About Our School
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Mission
The mission of Kaukauna High School, as a proud community of learners, is to ensure students graduate as well-educated, ethical citizens equipped to succeed and contribute in a changing world by providing challenging and diverse learning opportunities, through a staff committed to excellence, in an environment that nurtures and inspires the development of all learners.
Ghost Spirit Song
(To the tune of the Notre Dame Fight Song)
Hail Kaukauna
Hail To Thee
We Thy Loyal Sons Shall Be
Fighting For The Orange And Black
In Future Years
You'll See Us Back
See The Laurels She Has Won
Through Every Good And Faithful Son
Her Courageous, Valiant Students
March On To "Victory"!!
Welcome to Kaukauna High School!Our school, home of the Galloping Ghosts, is the only high school for the Kaukauna Area School District and serves around 1,200 students. We operate on a trimester schedule which includes five periods of seventy minutes each day. Our students have many opportunities to find their path to success while at KHS. From our numerous dual or college credit course opportunities, to a vast and rigorous course selection, to our many different work based learning options, students are able to learn about themselves and what will be needed to be on their best path. Our facilities and resources continue to be a pride point as we engage our community to give students the best tools to maximize their present which will prepare them for their future. The school community continues to show pride and spirit through our many co-curricular activities available to students. We work to get better each and every day. As a school, we recognize that our choices will define our success. Thank you for your interest in our school and it is always a great day to be a ghost! |
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Galloping Ghost History
Though there is some debate about the origin of the name Galloping Ghosts, we do know that the
Galloping Ghosts came to be in the 1920s.
The two origin stories are as follows, according to the Kaukauna Public Library:
The first: A sports writer for a local paper promoted the name of "Ghosts" for Kaukauna's football team in one of the articles he wrote. The writer had predicted a Kaukauna win over the Appleton Terrors based on the fact that Kaukauna was lighter and would trample Appleton with our speed. This game was played on Halloween and Kaukauna was dressed all in white --- looking like a large group of ghosts galloping over Appleton.
The other story: “Tiger” Bill Smith, a recent graduate of Lawrence College in Appleton, was hired to coach Kaukauna's struggling high school football team. He motivated the team and especially his lighter than average (but speedy) running backs to emulate Red Grange's (who was known as the Galloping Ghost) goals and accomplishments. The phantom horse and rider galloped into KHS tradition about 1940 when a student cloaked himself and his horse in bed sheets and thundered onto the football field to present the opening game ball to the referees.
