)

Members are selected for this leadership group from within Wisco Witnesses in the World.

The Viking Christian Leader Academy's (VCLA) mission is to support the WLHS culture by strengthening its student leaders and helping them take the next step with their leadership skills.

Click here to learn more about VCLA.

Chick-fil-A Leader Academy is a student leader development organization sponsored by local Chick-fil-A store owner/operator Jim Fraisier.

The academy features video-based lessons that focus on: vision and values, servant leadership, teamwork, innovation, communication, and impact.

Students execute three service initiatives during the school year.

The Global Leadership Team is a group of 10 American and International student leaders. This leadership team organizes the monthly events for the new international students and American student mentors. The leadership team also seeks to integrate the many cultures at Wisco and mentor their peers in successful cross-cultural friendship.

Who can Apply? International students that have been at WLHS for more than one year, and American students that have been a Mentor to a new international student in the past.

Application process: Applications for the Global Leadership team are released via daily school announcements in the Spring of the year. Global Leadership team members are chosen in the spring for the following school year.