Monona Grove High School (MGHS) is a school in Monona, Wisconsin, United States. Mitchal McGrath is the principal.[5] The school was first established in 1955 to serve students from the Village of Monona (Now City of), and the village and town of Cottage Grove and formerly served students from Town of Blooming Grove. The current building was constructed in 1999.
Demographics
Monona Grove is 85 percent white, five percent Hispanic, three percent Asian, three percent black, and three percent of students who identify as a part of two or more races.[6]
Sports
MGHS sports teams are nicknamed the Silver Eagles and compete in the South division of the Badger Conference.[7] The Silver Eagles American football team won state championships in football in 1977, 1984 and 2013.[8] The boys' swimming team won state titles in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.[9] MGHS won a state championship in boys' cross country in 1959.[10]
Performing arts
MGHS has two competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender varsity Silver Connection and the girls-only junior varsity Silver Dimension.[11] The choirs host an annual show choir competition, the Silver Stage Invitational.[12]
Notable alumni
Richard Nelson (author) (1959), American cultural anthropologist and writer (born: 1 December 1941, died: 4 November 2019).
