Cultural activities, friendly competitions, and inclusive programs strengthen Purgolder pride. Activities encourage students to develop new interests and skills and make meaningful connections with classmates and the community.

Anime Club

Members read new manga titles, attend the MPS manga convention, and find other ways to experience anime, a popular Japanese cultural export.

Community School Youth Council

Community schools work to create safe, welcoming spaces where young leaders can organize and practice student-centered engagement strategies. Our Community School Youth Council welcomes all students with a willingness to learn, grow, and actively participate in school improvement and transformation. Through patience, dedication, and collaboration, student leaders are defining and working toward a new standard of excellence at Washington High School of Information Technology.

Drumline

Drumline performers set the beat and hype the crowd at games, music competitions, and community events.

Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA)

Washington’s GSA is a safe space for all LGBTQ+ students and allies. Meetings occur every other Tuesday during lunch hour in room 150.

Girls Flag Football

Girls forge friendships while mastering techniques in flag-pulling, rushing, footwork, and discipline. There is a position for everyone on Washington’s intramural team, which plays 5 v. 5 and 7 v. 7 flag football against school teams from across Greater Milwaukee.

Girls of Color

The Girls of Color program creates true co-collaborative partnerships with school sites that demonstrate a true commitment, capacity, and structure to elevate, enhance and/or improve how they support girls of color. 

Knights Before Bishops

The chess club meets on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in the cafeteria, and hosts intraschool tournaments every third Thursday. Learning and playing chess strengthens critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, promotes deep concentration, emphasizes sustained and self-directed learning, and much more.

Special Olympics

Washington is a Special Olympics Unified Champion School. With sports as the foundation, the Unified Champion School program model equips young people with tools and training to create sports, classrooms, and school climates of acceptance. In Champion Schools, students with disabilities feel welcome, included, and engaged in all functions and activities, from athletics to youth leadership.

Washington athletes can compete on traditional and/or Unified Special Olympics teams: Unified flag football; Unified and traditional teams in bowling, basketball, cornhole, and track and field.

Twilight Center

Milwaukee Recreation hosts a Twilight Center at Washington. Milwaukee youth can drop in for free, fun, safe programming like board games, esports, open gym, field trips, college and career conversations, and more.

Milwaukee youth ages 12 to 18 can come solo or bring a friend anytime our Twilight Center is open:

• 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday
• 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday